Local Obituaries for Cambridge, Maryland

Jul 19, 2023

Albert A. “Art” Pete, Jr., 73, of Cambridge passed away on Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at his home. He was born in Cambridge on March 21, 1950 and was a son of the late Albert A. Pete, Sr. and Mary Rose Pritchett Pete.

Mr. Pete attended schools in Cambridge. He served in the Army National Guard for...

Jul 18, 2023

Autry Lamont Holliday, 80, of Cambridge passed away on Tuesday, July 18, 2023 at Autumn Lake Chesapeake Woods. He was born in Cambridge on August 24, 1942 and was a son of the late Evans and Evelyn Windsor Holliday.

Mr. Holliday graduated from South Dorchester High School. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict....

Jul 14, 2023

John E. “Jack” Groff III went home to be with the Lord on July 14, 2023.  He was born September 10, 1930 in Aireys, Maryland. He joined the Air Force when the Korean War was started. He was the flight engineer on a B29 and left the Service in August 12, 1952 and was Honorable Discharged as a Staff...

Jul 14, 2023

Commander Dennis Brian Manning

May 7, 1938 - July 14, 2023 (age 85)

Dennis "Brian" Manning, 85, a longtime resident of Cambridge, MD passed away on July 14, 2023. Brian was born on May 7, 1938, in San Francisco, CA to the late Irving Manning and Kay Brenan Manning.

Brian spent his youth...

Jul 14, 2023

Elizabeth Adele (Buker) Fairall, 95, of Cambridge, passed away on July 14, 2023 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury, MD.

Born in Byrn Mawr, PA on January 17, 1928 and was the daughter of Mary Mildred Cohee Buker and Curtis Hubbard Buker.

Betty graduated from Cambridge High School in1945.  Shortly after graduation she...

Jul 11, 2023

Gary G. Peek, 66, of Madison passed away suddenly on Tuesday, July 11, 2023 due to injuries sustain from an automobile accident. He was born in Cheverly, MD on February 8, 1957 and was a son to the late William F. and Marie Horsman Peek.

Mr. Peek graduated from Poolesville, MD. He served in the U.S. Marine...

Jul 10, 2023

Heaven is alive with love, laughter and the famous “Patting Potter” hugs for another fabulous Potter reunion.  Mildred Elizabeth Potter Holsberg Painter passed away peacefully on July 10, 2023, at Bayleigh Chase in Easton, surrounded by family that she cherished.

Millie, as she was affectionately known to family and friends, was born February 2, 1932, in Cambridge...

Jul 10, 2023

With her family at her side, Loretta Wanda Garing Todd passed away peacefully on Monday, July 10, 2023 with loving care from Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury, Maryland. She was born in Cambridge on April 13, 1939 and was the eldest child of Loretta Ethel and James Clark Garing Jr. After briefly living in Laurel, Delaware the...

Jul 5, 2023

Peggy T. Cannon, 90, of Cambridge passed away on Wednesday, July 5, 2023 at University of Maryland Hospital in Baltimore with her loving family by her side. She was born in Fishing Creek on September 7, 1932 and was a daughter of the late William V. Travers, Sr. and Alice Creighton Travers.

At a young age, she...

Jul 4, 2023

Keith S. Howard, 76, of Cambridge passed away on Tuesday, July 4, 2023 at UMSMC at Dorchester. He was born in Cambridge on October 2, 1946 and was a son of the late George Edwin Howard, Sr. and Caroline Sanders Howard.

Mr. Howard graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1964. On August 29, 1969 he married...

Jul 1, 2023

Diana L. Hyde, 58, of Cambridge passed away on Saturday, July 1, 2023 at her home. She was born in Baltimore on August 24, 1964 and was a daughter of the late Charles Harvey Tanner and Mary Baublitz Gettier.

Mrs. Hyde attended schools in Baltimore and later went to Anne Arundel Community College. On March 17, 1984,...

Jul 1, 2023

Constance Rose Fisher, 83, died with her eldest daughter by her side on July 1, 2023. Born in Toddville, MD to the late Aleita and Alonza Abbott.

Connie lived her entire life on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. After raising her children, she obtained her GED and began classes at Chesapeake College where she earned her CNA....

Jun 28, 2023

Audrey J. Willoughby, 89, of Salisbury, passed away on Wednesday, June 28, 2023 at her home. She was born in Cambridge on March 11, 1934 and was a daughter of the late Charles A. James and Sarah Fountain James.

Mrs. Willoughby graduated from Cambridge High School. On July 15, 1967, she married Howard L. “Dude” Willoughby who...

Jun 26, 2023

Robert J. Cole, 71, of Cambridge passed away on Monday, June 26, 2023 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury. He was born in Pensacola, FL on February 16, 1952 and was a son of the late Robert and Bernice Matthews Cole.

Mr. Cole graduated from Warwick Tech with his RN Degree. He worked for 30...

Jun 25, 2023

Major (Retired) John Earle Valenstein, age 71, passed away peacefully on June 25, 2023, at home in Cambridge, Maryland after a heroic battle with ALS. John was the son of Colonel Earle L. Valenstein and Susan B. Valenstein, also formerly of Cambridge, and was born April 19, 1952, in Chattanooga, Tennessee.  Growing up as an “Army brat” and later...

Jun 25, 2023

Mary Carolyn Wright, 80, of Cambridge passed away on Sunday, June 25, 2023 at Mallard Bay Care Center. She was born in Cambridge on February 21, 1943 and was a daughter of the late William Herbert Dail and Luella Adkins Dail.

Mrs. Wright graduated from Cambridge High School. On August 20, 1977, she married Earl Peter Wright,...

Jun 20, 2023

James “Jimmy” F. Era, Sr., 62, of Cambridge passed away on Tuesday, June 20, 2023 at UMSMC at Easton. He was born in Colorado on June 27, 1960 and was a son of the late Norman J. “Sonny” Era, Sr. and Barbara Hughes Era.

He attended school at North Dorchester High School. Mr. Era served in the...

Jun 19, 2023

Norman Christopher Saunders, age 75 of Cambridge and Berlin, Maryland, formerly of Columbia and Silver Spring, Maryland and Alexandria, Virginia, passed away on Monday, June 19, 2023.  He was born in Washington, DC to the late Heywood Saunders and Marian Hoover Saunders on April 29, 1948.

Upon graduation from Wheeling Jesuit University in West Virginia, Norm went...

Jun 19, 2023

Ronald Wayne Potter, 83, of Cambridge passed away on Monday, June 19, 2023 at UMSMC at Easton. He was born in Cambridge on August 28, 1939 and was a son of the late Thomas C. “Babe” Potter and Imogene Tawes Potter.

Wayne graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1957. He served in the U.S. Army from...

Jun 16, 2023

Ann R. Burns, 91, of Eden, MD passed away on Friday, June 16, 2023 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury. She was born in Cambridge on January 25, 1932 and was a daughter of the late Francis and Marjorie Thomas Rue.

Mrs. Burns graduated from Cambridge High School class 1949 and was a bookkeeper for...