Phyllis Frank Dead at 51

Phyllis Frank, a long-time leader in Zionist causes and Jewish communal affairs, died yesterday at her home in Silver Spring, Md. after a long illness. She was 51 years old.

At her death she was national vice president for Zionist-American affairs of Pioneer Women/Na’amat, the Women’s Labor Zionist Organization of America, of which she has been a member for 30 years. She formerly served the organization as vice president of program and education.

Frank was a past president of the Jewish Community Council of Greater Washington and was a board member of the American Zionist Federation and the Jewish Social Service Agency of Greater Washington. She served as a delegate to the most recent meetings of the World Zionist Congress and the World Labor Zionist Movement executive.