Francesco Palm Celeste (1907 - 1988)

Born 24 Mar 1907 in Cerisano, Cosenza, Calabria, Italy

Husband of Margaret (Louis) Celeste — married 1 Oct 1932 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States

Died 9 Nov 1988 at age 81 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States

Biography

Frank Celeste migrated from Italy to the United States.

Francesco Palm "Frank" Celeste was born on 24 Mar 1907 in Cerisano, Italy.^[1][2] He was the son of Serafino "Sam" Celeste and Carolina Santoro.^[3] He immigrated to the United States of America when he was eight months old, travelling with his mother on the SS Cretie from Naples in Nov 1907.^[4] He then grew up in Monessen, Pennsylvania where his father was a steel mill laborer.^[2][5][6][7]

Frank married Margaret Louis on 1 Oct 1932.^[3] They met while they were in school at the College of Wooster. They had three children, including Ohio governor Dick Celeste. Frank served as the mayor of Lakewood, Ohio from 1955 to 1963 and had a real estate business.^[2][8]

Frank died on 9 Nov 1988 in the Cleveland Clinic Hospital.^[1][2] He was buried in Lakewood Park Cemetery in Rocky River, Cuyahoga County, Ohio.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J22G-KJF : accessed 23 Apr 2023), Frank P Celeste, 9 Nov 1988; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} "Frank P. Celeste dies at 81," The Cleveland Plain Dealer [Ohio], 10 Nov 1988, page 1-A and 12-A.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Ohio, Cuyahoga County, Marriage Records, volume 168, page 147, #6734, Frank Celeste and Margaret Louis, 1 Oct 1932; "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2Q7T-2LB : accessed 23 Apr 2023).
4. ↑ "New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JXL2-SMJ : accessed 23 Apr 2023), Francesco Celeste, SS Cretie, 23 Nov 1907.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," ED 158, Monessen ward 3, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA; sheet 4A, family 61, Frank Celeste in Sam Price household; FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGH8-J2C.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," ED 156, Monessen ward 3, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA; sheet 14A, family 259, Frank Selest in Sam Selest household; FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6BC-WQL.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," ED 100, Monessen ward 3, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA; sheet 6A, family 103, Frank Cillest in Sarafino Cillest household; FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHHP-NB8.
8. ↑ "Celeste, Frank Palm," Encyclopedia of Cleveland History, citing Jim & Susan Borchert, Lakewood: The First Hundred Years (1989), https://case.edu/ech/articles/c/celeste-frank-palm.
9. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117842228/frank-palm-celeste: accessed 23 April 2023), memorial page for Frank Palm Celeste (24 Mar 1907–9 Nov 1988), Find A Grave: Memorial #117842228, citing Lakewood Park Cemetery, Rocky River, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by Heather G (contributor 48246482).

See also:

• Son Dick Celeste oral history video (includes family information and discusses Frank's time as mayor):
  "Governor Richard Celeste oral history" Ohio History Connection,
  • Part 1: description page, video and transcript
  • Part 2: description page, video and transcript
  • Part 3: description page, video and transcript
  • Part 4: description page, video and transcript