Local Obituaries for Cambridge, Maryland

Dec 5, 2019

Elizabeth (Bonnie) Allen Shertenlieb (76) was born in NJ. She was a graduate of the Agnes Irwin School in Pennsylvania and made her social debut at a private tea dance and at the 1960 Philadelphia Charity Ball. After earning a BA degree from Skidmore College, she worked as Securities Analyst on Wall Street. She married William B. Shertenlieb in...

Dec 1, 2019

Nancy Jane Maxey Wieciech, 90, of White Marsh and Cambridge, MD passed away on December 1, 2019.  Jane was born on September 28, 1929 in Princeton, WV, the oldest of the six children born to Elizabeth and Clyde Maxey.  She was named after Clyde’s mother and took her role as oldest very seriously.  She graduated from Spanishburg High School...

Nov 29, 2019

Victor “Vicky” D. Burns, 91, of East New Market passed away on Friday, November 29, 2019 at UMSMC at Dorchester.  He was born in Northern Ireland on June 2, 1928 and was a son of the late Victor and Elizabeth "Lily" Rankin Burns.  He and his family immigrated from Ireland on a boat to Ellis Island when he was...

Nov 28, 2019

Anna L. Patterson, 93, of Cambridge passed away on Thursday, November 28, 2019 at Chesapeake Woods Center. She was born in Cambridge on April 6, 1926 and was a daughter of the late Leslie Delmas Jones and Anna Creighton Jones.

Mrs. Patterson graduated from Cambridge High School. On October 28, 1948, she married Robert Howard “Pat” Patterson,...

Nov 27, 2019

Lois Foor Albert, 84, of East New Market passed away on Wednesday, November 27, 2019 at the Macky and Pam Stansell House of Coastal Hospice in Ocean Pines. She was born in Everett, PA on November 18, 1935 and was a daughter of the late Archie W. Foor, Sr. and Celia Hamm Foor.

Mrs. Albert graduated from...

Nov 26, 2019

Terry Jo Hurley, 70, of Cambridge passed away on Tuesday, November 26, 2019 at UMSMC at Dorchester. She was born in Penn Yan, NY on March 14, 1949 and was a daughter of the late Herman Martin Hughes and Florence Conrad Todd.

She graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1967. On September 28, 1968, she married...

Nov 23, 2019

Charles W. Smith, 73, of Seaford, DE passed away on Saturday, November 23, 2019 in Fishing Creek, MD.  He was born in Thomasville, GA on January 14, 1946 to the late Charles Russell Smith and Flay Elizabeth Miller Smith.

Mr. Smith worked for many years as a Commercial Fisherman.  He also ran his own company, Bayside Seafood,...

Nov 22, 2019

Opal A. Slacum, 93, of Cambridge passed away on Friday, November 22, 2019 at Mallard Bay Care Center. She was born on August 25, 1926 in Oklahoma and was a daughter of the late Lon and Arvilla Hunter Hatcher.

She is survived by a granddaughter Debra Reaves of South Carolina, a brother Robert Hatcher of Oklahoma, two...

Nov 21, 2019

Jimmy H. Travers, 60, of Cambridge passed away on Thursday, November 21, 2019 at his home. He was born in Dorchester County on May 17, 1959 and was a son of the late Perry T. Travers and Leone Lewis Busta.

He attended schools in Dorchester County. Jimmy was a handyman and enjoyed playing cards and chess, fishing,...

Nov 21, 2019

Anna Laura Messick, 84, of Cambridge passed away on Thursday, November 21, 2019 at her home with her loving family by her side. She was born in Cambridge on August 21, 1935 and was a daughter of the late Philip and Anieta Cusick Collison.

Mrs. Messick graduated from Hurlock High School class of 1953. She was a...

Nov 19, 2019

Jackie C. Banning, 76, of Merry Hill, NC passed away on Tuesday, November 19, 2019 at his home. He was born in Cambridge on December 26, 1942 and was a son of the late Clyde Harrison Banning and Hazel Aaron Banning.

Mr. Banning attended schools in Cambridge. He worked on the water with his brothers and later...

Nov 17, 2019

Joyce A. Newcomb, 84, of Cambridge passed away on Sunday, November 17, 2019 at The Pine’s in Easton. She was born in Denton on September 24, 1935 and was a daughter of the late Edward and Audrey Hicks Pollard.

She graduated from North Caroline High School. Mrs. Newcomb worked as a waitress for several business in Talbot...

Nov 13, 2019

Eldridge M. Willey, 93, of Cambridge passed away on Wednesday, November 13, 2019 at his home. He was born in Cambridge on February 3, 1926 and was the son of the late John Mace Willey and Edith Peters Willey.

Mr. Willey attended schools in Cambridge. On November 24, 1949, he married the former Verna Wheatley, who passed...

Nov 10, 2019

Kim E. Travers-Weisner, 61, of Cambridge passed away on Sunday, November 10, 2019 at Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis. She was born in Landstuhl, Germany on September 7, 1958 and was a daughter of William B. “Benny” Travers and the late Glenda Maddocks Presley.

Kim graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1976. She worked in...

Nov 8, 2019

C. Leslie Booze, 88, of Cambridge passed away on Friday, November 8, 2019 at his home with his loving family by his side. He was born on April 18, 1931 in Wilmington, DE and was a son of the late Oscar McGee Booze, Sr. and Lydia Andrews Booze.

Mr. Booze graduated from Cambridge High School class of...

Nov 4, 2019

Dennis B. Oakes, 30, of Madison passed away on Monday, November 4, 2019 at his home. He was born in Howard County on March 30, 1989 and was a son of Denise Bailey Pritchett and Timothy W. Oakes.

Dennis graduated from Cambridge South Dorchester High School class of 2007. At the time of his passing, Dennis was...

Nov 2, 2019

John R. Murphy, 72, of Cambridge passed away on Saturday, November 2, 2019 at Mallard Bay Care Center. He was born in Easton on August 24, 1947 and was the son of the late Raymond and Dorothy Whitby Murphy.

Mr. Murphy attended schools in Easton. He served in the U.S. Army during Vietnam. Mr. Murphy had worked...

Oct 29, 2019

Debra L. Cannon, 62, of Riva, MD passed away on Tuesday, October 29, 2019 at her home. She was born in Cambridge on July 21, 1957 and was a daughter of the late Donald B. Cannon, Sr. and Shirley Bush Cannon.

Debra graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1975. She went to Delmarva Beauty Academy and...

Oct 29, 2019

Allen Rocky Lane, 56, of Trappe passed away on Tuesday, October 29, 2019 at his home. He was born in Cambridge on November 21, 1962 and was a son of the late Gilbert H. and Susan White Lane.

Allen attended schools in Cambridge. On June 21, 1997, he married the former Melanie Burton. He worked at D.S....

Oct 26, 2019

Franklin Dulany Todd, Jr., 53, of Secretary, passed away on October 26, 2019 at Johns Hopkins Hospital surrounded by his family.  Frank was born in Cambridge, Maryland on July 13, 1966 to Loretta Wanda Garing Todd and Franklin Dulany Todd, Sr.  He attended public schools in Dorchester County and graduated in 1984 from North Dorchester High School.

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