Rabbi Arnold Task, 92, died on May 8, 2025, surrounded by his wife, Judy, and daughters, Sherri Gouterman, Susan Israel, and Laurie Klein.
Rabbi Task was born in Chicago on October 21, 1932. He and Judy were married on Sept. 4, 1955.
Rabbi Task completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Chicago and was ordained by Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati in 1958. He served as assistant rabbi in St. Louis, Missouri, 1958-1960, and in Newport News, Virginia, 1960-1968. He was the rabbi of Temple Emanuel in Greensboro, North Carolina, 1968-1988, and Gemiluth Chassodim in Alexandria, Louisiana, 1988-2011. He retired in 2011 and moved to Arizona in 2019.
Along with his wife, he is survived by three daughters and five grandchildren: Sherri (Steve) Gouterman, children: Taylor (Allison) and Danny; Susan (Artie) Israel, children: Jodi and Kacy; and Laurie Klein, child: Samantha.
There will be a celebration of life for family and neighbors in the coming days.
