James Barry Trask

Beloved husband of Elizabeth “Bette” (Furze) Trask. Loving father of Robert P. Trask and his wife Arlene of Hampstead, NH, Elizabeth “Betsey” Trask Porter and her husband Gerard of Norwood, John J. Trask and his wife Nancy of Norwood, Kevin J. Trask and his wife Deborah of Mansfield, Karyn M. Ransom and Richard Sears of S. Yarmouth and Raymond Ransom of S. Dennis. Cherished grandfather of Robert and his wife Amy, James and his wife Alexandra and Stephen Trask, Beth, Sean and Daniel Porter, Christine Burgess and her husband Sean, Sarah Gerome and her husband Justin, Katelyn Trask, Christopher, Lauren, and Kayla Trask and the late David Trask, Lyndsy and Raymond Ransom. Proud great-grandfather of Blake Christien-Trask and Jackson Gerome. Devoted brother of Marie L. Trask of Walpole and the late Edwin L. Trask, Jr. and Richard P. Trask. Brother-in-law of Martha Trask and Katharine Trask. Son of the late Edwin L. and Louise (Barry) Trask. He is also survived by many loving nieces and nephews.

He was a 1951 graduate of Boston College High School and 1955 graduate of Tufts University School of Mechanical Engineering. He retired from Northrop Corporation after many years of service. He was a former member of Norwood Town Meeting, the Norwood Conservation Commission, Norwood Chamber of Commerce, and an original member of the Town of Norwood Future Electrical Power Supply Needs Committee.

Funeral services will be held on Saturday, January 19th at 9:30am from the Gillooly Funeral Home, 126 Walpole Street, (Rte. 1A), Norwood, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30am in St. Timothy’s Church, 650 Nichols Street, Norwood. Interment will follow the Mass in Highland Cemetery, Norwood. Visiting hours will be held on Friday from 4:00-8:00pm at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions in memory of James Barry Trask may be made to either the Campion Health Center, 319 Concord Road, Weston, MA 02493 or Broad Reach Hospice and Palliative Care, 390 Orleans Road, North Chatham, MA 02650.