Frank D. Celebrezze I

Frank D. Celebrezze I was born Cleveland, Ohio on May 12, 1899 and died in 1953. He married Mary Carmella Delsander had six children: Frank Jr., Gerald, Dorothy, Joanne, Monica and James. He served as an American judge, the brother of Johnson cabinet member and federal appeals court Judge Anthony Celebrezze.A graduate of St. Ignatius College (now divided into Saint Ignatius High School in Cleveland, Ohio and John Carroll University in University Heights, Ohio). He earned a Juris Doctor from University of Notre Dame in 1928. In the 1930s, Celebrezze served as a Cleveland municipal judge. Then, Celebrezze served as an assistant prosecutor in the Cuyahoga County, Ohio prosecutor's office. Later, he was director of safety under Cleveland mayors Frank J. Lausche and Thomas A. Burke. Afterwords, he was elected as Cleveland municipal judge until his death in 1953.

His other relatives include nephew gubernatorial candidate Anthony J. Celebrezze Jr., son Ohio Chief Justice Frank Celebrezze, son Ohio Supreme Court Judge James Celebrezze; grandson Ohio appeals court Judge Frank D. Celebrezze Jr.; and grand-nephew Anthony J. Celebrezze III.