WEBSTER – Matthew F. Pytko, 84, formerly of Bellingham, died Tuesday, May 13, in Christopher House, Worcester.
He leaves his wife, Frances A. (Pichie) Pytko; a son, Robert A. Pytko and his wife Mary Ellen and a daughter, Kathleen E. Leland and her husband Paul, all of Webster; and a granddaughter, Elizabeth Leland.
He was born July 29, 1923, in Woonsocket, RI, the son of the late Roman and Victoria (Zych) Pytko. He graduated from Woonsocket High School in 1941 and from the former Hill College in Woonsocket in 1946. He also attended Providence College and Worcester State College. He resided in Woonsocket until 1974. He then lived in Bellingham for 30 years before moving to Webster in 2004.
He was an Army Air Force veteran of World War II. A staff sergeant, he served as an administrative specialist with the 112th Base Unit in Africa and Italy.
Mr. Pytko worked at the former Jacob Finkelstein & Sons in Woonsocket for 34 years as a traffic manager. He also worked as a production scheduler for the Kendall Company in Walpole. He was then an accountant at Tri-Valley Adult Counseling Center in Upton, before retiring in 1993.
He was a communicant of Saint Louis Church and previously of Assumption Church in Bellingham. He was an elected official of several boards for the Town of Bellingham, including the Water/Sewer Commission, of which he was the chairman.
The funeral will be held Monday, May19, from Scanlon Funeral Service, 38 East Main St., with a Mass at 9:30 AM in Saint Louis Church, 14 Lake Street. Burial, with military honors, will be in St. John the Baptist Cemetery, Bellingham. A calling hour will be from 8:00 to 9:00 AM Monday, May 19, in the funeral home.