Chester W. Siok : October 29, 1915 – April 11, 2015

Chester W. Siok, a longtime resident of Greenville, passed away peacefully on Saturday, April 9, at the Brentwood Nursing Home in Warwick just seven months prior to his 100th birthday.

Born in Providence, he was predeceased by his parents Walter and Stephania (Lesinski) Siok and siblings, Walter, Stanley and Jeannie. He was the husband of the late Louise (Milewski) Siok.He is survived by his son, Stephen and his wife, Kathleen of North Kingstown and by a niece, Kathleen Yorgin of Colorado.

Chester worked at Cooley, Inc. of Pawtucket from which he retired as a superintendent in 1980.

Chester was the drummer in a musical family. He played in a variety of dance bands prior to his service in the 43rd Infantry Division of the army during WWII, and was in the army band during the war. As a civilian, he was a long-time member of the Ralph Stuart Orchestra and later joined the Joe Andre Orchestra. Chet played locally until he was into his mid 80’s.

Chet was an avid fisherman, spending many hours at local rivers and ponds, and was a life member of the Smithfield Sportsman’s Club. It should be noted that he passed away on opening day for trout fishing. In addition, he loved to garden and was interested in astronomy.

There was a funeral service at St. Francis de Sales Church in North Kingstown on Saturday April 25th . Donations may be made in Chet’s name to Skyscraper’s Inc, 47 Peeptoad Road, North Scituate, RI 02857.

“In one of the stars, I shall be living
In one of them I shall be laughing
And so it will be
as if all the stars were laughing
when you look at the sky at night.”
The Little Prince
Antoine St. Exupery