The Reverend "Father" Felix Pyzowski
/“Well done good and faithful servant” - Matthew 25:21
The Reverend “Father” Felix Pyzowski passed away on Tuesday, August 2, 2022, at the age of 94. Felix had served as long-time Pastor of Holy Trinity National Catholic Church in Washington, PA from 1969 until 2001, and as Pastor of St. Joseph's Parish in Fairhope, PA up until this past December.
Felix was the youngest of six siblings and was raised in the coal mining town of Frackville in northeastern Pennsylvania. After graduating from high school, he played professional baseball as a pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies minor league team. Soon after he was drafted into the U.S. Army and served during the end of WWII at Fitzsimons Veterans Hospital in Denver, Colorado. He was honorably discharged at the close of the war and returned to his hometown.
His return home awakened a call to the priesthood. Felix enrolled at the Savanorola Seminary of the Polish National Catholic Church in nearby Scranton, PA and was ordained to the ministry on September 17, 1959. Felix next served for five years as an assistant at St. Stanislaus Cathedral in Scranton, PA. In 1964 he was appointed as pastor at Holy Cross Parish in Syracuse, NY and in 1969 he was appointed to Holy Trinity Parish in Washington, PA. He also served as pastor of two nearby mission parishes, Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish in Monessen, PA and St. Joseph in Fairhope PA.
Under the leadership of Father Felix, the parishes he served grew and flourished. He was instrumental in the relocation of Holy Trinity to its new home on Malone Ridge, and in the construction of the new church, parish hall, and rectory. He was also instrumental in uniting the two mission parishes and constructing a new church building in Fairhope.
Father Felix retired from full-time ministry in 2001, although he continued as a part-time pastor until this past year.
He is survived by his wife, Mary Ann, and was father to Thomas (Bobbie) and Paul (Whitney) and grandfather to Katie and Nicholas.
There will be no public visitation. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 6:30 P.M. on Sunday, August 7, 2022 in Holy Trinity National Catholic Church, 605 Hewitt Ave., Washington, PA. Private burial will be held at a later date with full military honors in the National Cemetery of the Alleghenies, Bridgeville. Memorial contributions may be made to the “Father Felix Holy Trinity Memorial Fund”, and mailed to the attention of Father Mark Swoger, Holy Trinity National Catholic Church, 605 Hewitt Ave, Washington, PA 15301.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Warco-Falvo Funeral Home, Inc., Wilson at East Katherine Ave., Washington, S. Timothy Warco, Supervisor/Director, Holly Renay Warco, Director, S. Timothy Warco II, Director, Park N. Crosier, Director. Condolences may be expressed at www.WarcoFalvoFuneralHome.com