“Carl” was born Nov. 11, 1922, the son of Lewis and Alice Peterson Brock. He attended local schools, and graduated from Thornton Academy in 1941.
Carl served in the U.S. Navy in the north Atlantic during World War II. After his service to his country, he attended the University of Maine in Orono, where he received an associate’s degree.
Carl worked for over 33 years for New England Telephone as an engineer. He was a longtime member of Christ Episcopal Church of Biddeford, where he was on the Vestry committee and a senior warden.
Mr. Brock was a member of the Telephone Pioneers of America, a lifetime member and Past Noble Grand of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and a member of Dunlap Masonic Lodge No. 47 of Biddeford, where he was Past Master in 1969.
He enjoyed fishing the Allagash, Moosehead, playing golf – he golfed with the same foursome for over 54 years – and eating out.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Lucille Simard Brock.
He is survived by: a son, Kenneth Brock of North Anson; three daughters, Carlene B. Barron of South Portland, Deborah B. Harry and her husband Roy of Scarborough and Naples, Florida, and Beverly B. VanBuskirt and her husband James of Littleton, Colorado; a sister, Elizabeth (Betty) Langewisch of Saco; five grandchildren, Brock, Nicholas, Kendall, Brittney and Benjamin; and three granddaughters, Lucy, Carly and Mary.
The family would like to thank Gosnell Memorial Hospice House, the Maine Veterans Home and the Wardwell Home for the care they provided to Carl to make him comfortable.
A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. July 16 at Trinity Episcopal Church, 13 Cleveland St., Saco. Father David Robinson will officiate. The service will be concluded with military honors provided by the U.S. Navy. Private family committal will be held at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Deering Park, where he will be laid to rest next to his wife.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Dennett, Craig & Pate Funeral and Cremation, 365 Main St., Saco.
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