Local Obituaries for Cambridge, Maryland

Sep 26, 2022

Glenda F. Tolley, 68, of Church Creek passed away on Monday, September 26, 2022 at University of Maryland Hospital in Baltimore. She was born in Cambridge on July 21, 1954 and was a daughter of the late Bernard P. and Dorothy Lee Todd Murphy.

Mrs. Tolley graduated from South Dorchester High School class of 1972. She worked...

Sep 23, 2022

Stanley O. Tall, 86, of Trappe passed away on Friday, September 23, 2022 at UMSMC at Easton. He was born in Cambridge on May 8, 1936 and was a son of the late Herbert R. Tall, Sr. and Margaret Detamore Tall.

Mr. Tall graduated from Cambridge High School. He married the former Kaye Henry, and he would...

Sep 22, 2022

Joyce Ann Brown Kirkley passed away peacefully with family at her side at the age of 89. She is preceded by her beloved husband, Rev. Robert Glasgow Kirkley; by her parents, Benjamin Herbert Brown and Ann Oldham Brown of Baltimore; and by an infant son, Barry Kirkley. She is survived by her two children, Beth and Bob, and her...

Sep 15, 2022

Mariah J. Bramble, 28, of Cambridge passed away on Thursday, September 15, 2022 at her home. She was born in Orlando, FL on November 10, 1993 and was a daughter of the Laird Scott Bramble and Norleen Greenhawk Furroughs.

She attended school in Dorchester County. Mariah enjoyed watching TV, swimming, amusement parks and spending time with family....

Sep 7, 2022

Lynn B. Thomas, Sr., 78, of Rhodesdale passed away on Wednesday, September 7, 2022 at his home surrounded by his wife Anna and his son Ricky. He was born on December 23, 1943 and was the son of the late William W. Thomas, Sr. and Mary Virginia Thomas.

Lynn graduated from North Dorchester High School in 1961. After high school he...

Sep 4, 2022

Patricia A. Gambrill, 63, of Linkwood passed away on Sunday, September 4, 2022 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury. She was born in Cambridge on July 4, 1959 and was a daughter of the late Norman Gambrill, Jr. and Helen Andrews Gambrill.

Ms. Gambrill graduated from Cambridge South Dorchester High School in 1977. She worked...

Sep 2, 2022

Cindy Lee Collins, 67, of Huntsville, AL, passed away suddenly on September 2, 2022, at Huntsville Hospital, Huntsville, AL. Cindy was born on March 23, 1955, in Cambridge, MD, the daughter of Patricia Ann (Abbott) Collins and Emory Gilbert Collins, Jr. She was primarily raised by her beloved "mom-mom" and "pop-pop" Aleita and Alonza Abbott, in Toddville, MD. Cindy...

Aug 28, 2022

Dennis Roy Pitt, 79, of Hurlock passed away on Sunday, August 28, 2022 at his home. He was born in Baltimore on August 4, 1943 and was the son of Owens and Clara Pitt (deceased) and the brother of Ronald Pitt (deceased) all from Glen Burnie, Maryland.  Dennis graduated from Parkville High School and then joined the U.S. Air...

Aug 23, 2022

Wilma Jean (Jill) Gillespie Cusick, 88, of Cambridge, departed this life on August 23, 2022 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake.  She was born September 19, 1933 in Beallsville, Ohio, moving to Wheeling, WV at age of 5, where she was raised and educated.  She graduated from Wheeling High School in 1951.  She was the fourth child of Mancil...

Aug 19, 2022

Regina M. Moore, 83, of Toddville passed away on Friday, August 19, 2022 at her home. She was born in Toddville on December 30, 1938 and was a daughter of the late Orem E. Jones and Lelia Moore Jones.

Mrs. Moore attended South Dorchester High School. On November 27, 1954, she married Charles L. “Lindy” Moore who...

Aug 15, 2022

Mary E. Todd, 77, of Cambridge passed away on Monday, August 15, 2022 at Mallard Bay Care Center in Cambridge. She was born in Cambridge on December 24, 1944 and was a daughter of the late Wilby L. Tall and Sarah Bloodsworth Tall.

Mrs. Todd graduated from South Dorchester High School in 1962 where she was Salutatorian....

Aug 14, 2022

Ethel Mae Cronshaw, 83, of Easton, MD and Lake Placid, FL passed away on Sunday, August 14, 2022 at Talbot Hospice House in Easton. She was born and raised on a farm near Centreville. She attended Centreville High School and graduated in 1957. After high school she attended Baltimore Studio Hair Design in Baltimore, MD. After completing this program...

Aug 5, 2022

Jean Brubaker Fountain, 83, of Cambridge, MD went to be with her heavenly father on August 5, 2022 at Bayleigh Chase in Easton, MD. She was born on July 9, 1939 in Palatka, Florida. Jean was the daughter of the late Paul D. Brubaker and Maud Atkinson Brubaker.

Jean grew up in Federal Point, Florida, surrounded by...

Aug 5, 2022

John E. Cannon, 63, of Cambridge passed away on Friday, August 5, 2022 at his home with his loving family by his side. He was born in Washington, DC on April 13, 1959 and was a son of the late John Irving Cannon and Marjorie Marie Church Cannon.

John graduated from Cambridge South Dorchester High School class...

Jul 29, 2022

Carolyn Jane Knauer, 80, of Eden, MD passed away on Friday, July 29, 2022 at her niece’s home in Trappe. She was born in Cambridge on March 26, 1942 and was a daughter of the late Ervin Knauer, Sr. and Elnora McWilliams Knauer.

Ms. Knauer graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1960. She worked for the...

Jul 24, 2022

Gladys Anna (happy bottom) Murphy (nee Smith), 92, of Halethorpe, MD, passed away on July 24, 2022, in Ellicott City, MD.

Gladys is survived by her children: Cheri Fleming of Ellicott City, MD, Pamela Presti of Baltimore, MD and Keith Murphy of Baltimore, MD; grandchildren: Doni and Marie, Jody and Gary, and Heather and Anthony; great-grandchildren: Dustin...

Jul 23, 2022

Mary Frances Duvall was born on January 7, 1942 in Selma, Alabama to Martha Simmons Foxwell and Daniel Henry Foxwell when LT Foxwell was stationed at Craig Air Force Base. She traveled with her family to other duty stations until 1947 when the family home was built in Cambridge, Maryland. Mary Frances stayed in Cambridge throughout her life. After...

Jul 18, 2022

Patrick R. Bullen, Sr., 72, of Seaford, DE, passed away on Monday, July 18, 2022 at TidalHealth Nanticoke in Seaford.  He was born in Anne Arundel County on June 18, 1950 to the late Samuel R. “Pete” Bullen and Margaret Cannon “Peggy” Bullen.

Mr. Bullen graduated from Easton High School in 1968.  He worked for many years...

Jul 16, 2022

On July 16, 2022, Lilly Frances Harman passed away at Autumn Lake Health Care at Chesapeake Woods, Cambridge, Maryland.  Lilly was born on August 29, 1938 in Golden Hill, Maryland.  She was the youngest child of the late Walter Brittingham, Sr. and the late Lillie Mae Frazier Brittingham.

Lilly attended schools in Golden Hill, Maryland and graduated...

Jul 13, 2022

Ernest “Ernie” Ellis Eskridge, Jr. was born on February 10, 1954 in Cambridge, Maryland to Ellis and Frances (Dinky) Eskridge.  After fighting melanoma, he passed away at his home in Bowie, MD on July 13th with his loving daughter, Emily, and wife, Karla by his side.

Ernie had an ideal childhood- growing up in Cambridge on the...