Local Obituaries for Cambridge, Maryland

Apr 1, 2022

Thomas Henry Adams, Jr. of Cambridge, MD passed away on April 1, 2022.  He was 88 years old.  Born on March 18, 1934 in Cambridge, he was the son of Thomas H. Adams, Sr. and Virginia Lowe Adams.  His loving stepmother was Rowena Robinson Adams.

Tommy (known as “Poppy” to his beloved grandchildren) married the love of...

Apr 1, 2022

Basil John Harrison moved to a better place on April 1st, 2022 after surrendering to cancer. Surprising his parents, Carroll and Anna Harrison, Basil arrived on May 21st, 1948. Being the youngest of six, Basil often said practice makes perfect.

He was preceded in death by his parents, sister Carol Ann, and brothers Jim and Phil (Carroll)....

Mar 31, 2022

Gary L. White, 85, of Cambridge passed away on Thursday, March 31, 2022 at Encompass Health in Salisbury. He was born in Hannibal, Missouri on December 16, 1936 and was a son of the late George and Christine Ragar White.

He served in the U.S. Army. In 1965, he moved to Cambridge and worked at Western Publishing...

Mar 28, 2022

Elizabeth E. Bradley, 46, of Cambridge passed away on Monday, March 28, 2022 at her home. She was born in Easton on May 11, 1975 and was a daughter of Wayne Bradley and the late Betty Windsor Bechtel.

Elizabeth attended schools in Dorchester County. She was a 911 dispatcher for Talbot County at the time of her...

Mar 27, 2022

Timothy W. Oakes, 62, of Madison passed away on Sunday, March 27, 2022 at George Washington University Hospital in Washington, DC. He was born in Laurel, MD on March 10, 1960 and was a son of Eleanor Poe Oakes and the late Hollis C. Oakes.

Mr. Oakes graduated from Atholton High School in Columbia, MD. He was...

Mar 25, 2022

M. Lee Hughes, 79, of Cambridge passed away on Friday, March 25, 2022 at TidalHealth Peninsula Regional in Salisbury. He was born in Golden Hill on May 24, 1942 and was a son of the late Maurice W. and Cleatus Newcomb Hughes.

He attended South Dorchester High School and received his GED in 1995. On March 22,...

Mar 24, 2022

Charles R. Bollier, 33, of Cambridge passed away on Thursday, March 24, 2022 at UMSMC at Easton. He was born in Salisbury, MD on November 27, 1988 and was a son of Sherry Cole Dawson and the late Phillip C. Bollier.

Charles attended school in Florida. He enjoyed collecting baseball cards, action figures and enjoyed life.

Mar 24, 2022

Effie Mae Elzey, 80, of Cambridge passed away on Thursday, March 24, 2022 at Talbot Hospice in Easton. She was born in Fishing Creek on January 30, 1942 and was a daughter of the late Thurman Howard Creighton and Dorothea Alene Bradford Creighton Pritchett.

Mrs. Elzey attended a two room school in Toddville, MD. She received a...

Mar 13, 2022

Lois Mundy Pritchett peacefully went to be with her Lord on Sunday, March 13, 2022 at Christiana Care in Wilmington DE. Lois lost her hard fought battle with CoVid 19 pneumonia. Lois was born March 2, 1939 in York, Pennsylvania to Robert Mundy Sr. and Freida Bailey Mundy.

She was one of eight brothers and sisters which...

Mar 12, 2022

Loc Van Trang, 61, of Hurlock passed away on Saturday, March 12, 2022. He was born in Vietnam on July 25, 1960 and was a son of the late Ty Trang and Hai Thi Nguyen.

He and his wife were owners of N & T Nails & Spa in Cambridge.

He is survived by his...

Mar 9, 2022

Richard B. Dempster, 90, of Salisbury, MD passed away on Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at Manokin Rehab in Princess Anne. He was born in Abington, PA on September 29, 1931 and was a son of the late Daniel Mortimer Dempster and Alice Bonsall Dempster.

Mr. Dempster graduated from Abington High School class of 1949 and also graduated...

Mar 8, 2022

Joan Hope Marchewka, 67, of Felton, DE formerly of Cambridge passed away on Tuesday, March 8, 2022 at her home. She was born in Cambridge on September 4, 1954 and was a daughter of the late John and Betty Linthicum McWilliams.

She graduated from Cambridge High School and from Salisbury University. Hope worked for State of Maryland...

Mar 8, 2022

Steven A. Foxwell, 53, of Cambridge passed away on Tuesday, March 8, 2022 at his home with his loving family by his side. He was born in Cambridge on August 16, 1968 and was a son of Charlotte Knowles Foxwell and the late Bobby Wilson Foxwell.

Steve graduated from Cambridge South Dorchester High School class of 1986....

Mar 6, 2022

Julie Ann Geis Gann of Cambridge, MD passed away on Sunday March 6th, 2022 at the age of 63. She was born on March 30th, 1958 and was the late daughter of Frank Geis and Gladys Geis. Julie graduated from Kenwood High Class of 77. She worked numerous restaurant type jobs; until she fell in love with working at...

Mar 4, 2022

John D. Ciotola, Jr., 72, of Linkwood, passed away on March 4, 2022 at his home.  He was born in Baltimore on August 12, 1949 to the late John D. Ciotola, Sr. and Mildred Manger Ciotola.

John served in the United States Army.  On June 30, 1986, he married the former Kathleen Hayden Elzey.  John worked for...

Mar 4, 2022

Surrounded by her family, Gloria Jean Zaczyk, 78, passed away on March 4, 2022.  She is survived by her husband Michael Zaczyk, her daughter Andrea Zaczyk Alduino and her husband Frank, and two grandchildren Anthony and Katie.

Born September 16, 1943, she was the daughter of the late Alice Van Rensselaer Hallett and Robert Hallett in Jamestown,...

Mar 2, 2022

Dorothy “Dottie” Elizabeth Miller, 102, of Cambridge passed away on Wednesday, March 2, 2022 at Chesapeake Woods Center. She was born on December 9, 1919 and was a daughter of the late Alexander and Hester Mays Ensor.

She is survived by two children Shirley Ann Malia and Edgar “Ed” Leon Miller, Jr., sister Ruth Weaver and brother...

Mar 1, 2022

Jane Frances Cochran Lanahan, 73, of Monkton, formerly of Bel Air and Las Vegas, Nevada, passed away peacefully at home on Tues., March 1, 2022.

Born in Baltimore on June 1, 1948, she was the oldest child of the late T. Francis and Mary Jane Cochran (nee Leipold).

On October 6, 1989, she had her...

Mar 1, 2022

Hannah Bond Wilson Firth passed away on March 1, 2022 at the age of 93, in the Mercy Ridge Retirement Community where she had resided for the past five years.  She was the daughter of the late Ezekiel Hunter Wilson and Shirley Skinner Wilson of Cambridge, MD.  Hannah was predeceased by her husband Charles Richard Firth and her brother...

Feb 28, 2022

Wanda L. Elzey, 70, of Cambridge passed away on Monday, February 28, 2022 at her home with her loving family by her side. She was born in Cambridge on May 20, 1951 and was the daughter of Rose Parks Ruark and the late Omro Powley.

Mrs. Elzey graduated from South Dorchester High School class of 1969. She...