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Show Services Meld Wednesday Fnr Ethel Tasker k mm ':';: - J Q) h Ethel Tasker Ethel Lily Loane Tasker kf 81, died In the San Nursing Home ApU 6, 1975 'L after a long Illness. y Born Jan. 7, 1894, Pnu. delphla, Penn. to Sarah Ma-ttlda Ma-ttlda McLernon and Joseph T. Loane, she married Mi), colm Hopper October 21 1909 from whom she was ' later divorced. She married Henry C. D. Tasker Ju ' 13, 192 Mrs. Tasker gave many .j years of service to her com- , munlty. She was one of the Instigators of the Green Ri. 'I. ver Melon Day Idea and served ser-ved as secretary of the Me- ; Ion Day activities for three years. For nine years she was secretary for Red Cross ' activities. She served as chairman of the Republican Party and was reglstar o( voters for 25 years. ! The first year of the Greet River Women's Club's organization or-ganization Ethel served as secretary. Later she was elected president, district secretary, district president presi-dent and served as state chairman of the Veteran's affairs committee. Before coming to Utah Mrs. Tasker had a great deal of experience in patriotic patri-otic and public affairs. She was secretary and treasurer treasur-er of the Red Cross Military Committee during the first year of World War L Her interest In patriotic affairs has long been evidenced by her actlvitlnes In the American Amer-ican Legion Auxiliary. As a member of the Price unl, she held secretary and then president's positions and then went on to become department de-partment president for the State of Utah. She as 1 I national committee woman for the State of Utah and Na-tlonal Na-tlonal Chairman for veterans veter-ans affairs. She served as district president for District Dis-trict 5 in the Utah American Legion Auxiliary and during this time formed the Greet River unit along wtthaninv ber of other units in the southern section of Utah, of which Moab was one. She was a past state presided of the 8 and 40, an honorary unit of the American Legion Auxiliary, and has held oa-" tlonal offices In this group. In Green River she was selective se-lective service reglstar. Mrs. Tasker was a 52 year member of the Order of Eastern Star, St. Albans Al-bans Chapter, Philadelphia, Penn. Survivors Include 1 daughter Betty Sturges, Sal Lake City; granddaughter Jacquallne Sturges Glo, Moab; 2 great grandchildren Ethel Lynn Ford, Costa Mesa, Me-sa, Calif, and Robert Vernon Vern-on Daye, Rock Springs, Wyo. The family suggests It lieu of flowers contributions to San Juan Nursing Home or St. Francis Episcopal Church. Funeral was held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at St. Francis Episcopal Church. Burial was In the Elgin Cemetery. |