Faith married fellow classmate Peter Nielsen soon after graduation. They have 4 children and 7 grandchildren. After graduating college Faith taught inner city children. She also taught in the southern suburbs before moving to Florida. Faith and Peter did a lot of travel and saw much of the world. Faith was a founding mother of Northwest Community Academy in Chicago. She and her daughter formed their own high end children's boutique business. Faith died on December 3, 2014.

The Nielsen family, Faiths husband and children, is sponsoring the Kurt Vonnegut Jr. collection at the National Veterans Art Museum in honor of Faith. The family will continue to expand the exhibit in the future. As an artist herself, as well as the wife and mother to wartime veterans, Faith recognized the importance of the National Veterans Art Museum and believed that there is a nobility in Veteran art that should be shared and celebrated.