Albright—Carl William Albright, 84, on August 16, 2025, at home with his family in Edgecomb, Maine. Carl was born on August 13, 1941, to Rev. D. Ward and Naomi Albright in Beverly, Mass. Carl grew up with a sister, Margaret, and two brothers, Ward and Paul, in Massachusetts and Maryland. Carl’s higher education included a bachelor’s degree with a pre-med concentration from Eastern Nazarene College in Quincy, Mass., and master’s degrees from Wisconsin State University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y.
Inspired by John Kennedy, Carl became a Peace Corps volunteer in the Philippines, enriching high school science programs. Before returning to the United States, Carl continued circumnavigating the globe. He married college classmate Dorothy Hagar on August 6, 1965, in Weilstetten, Germany. Within a few years, their family grew to include sons, Peter and Jonathan, and Dotty’s son, Kelvin.
Carl’s career saw him take multiple high school science teaching positions, including, from 1970 to 1975, at The Meeting School, a Quaker boarding school located on a working organic farm including 142 acres of field and forest in Rindge, N.H. He became a member of East Vassalboro (Maine) Meeting in 1970.
Carl moved to Edgecomb, Maine, spending nearly a decade in Edgecomb’s elementary school in positions ranging from school bus driver and teacher’s aide to first and second grade teacher and principal.
Hoping to find a rural home, 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.
Carl changed careers to become a certified nurse’s aid, first working at a nursing home, then at Miles Hospital, and finally for ten years at Miles & St. Andrews Home Health & Hospice in Damariscotta, Maine. Carl cared passionately about and found personal fulfillment in his hospice work. Following 25 years of service as a CNA, Carl retired at age 65.
From 1976 until his death, Carl was a member of Midcoast Meeting in Damariscotta.
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 theater, and being part of Mainely Men. His children remember cross-country family trips in their Volkswagen bus and learning the constellations by name. Carl’s eight grandchildren knew him as a grownup who liked to blow bubbles and fly kites and encouraged clowning in photos. Carl enjoyed visits to the homes of his eight great-grandchildren.
Carl was predeceased by his sister, Margaret.
He is survived by his wife, Dotty Albright; four children, Peter Albright, Jonathan Albright, Dana Albright, and Jennifer (Jensi) Albright; two brothers, Ward Albright and Paul Albright; eight grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
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