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Richard A. Pytak, retired teacher, administrator
Feb. 12, 1932—March 4, 2011
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March 5, 2011, 12:00 AM
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Richard A. Pytak of Lackawanna, a retired educator, died Friday in Fox Run at Orchard Park nursing facility. He was 79.
Born in Lackawanna, he was a graduate of Lackawanna High School and Canisius College. In the late 1950s, Mr. Pytak served in the Army as a translator and was primarily stationed in Stuttgart, Germany.
He was a longtime educator who taught at Lincoln High School and Hoover Junior High School in Lackawanna. Mr. Pytak also taught at the Gowanda Correctional Facility. He served as assistant principal of Hoover Junior High School and assistant superintendent in the Lackawanna School District. He retired in the mid-1990s.
Mr. Pytak was a member of Matthew Glab Post 1477, American Legion, and was active in Our Lady of Victory Parish, where he was a longtime member of the church choir.
He is survived by his wife of 51 years, the former Alice Pientka; two sons, Richard and David; and two daughters, Mary Hageman and Linda Mendola.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 10:30 a. m. Monday in Our Lady of Victory Basilica, 767 Ridge Road, Lackawanna.