Frank X. Kryzan, former mayor, dies

Frank X. Kryzan, a former Youngstown mayor and municipal court judge, has died.

Kryzan, 96, died Saturday in Crown Point, Ind., where he had lived for the past six years.

“I had a ton of respect for Frank Kryzan,” said Charles Bannon, a retired Mahoning County Common Pleas Court judge and a longtime friend of Kryzan. “I was always impressed with how he handled himself. When you saw him he commanded respect.”

Kryzan, a Democrat, was elected mayor in 1953, holding that position for three two-year terms.

Then-Gov. John Gilligan appointed Kryzan in 1972 to fill a vacancy on the Youngstown Municipal Court bench. Kryzan held that post till his retirement at the end of 1987.

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