Frank, Blanche Zelma

1918 - 2008  (89 years)

• Name	Frank, Blanche Zelma
  Birth	11 Sep 1918	Ottawa, La Salle County, Illinois   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Census	29 Apr 1930	Clay City Township, Clay County, Illinois   [3, 6]
  	1930 Census, Clay City (Township), Clay County, Illinois, page 06a
  		1930 Census, Clay City (Township), Clay County, Illinois, page 06a 1930 United States Federal Census, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois, (District 0004) (Township), image 11, page 06a
  Reference Number	FRAN.B003
  _FGRAVE	25175926
  Funeral	Summers-Kistler Funeral Home, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois   [1]
  Death	9 Mar 2008	Flora Gardens Care Center, Flora, Clay County, Illinois   [1, 2, 5]
  Burial	Smith Cemetery, Sailor Springs, Clay County, Illinois   [1, 2]
  		Headstone, Crouse, Blanche Z. and Carl D.
  Person ID	I17685	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	25 Jul 2021

  
  

  Father	Frank, Samuel W. 'Sammie' Sr.,   b. 1890, Illinois d. 1969 (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Montgomery, Mary Catherine "Katie",   b. 1893, Illinois d. 1966 (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	Y  [3, 4, 6, 7]
  Family ID	F7139	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Crouse, Carl Delbert,   b. 21 Jun 1914   d. 2 Feb 1992 (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	5 Mar 1939	St. Charles, St. Charles County, Missouri   [1, 2, 8, 9]
  Age at Marriage	She : 20 years and 6 months - He : 24 years and 9 months.
  Family ID	F7883	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2023

  
  

• Notes

  elma Blanche Crouse, 89, of Clay City, died at 1:43 a.m. Sunday, March 9, 2008, at Flora Gardens Care Center in Flora. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday and from 10-11 a.m. Thursday at Summers-Kistler Funeral Home in Clay City. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home with Pastor Jeremy Hostetler officiating. Burial will be in Smith Cemetery in rural Sailor Springs. Mrs. Crouse was born September 11, 1918, in Ottawa, the daughter of Samuel W. and Mary C. (Montgomery) Frank. She married Carl D. Crouse on March 5, 1939, in St. Charles, Mo. He preceded her in death on February 2, 1992. She was a homemaker and was a member of Sailor Springs Baptist Church. Mrs. Crouse is survived by four sisters, Kathryn Milner, of Sun City, Calif., Faye Franklin and her husband, Nolan, of Flora, Inez "Deanne" Moseley, of Clay City, and Mary Hulsey, of Sailor Springs; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, brothers, Robert, Samuel Jr., Galen and Richard Frank, and sisters, Alberta Gumbel, Bonnie Gill and Shirley Schnautz. Memorials may be made to Sailor Springs Historic Foundation.

  
  

• Sources

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