Mr Arthur "Art" N. Mallett Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Arthur (Art) N. Mallett, age 74, of Port Monmouth died Monday, April 24, 2017 at home in Port Monmouth. Mr. Mallett was born in Long Branch, NJ and was a lifelong resident of the Port Monmouth area. He served his country honorably in the Navy from 1962 to 1966 Art began his professional career at Bendix in Holmdel, NJ where he worked in the research & development department. After 2 years, he moved to National Metallizing, a company that would eventually produce Metallized thermal control films for a majority of NASA’s space missions throughout the 1970’s including those for the Skylab and Space Shuttle programs. In 1983, Art took a chance with a small, family owned, film converting company in Pennsylvania called Dunmore Corporation. This change would be the crown jewel in his professional career. Michael L. Sullivan, the founder of Dunmore, tasked Art with getting Dunmore into Space. Leveraging his long list of contacts and relying on his ability to be a tenacious and persuasive salesman, Art got Dunmore’s space materials qualified on program after program for both NASA and commercial programs, until Dunmore eventually became the household name when it came to spacecraft thermal control materials. Art was directly responsible for work associated with the ongoing Space Shuttle program, the International Space Station, every NASA science mission including Cassini (Saturn), Galileo (Jupiter), New Horizons (Pluto) and the Hubble Space Telescope, to name only a few. It seems only fitting that Art’s last day before his trip to the heavens would share the 27th anniversary of the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope on April 24, 1990 and its journey to explore what lies beyond our home planet Earth. In 2008 Art decided that retirement sounded like a great plan and was proud to be able to turn over his years of hard work to his son Art, Jr, who continues to manage the Space and Aircraft business for Dunmore today. He was a Life Member of the Port Monmouth Fire Company with 50 years of service and he served as Secretary for over 40 Years. He was also Secretary of the Middletown Township Fireman’s Relief Association. He was the Middletown Township Firefighter of the year 2007 He worked with Habitat for Humanity and belonged to the AIAA Aerospace Organization When Art wasn’t working or helping out the Fire Company, he had some great hobbies. He loved boating and fishing and could tell you “real” stories of the “one that got away” and the ones that weren’t so lucky. He would spend long days outdoors working in his yard and always took great pride in his landscaping. We were remembering a day before line trimmers when Art used to edge around his trees with hand clippers! Art was an artist. He attended art school for a while before joining the Navy. He could draw ships and covered bridges so lifelike, you’d have thought you could sail off into the sunset or take a stroll over a babbling brook. He shared this love with his children and grandchildren and always bought them drawing pads, pencils and colored markers, hoping they would follow in his artistic footsteps. The list can go on – love of the classic ’67 Dodge he shared with his son Artie, love of going on day or weekend trips with his wife Darlene, love of seeing his grandkids swim in the pool (and occasionally joining them down the slide!), love of planting all kinds of flowers with his daughter Amy. He loved life and will be greatly missed. He is predeceased by mother and father Helen and Newton Mallett and granddaughter Abigail Bashant He is survived by his wife: Darlene Mallett; son Arthur N. (Laura) Mallett of Aberdeen, NJ; daughter Amy (Matthew) Bashant, Clinton, NY; grandchildren Rebecah, Elizabeth, and Andrew Bashant and Emily and Jack Mallett; and Cousins Paul Murphy of Leonardo and Albert Mallett of FL. The funeral will be held 10:00 am on Saturday, April 29 at John P. Condon Funeral Home LLC, 804 St. Hwy. #36, Leonardo, NJ. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery, Middletown on Saturday, April 29 at 11:45 am. Calling hours will be Friday, April 28 from 5:00pm-8:00pm at John P. Condon Funeral Home LLC, 804 St. Hwy. #36, Leonardo, NJ. In Lieu of flowers expressions of sympathy should be directed to Unbrokenwarriors.org or the Port Monmouth Fire Company. .

Mr Arthur "Art" N. Mallett

January 15, 1943 - April 24, 2017

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Mr Arthur "Art" N. Mallett

January 15, 1943 - April 24, 2017

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