Carmen Louis GENTILE

GENTILE, Carmen Louis Of Lovell, Maine, who lived in Washington, D.C. for over 50 years, but never stopped referring to himself as a Bostonian, died at his home in Lovell, Maine, on September 12, 2025, after receiving a glioblastoma diagnosis in early July. He was 85.

Carmen was a founding partner of the law firm Bruder, Gentile and Marcoux, representing investor-owned electric utilities and gas distribution systems, before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. His clients included Boston Edison, Dominion Resources, California Power Exchange, Wisconsin Public Service and New Hampshire Public Service. He was president of the Energy Bar Association in 1995. In 2013, Bruder, Gentile & Marcoux merged with the Chicago firm Schiff Hardin (now ArentFox Schiff).

Carmen was born in Boston in 1940 and grew up in Boston's West End. He was an altar boy and student at St. Joseph's and a proud alumnus of Boston Latin School and Harvard College. Immediately after college, Carmen went into the U.S. Army's six-month program and then entered the U.S. State Department, as a Foreign Service Officer, at the age of 22. He was a vice consul at the U.S. Consulate in Palermo, Italy. In 1967, he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and began his legal career as law clerk for Chief Judge G. Joseph Tauro of the Massachusetts Superior Court and then as Assistant Legal Counsel for Massachusetts Governor Francis Sargent.

While at Penn Law School, Carmen met fellow student Beth-Ann Fischer in the eating, talking, and smoking section of the library. They married in 1967 and moved to Washington, D.C. in 1970.

Carmen was a passionate sports fan, especially when it came to cheering on his daughters and granddaughters, or the Red Sox, Celtics, Bruins and Patriots. As an athlete, he loved playground basketball and softball and was proud to have completed several marathons and many Lovell Old Home Days Road Races. In the mid '90s, he took up golf and was addicted to the game for the rest of his life. Although he never realized his dream of publishing a science fiction or Cold War spy novel, Carmen proudly authored articles for Energy Law Journal and Public Utilities Fortnightly. He was an active member of the Cosmos Club in Washington, D.C., the Lake Kezar Country Club in Lovell, Maine and the Amelia Island Club in Amelia Island, Florida.

In addition to his wife, Carmen leaves his daughters, Alexis Comrack and Olivia Gentile; sons-in-law, Christopher Comrack and Andy Borowitz; granddaughters, Emilia and Charlotte Comrack and Madeline Gentile-Borowitz; and his devoted dog, Boss.

In lieu of flowers, contributions in Carmen's memory may be made to the Boston Latin School Association, via www.bls.org or mailed to 300 Fenway, Suite A375, Boston, MA 02115 or to the Lovell Recreation Department, c/o The Town of Lovell, 1069 Main St., Lovell, ME 04051. Arrangements are under the care of Wood Funeral Home and Cremation Services. 9 Warren St., FRYEBURG, Maine. To make an online condolence, please visit www.woodfuneralhome.org