Carl William Albright, 84, died Aug. 16, 2025 at home with his family in Edgecomb, Maine.

Born Aug. 13, 1941 to 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 BA with a PreMed concentration from Eastern Nazarene College in Quincy, Massachusetts and two master’s degrees from Wisconsin State University, Wisconsin and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York. Inspired by John Kennedy he became a Peace Corps volunteer in the Philippines, enriching high school science programs. Before returning to the US, Carl continued circumnavigating the globe, marrying college classmate Dorothy Hagar 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, Oklahoma. 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 long standing 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 grown up who liked to blow bubbles, fly kites and encouraged clowning in photos. Carl 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 1st/2nd grade teacher and principal. Carl retired at age 76 after a change in career and 25 years as a CNA, first working at a nursing home, then Miles Hospital and finally Miles Home Health & Hospice. Carl cared passionately about and found personal fulfillment in his work with Hospice which comprised the last 10 years of his career.