This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Tasker, Schnabel, Reed, Tanner, Orberg Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/QFB.2ACE/1523 Message Board Post: Malcolm A. Tasker, age 81, of Lake Odessa, passed away Tuesday, April 29. 1997 at his residence. He was born May 1, 1915 in Odessa Township, Ionia County, the son of Ray and Rose (Schnabel) Tasker. Mr. Tasker graduated from Lake Odessa High School in 1933 and from Wayne State University in 1940 as a Pharmacist. He was married to Iris Reed on June 18, 1939 in Lake Odessa. Mr. Tasker lived in the Lake Odessa area most all of his life except for 21 years (1939-1961) when he and his wife lived in the Detroit area. While in Detroit he worked for the Sherer Pharmaceutical Company. In 1961 he owned and operated the Tasker Pharmacy in Lake Odessa until 1966. He sold this business and was a Pharmacist for the Barry Jacobs Pharmacy in Hastings, retiring in 1978. He attended the Central United Methodist Church of Lake Odessa. Mr. Tasker is survived by his wife, Iris of 57 years, two nieces, Norene Tanner of Allan Park and Eleanor Orberg of Rio-de-Janero. Funeral services were! held Friday, May 2, 1997 at the Koops Funeral Home, Lake Odessa. Reverend Emmett Kadwell officiated. Interment took place at Lakeside Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Heart Association or a charity of one's choice. (The Hastings "Reminder" - Tuesday, May 6, 1997) Transcriber has no family connection.