Paulette Marie (Frantz) Crouse, 80, of Blanchard, passed away on Wednesday, October 30, 2024. She was born to Charles Harold Frantz and Helen Marie (Wilson) Frantz on August 5, 1944, in Stroud, Oklahoma.

Paulette attended Stroud Elementary School through seventh grade, and then Joy School between Wynnewood and Davis for eighth grade and graduated from Wynnewood High School. She also attended Central State University. She married Imon ‘Dale’ Crouse on March 31, 1963. Paulette worked with her sister Annie at Casualty Corporation of America before going to work with the Internal Revenue Service. At her retirement, she was working as a tax payor advocate.

Paulette was a huge fan of dogs and cats. She volunteered for Best Friends from Utah and supported and sponsored several cat rescues. One of her favorites was Forever Friends Humane Society in Sallisaw. Paulette was a member of New Life Baptist Church. Paulette and Dale built their beautiful log house on their property themselves. She also collected dolls and enjoyed working on jigsaw puzzles. One of her greatest joys was traveling with Dale in their motor home. They traveled throughout United States and Canada and had made two trips to Alaska.

Paulette is preceded in death by her parents and an infant sister, Shirley Ann Frantz.

She is survived by her loving husband of 61 years, Dale Crouse; two sons, Mike Crouse and wife Shelley of Piedmont and Charles Crouse; six grandchildren, Michael, Dana, Michelle, James, David and Charlotte Crouse; brother, Doug Frantz and wife Barbara of Mustang and Annie Cox of Oklahoma City; and many other loving family members and friends.

A funeral service is scheduled for 2:00 P.M., Monday, November 4, 2024, at the New Life Baptist Church in Blanchard. Interment to follow in Dibble Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Eisenhour Funeral Home in Blanchard. Online obituary and guestbook are available at www.eisenhourfh.com.