Robert Rand MacKusick
March 14, 1936 ~ July 1, 2025
Born in:
Akron, Ohio
Resided in:
Southport, Maine
Robert Rand MacKusick, 89, passed away peacefully on July 1, 2025. He was the husband of Camille (Hastings) MacKusick with whom he shared 59 years of marriage.
Born in Akron, Ohio on March 14,1936, he was the son of the late William and Marcia (Smith) MacKusick. Robert was raised in Akron with his sister Jane and brother, William. He received his bachelor’s degree from Michigan State University, majoring in Business Administration. After university he went on to enlist in the US Army, where he served in Harrogate (Yorkshire), England, stationed at Menwith Hill, an intelligence and communications facility for the UK and the US.
Robert was a life long Christian Scientist, and served the Church as a Practitioner, Teacher, and Lecturer.
Robert and Camille raised their three children in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. In the mid 1980s, the family moved to the Boston area where he assumed various management positions within the Church Headquarters.
Robert and his extended family were longtime summer residents of Southport, Maine and in 1990, he and Camille made their final home on Southport in the house his mother had resided in. He had a deep love for the water and it was rare that the family was without a boat. “Moxie” was the family sailboat (a 1942 Lightning) that they sailed on Lake Erie, Lake Michigan, and around the midcoast of Maine. Later, he simplified to a little Boston Whaler which was always ready for a ride. Uncle Rob could always be counted on for a spin around the islands.
In addition to his wife, Camille, he is survived by their three children, Paul Winslow MacKusick of Lewiston, ME, Robert Hastings MacKusick of Portland, ME, Elisabeth Jane MacKusick Cummings and her husband Thomas of Derry, NH, Rob’s brother William and wife Renata MacKusick of Germany, and his granddaughter Darcy Jane Cummings of Portland, ME. The MacKusick clan is large and Robert was fortunate to have many nieces, nephews and cousins to mix with in the summer time.
Family services will be held at a date to be determined. The family kindly declines the offer of flowers. Online condolences are available at www.LyonsFuneral.com
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I remember the one and only time I met Rob. It was on a Sunday at the Christian Science church in Cleveland. I was in town about to attend Christian Science class instruction with William Correll. He and his wife Camille graciously invited me over to their house for lunch, and afterwards, Rob asked me to join him in the park where he had a table set up with Christian Science literature. While there, an inebriated man came up and started conversing with us. Rob gave his full attention to this gentleman, speaking in a way that was easy for him. He asked the man if he could name Jesus’ disciples, and the man readily replied, starting to rattle off a number of them. Their conversation went on for a number of minutes, and after a time the man walked away, and to me appeared completely sober. This struck me as a simple case of Rob practicing the spiritual truths he believed in, which resulted in a wonderful healing for a stranger. I never forgot this act of kindness, feeling it enriched my life and taught me a valuable lesson on how to treat others. My love goes to Rob’s family. You are fortunate to have had Rob in your lives.