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(s) 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:  May 16, 2005                      /s/Mel E. Green
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                                         Mel E. Green
                                         President and Chief Executive Officer