CATHY GAIL FRANK, AGE 43, DIED TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2006, AFTER A LONG HARD BATTLE WITH CANCER. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER LOVING HUSBAND OF 17 YEARS, JAMES W. FRANK OF HAGERSTOWN, MD, TWO DAUGHTERS MICHELLE D ROSS, OF HYATTSVILLE, MD, AND SHANNON N WAY OF HAGERSTOWN, MD, ONE SON CHASE W FRANK OF HAGERSTOWN, MD, TWO SISTERS JOAN D KLINE OF HAGERSTOWN, MD AND BONNIE R CAVANAUGH OF STATELINE, PA, FIVE GRANDCHILDREN, A HOST OF NIECES, AND ONE NEPHEW. CATHY WAS BORN ON OCTOBER 27, 1963 AS THE MIDDLE CHILD TO THE LATE CHARLES JAMES AND ELSIE REBECCA CAVANAUGH OF HAGERSTOWN, MD. SHE WAS BORN IN WINCHESTER, VA AND SPENT HER FIRST THREE YEARS IN EDINBURG, VA. FROM THERE CATHY THEN SPENT SEVEN YEARS GROWING UP IN TEXAS, SPENT A SHORT TIME IN FLORIDA, AND IN 1982 MOVED TO HAGERSTOWN, MD WHERE SHE BECAME A PERMENANT RESIDENT. GROWING UP AS A CHILD AND THROUGH HER TWENTIES, CATHY WAS KNOWN FOR HER OVERLY EXAGGERATED DAINTINESS. SHE PORTRAYED THE PERSONA OF A BRIGHT LIGHTS CITY GIRL. STARTING IN HER THIRTIES, CATHY THEN BECAME KNOWN AS "THE DOMESTIC GODDESS," IN HER OWN RIGHT. CATHY LOVED TO CARE FOR HER FAMILY, DOING EVERYTHING SHE COULD FOR THEM. HER HOUSE BECAME THE FAMILY HANGOUT WHERE HOME COOKED MEALS WERE OFTEN SERVED, AND THE SNACKIES AND BAKED GOODS WERE NEVER IN SHORT SUPPLY. FOR A GIRL WHO COULDN'T STAND DIRT OR WORMS CATHY BECAME AN AVID GARDENER, GROWING MANY DIFFERENT FLOWERING AND VEGETABLE PLANT. SHE WOULD SPENT HOURS STANDING ONE FOOTED AT HER KITCHEN ISLAND WHERE SHE ENJOYED CROSS STITCHING, SCOPING OUT THE SALES FLYERS FOR HER NEXT BARGAIN BUY, AND READING HER "SMUT" MAGAZINES I.E. THE STAR, GLOBE, & ENQUIRER. CATHY ALSO ENJOYED COLLECTING SHOES, POCKETBOOKS, COOKBOOKS, MOVIES, AND JEWELERY.CATHY LOVED ANY FAMILY EVENT THAT WOULD GIVE HER QUALITY TIME WITH THEM, ESPECIALLY HER CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN, SISTERS, AND NIECES. CATHY WAS A VERY KIND-HEARTED, GENTLE, GENEROUS, LOVING PERSON. SHE WAS KNOWN FOR HELPING ANYONE OUT WHO NEEDED IT. BECAUSE OF CATHY'S ILLNESS AND THE HELP SHE RECEIVED FROM HOSPICE, DONATIONS CAN BE MADE TO THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY, 1037 HAVEN RD, HAGERSTOWN, MD 21742 OR TO HOSPICE OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, 1500 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, HAGERSTOWN, MD 21742 CATHY WILL BE SORELY MISSED BY MANY. NOW SHE WILL BE WATCHING HER FAMILY FROM ABOVE AND AS SHE WOULD PUT IT JOKINGLY, SHE NOW HAS "A FRONT ROW SEAT TO HEAR OL' JOHNNY SING."