Memorial Service Scheduled For Late Congresswoman

WALNUT CREEK, CA — A memorial service for former U.S. Rep. Ellen Tauscher will be held Thursday afternoon in Walnut Creek.

The service gets underway at 2 p.m. at the Lesher Center for the Arts at 1601 Civic Drive. The memorial is open to the public and a reception will be held afterward at the arts center.

Tauscher died in April. The cause of her death wasn't immediately released when her family announced in a statement on April 30 that she had died. She had written on Facebook earlier in April that she was recovering from pneumonia as a complication from esophageal cancer surgery years ago.

Tauscher served an East Bay congressional district from 1997 to 2009 and was known for success, according to her family's statement, including being the youngest and one of the first women to hold a seat on the New York Stock Exchange.

— Bay City News

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