At a picnic at Crocker Park Sept. 4, the Marblehead Rotary Club honored the legacy of longtime member Carl Siegel, who passed away in February at the age of 92. The Rotary placed a gold plaque, reading “In Memory of F. Carlton Siegel ‘Service Over Self,’” on a rock near the Crocker Park gazebo.
“Our good friend, Carl, exemplified ‘Service Over Self’ in the highest of standards,” said Rotary member Jack Attridge at the meeting. “It is an honor for our club to memorialize Carl and this standard of service in a space that others can be inspired by, overlooking our great town.”
About 50 people gathered for the ceremony, which was followed by a lobster roll lunch.
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Siegel served as Rotary treasurer for 27 years. He also led Marblehead’s Water and Sewer Commission and was an election night vote counter at Abbot Hall for decades.
Siegel’s daughter, Suzanne, attended the Crocker Park ceremony.
“My dad just loved this town,” she said. “He was the most selfless person in the world.”
