Neal Anthony Pitak's Obituary
Neal Anthony Pitak, age 42, of Cleveland Heights, passed away at his home Thursday, October 31, 2019.
He was born in Parma and had been a resident of Cleveland Heights for the past year.
He previously lived in Columbus, Chicago, Texas and California.
He was a member of St. Charles Borromeo Church in Parma when he was younger and more recently
attended St. Peter Church in North Ridgeville.
Neal was a graduate of OSU and received his MFA in Printmaking from IU. He worked as a printmaker
and an arts educator in Texas and Ohio.
Neal loved reading, music, and the arts and he was an accomplished artist, printmaker and painter. He
was gregarious, generous, curious, critical, sincere, and full of humor and love. His friends and family
will miss him dearly.
Survivors include his parents, Edmund and Christina Pitak of North Ridgeville; brothers, Kendrick, Bryant
and Jason Pitak all of Chicago, Illinois.
Services will be private.
Burial will be at Holy Cross Cemetery, Brook Park.
Memorial contributions in Neal’s memory are suggested to:
Zygote Press
Cleveland Animal Protective League
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