Exhibit 31.1  CERTIFICATION
PURSUANT TO
SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002  I,
Kent C. Lufkin, President and Chief Executive Officer, certify that:  1.I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K
of TF Financial Corporation (Registrant);  2.Based on myknowledge, this annual report doesnot 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 annual
report;  3.Based on my knowledge, the financial
statements, and other financial information included in this annual report,
fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of
operations and cash flows of the Registrant as of, and for, the periods
presented in this annual report;  4.The Registrants other certifying officer and
I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and
procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15 (e) and
15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in
Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) for the Registrant and
we 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
Registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by
others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this
annual report is being prepared;  b)designed such internal control over financial
reporting, or caused such internal controls over financial reporting to be
designed under our supervision, to provided reasonable assurance regarding the
reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements
for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted principles;  c)evaluated the effectiveness of the Registrant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  d)disclosed in this report any change in the
Registrants internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange
Act Rule 13a-15(f)) that occurred during the Registrants most recent
fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially affect, the Registrants internal control over financial reporting;
and  5.The Registrants other certifying officer and
I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over
financial reporting, to the Registrants auditors and to the audit committee of
the Registrants board of directors:  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 Registrant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
Registrants internal control over financial reporting.   Date:
  March 30,
  2009
  
  /s/
  KENT C. LUFKINKent
  C. LufkinPresident
  and Chief Executive Officer(Principal
  Executive Officer)