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Cathy Cervantes was born November 18th, 1934 as the youngest of three siblings, in San Antonio, Texas. She attended San Antonio schools and began working at an early age. When she was 17, she began working in manufacturing at The Texan. It was there that she met Frank Cervantes. When they married on December 8th, 1951, they began their lives together as the Cervantes Family. Frank and Cathy went on to celebrate 66 years of marriage before Frank’s death in 2018. Cathy and Frank were blessed with a daughter, Linda, who sadly was lost to pneumonia as an infant. They pressed on as a couple and eventually filled their southside home with three sons. Cathy served as a guiding force in the family of men. She helped Frank in taking in and raising his two younger brothers all while caring for her own growing family. She guided her husband, recognizing career opportunities, and encouraged him to take on new goals. When Frank began his career at Kelly Airforce Base, Cathy taught herself to sew and began her own business as a seamstress. She was well known amongst the local mothers and her sons’ friends for her creativity in making dresses and gowns. She made dresses and outfits for local ballet folklorico dance groups and as her sons grew, began to sew for the Burbank High School drill team and band. She was a popular fixture among the Band Boosters, PTA and always available to help with school plays. She was involved in her children’s education and well known with the faculty and staff of Hillcrest Elementary, Harris Middle and Burbank High School. In the early 90s, with her sons grown, Cathy found new purpose when she welcomed her grandson Andrew Cervantes and his sister Anastacia Valdespino into her home and her life. Frank and Cathy, now retired, wrapped their world around raising the kids. For both of them, it was a second chance. Frank now had the freedom from work to be involved in school events with the kids, and Cathy, who mourned the loss of her first born every day, was now given an opportunity to raise a beautiful, intelligent daughter. Their retirement years were happily filled with Andrew’s band events and Anastacia’s academic events and achievements. She is preceded in death by her parents Vicente and Anita Rendon, brother Adolfo Casillas, sister Minnie Casillas, her beloved daughter Linda Marie Cervantes, and her other half Francisco G. Cervantes. She will be forever missed by her three sons Danny, Frank and Michael, Andrew M. Cervantes and Anastacia Valdespino and her grandchildren Brandy, Kelly, Daniel, Felicia, Esperanza, Alma, and Marcus as well as her great grandchildren, extended family and her best friends.

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Catalina R. Cervantes

November 18, 1934 - November 11, 2020