Local Obituaries for Cambridge, Maryland

Jul 26, 2012

Verna E. Willey, 81, of Cambridge passed away on Thursday, July 26, 2012 at her home. She was born in Wilmington, DE on February 20, 1931 and was a daughter of the late Ernest and Madeline Peters Wheatley.

She attended and graduated from Marshallton High School. On November 24, 1949, she married Eldridge M. Willey. Mrs....

Jul 22, 2012

Joseph Byrd Willey, Sr., 88 of Woolford passed away on Sunday, July 22, 2012 at Mallard Bay Care Center. He was born in Seward, Maryland on July 19, 1924 and was a son of the late Joe and Stella Olivia Mills Willey.

Byrd lived in Dorchester County his entire life and attended schools in Cambridge. He...

Jul 11, 2012

Matthew J. Larmore, 41, of Cambridge passed away on Wednesday, July 11, 2012 at Christiana Hospital in Newark, DE. He was born in Cambridge on October 10, 1970 and was a son of Ruth Marie Green Larmore and the late James W. Larmore.

He attended and graduated from Easton High School, class of 1990. On June...

Jul 8, 2012

Ruth M. Davis, 51, of Cambridge passed away on Sunday, July 8, 2012 at Dorchester General Hospital. A graveside memorial service will be held 10:00 a.m., Saturday, July 21, 2012 at Cambridge Cemetery with Pastor George W. Wheatley, Jr. officiating. Arrangements are in the care of the Thomas Funeral Home, P.A. in Cambridge.

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Jul 6, 2012

Ray E. Moore, Sr., 87, of Cambridge passed away on Friday, July 6, 2012 at Mallard Bay Care Center. He was born in Cambridge on April 15, 1925 and was a son of the late Orville and Leota Davenport Moore.

Mr. Moore attended schools in Cambridge. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy when he was 17...

Jul 3, 2012

Robert W. Ridgeway, 65, of Cambridge passed away on Tuesday, July 3, 2012 at Dorchester General Hospital. He was born in Washington, DC on May 1, 1947 and was a son of the late Ernest B. and Doris Arnold Ridgeway.

He graduated from Bladensburg High School. On July 2, 1966, he married the former Kathleen Scully....

Jun 30, 2012

Michael R. Taylor, Sr., 54, of Hurlock passed away on Saturday, June 30, 2012 at Dorchester General Hospital. He was born in East Liverpool, Ohio on May 19, 1958 to Nina J. Gordon Lewis and the late Norman R. Taylor.

He worked at Allen Biotech LLC as an Industrial Maintenance man for many years. He enjoyed...

Jun 24, 2012

Martha Jane Geoghegan Schneider, longtime organist and choir director at the Grace Methodist Church and a native of Cambridge, died Sunday evening at the Forsyth Medical Center in Winston Salem, N.C., from complications related to pneumonia. She was 92.

"Miss Martha," as she was known to many, was a community fixture. She served at Grace church...

Jun 23, 2012

William K. "Bill" Neild, Sr., 57, of Taylors Island passed away on Saturday, June 23, 2012 at Shock Trauma in Baltimore. He was born in Dorchester County on April 23, 1955 and was a son of John S. "Pat" Neild and Virginia Ann Jones Neild.

He graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1973. On October...

Jun 23, 2012

Robert W. Willey, 96, of Linkwood passed away on Saturday, June 23, 2012 at Mallard Bay Care Center. He was born in Lakesville on September 3, 1915 and was a son of the late Solomon R. and Edith Insley Willey.

He attended school in Lakesville. He married the former Lena Fitzhugh, who passed away on November...

Jun 20, 2012

Mary K. Warfield, 82 of Cambridge passed away on Wednesday, June 20, 2012 at Mallard Bay Care Center. She was born in Cambridge on September 9, 1929 and was a daughter of the late Milton and Bessie Wroten Elzey.

Mrs. Warfield attended schools in Cambridge. In 1955, she married Medford Warfield, Jr. She worked and retired...

Jun 17, 2012

Laura Ellen Sockriter Bromwell, age 87, of Madison passed away at Dorchester General Hospital on June 17, 2012. She had been at Chesapeake Woods Rehabilitation facility since May 15th. She was born on February 13, 1925 to the late Daisy and Peter Sockriter. On December 24, 1943, she married Robert L. Bromwell, Sr. who died on September 13,...

Jun 17, 2012

Donna M. Hubbard, 55, of Hurlock passed away on Sunday, June 17, 2012 at her home. She was born in Cambridge on June 11, 1957 to the late Edward and Phoebe Smith Justice.

She married John Hubbard, Jr. on May 16, 1982. She worked at Daffin Disposables in Secretary as a sewing machine operator, for Bob...

Jun 16, 2012

William Frank Lankford (U.S. Marine Corps retired) 76, of Punta Gorda, FL and Cambridge, MD born April 19, 1936 passed away of natural causes on June 16, 2012 at his home in Cambridge, MD. He was the son of the late Minibel and Walter Lankford of Vienna, MD. He was predeceased by his wife of 27 years, Barbara...

Jun 11, 2012

Ann N. Embleton (U.S. Marine Corps, retired) 62, of Woolford passed away on Monday, June 11, 2012 at her home. She was born in Fort Dix, New Jersey on April 18, 1950 and was a daughter of the late John F. Nolan, Jr. and Mary Asplen Nolan.

She graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1968...

May 26, 2012

M. Louise Delaha, 87, passed away on Saturday, May 26, 2012 at Mallard Bay Care Center. She was born in Hoopers Island on June 29, 1924 to the late Oscar and Lucy Creighton Jenkins.

She grew up in Hoopers Island. She married the late James Delaha on January 24, 1945. He passed away on November 11,...

May 23, 2012

Jane Dayton Richardson, 89, of Cambridge passed away on Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at Mallard Bay Care Center. She was born in Richardson Park, DE on June 15, 1922 to the late Richard C. and Ethel Gill Dayton.

She moved to Cambridge as a young girl. She graduated from Cambridge High School in 1939. She married...

May 23, 2012

Valearia M. Lee, 86, of Cambridge passed away on Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at Chesapeake Woods Center. She was born in Mills, Wyoming on June 16, 1925 and was a daughter of the late Manford and Opal Campbell Nordwall.

She is survived by two sons David Lee and wife Phyllis of Cambridge and Danial Lee and...

May 20, 2012

Ralph W. Jackson, Jr., 90, of Cambridge passed away on Sunday, May 20, 2012 at Mallard Bay Care Center. He was born in Cambridge on May 15, 1922 and was a son of the late Ralph W. and Marydel Taylor Jackson.

He graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1939. On January 25, 1947, he married...

May 16, 2012

Alvin S. Hubbard, Jr., 59, of Cambridge passed away on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at Memorial Hospital at Easton. He was born in Cambridge on February 5, 1953 and was a son of the late Alvin S. Hubbard, Sr. and Elsie McGlaughlin Hubbard.

He attended schools in Cambridge. He was a tractor trailer repairman for Dick...