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Carl Warren Stinson

Date of Death: November 23, 2025

Date of Birth: June 17, 1941

Biography:

Skip Stinson, known to a few as Carl, hung up his fishing rods and firearms for the last time on Sunday, November 23, 2025, in Bath, Maine.  He crafted his own obituary as a memory for his 50th reunion at Colby College in 2013:

ELEGY FOR 72 YEARS

 

Grew up in the “cradle of ships”

Where my father pounded steel

 

Colby taught me how to see the world

My father taught me how to survive in it

 

Peace Corps in Africa made me a Patriot

 

Law school: learned “truth and justice” never sleep

Unless it’s drinking beer

 

Fought for the poor

Ran with the rich

Found the former more fun

 

I’m a country lawyer

 

Loved what I did

Spent what I earned

 

Still married to my first wife

She’ll sit by His side

 

Kids exceeded our expectations

Blessed us with 3 grandchildren – certainly to be Rhodes Scholars

 

Made many lists for the bucket

Was pretty much full

 

When I come to kick it

Won’t be much to spill

Skip was the first in his family to go to college and was always immensely grateful for the scholarship aid he received.  He obtained his J.D. from the Boston University School of Law in 1968 after a two-year hitch in Cameroon in the Peace Corps.  His love affair with Africa never ended.

 

He was born in Bath in June 1941 to Paul and Louise Stinson.  He seized the opportunity to practice law in Bath in 1968 and practiced there until 2015.  And he died in Bath at HillHouse, whose founders were his clients.

 

Skip is survived by his wife of 58 years, Lucy Eliott Bygrave, their daughter Lucy E. Tshuka (Stephen), their son Paul W. Stinson (Heather), sister Pauly Ann Clark, niece Maryjane Clark Warren (Bob), and grandchildren Lindy and Margo Tshuka and Quinn Stinson, and a number of cousins and in-laws.

 Skip loved anything that involved being outdoors, especially woods and water. He was forever curious, interested in people and new ideas, fun and funny, thoughtful and kind, which endeared him to the staff and residents of HillHouse. 

 

There will be a celebration of his life in the spring.  If you would like to make a contribution in his memory to CHANS Home Health & Hospice (MaineHealth) or the HillHouse (memo: Skip Stinson) the family would be grateful.  The wonderful people of those organizations made this journey easier with their kind and gentle ministrations to him and to us.