Local Obituaries for Cambridge, Maryland

Dec 22, 2021

Treva A. Higgins, 95, passed away on Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at Mallard Bay Nursing Home. She was born in San Francisco, CA on August 1, 1926 and was the daughter of the late Lloyd Albert “Jack” Malott and Eva Gertrude Malott. She attended schools in Dorchester County and graduated with the class of 1943. She married H. Jerome...

Dec 21, 2021

Theresa M. MacGrath, 62, of Elliott Island passed away on Tuesday December 21, 2021 at her home.  She was born in Cambridge on December 23, 1958 to the late Sherwood Herman Moore and Aileen Hazel Thomas Moore.

Theresa graduated from North Dorchester High School class of 1976.  On April 6, 1991, she married Steven MacGrath.  Theresa had...

Dec 20, 2021

Peggy A. Jackson, 87, of Cambridge passed away on Monday, December 20, 2021 at UMSMC at Easton. She was born in Airey’s on June 2, 1934 and was a daughter of the late Julian and Katie Kuebler Handley.

Mrs. Jackson attended schools in Cambridge. On September 6, 1951, she married Robert L. Jackson. She worked at Rob...

Dec 20, 2021

Levin M. “Tommy” Niblett, Jr., 54, of Bucktown passed away on Monday, December 20, 2021 at University of Maryland Laurel Medical Center in Laurel, MD. He was born in Cambridge on January 3, 1967 and was a son of Helen Coffman Niblett-Griffiths and the late Levin M. “Tom” Niblett, Sr.

Tommy graduated from Cambridge South Dorchester High...

Dec 20, 2021

John M. Bramble, Jr., 90, of Cambridge passed away on Monday, December 20, 2021 at his home with his loving family by his side. He was born in Cambridge on March 20, 1931 and was a son of the late John M. Bramble, Sr. and Oneita Hubbard McCall and stepfather Mike McCall.

Mr. Bramble graduated from Cambridge...

Dec 19, 2021

Helen R. Simonsen, 68, of Taylors Island passed away on Sunday, December 19, 2021 at her home. She was born in Baltimore on May 12, 1953 and was a daughter of the late Alford and Dora Bull Denton.

Mrs. Simonsen attended schools in Odenton, MD. On September 25, 1987, she married Melvin Craig Simonsen, who passed away...

Dec 14, 2021

David L. Kowitski, 54, of Cambridge passed away on Tuesday, December 14, 2021 at UMSMC at Easton. He was born in Cambridge on November 10, 1967 and was a son of Nicholas and Betty Spear Kowitski.

David graduated from Cambridge South Dorchester High School class of 1985. As a young man, he enjoyed working at Tolley’s theatre...

Dec 13, 2021

Patricia “Pat” R. Abbott, 82, of Cambridge passed away on Monday, December 13, 2021 at her son’s home in Delmar. She was born in Cambridge on November 29, 1939 and was a daughter of the late Raymond McWilliams and Della Mae Lewis McWilliams Thompson.

Pat graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1957. She worked at Dorchester...

Dec 10, 2021

John Gary Parks, Jr., better known as Gary, G, or Big Guy, passed away on Friday, December 10, 2021 at TidalHealth Peninsula Regional.  He was born in Easton on August 5, 1954 to the late Johnnie Gary Parks, Sr. and Margaret Johnson Parks.

Gary graduated from Queen Anne’s County High School class of 1972.  On November 9,...

Dec 9, 2021

David A. Todd, 64, of Cambridge passed away on Thursday, December 9, 2021 at his home.  He was born in Cambridge on September 12, 1957 to William A. Todd and the late Shirley Newcomb Todd.

David graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1975.  He went on to attend Chesapeake Community College and Salisbury University.  He also...

Dec 8, 2021

Patricia “Pat" Haring passed away December 8, 2021, at her home on Wednesday in Trappe, Maryland.

Pat was born November 18, 1939, in Ridgely, MD, the daughter of the late Robert Taylor Yates, Sr. and Irene Jarrell Yates. She attended school in Centreville, MD, and graduated from Centreville High School. After graduating, Pat moved to Annapolis to...

Dec 5, 2021

Deborah “Debbie” M. Collison, 63, of Cambridge passed away on Sunday, December 5, 2021 at UMSMC at Easton. She was born in Cambridge on January 24, 1958 and was a daughter of the late Ollie H. and Georgia Belle Slacum Wheatley.

She graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1976. Debbie was an in home daycare provider...

Nov 30, 2021

Thomas Keith “Beef” Mowbray, 65, of Cambridge passed away on Tuesday, November 30, 2021 at his home. He was born in Caroline County on March 7, 1956 and was a son of the late Guy Thomas Mowbray and Nomia Lois Harris Mowbray.

He attended schools in Cambridge. Keith was a painter and worked for Marvel Painting and...

Nov 28, 2021

Jesse Maffuid, 93, of Cambridge passed away on Sunday, November 28, 2021 at his home. He was born on October 19, 1928 in South Glens Falls, New York, one of six children of Anthony and Marian (Deepe) Maffuid. He graduated from South Glens Falls High School in 1947 and Rochester Institute of Technology in 1955, where he was named...

Nov 26, 2021

Wilson C. Gray, 84, of Cambridge, formerly Elliott Island, passed away on November 26 at Coastal Hospice on the Lake in Salisbury. The son of Carl and Bertha Meredith Gray, Wilson, known as "Bob" played many sports as a youth and was a member of the Elliott Island Baseball Team. He remained an avid sports fan all his life,...

Nov 26, 2021

Tony C. McDuffie, Sr., 63, of Cambridge passed away on Friday, November 26, 2021 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury. He was born in South Carolina on April 29, 1958 and was a son of the late William Homer McDuffie and Phylis Ivey Eisle.

Tony attended schools in Cambridge and later received his GED. He...

Nov 22, 2021

Merriam Lofgren Brown passed away at her home on November 22, 2021 with her husband of 39 years, Michael Brown, at her side.  She was 78.  Those who knew her thought of her as a sweet, kind and gentle soul.

Mrs. Brown was born to Eugene Edward Lofgren and Merriam Maxine Gaddis Lofgren in Wichita, Kansas on...

Nov 21, 2021

George E. Adams, 74, of Cambridge passed away on Sunday, November 21, 2021 at Bayleigh Chase in Easton. He was born in Baltimore on July 5, 1947 and was the son of the late Eldridge Adams and Madeline Peters Parker.

Mr. Adams graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1965. He continue on at Salisbury State and...

Nov 20, 2021

Wayne N. Saunders, 80, of Secretary passed away on Saturday, November 20, 2021 at his home in East New Market.

He was born on July 13, 1941 in Cambridge and was the son of the late W. Norris Saunders and Louise V. Willey Saunders.

Mr. Saunders graduated from North Dorchester High School, where he also...

Nov 19, 2021

John Michael Donoho departed this life on November 19, 2021. He was born on August 9, 1987. He is survived by his parents John Richard and Christina Yvonne Donoho, his sister Rachel E. Donoho, and brother Philip M. Donoho and his wife Kelly.

John arrived as a surprise, almost three months early, a tiny two and a...