Local Obituaries for Cambridge, Maryland

Feb 25, 2017

Beulah J. Blades, 79, of Cambridge passed away on Saturday, February 25, 2017 at Hospice of St. Mary’s in Callaway, MD. She was born on December 24, 1937 and was a daughter of the late Phillip and Mazie Corbin Hughes.

She graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1955. On October 27, 1956, she married Charles B....

Feb 24, 2017

Shirley A. Hastings, 85, of Cambridge passed away on Friday, February 24, 2017 at Talbot Hospice. She was born in Cambridge on June 7, 1931 and was the daughter of the late Russell Glenn Hubbard and Mildred Parks Hubbard.

She attended schools in Dorchester County. Ms. Hastings was a home maker and at one time she had...

Feb 23, 2017

D. Ann Milligan, 74, of East New Market passed away on Thursday, February 23, 2017 at UMSMC at Easton. She was born in Easton on August 13, 1942 and was a daughter of Doris Reagan Morean and the late Myron Morean.

She graduated from Federalsburg High School class of 1960. Ann at one time worked at Airpax,...

Feb 22, 2017

Thomas W. Coughlin, Sr., 90, of Cambridge passed away on Wednesday, February 22, 2017 at his home. He was born in Cambridge on July 31, 1926 and was a son of the late Emory A. Coughlin and Lily Foxwell Coughlin.

He grew up in Crapo and graduated from Crapo High School class of 1943. One...

Feb 17, 2017

Irving L. Cumberland, Jr., 62, of Crapo passed away on Friday, February 17, 2017 at his home with his family by his side. He was born in Washington, DC on August 8, 1954 and was a son of the late Irving L. Cumberland, Sr. and Juanita Schlagel Cumberland.

He graduated from South Dorchester High School class of...

Feb 13, 2017

Fred Adrian Baker, educator and administrator was born August 10, 1931 at Franklin Square Hospital in Baltimore County, the son of George John Baker and Edna Dilbeck Baker of Fallston, Maryland. He passed away on Monday, February 13, 2017 at UMSMC at Easton. He was 85.

His education included graduation from Bel Air High School in 1948;...

Feb 10, 2017

Viola M. Mowbray, 67, of Hurlock passed away on Friday, February 10, 2017 at Med Star Washington Hospital Center in Washington, DC. She was born in Talbot County on February 22, 1949 and was a daughter of the late Julius L. Greenwood, Sr. and Margaret Swann Greenwood.

She attended schools in Talbot County. On April 2, 1965,...

Feb 10, 2017

Diana L. Robinson, 78, of Cambridge passed away on Friday, February 10, 2017 at Mallard Bay Care Center. She was born in Cambridge on January 24, 1939 and was the daughter of the late Russell Lee McCarter and Virginia “Shug” Twilley McCarter.

Mrs. Robinson graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1957. On December 21, 1973, she...

Feb 7, 2017

Cecil R. “Reggie” Murphy, 85, of Cambridge passed away on Tuesday, February 7, 2017 at Chesapeake Woods Center. He was born in Bishops Head on October 30, 1931 and was a son of the late John Orem Murphy and Cecil Jones Murphy.

Mr. Murphy attended schools in Dorchester County. He served in the U.S. Army from 1952...

Feb 6, 2017

Opal DeBusk Clyde, 98, of Cambridge, Md, and formerly of Leisure World in Seal Beach, Ca., passed awayat Mallard Bay Care Center, Monday, February 6. 2017.  The daughter of Walter Raleigh DeBusk and Vota Lambert DeBusk, she was born November 8,1918, in Tazwell, Tn., and moved to Southern California as an infant.  She graduated from Huntington Beach High School...

Feb 4, 2017

Dennis M. Nalley, 49, of Cambridge passed away at his home on February 4, 2017.  He was born in Portsmouth, Virginia on December 16, 1967 to Diane Nalley.

Mr. Nalley worked at Allen Foods Hatchery in Hurlock for many years.  He was a very outgoing person, and would do anything to help another.  He loved writing poetry...

Feb 4, 2017

William W. Marshall, 77, of Cambridge passed away on Saturday, February 4, 2017 at Chesapeake Woods Center. He was born in Cambridge on August 26, 1939 and was a son of the late William R. and Doris Hubbard Marshall.

He graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1957. Mr. Marshall served in the U.S.  Coastal Guard from...

Jan 31, 2017

Nina Smith Travers of Woolford, MD passed away on January 31, 2017 at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Dinah and Terry Groves surrounded by her family.

Born on April 14, 1921 in Robbins MD, she was the daughter of the late Solomon Smith and Ida Burton Smith.  She was raised in Robbins and attended school...

Jan 30, 2017

Isabel Rippons, 93 years old, died January 30, 2017 with her family by her side on Hoopers Island, MD.

She was born Isabel Martina Tall on June 17, 1923. Her mother was Elby Tall and her father Daniel Tall, who was the island blacksmith. She was the middle child of three daughters. Her beloved sisters were Dolly...

Jan 30, 2017

Verna D. Asplen, 76, of Cambridge passed away on Monday, January 30, 2017 at UMSMC at Dorchester. She was born in Salisbury on March 23, 1940 and was a daughter of the late Vernon and Grace Smith Dryden.

She graduated from Washington High School class of 1958 and continued on to Mars Hill College in...

Jan 29, 2017

William S. Smith, 86, of Cambridge passed away on Sunday, January 29, 2017 at Chesapeake Woods Center. He was born in Cambridge on January 7, 1931 and was a son of the late Daniel Harford Smith and Jane Kirby Smith.

Mr. Smith graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1948. He served in the U.S. Army Air...

Jan 29, 2017

James F. Carpenter, 93, of Cambridge passed away on January 29, 2017, at the Talbot Hospice. Mr. Carpenter was born in Lewes, DE on November 13, 1923 and was the son of the late Edward J. and Ella Blizzard Carpenter.

Mr. Carpenter graduated from Lewes High School in 1941.  He enlisted in the United States Navy where...

Jan 28, 2017

Kenneth L. Hughes, 81, of Cambridge passed away on Saturday, January 28, 2017 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. He was born in Andrews on May 17, 1935 and was a son of the late Howard A. and Flossie Estelle Meredith Hughes. Mr. Hughes was raised by his father and stepmother the late Beulah Jones Hughes after his...

Jan 27, 2017

Margaret Ann Ruark, 80, of Cambridge passed away on Friday, January 27, 2017 at Mallard Bay Care Center. She was born in Cambridge on June 25, 1936 and was a daughter of the late Milton and Bessie Wroten Elzey.

Mrs. Ruark attended schools in Cambridge. On March 23, 1979, she married Cyril Ruark, who passed away on...

Jan 25, 2017

Virginia C. LeCompte, 85, of Hurlock passed away on Wednesday, January 25, 2017 at her son’s home in Fishing Creek, Hoopers Island, MD. She was born in Fishing Creek on December 16, 1931 and was a daughter of William Mathew Cannon and Mabel Hart Cannon.

She graduated from Hoopers Island High School as Valedictorian in 1948. She...