John J. Sidor Jr. of Mattituck died suddenly on Oct. 14, 2019 at Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead. The life-long North Fork resident was 84 years old.
Born on February 4, 1935 in Greenport, to Helen (nee Bialeski) and John Sidor Sr., he was a graduate of Mattituck High School. On Nov. 13, 1960, he married the former Catherine Pawlikowski at St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church in Riverhead.
He was a farmer and member of the Southold Town Agricultural Advisory Board. He was a communicant of Our Lady of Ostrabrama R.C. Church and member of the Holy Name Society.
Surviving are his wife Cathy; four children, John III (Carolyn) of Mattituck, Jeffrey of Cohoes, New York, Timothy (Patricia) of Braintree, Massachusetts, and Gary (Maureen) of Ashburn, Virginia.; brother Edward of Mattituck and 11 grandchildren, Catherine, Thomas, Brian, Ryan, Jason, Emily, Mackenzie, Bohdan, John, Lucas and Eliot.
The family received friends on Oct. 18 at DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Mattituck where parish prayer services were held by Fr. Robert Wolosik and Fr. Stan Wadowski. The Liturgy of Christian Burial was celebrated on Saturday, Oct. 19 at Our Lady of Ostrabrama R.C. Church by Fr. Robert Wolosik. Interment followed at Sacred Heart R.C. Cemetery.
Editor’s note: This obituary was updated on Oct. 21, 2019 with additional information provided by the funeral home subsequent to its initial publication.