Gail Cutler

Helen Gail Cutler, age 88, officially went to redecorate Heaven on June 22, 2025. We expect she’s already made a few improvements.

Born in Pecos, TX on October 13, 1936, to Harold “Bud” and Tiny Lou Fromme, she graduated from Austin High School in 1954 and earned her BA in Physical Education at Texas Western University. As a Goldigger dancer and Delta Gamma sister, she sparkled in more ways than one — and never really stopped. Though she taught P.E. for a few years — and likely had the world’s sassiest whistle — Gail found that her soul belonged to color palettes, fabric swatches, and the magic of design. Her work in Interior Design wasn’t just a career; it was her art form. She could walk into a room and immediately see ten ways to make it better — and you would let her do them, because she was always right. But the greatest design she ever created was her life with Paul Cutler, whom she met while working at Charlotte’s in El Paso, TX. He walked in eating an ice cream cone, and she never looked back.

Gail loved deeply — her family, her work, her Lord. She was a faithful servant at her church, a constant presence in service, always quick with a kind word, a thoughtful gesture, and her dazzling Christmas trees and décor that transformed the entire church.

She is reunited in heaven with her husband Paul Cutler, her son Russ Benford, her parents Bud and Tiny Lou Fromme, her brother Eddie Fromme, and her sister Betse McClellan.

Gail is survived by a loving family who adored her and will forever strive to live up to her legacy of kindness, creativity, and class: daughters Laura Gail Christian, Susan Cutler, Linda Wade, and Lisa Saunders; son Scott Cutler and his wife Miki; daughter-in-law Connie Benford; grandchildren Sarah Gail, Katie, Jacob, Sarah Christine, Andrew, and Benjamin; great-grandchildren Paul, Rebecca, Olivia, Myla, Hannah Gail, and Shayden; great-great- granddaughter Parker Gail; and niece Abby and grand-niece Kelly.

Gail believed in big ideas, bold patterns, and the power of prayer. She laughed often, loved well, and left everything she touched more beautiful — in every sense of the word — than she found it. Gail leaves behind a legacy of kindness, bold ideas, and beauty — and more than a few opinions on where to hang a painting.