John W. Sienko

Pawtucket – John W. Sienko, 83, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, January 20, 2019. He was the beloved husband of Mary M. (Grimes) Sienko for sixty-three years. A lifelong resident of Pawtucket, he was the son of the late John and Joan (Chmura) Sienko. John was a United States Army veteran. He was a 1956 graduate of Emerson College, Boston and received his master’s degree in Education in 1962 from Rhode Island College. John was an educator for thirty-two years before retiring as the Principal of the former Allen Ave. School, North Attleboro. He was a lifelong Patriots fan and a former Blackstone Valley CYO Basketball Coach at the former Sacred Heart Church, Pawtucket. He was also the “voice of the Red Rocketeers” North Attleboro High School Basketball team. John was a former secretary of the Pawtucket Personnel Board and a founding member of the Prognosticators of Rhode Island. Besides his wife, he leaves a son, J. David Sienko and his wife, Jeanne Wolf of Warwick; a daughter, Sharon A. Burton and her...