Valerie Malmont

Valerie S. Malmont, 76, of Chambersburg, passed away Friday, November 14, 2014 at Gettysburg Lutheran Nursing and Retirement Village. She was born in Cambridge MA. Born on December 20, 1937, She was the daughter of the late Paul H. Skuse and the late Margaret Skuse.
Mrs. Malmont is survived by her three children, Paul Malmont and wife Audrey Herbst of Los Angeles, CA Andrea Malmont and husband Jon Baughman of Chambersburg, PA, and Jason Malmont and wife Lara Brenckle of Carlisle PA. Also surviving are her seven grandchildren. She was predeceased by one daughter, Roxanne Michelle and her husband Bruce Sigmond Malmont. Mrs. Malmont was a mystery author who published six books and a number of short stories. She was a resident of Lutheran Home of Gettysburg.
Mrs. Malmont was a member of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Hagerstown and several writing organizations including Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, and American Crime Writers League. She was also a member of the Franklin County Daughters of the American Revolution, the American Association of University Women, which she served as President, Vice President for membership, newsletter editor, and treasurer. She was also named twice as their “Woman of the Year”.
She earned a B.A.in Anthropology at the University of New Mexico and an Masters in Library Science at the University of Washington.
Prior to becoming a mystery author, she spent her career working at the University of Washington, Children’s librarian at the Arlington public library and as head librarian at Taipei Air Station in Taiwan Headquarters Support Activity. She also spent some time substituting in the Chambersburg School District libraries.