Exhibit 31.1


          SECTION 302 CERTIFICATION OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER


I, Mel E. Green, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-QSB of PFS Bancorp, Inc.
   (the "small business issuer");

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement
   of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
   statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements
   were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this
   report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
   information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects
   the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the small
   business issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The small business issuer's other certifying officer and I are responsible
   for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
   defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the small
   business issuer and have:

   a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
      disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision,
      to ensure that material information relating to the small business issuer,
      including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others
      within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report
      is being prepared;

   b) evaluated the effectiveness of the small business issuer's disclosure
      controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusion
      about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as
      of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation;
      and

   c) disclosed in this report any change in the small business issuer's
      internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the small
      business issuer's most recent fiscal quarter (the small business issuer's
      fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially
      affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the small business
      issuer's internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The small business issuer's other certifying officer and I have disclosed,
   based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial
   reporting, to the small business issuer's auditors and the audit committee
   of the small business issuer's board of directors (or persons performing
   the equivalent functions):

   a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
      operation of internal controls over financial reporting which are
      reasonably likely to adversely affect the small business issuer's
      ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information;
      and

   b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
      employees who have a significant role in the small business issuer's
      internal control over financial reporting.


Date:  November 14, 2005                 /s/Mel E. Green
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                                         Mel E. Green
                                         President and Chief Executive Officer