Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Cambridge, Maryland

M. Louise Delaha

M. Louise Delaha

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,...

Jane Dayton Richardson

Jane Dayton Richardson

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...

Valearia M. Lee

Valearia M. Lee

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...

Ralph W. Jackson, Jr

Ralph W. Jackson, Jr

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...

Alvin S. Hubbard, Sr

Alvin S. Hubbard, Sr

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...

Margaret M. James

Margaret M. James

May 15, 2012

Margaret M. James, 79, of Cambridge passed away on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at Mallard Bay Care Center. She was born in Dorchester County on September 2, 1932 and was a daughter of the late John and Tressie Adams Elmiger.

She attended schools in Dorchester County. Ms. James worked at Rob Roy and worked and retired...

Walter S. "Dickie" Dickerson

Walter S. "Dickie" Dickerson

May 15, 2012

Walter S. "Dickie" Dickerson, 75, of Cambridge passed away on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. He was born in Cambridge on August 27, 1936 and was a son of the late John T. and Evelyn Parks Dickerson.

Mr. Dickerson graduated from Cambridge High School. After high school he served in...

Shirley S. James

Shirley S. James

May 13, 2012

Shirley S. James, 66, of Berlin passed away on Sunday, May 13, 2012 at Mallard Bay Care Center. She was born in Baltimore on October 12, 1945 to the late Darius H. and Katharine Ozarski Slacum.

Mrs. James graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1963. She married William L. "Hess" James on February 3, 1974....

Lillian S. Swaim

Lillian S. Swaim

May 13, 2012

Lillian S. Swaim, 80, of Cambridge passed away on Sunday, May 13, 2012 at Dorchester General Hospital. She was born in Bullock, North Carolina on June 11, 1931 and was a daughter of the late John and Jane Saunders.

She attended and graduated high school and Wingate College in Bullock, North Carolina. On January 1, 1955...

Elizabeth A. "Betty" Abbott

Elizabeth A. "Betty" Abbott

May 11, 2012

Elizabeth A. "Betty" Abbott, 95, of East New Market passed away on Friday, May 11, 2012 at Chesapeake Woods Center. She was born in Omaha, Nebraska on April 6, 1917 and was a daughter of the late Ephraim and Marie Sawyer Fahnestock.

She attended schools in Des Moines, Iowa and graduated from East High School in...

Frances A. Custis

Frances A. Custis

May 10, 2012

Frances A. Custis, 57, of Cambridge passed away on Thursday, May 10, 2012 at Chesapeake Woods Center.

A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, May 12, 2012 from 2-4 pm at the Thomas Funeral Home, P.A.

Full obituary will be posted at a later time.

Charles G. Linthicum

Charles G. Linthicum

May 9, 2012

Charles G. Linthicum, 79, of Cambridge passed away on Wednesday, May 9, 2012 at Chesapeake Woods Center. He was born in Cambridge on March 8, 1933 and was a son of the late Thomas G. and Agnes Tyler Linthicum.

Mr. Linthicum attended schools in Church Creek. He served in the U.S. Army from 1956 until 1964...

Darcy Parella

Darcy Parella

May 4, 2012

Darcy Parella, 93, of Cambridge passed away on Tuesday, May 4, 2012 at Chesapeake Woods Center. He was born in Cambridge on July 18, 1918 to the late Tony and Gertrude Elzey Parella.

Mr. Parella attended Cambridge schools. When he was growing up he worked at a canning factory with his father. Later he owned and...

Michael S. Cheesman

Michael S. Cheesman

May 4, 2012

Michael S. Cheesman, 48, of Cambridge passed away on Friday, May 4, 2012 at Memorial Hospital at Easton. He was born in Cambridge on September 21, 1963 and was the son of the late Otto B. Cheesman III and Donna Simmons Cheesman.

Mike graduated from Cambridge South Dorchester High School class of 1981. On June 21,...

Olive T. Bramble

Olive T. Bramble

May 2, 2012

Olive Elizabeth Tyler Bramble, 86, of Cambridge passed away on Tuesday, May 2, 2012 at Dorchester General Hospital. She was born in Cambridge on September 30, 1925 and was a daughter of the late Oliver Preston Tyler and Lillian Roberta Wroten Tyler.

Following graduation from Cambridge High School in 1943, she went to work at Phillips...

Edward Hurley

Edward Hurley

May 1, 2012

Edward Hurley, 88, of Cambridge passed away on Tuesday, May 1, 2012 at Chesapeake Woods Center. He was born in Dorchester County on July 9, 1923 and was a son of the late Benjamin and Bertie Harris Hurley.

Mr. Hurley is survived by three daughters Wendy Wright (Jim Wright, Sr.) of Cambridge, Mary Kelly (Pete) of...

William Hugh Fountain

William Hugh Fountain

Apr 29, 2012

William Hugh Fountain, 74, of Cambridge passed away on Sunday, April 29, 2012 at Mallard Bay Care Center. He was born in Cambridge on November 4, 1937 and was the son of the late William S. and Madaline Cook Fountain.

Mr. Fountain attended Cambridge High School. He joined the U.S. Navy in 1955 until 1957. On...

Evelyn K. Taylor

Evelyn K. Taylor

Apr 25, 2012

Evelyn K. Taylor, 50, of East New Market passed away on Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at Norfolk General Hospital in Norfolk, VA. She was born in Cambridge on February 22, 1962 and was a daughter of Irene Malkus Taylor and the late John Fleetwood Taylor.

She attended Cambridge South Dorchester High School. She graduated from Delmarva...

Etta Mae "Bea" Simmons

Etta Mae "Bea" Simmons

Apr 24, 2012

Etta Mae "Bea" Simmons, 95 of Church Creek passed away on Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake. She was born in Golden Hill on August 18, 1916 and was a daughter of the late Louis and Margaret Hughes Riggins.

Mrs. Simmons attended schools in Golden Hill. On August 3, 1935, she married...

Mary Fannie Stevens

Mary Fannie Stevens

Apr 21, 2012

Mary Fannie Stevens, 93, of Cambridge passed away on Saturday, April 21, 2012 at her home. She was born in Vienna on October 25, 1918 and was a daughter of the late John W. and Sarah Roberson Mowbray.

She graduated from Cambridge High School. On February 5, 1940, she married Frederick L. Stevens who passed away...