We are sad to announce that on January 4, 2023, at the age of 87, John M. Trask Jr. of Saint Helena Island, South Carolina, born in Wilmington, North Carolina passed away. Leave a sympathy message to the family on the memorial page of John M. Trask Jr. to pay them a last tribute.

He was predeceased by : his parents, John M. Trask Sr. and Flora Graham Trask; and his brothers, Fred G. Trask and Charles H. Trask. He is survived by : his wife Caroline Clark Trask; his children, John M. Trask III, Isabelle Trask Toedtman (Zack), Peter Trask and Josephine Trask; and his grandchildren, Caroline Trask Wallace (late Gordon Wallace), Lizzie Wallace, Anna Wallace, S. Clark Trask (Evy Nabers Trask), Grace Trask, Sam Trask, Patrick G. Trask (Cathleen Quinn Trask), Patrick Trask Jr., Lillian Trask and William Trask. He is also survived by his children and grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, they would request donations be made in his name to The Beaufort County Open Land Trust (https://openlandtrust.org), an organization he helped form with Marguerite Broz and Betty Waskiewicz in 1971 and actively participated in throughout his life.

Funeral arrangement under the care of
Anderson Funeral Home Inc