John Paul Mallett passed away peacefully Aug. 11, 2011, at the University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville. He was 93.
Mr. Mallett was born in 1918, in Cleveland, the son of the late Charles H. and Elizabeth (Bessie) Colton Mallett.
He was preceded in death by three brothers, Richard, Charles and Robert; and his beloved wife, Elizabeth (Betty Jane) Lauer Mallett.
He is survived by his son, John W. (Katherine "Keggie") Mallett of Charlottesville, Va.; granddaughter, Jessica Mallett of Seattle, Wash.; as well as by loving nieces, nephews and great-nieces and nephews in Mentor, Concord Township, Cleveland, and various other locations in the U.S. and abroad.
He graduated from Harvey High School in Painesville, where he met his future wife, and attended the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va., subsequently graduating in 1941 from Hiram College. He also did graduate studies in 1946, at the School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, D.C., now a part of the Johns Hopkins University.
He was a longtime employee of the Tropical Divisions of Chiquita Brands International of Cincinnati, (formerly United Brands and United Fruit Company of Boston, Mass.), starting in the late 1940s and continuing until his retirement in 1981.
After an initial position with United Fruit as a timekeeper in Laurel, Costa Rica, and interrupted by a brief period with the International Division of PPG Industries in Pittsburgh, Pa.
He returned to the tropics with United Fruit in 1951, and occupied a succession of managerial positions in the Puerto Armuelles Division in Panama. He also served at various times as superintendent of Agriculture for United Fruit operations in La Lima, Honduras, and manager of their divisions in Davao City, Philippines, and Quepos, Costa Rica.
After retirement, he and his wife resided in Mentor, where he was active in the Lake County Historical Society and Gyro, as well as St. James Episcopal Church in Painesville and the board of the Chillicothe Condominium Association. In 2008, two years after the loss of his wife, he moved to Charlottesville, Va., to be closer to his son.
Mr. Mallett served in the U.S. Army during World War II, enlisting (together with his future brother-in-law, the late John B. Lauer) in June 1941, six months before Pearl Harbor. As he put it, "everybody knew war was coming."
After initially attending Cook's and Baker's School, he went to Artillery Officer Candidate School in Ft. Sill, Okla., and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Field Artillery, Aug. 4, 1942. Shortly thereafter, he joined the newly-organized 202nd Field Artillery Group and stayed with the unit for the duration, starting with initial unit training in Oklahoma and Texas, through shipment overseas to England, and ending on the Elbe River in Germany in April and May 1945, followed by a brief period of occupation duty in Bavaria until the unit was disbanded June 28, 1945.
The 202nd landed in Normandy in July 1944, as part of Patton's Third Army, a month after the initial invasion, and was subsequently part of First Army and then Ninth Army until rejoining Third Army in June 1945. Mr. Mallett was variously assigned as Communications Officer and Headquarters Battery Commander, being promoted to First Lieutenant Feb. 10, 1943, and to Captain March 3, 1945.
Mr. Mallett was awarded the Silver Star, Bronze Star and Purple Heart for his actions while participating in the Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, and Central Europe campaigns. He was briefly a POW during the final weeks of the war, when he was part of the 16-member Advance Party preparing for the unit's April 13, 1945, move to what would prove to be their final wartime position on the Elbe River, and the Advance Party was ambushed by a German paratroop unit defending an airfield which had been bypassed by advancing infantry.
Four of the members of the Advance Party were killed in the ambush, seven others including Mr. Mallett wounded, and the survivors were held captive at the airfield until the next day, when the Germans surrendered to units of the U.S. 102nd Infantry Division, entering the area from the north. Mr. Mallett and the other ambush survivors (which included the 202nd Group commander, a full Colonel) rejoined their unit on the Elbe River April 15.
After the unit was disbanded in Bavaria, Mr. Mallett was briefly assigned as a staff member at a technical school in England and then returned to the U.S., and was released from active duty at Camp Atterbury, Indiana, Dec. 31, 1945. During his final years, Mr. Mallett was the recipient of innumerable kindnesses from many people, including in particular his nieces and nephews and great-niece and nephew in northeastern Ohio.
Mr. Mallett was also grateful to the staff at his final residence at Rosewood Village on Greenbrier Drive in Charlottesville, Va., in particular to Lisa. He was also particularly grateful to Della, a former staff member at his prior residence at Our Lady of Peace in Charlottesville, and also had good memories of his year of residence at the Fairways in Wickliffe.
His family would like to express gratitude on his behalf to the Palliative Care physicians and staff at the University of Virginia Medical Center.
Inurnment will be at St. James Episcopal Church in Painesville at a date to be determined.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to St. James Episcopal Church, 131 N. State St., Painesville, OH 44077.
Johnson Funeral Home in Painesville is in charge of arrangements locally.
Published in www.News-Herald.com from August 13 to August 14, 2011
Mr. Mallett was born in 1918, in Cleveland, the son of the late Charles H. and Elizabeth (Bessie) Colton Mallett.
He was preceded in death by three brothers, Richard, Charles and Robert; and his beloved wife, Elizabeth (Betty Jane) Lauer Mallett.
He is survived by his son, John W. (Katherine "Keggie") Mallett of Charlottesville, Va.; granddaughter, Jessica Mallett of Seattle, Wash.; as well as by loving nieces, nephews and great-nieces and nephews in Mentor, Concord Township, Cleveland, and various other locations in the U.S. and abroad.
He graduated from Harvey High School in Painesville, where he met his future wife, and attended the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va., subsequently graduating in 1941 from Hiram College. He also did graduate studies in 1946, at the School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, D.C., now a part of the Johns Hopkins University.
He was a longtime employee of the Tropical Divisions of Chiquita Brands International of Cincinnati, (formerly United Brands and United Fruit Company of Boston, Mass.), starting in the late 1940s and continuing until his retirement in 1981.
After an initial position with United Fruit as a timekeeper in Laurel, Costa Rica, and interrupted by a brief period with the International Division of PPG Industries in Pittsburgh, Pa.
He returned to the tropics with United Fruit in 1951, and occupied a succession of managerial positions in the Puerto Armuelles Division in Panama. He also served at various times as superintendent of Agriculture for United Fruit operations in La Lima, Honduras, and manager of their divisions in Davao City, Philippines, and Quepos, Costa Rica.
After retirement, he and his wife resided in Mentor, where he was active in the Lake County Historical Society and Gyro, as well as St. James Episcopal Church in Painesville and the board of the Chillicothe Condominium Association. In 2008, two years after the loss of his wife, he moved to Charlottesville, Va., to be closer to his son.
Mr. Mallett served in the U.S. Army during World War II, enlisting (together with his future brother-in-law, the late John B. Lauer) in June 1941, six months before Pearl Harbor. As he put it, "everybody knew war was coming."
After initially attending Cook's and Baker's School, he went to Artillery Officer Candidate School in Ft. Sill, Okla., and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Field Artillery, Aug. 4, 1942. Shortly thereafter, he joined the newly-organized 202nd Field Artillery Group and stayed with the unit for the duration, starting with initial unit training in Oklahoma and Texas, through shipment overseas to England, and ending on the Elbe River in Germany in April and May 1945, followed by a brief period of occupation duty in Bavaria until the unit was disbanded June 28, 1945.
The 202nd landed in Normandy in July 1944, as part of Patton's Third Army, a month after the initial invasion, and was subsequently part of First Army and then Ninth Army until rejoining Third Army in June 1945. Mr. Mallett was variously assigned as Communications Officer and Headquarters Battery Commander, being promoted to First Lieutenant Feb. 10, 1943, and to Captain March 3, 1945.
Mr. Mallett was awarded the Silver Star, Bronze Star and Purple Heart for his actions while participating in the Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, and Central Europe campaigns. He was briefly a POW during the final weeks of the war, when he was part of the 16-member Advance Party preparing for the unit's April 13, 1945, move to what would prove to be their final wartime position on the Elbe River, and the Advance Party was ambushed by a German paratroop unit defending an airfield which had been bypassed by advancing infantry.
Four of the members of the Advance Party were killed in the ambush, seven others including Mr. Mallett wounded, and the survivors were held captive at the airfield until the next day, when the Germans surrendered to units of the U.S. 102nd Infantry Division, entering the area from the north. Mr. Mallett and the other ambush survivors (which included the 202nd Group commander, a full Colonel) rejoined their unit on the Elbe River April 15.
After the unit was disbanded in Bavaria, Mr. Mallett was briefly assigned as a staff member at a technical school in England and then returned to the U.S., and was released from active duty at Camp Atterbury, Indiana, Dec. 31, 1945. During his final years, Mr. Mallett was the recipient of innumerable kindnesses from many people, including in particular his nieces and nephews and great-niece and nephew in northeastern Ohio.
Mr. Mallett was also grateful to the staff at his final residence at Rosewood Village on Greenbrier Drive in Charlottesville, Va., in particular to Lisa. He was also particularly grateful to Della, a former staff member at his prior residence at Our Lady of Peace in Charlottesville, and also had good memories of his year of residence at the Fairways in Wickliffe.
His family would like to express gratitude on his behalf to the Palliative Care physicians and staff at the University of Virginia Medical Center.
Inurnment will be at St. James Episcopal Church in Painesville at a date to be determined.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to St. James Episcopal Church, 131 N. State St., Painesville, OH 44077.
Johnson Funeral Home in Painesville is in charge of arrangements locally.
Published in www.News-Herald.com from August 13 to August 14, 2011
John Paul Mallett passed away peacefully Aug. 11, 2011, at the University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville. He was 93.
Mr. Mallett was born in 1918, in Cleveland, the son of the late Charles H. and Elizabeth (Bessie) Colton Mallett.
He was preceded in death by three brothers, Richard, Charles and Robert; and his beloved wife, Elizabeth (Betty Jane) Lauer Mallett.
He is survived by his son, John W. (Katherine "Keggie") Mallett of Charlottesville, Va.; granddaughter, Jessica Mallett of Seattle, Wash.; as well as by loving nieces, nephews and great-nieces and nephews in Mentor, Concord Township, Cleveland, and various other locations in the U.S. and abroad.
He graduated from Harvey High School in Painesville, where he met his future wife, and attended the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va., subsequently graduating in 1941 from Hiram College. He also did graduate studies in 1946, at the School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, D.C., now a part of the Johns Hopkins University.
He was a longtime employee of the Tropical Divisions of Chiquita Brands International of Cincinnati, (formerly United Brands and United Fruit Company of Boston, Mass.), starting in the late 1940s and continuing until his retirement in 1981.
After an initial position with United Fruit as a timekeeper in Laurel, Costa Rica, and interrupted by a brief period with the International Division of PPG Industries in Pittsburgh, Pa.
He returned to the tropics with United Fruit in 1951, and occupied a succession of managerial positions in the Puerto Armuelles Division in Panama. He also served at various times as superintendent of Agriculture for United Fruit operations in La Lima, Honduras, and manager of their divisions in Davao City, Philippines, and Quepos, Costa Rica.
After retirement, he and his wife resided in Mentor, where he was active in the Lake County Historical Society and Gyro, as well as St. James Episcopal Church in Painesville and the board of the Chillicothe Condominium Association. In 2008, two years after the loss of his wife, he moved to Charlottesville, Va., to be closer to his son.
Mr. Mallett served in the U.S. Army during World War II, enlisting (together with his future brother-in-law, the late John B. Lauer) in June 1941, six months before Pearl Harbor. As he put it, "everybody knew war was coming."
After initially attending Cook's and Baker's School, he went to Artillery Officer Candidate School in Ft. Sill, Okla., and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Field Artillery, Aug. 4, 1942. Shortly thereafter, he joined the newly-organized 202nd Field Artillery Group and stayed with the unit for the duration, starting with initial unit training in Oklahoma and Texas, through shipment overseas to England, and ending on the Elbe River in Germany in April and May 1945, followed by a brief period of occupation duty in Bavaria until the unit was disbanded June 28, 1945.
The 202nd landed in Normandy in July 1944, as part of Patton's Third Army, a month after the initial invasion, and was subsequently part of First Army and then Ninth Army until rejoining Third Army in June 1945. Mr. Mallett was variously assigned as Communications Officer and Headquarters Battery Commander, being promoted to First Lieutenant Feb. 10, 1943, and to Captain March 3, 1945.
Mr. Mallett was awarded the Silver Star, Bronze Star and Purple Heart for his actions while participating in the Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, and Central Europe campaigns. He was briefly a POW during the final weeks of the war, when he was part of the 16-member Advance Party preparing for the unit's April 13, 1945, move to what would prove to be their final wartime position on the Elbe River, and the Advance Party was ambushed by a German paratroop unit defending an airfield which had been bypassed by advancing infantry.
Four of the members of the Advance Party were killed in the ambush, seven others including Mr. Mallett wounded, and the survivors were held captive at the airfield until the next day, when the Germans surrendered to units of the U.S. 102nd Infantry Division, entering the area from the north. Mr. Mallett and the other ambush survivors (which included the 202nd Group commander, a full Colonel) rejoined their unit on the Elbe River April 15.
After the unit was disbanded in Bavaria, Mr. Mallett was briefly assigned as a staff member at a technical school in England and then returned to the U.S., and was released from active duty at Camp Atterbury, Indiana, Dec. 31, 1945. During his final years, Mr. Mallett was the recipient of innumerable kindnesses from many people, including in particular his nieces and nephews and great-niece and nephew in northeastern Ohio.
Mr. Mallett was also grateful to the staff at his final residence at Rosewood Village on Greenbrier Drive in Charlottesville, Va., in particular to Lisa. He was also particularly grateful to Della, a former staff member at his prior residence at Our Lady of Peace in Charlottesville, and also had good memories of his year of residence at the Fairways in Wickliffe.
His family would like to express gratitude on his behalf to the Palliative Care physicians and staff at the University of Virginia Medical Center.
Inurnment will be at St. James Episcopal Church in Painesville at a date to be determined.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to St. James Episcopal Church, 131 N. State St., Painesville, OH 44077.
Johnson Funeral Home in Painesville is in charge of arrangements locally.
Published in www.News-Herald.com from August 13 to August 14, 2011
Mr. Mallett was born in 1918, in Cleveland, the son of the late Charles H. and Elizabeth (Bessie) Colton Mallett.
He was preceded in death by three brothers, Richard, Charles and Robert; and his beloved wife, Elizabeth (Betty Jane) Lauer Mallett.
He is survived by his son, John W. (Katherine "Keggie") Mallett of Charlottesville, Va.; granddaughter, Jessica Mallett of Seattle, Wash.; as well as by loving nieces, nephews and great-nieces and nephews in Mentor, Concord Township, Cleveland, and various other locations in the U.S. and abroad.
He graduated from Harvey High School in Painesville, where he met his future wife, and attended the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va., subsequently graduating in 1941 from Hiram College. He also did graduate studies in 1946, at the School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, D.C., now a part of the Johns Hopkins University.
He was a longtime employee of the Tropical Divisions of Chiquita Brands International of Cincinnati, (formerly United Brands and United Fruit Company of Boston, Mass.), starting in the late 1940s and continuing until his retirement in 1981.
After an initial position with United Fruit as a timekeeper in Laurel, Costa Rica, and interrupted by a brief period with the International Division of PPG Industries in Pittsburgh, Pa.
He returned to the tropics with United Fruit in 1951, and occupied a succession of managerial positions in the Puerto Armuelles Division in Panama. He also served at various times as superintendent of Agriculture for United Fruit operations in La Lima, Honduras, and manager of their divisions in Davao City, Philippines, and Quepos, Costa Rica.
After retirement, he and his wife resided in Mentor, where he was active in the Lake County Historical Society and Gyro, as well as St. James Episcopal Church in Painesville and the board of the Chillicothe Condominium Association. In 2008, two years after the loss of his wife, he moved to Charlottesville, Va., to be closer to his son.
Mr. Mallett served in the U.S. Army during World War II, enlisting (together with his future brother-in-law, the late John B. Lauer) in June 1941, six months before Pearl Harbor. As he put it, "everybody knew war was coming."
After initially attending Cook's and Baker's School, he went to Artillery Officer Candidate School in Ft. Sill, Okla., and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Field Artillery, Aug. 4, 1942. Shortly thereafter, he joined the newly-organized 202nd Field Artillery Group and stayed with the unit for the duration, starting with initial unit training in Oklahoma and Texas, through shipment overseas to England, and ending on the Elbe River in Germany in April and May 1945, followed by a brief period of occupation duty in Bavaria until the unit was disbanded June 28, 1945.
The 202nd landed in Normandy in July 1944, as part of Patton's Third Army, a month after the initial invasion, and was subsequently part of First Army and then Ninth Army until rejoining Third Army in June 1945. Mr. Mallett was variously assigned as Communications Officer and Headquarters Battery Commander, being promoted to First Lieutenant Feb. 10, 1943, and to Captain March 3, 1945.
Mr. Mallett was awarded the Silver Star, Bronze Star and Purple Heart for his actions while participating in the Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, and Central Europe campaigns. He was briefly a POW during the final weeks of the war, when he was part of the 16-member Advance Party preparing for the unit's April 13, 1945, move to what would prove to be their final wartime position on the Elbe River, and the Advance Party was ambushed by a German paratroop unit defending an airfield which had been bypassed by advancing infantry.
Four of the members of the Advance Party were killed in the ambush, seven others including Mr. Mallett wounded, and the survivors were held captive at the airfield until the next day, when the Germans surrendered to units of the U.S. 102nd Infantry Division, entering the area from the north. Mr. Mallett and the other ambush survivors (which included the 202nd Group commander, a full Colonel) rejoined their unit on the Elbe River April 15.
After the unit was disbanded in Bavaria, Mr. Mallett was briefly assigned as a staff member at a technical school in England and then returned to the U.S., and was released from active duty at Camp Atterbury, Indiana, Dec. 31, 1945. During his final years, Mr. Mallett was the recipient of innumerable kindnesses from many people, including in particular his nieces and nephews and great-niece and nephew in northeastern Ohio.
Mr. Mallett was also grateful to the staff at his final residence at Rosewood Village on Greenbrier Drive in Charlottesville, Va., in particular to Lisa. He was also particularly grateful to Della, a former staff member at his prior residence at Our Lady of Peace in Charlottesville, and also had good memories of his year of residence at the Fairways in Wickliffe.
His family would like to express gratitude on his behalf to the Palliative Care physicians and staff at the University of Virginia Medical Center.
Inurnment will be at St. James Episcopal Church in Painesville at a date to be determined.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to St. James Episcopal Church, 131 N. State St., Painesville, OH 44077.
Johnson Funeral Home in Painesville is in charge of arrangements locally.
Published in www.News-Herald.com from August 13 to August 14, 2011
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