Carter
MacDonald, age 80, of Whately, MA, passed away peacefully at Buckley Healthcare
Center, on November 21, 2020. He was
born on April 29, 1940 in Jamaica Plains, Queens, New York to Elizabeth Marsh
and E. Douglas MacDonald. Carter
graduated from The Wheatly School in 1958 and from The University of Maine in
Orono in 1965 a degree in Education. Carter began teaching woodshop in the East
Williston School district on Long Island, NY and met his wife, Linda. They
married on February 8th, 1969 in East Williston, NY just before a
major snowstorm. They moved to Deerfield. Massachusetts in 1972. Together, they
lived on the Eaglebrook campus in Macy House. Carter taught woodshop and
industrial education. He also coached recreational cycling, mountaineering and
junior blues soccer. Carter also drove the big diesel bus for many sports
teams. One year, for a while, he even subbed in for the Conway School and drove
the bus for the town every morning before Eaglebrook started each day. Linda
and Carter spent their summers at Camp Timanous in Raymond, Maine. Carter
started as a camper back in the 1950s and continued as a counselor until 1992.
He helped to bring a respect for mind, body, and spirit into the lives of
thousands of young men. In 1980, they
moved “off campus” to Conway. Carter continued to work at EBS until 2005. He
would often bring his grandson to watch the junior blues play soccer. Carter and
Linda spend their golden years travelling the U.S. and Canada with their
beloved golden retrievers. They got to see the sites and visit friends and
relatives scattered all over the country. Carter was very active in the First
Church of Deerfield and loved the organ and bell concerts that were held at the
church. Carter leaves his 3 children, Melissa Makosiej of Conway. Scott
MacDonald of Conway, and Bruce MacDonald of southern New Hampshire and his 2
grandchildren, Benjamin and Caroline Makosiej of Conway. He will be loved and
missed by all who knew him.
Graveside
services will be held at 2pm on Saturday, December 5th at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Pine Nook Road in Deerfield.
Expressions
of Sympathy are available at: www.wrisleyfuneralhome.com
