John Mallino Sr.;48;of 1014 Rostraver St.;Monessen;a well known sports enthusiast;suffered a fatal heart attack Wednesday afternoon;Sept.6;1961;while visiting at Pennsylvania State University. Mr.Mallino was stricken while accompanying his son;David;18;to the university’s pre-registration counseling. His son had enrolled as a Penn State freshman. The victim’s wife;Martha;had accompanied her son and husband to the pre-counceling;which is required of all new students. The three were standing in line when the elder Mr.Mallno decided to go to a college shop and bring back soft drinks for himself;and his wife and son. As he was returning;he collapsed and died in the student Union Building on the campus. Mr.Mallino was born in Bingham;W.Va. He was a resident of Monessen most of his life. He attended Monessen High School and was active in Boy Scout work and sports. He was associated with Little League Basebell and was a charter member;director and treasurer of the Monessen Midget Football League. He belonged to the Monessen Lions Club and was a past president of the Monessen Football Parents Association. He was employed as a burner in the Mechanical Dept.of the Monessen plant of Pittsburgh Steel Co. He was a veteran member of Monessen Company D;110th Regiment;28th Infantry Division;Pa.National Guard. He served with the unit in 1950 at Camp Atterbury;Ind.;as it prepared for the Korean War. He belonged to St.Paul Lutheran Church. Besides his widow;Martha Joseph Mallino;and son;David;he is survived by two other sons;John (Jack) Jr.;and his wife Katheryne of Philadelphia;and Joseph at home;his parents;Mr.and Mrs.Joseph Mallino;two brothers;Anthony of Monessen and Joseph Jr.of Detroit;four sisters;Rose Mallino of Monessen;Isabelle Mallino of Los Angeles;Calif.;Mrs.Walter (Mary) Pustelak of Donora and Mrs.Michael (Yolanda) Guzanick of Monessen. Friends are being received at the Denver Rhome Funeral Home in Monessen where services will be held Sept.9 at 1:30 p.m.with the Rev.John Schulz;of St.Paul’s Lutheran Church;officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Denver Rhome;funeral director.

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