Local Obituaries for Cambridge, Maryland

Apr 5, 2019

Carroll L. “Big Boy” Knauer, 84, of Bucktown passed away on Friday, April 5, 2019 at Mallard Bay Care Center. He was born in Bucktown on December 10, 1934 and was a son of the late John August Knauer and Josephine Peters Knauer.

Mr. Knauer attended schools in Dorchester County. For a few years, he worked for...

Apr 3, 2019

Peggy A. Whitaker, 66, of Cambridge passed away on Wednesday, April 3, 2019 at Anchorage Nursing Home in Salisbury. She was born in Cambridge on October 11, 1952 and was a daughter of Alma Jones Hubbard and the late Robert Hubbard.

Mrs. Whitaker attended schools in Dorchester County. She worked at Eastern Shore State Hospital, Corner Carryout...

Apr 3, 2019

Rebecca E. Foxwell, 78, of Lakesville passed away peacefully on Wednesday, April 3, 2019 at her home with her loving family by her side. She was born in Wingate on July 10, 1940 and was a daughter of the late Albert F. (Jake) and Dora Parks.

Mrs. Foxwell attended schools in Crapo and South Dorchester. On July...

Apr 1, 2019

Annabelle Robbins, 94, of Cambridge passed away on Monday, April 1, 2019 at Mallard Bay Care Center. She was born in Robbins on February 15, 1925 and was a daughter of the late Alexander Baynard Robbins and Rubye Simmons Robbins.

Ms. Robbins graduated from Crapo High School. After, graduating from high school she worked for the Dorchester...

Mar 29, 2019

Jeffrey L. Skinner, 46, of Grasonville, Maryland passed away on Friday, March 29, 2019 at his home with his loving family by his side.  Born on May 7, 1972 in Carmichael, California, Jeff was raised on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and graduated in 1990 from Cambridge South Dorchester High School.

On October 12, 1990, Jeff joined...

Mar 28, 2019

Alma Robbins Creighton, 95, of Denton formerly of Crapo passed away on Thursday, March 28, 2019 at her home with her daughter by her side. She was born in Robbins on September 4, 1923 and was a daughter of the late Corbett B. Robbins, Sr. and Mary Catherine Andrews Robbins.

Mrs. Creighton graduated from Crapo High School....

Mar 27, 2019

Carolyn Rose Elzey, 83, of Cambridge formerly of Woolford passed away on Wednesday, March 27, 2019 at Mallard Bay Care Center. She was born in Dorchester County on December 9, 1935 and was a daughter of the late Robert and Margaret Elzey Wheeler.

Mrs. Elzey attended schools in Cambridge. She married Calvin Elzey, who passed away on...

Mar 25, 2019

Betty C. Elzey, 88, of Seaford, DE passed away on Monday, March 25, 2019 at Lifecare at Lofland Park. She was born in Westerly, Rhode Island on June 20, 1930 and was a daughter of Frank and Alice Dion Ferrigno.

Mrs. Elzey received her nursing degree from Del Tech in Georgetown, DE. On December 8, 1984, she...

Mar 17, 2019

Charles T. McMahan, 79, of East New Market passed away on Sunday, March 17, 2019 at Chesapeake Woods Center. He was born in Cambridge on August 6, 1939 and was a son of the late Marvin and Lenora Todd McMahan.

Mr. McMahan attended schools in Dorchester County. He served in the U.S. Army and was stationed in...

Mar 15, 2019

John Allen Owens, 83, of Cambridge passed away on Friday, March 15, 2019 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake. He was born in Quantico, MD on May 11, 1935 and was a son of the late John Willie Owens and Virginia Taylor Owens Humphrey’s.

Mr. Owens graduated from Wicomico High School class of 1953. Then he attended...

Mar 15, 2019

Allen Eugene “Gene or Charlie Brown” Lewis, 69, of Cambridge passed away on Friday, March 15, 2019 at Mallard Bay Care Center. He was born in Hoopers Island on January 25, 1950 and was a son of the late Dewey W. Walter and Agnes Lewis Walter.

Gene attended schools in South Dorchester.  On May 20, 2000, he...

Mar 15, 2019

David L. Veal, 63, of Cambridge passed away on Friday, March 15, 2019 at his home. Services will be held at a later date.

Mar 12, 2019

Jack Braumiller Jr., 91, of Catonsville MD, passed away on Tuesday, March 12, 2019 at St. Agnes Hospital.  He was born in Texarkana TX on July 8, 1927, and was the son of the late Jack Braumiller Sr. and Jennie Spooner.

After serving in the Navy, Jack Jr. attended the Georgia Institute of Technology and graduated with...

Mar 11, 2019

Carrie A. Harper, 42, of Cambridge passed away on Monday, March 11, 2019 at her home. She was born in Easton on June 20, 1976 and was the daughter of H. Eugene and Barbara English Harper.

Carrie graduated from Walkersville Christian Family School class of 1994 and she graduated from University of Maryland School of Social Work....

Mar 9, 2019

Naomi B. Trego, 89, of Cambridge passed away on Saturday, March 9, 2019 at her home. She was born in Baltimore on August 6, 1929 and was a daughter of the late Bernard and Edna Geoghegan Brown.

Mrs. Trego graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1948.  On February 8, 1952, she married F. Read Trego, who...

Mar 5, 2019

Steven B. Greenwood, 54, of Hurlock passed away on Tuesday, March 5, 2019 at his home. Services will be held at a later date.

Mar 4, 2019

Lee Karminski, 80, of Woolford, passed away on Monday, March 4, 2019 at UMSMC at Easton. He was born in Essex, MD on January 25, 1939 and was a son of the late Alfonzo and Sara Tutchton Karminski.

Mr. Karminski graduated from Kenwood High School class of 1957. He served U.S. Army, where he was stationed Germany...

Mar 3, 2019

It is with great sadness that the family of Ralph Albany Eskridge announces his passing on Sunday March 3, 2019, at the age of 93. A lifelong resident of Dorchester County, Ralph graduated Cambridge High School in 1942.

Ralph’s early career was spent managing the farms at Cook’s Point and Castle Haven before moving into town. After...

Feb 27, 2019

Shirley N. Long, 76, of Camden, DE passed away peacefully on Wednesday, February 27th, 2019 at her home with her loving family by her side. She was born in Cambridge, Maryland on July 27th, 1942 and was the daughter of the late Hammond and Jeanette Mills Shannahan.

Mrs. Long attended schools in Cambridge, Maryland. On July 21st,...

Feb 27, 2019

Ida Elizabeth Robinson Taylor, 95, passed away peacefully at her home in Trappe, Md on Wednesday, February 27, 2019. She was born in Powellville, MD on August 26, 1923 and was the daughter of the late George and Ida Smack Adkins.

Mrs. Taylor graduated from Wicomico High School, Salisbury, in the class of 1941. She worked as...