Carl William Albright, 84, died Aug. 16, 2025 at home with his family in Edgecomb.
Born Aug. 13, 1941 to the Rev. D. Ward and Naomi Albright, Carl grew up with sister, Margaret (deceased) and brothers, Ward and Paul, in Massachusetts and Maryland.
Carl’s higher education included a B.A. with a pre-med concentration from Eastern Nazarene College in Quincy, Mass. and two masters from Wisconsin State University in Wisconsin and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York.
Inspired by John Kennedy, he became a Peace Corps volunteer, in the Philippines, enriching high school science programs. Before returning to the U.S., Carl continued circumnavigating the globe and married college classmate Dorothy Hagar on Aug. 6, 1965, in Weilstetten, Germany.
Within a few years, Carl’s family had grown to include sons, Peter, Jonathan, and Dotty’s son, Kelvin, who was adopted by Jake and Marilyn Classen in Lahoma, Okla.
Cementing a hope for a rural home, the way opened to clear land, mill lumber, and build in the early 1980s. Two more children completed the family: a son, Dana, and a daughter, Jennifer, providing a strong impetus to move into the house. Carl’s Quaker belief in social justice and that of God in everyone fueled his longstanding protest participation with “Give Peace A Chance” and “Black Lives Matter” signs.
Carl loved canoeing, long-distance hiking, sailing, performing in community theatre, and being part of Mainely Men. Carl’s children remember cross-country family trips in their VW bus and learning the constellations by name after dark.
Carl’s eight grandchildren Michael, Rosalie, Bradly, Helen, Conner, Wyatt, Sydni, and Leki knew him as a grownup who liked to blow bubbles, fly kites, and encouraged clowning in photos. He enjoyed visits to the homes of his eight great-grandchildren – Elliot, Amelia, Eli, Ella, Quinn, Rory, Celia, and Ian.
Carl’s career in science and education after college continued through multiple high school science teaching positions, including five years at a New Hampshire Quaker boarding school and finally settling into home in Edgecomb with nearly a decade in Edgecomb’s elementary school from school bus driver and teacher’s aide to first and second grade teacher and principal.
Carl retired aged 76 after a change in career and 25 years as a certified nurse aid, first working at a nursing home, to Miles Hospital, and finally Miles Home Health & Hospice. Carl cared passionately about found personal fulfillment in his work with Hospice which comprised the last 10 years of his career.
