Max R. Corbett of Beverly died on Friday, October 16, 2026 with his family around him. He was 90.
He was the son of the late Fred Hoston and Mamie Jane (Rhodes) Corbett. He went through Army basic training at Fort Dix, N.J. in 1958 and served three years in the Massachusetts Army National Guard. He earned a bachelor’s degree at the University of Massachusetts and a master’s in education at Antioch University, began teaching at East Boston High School and rose to citywide director of applied technology for the Boston Public Schools, the post he retired from. For many years he was also director of youth activities at Action for Boston Community Development. He was the problem-solver his family turned to, and he loved visits to relatives in North Carolina and the holidays that gathered everyone together.
He leaves his sister, Shirley Kerr of Beverly; his children, Carolyn Burke and her husband Vincent of Byfield, Patricia Caulfield of Inverness, Fla., Linda Tech and her husband Jeffrey of Charles Town, W.Va., and Marc Corbett and Lisa Corbett, both of Beverly; eight grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. His brothers Fred and James Corbett and his grandson Garrett Caulfield died before him.
A funeral Mass is Saturday, October 24 at 1 p.m. at St. John the Evangelist Church, 111 New Balch Street, Beverly. Burial is private. Arrangements are by the Campbell Funeral Home, Beverly. The family suggests donations to Sweet Paws Rescue or the Kaplan Family Hospice House.
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