- Date Of Birth: August 1, 1926
- Date Of Death: December 30, 2014
- State: Maine
West Bath – Barbara Elizabeth Tasker Avery, 88, of West Bath died on Tuesday, December 30, 2014. She was born on August 1, 1926, in Bradford, Maine, the daughter of Earl H. & Doris (Hunter) Tasker. She attended schools in Bradford until 1941 when her parents moved to Bath. She attended Morse High School and graduated from there in 1944. After high school she worked as a teller at Bath Trust Company, then at the Office of Price Administration, Rent Control Office. After the death of her first husband she worked for M.W. Sewall and Co. for 12 years as a bookkeeper and office clerk. She then worked at Bath Iron Works as an administrative secretary in the Materials Division until her retirement in 1989.
She was a communicant of All Saints Parish, St. Mary’s Church in Bath. She loved to spend time with her family and summering at the Cottage at Meadowbrook in Phippsburg.
She was pre-deceased by her husband John E. Belanger in 1967 and a brother, Arthur Tasker of Millinocket.
She is survived by her children Richard E. Belanger and his wife Julie of Arundel, Susan Belanger and her husband John Colombrares of Brunswick, Barbara Jo Belanger of West Bath, Janice B. Bensing and her husband Robert of Harpswell, Bette J. Gilmore and her husband Benson of Woolwich, John F. Belanger and his wife Karyn of West Bath, Mary L. Bean and her husband David of Rochester, NH, David T. Belanger and his wife Patty of New Vineyard; 14 grandchildren, 9 great grandchildren and 1 great great grandchild, and several nieces and nephews.
