Jeanie Papineau

November 18, 1947 - December 16, 2020

Jeanie Papineau, 73, of Miller, passed away Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at Azria Health in Grand Island, Nebraska. Graveside services will be 8:30 a.m., December 22, 2020 at the Armada cemetery near Miller with Pastor Dean Pofahl officiating. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., December 21, 2020 at Horner Lieske McBride & Kuhl Funeral and Cremation Services in Kearney. Memorials are suggested to the family to be designated later. Jeanie was born November 18, 1947 in Kearney to Roy “Bub” and Dorothy (Hotaling) Robbins. She grew up in Sumner and Miller area attending school in Sumner. She married Gary Papineau on May 9, 1966 in Lexington. They lived in Bertrand, Amherst, and Miller. Jeanie was a great cook and enjoyed making and decorating wedding cakes. She also enjoyed working in her garden and canning what she had grown. Jeanie loved Christmas and decorating her home with lights. Jeanie is survived by her daughter, Maria and Robert Hollander of Sumner; sons, Gary Papineau of Miller, Randy and Tonya Papineau of Aurora, NE; brothers, Dan and Olivia Robbins of Kearney, Dean and Pam Robbins of Overton; sisters, Elly and Jim Smith of Gothenburg, NE, Dotty Ross of Waterloo, IA; 6 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren. Jeanie was preceded in death by her husband, one sister, and two nephews.