Jim Malone, the SIU’s port agent in Philadelphia, died June 22 in Newark, Del. of a heart attack. He was 56.Fellow officials remembered Malone as a dedicated, respected and well-liked individual whose commitment to the union easily exceeded his considerable size.
“He really cared about the membership,” said SIU President Michael Sacco. “He was a good union rep, very conscientious, and he was also a loving father. He’ll sorely be missed.”
SIU Secretary-Treasurer David Heindel, who worked closely with Malone when they were based in Philadelphia during the early and mid-1990s, stated, “Jim was a dedicated and loyal official. He had a heart of gold and always looked out for the members’ interests.”
SIU Vice President Contracts Augie Tellez said Malone’s “heart was as big as the rest of him.”
SIU Representative Joe Mieluchowski lived in Philadelphia when he went to the SIU hall to inquire about joining in 1991.
“Jim was the one who handed me my application,” Mieluchowski recalled. “If you knew him, you liked him. He was extremely loyal to the union and he was very dedicated to his family. All of that is fact.”
A Philadelphia native, Malone sailed in the SIU’s inland division, beginning in 1982. He sailed as a deckhand with Moran, McAllister and Taylor & Anderson in Philadelphia, most recently in 1988. That same year, he came ashore to work for the union.
Malone became the union’s port agent in Philadelphia in 1997. He later assumed the same post for the SIU in Norfolk, Va. before returning as port agent in Philadelphia.
Survivors include Malone’s wife, Patricia; three daughters and a son; and nine grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
A funeral mass took place June 26 at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church in Philadelphia.
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