George Tasker

1922 - 2015

George Tasker of Bow and Concord, passed away peacefully Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015. He was born in Newburg, Maine, March 5, 1922, the son the late Albion and Lucy Tasker. He grew up on the family dairy and vegetable farm. He worked for Whitcomb construction until he enlisted in the U.S. Army at age 19. George served as a medical technician in the Army Medial Service in North Africa where he met his future wife Jean who was serving in the British Army Signal Corp. They were later married in Cairo, Egypt in 1945.

They lived in Boston and Braintree, Mass. for 49 years .George retired as Manager at Sears in Boston after 42 years and later moving to Bow in 1992. He was a member of the Trinity Episcopal Church and Masonic lodge in Weymouth, Mass., the American Legion Morrisette Post in Quincy, Mass., the Hooksett American Legion Post 37 and the Bow Men's Club.

George was an excellent woodsman, an avid hunter and fisherman. He loved fly fishing Maine's West Branch of the Penobscot River. He was an avid reader, loved gardening and tending his backyard vegetable garden, and hanging out with family and friends .

He was predeceased by his wife Jean of 67 years; his sister, Marguerite and her husband, George Livingstone of Weymouth, Mass.; and brothers, Lawrence Tasker of Dedham, Mass. and Gerald Tasker of Pleasant Valley, N.Y.

George is survived by his son, Bruce and his wife, Suzanne of Concord; three grandchildren, Jonathan Tasker and his wife, Karen of Kittery Maine, Kerri Tasker of Penacook and Seth Tasker and his wife, Emily of Brighton, Mass.; two great-grandchildren, Sophie and Colby; sister-in-laws, Mary Tasker of Massachusetts and Shirley Tasker of New York; a sister-and brother-in-law, Rita Coomer and her husband, Bill of Dorset, England.

A memorial service and burial will be held on Monday, Dec. 21, at 3 p.m. in the Chapel at the New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery, Boscawen.

Arrangements are being handled by The Waters Funeral Home.

In lieu of flowers please consider a memorial donation to help the Wildlife Heritage Foundation of New Hampshire, P.O. Box 3993 Concord, NH 03302-3993, support and enhance critical conservation programs of the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department, so that people and wildlife will benefit for generations to come."