NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. -- The Rev. William James Maloney, Westminster College director of church relations, died at 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14, 2002, in Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh. He was 54.
A Witness to the Resurrection service will be held at 2 p.m., Jan. 25, 2003, in Wallace Memorial Chapel of Westminster College, New Wilmington, with the Rev. Dr. Kenneth E. Bailey as preacher. A private family service was held in Riverview Cemetery, West Millgrove, Ohio.

Rev. Maloney was born May 29, 1948, in Pittsburgh to James Edward and Clarion Lorraine Samuels Maloney.
He pursued courses in behavioral sciences at Point Park College, Pittsburgh, earning a bachelor's degree in 1970.
Having felt a lifelong call into the ministry, Bill entered Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, graduating in 1973 with a master's in divinity. He was ordained to the ministry of the word and sacrament in June 1973 by the Pittsburgh Presbytery.

He served as assistant pastor of Baldwin United Presbyterian Church; was associate pastor and later pastor of Dormont Presbyterian Church; and was pastor from February 1983 until December 1998 of Glenshaw Presbyterian Church.
In January 1999, Bill began his tenure as director of church relations for Westminster College, creating a program of continuing education events for pastors in western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio.

He was a current and active member of Shenango Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church of the U.S.A and was a noted preacher, speaker, teacher and youth retreat leader in area churches.

He served in numerous community service organizations including Point Park College board of trustees; New Wilmington Missionary Conference board of managers, for which he was a chairman; New Wilmington and Shaler-Hampton-Etna Ministerial associations, the latter for which he was a president; and the Pittsburgh Cleric.

He also held various offices in the Dormont and Undercliff Volunteer Fire departments and belonged to the South Baldwin Volunteer Fire Company. He was also a life member of the Dormont fire unit.

As a member of the Presbytery, he served as moderator of the Pittsburgh unit; chair of the council and moderator of the Synod of the Trinity; and was a member of the General Assembly Council of the Presbyterian Church from 1991-97; and was chair of the committee of the Office of the General Assembly from 1998-2001.

His wife of 31 ½ years, the Rev. Pamela-Rae Yeager Maloney, whom he married June 5, 1971, survives at the residence.
Also surviving are: his mother, Pittsburgh; a daughter, Heather Lynn Maloney, Cleveland Heights, Ohio; a son, James Raymond Maloney, Pittsburgh; a brother, Keith Alan Maloney, Hilliard, Ohio; a grandchild, Briana Nicolle Grattan, Cleveland Heights; and three nephews and two nieces.

He was preceded in death by his father.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Office of Church Relations of Westminster College, New Wilmington, PA 16142; Student Aid Fund of Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, 616 N. Highland Ave., Pittsburgh 15206; or New Wilmington Missionary Conference, Directors Compensation Endowment Fund, Box 13157, Pittsburgh 15243-0157.

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