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Dr. Albert E. Myers Obituary

Dr. Albert E. Myers

September 18, 1931 - May 22, 2026

Dr. Albert E. Myers Obituary

Fort Myers, FL, Florida - Albert Edwin Myers died May 22, 2026, on Naomi A. Paullin's birthday (first wife) in Fort Myers, FL. He was a seasonal resident of Castine and a member of Trinity Episcopal Church. His ancestors settled in Castine and Penobscot 250 years ago. Dunbar Road is named for his ancestor, Revolutionary War soldier David Dunbar and his family. His family donated the house on the property of the Penobscot Historical Society in honor of his mother, a native of Hancock County. He was born Sept. 18, 1931, in Akron, OH, to Forrest D. Myers and Marian H. Conner.

Albert attended Swarthmore College, The University of Akron, Wittenberg University, Hamma Divinity School, Oberlin College Graduate School of Theology and held the D.Min. degree from Vanderbilt University. He was a Lutheran minister, serving in Flin Flon, Manitoba, Ashland Co., OH, Cheyenne, WY, Richmond Hill, Ontario and Pittsburgh, PA. He was also an honorary Canon in the Episcopal Cathedral of St. Stephen in Harrisburg. He served for nearly 24 years as executive director of the PA Council of Churches, a ministry of 48 church bodies in PA, often serving as interim or supply pastor in churches through central PA.

With his first wife, Naomi A. Paullin, he had four children; they survive him: Paul T. Myers, Kathy I. Jones, Deborah H. Rice and Forrest C. Myers. He is also survived by grandchildren, Thomas J. Cantlin, Heather A. Jones, Jordan P. Myers, Kelsey F. Myers, Alden J. Myers, Gray C. Myers, Callie A. Myers, and Camden A. Myers; and great-grandchildren, Xavier L. Jones, Arwen A. Faucett, Camryn W. Rice Jr., Thomas J. Cantlin, and Silas B. Rutkowski. He is survived by his siblings: Lucy J. Webster and Vivian M. Harig. Widowed, he married in 2000 Patricia A. Piper, who survives him in their retirement home, Shell Point Retirement Community, near Sanibel Island in SW Florida.

He was a member of Peace Lutheran Church near Fort Myers, but often attended his wife's church, Chapel by the Sea, on Estero Island. Albert was a member and sometime officer in the Caloosa Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution, and the Henry Samson Colony of the FL Society of Mayflower Descendants and served as elder (chaplain) of the FL Society. He was a life member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, the Castine (ME) Scientific Society, the Castine (ME) Historical Society, the Penobscot (ME) Historical Society, the Perry County (PA) Historians, the Somerset Chapter of Magna Charta Barons and the Order of the Founders of North America, and joined the First Families of Ohio. He served on many boards, including Thiel College, PA Citizen Service Project, Harrisburg State Hospital, National Council of Churches, Intercultural Family Services (Philadelphia) and the PA Bible Society. He published five books and wrote numerous articles, and hosted and spoke on radio and TV programs in Toronto, Pittsburgh and Harrisburg. His hobbies included travel, family and local history and active participation in several discussion groups and clubs in Shell Point.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in memory of Albert E. Myers to: Penobscot Historical Society, 88 North Penobscot Rd., Penobscot, ME 04476 facebook.com/PenobscotHistoricalSociety, or National Audubon Society, attn: Donations,225 Varick St., 7th Floor, New York, NY 10014, audubon.org.

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Fort Myers, FL, Florida - Albert Edwin Myers died May 22, 2026, on Naomi A. Paullin's birthday (first wife) in Fort Myers, FL. He was a seasonal resident of Castine and a member of Trinity Episcopal Church. His ancestors settled in Castine and Penobscot 250 years ago. Dunbar Road is named for his ancestor, Revolutionary War soldier David Dunbar

Published on May 28, 2026

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