PEOPLES-SIDNEY FINANCIAL CORPORATION
                                  EXHIBIT 31.1

                  CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER
            PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


I, Douglas Stewart, certify that:

1)       I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-QSB of  Peoples-Sidney
         Financial Corporation;

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 deigned 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  conclusions   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  changes in the small  business
                  issuer's  internal  control  over  financial   reporting  that
                  occurred during the small business issuer's most recent fiscal
                  quarter, 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   control  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:    February 14, 2006

/s/ Douglas Stewart
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Douglas Stewart
President and Chief Executive Officer

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