Dr. Carl J. Morrison

SCARBOROUGH – Dr. Carl J. Morrison, 79, of Scarborough, passed away on Nov. 21, 2022.

He was predeceased by his parents Evangeline “Nana” O’Brien and James Morrison of Trescott.

Carl was born Dec. 2, 1942, in Lubec where he attended a one-room schoolhouse, Cove School and Grammar School. He graduated from Lubec High School in 1961.

In 1965, Carl graduated from Bates College with a degree in Biology, and in 1969, he graduated from Hahnemann-Drexel Medical School with a medical degree. From 1971 to 1973, during the Vietnam War, he was commissioned in the Pediatric Army Medical Corp., where he achieved the rank of major.

Carl married Caroline “Rusty” Faust on Sept. 5, 1970. The two were married for 52 years and raised three children.

Carl began his medical career as a pediatrician and later moved to emergency medicine. He worked as an emergency room M.D. at Southern Maine Medical Center for 40 years and as a medical examiner.

He was also a 50-year member of the Washington Lodge Lubec Masons, 50-year member of The Grange (Patrons of Husbandry), Maine Historical Society, and the Maine Old Cemetery Association.

Carl was an avid reader and had a lifelong passion for science, math, genealogy, horology, astronomy, taphology, woodworking and music. Notably, as a young man, he worked as the piano man at a local bar. Both he and Rusty shared a love of animals on their “Half-Fast Farm,” in Scarborough.

He is survived by his wife, Rusty; their children, Kris Morrison of Jeffersonville, Ill., Lin Morrison of Burlingame, Calif., and Pete Morrison of Davenport, Iowa; and his granddaughters Mia Morrison of Davenport, Iowa and Olivia Fitzgerald of Burlingame, Calif.

Funeral services will be held Monday, Dec. 19, at 10:30 a.m. at Hobbs Funeral Home in Scarborough.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the

Lubec Memorial Library

55 Water St.,

Lubec, ME 04652 or

Lubec Historical Society

135 Main St.,

Lubec, ME 04652