AUBURN – Carl R. Prescott, 80, a resident of Blue Road, Monmouth, died early Saturday morning, Sept. 22, at the Hospice House of Androscoggin where he had been a patient.

He was born Oct. 26, 1926, in Lewiston, the son of Ronald and Hazel (Philbrook) Prescott. He was a 1944 graduate of Monmouth Academy.

Carl served in the U.S. Army in the Pacific Theatre during World War II.

On June 26, 1950, he married Alice Damren of Mt. Vernon.

Carl worked for 47 years at Tex Tech in Monmouth, as shift foreman, manager of the spinning department and then as a purchasing agent, retiring in 1988. He was known as a good, dependable worker and a “good man.”

He was a charter member of the Monmouth Masonic Lodge No. 110, the Kora Shrine, Kora Chanters, and the Central Maine Harmony Buoys Barber Shop Chorus. Carl enjoyed woodworking, fishing, hunting and especially camping with his family.

He is survived by his wife, Alice Prescott of Monmouth; his son, William Prescott and his wife, Colleen, of Winthrop; his daughter, Carla Prescott and her companion, Richard Gagnon, of Winthrop; two sisters, Jane Pinkham and her husband, Robert, of Monmouth, and Dianne Prescott of Monmouth; two brothers, Phil Prescott and his wife, Ruth, of Monmouth, and Allan Prescott and his wife, Diane, of Monmouth; 10 grandchildren, Tommy, Timmy and John Beckwith, Brian and Katherine Prescott, Adam, Amy and Michelle Brunelle, and Adam and Aaron Beaulieu; and three great-grandchildren, Avery and Jared Beckwith, and Marissa Parlin.

He was predeceased by his daughter, Susan Beckwith; a son, Carl “Butch” Beaulieu; a brother, David Prescott; and a sister, Betty Hodsdon.