KINGSBURY PLANTATION – Al Grant, born Feb. 10, 1961, passed away June 21, 2022. The man. The myth. The legend.

His joy was boundless and he delighted in sharing it with all he knew. He’d mastered the art of “The Grant Look”, which he reserved for especially stupid people and circumstances.

He loved a stiff drink (Crown Royal) and a good laugh. Even better if he could make you laugh, by sending you a meme or doing an impression or telling a joke, the more outrageous the better.

He loved his wife, Beth; his family, daughter Hannah, son Adam, daughter-in-law Leah; and granddaughter Charlie; sisters Michele King, Lauren Dow and brother, Jeff Grant and their late sister, Dawn Angel; his four-legged children Finn and Gracie; his friends and neighbors at Kingsbury Plantation, and anything to do with the great outdoors.

A “meat-and-potatoes guy,” he loved steak (filet, of course, but not “petite”), grilling and smoking and made his own sausage, deli-worthy corned beef and hamburger. He was still perfecting smoked ham when he ran out of time.

Because he loved the cosmos, because he was a Reiki Master, because he knew how to make an entrance and an exit, Al Grant left this earthly plane early on the morning of the summer solstice, way too soon.

Every autumn, he donned his blue and green kilt, the plaid of Clan Grant, to preside over his epic Oktoberfest feast, which brought together friends, family and neighbors for hours of great food (last year: steak, scallops and lobster) and drink, laughs and music.

He loved his neighbors so much he agreed to serve as the second Assessor for Kingsbury Plantation.

After his 2013 retirement from Huhtamaki, where he worked for 28 years as Lead man in Rough Finish, he married the love of his life and took up guitar, harmonica and singing.

Born in South Weymouth, Mass., Al Grant graduated from Lawrence High School where he played football, basketball and baseball and remained an avid sports fan of New England teams for the rest of his days.

He hunted deer as a young man and loved to fly fish all over the Great State of Maine. He built his camp on Howard Lane by hand — and over the years expanded it, making it their full-time home by adding porches, plumbing and extra rooms, as well as outdoor structures in the garden. Whatever Al Grant did, he did all the way.

A memorial service will be held Friday, July 1 at Veilleux and Redington Funeral Home in Waterville at 10 a.m.

In lieu of flowers,

donations may be sent to the Good Shepherd Food Bank or the Humane Society

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