Local Obituaries for Cambridge, Maryland

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...

Jan 22, 2017

Karen L. Phillips, 64, of Cambridge passed away Sunday, January 22, 2017 at her home surrounded by those nearest to her heart. She was born in Cambridge March 26, 1952 and was the daughter of Betty L. Pete and the late Roland C. Pete Sr.

She graduated from Cambridge High School Class of 1970 and Delmarva Beauty...

Jan 20, 2017

Christopher “Chris” Mark Swann, Jr., 25, of Cambridge passed away on Friday, January 20, 2017 at UMSMC at Dorchester. He was born in Cambridge on July 18, 1991 and was a son of Lesley Manuel Sard and Christopher Mark Swann, Sr.

Chris graduated from Cambridge South Dorchester High School class of 2009. He was working for Caldwell...

Jan 19, 2017

Mary Garber passed away on January 19, 2017 at UMSMC at Dorchester in Cambridge, MD with her loving grandson, Dennis Katulis, and his wife Kathy by her side.  She was the widow of Andrew F. Garber, who passed away in 1965.

Before retiring in 1989, she was employed by Phoenix Clothes, a member of Genasco, Inc. as...

Jan 19, 2017

Mary Ruth Brotemarkle, 72, of Cambridge passed away on Thursday, January 19, 2017 at UMSMC at Easton. She was born in Cambridge on June 24, 1944 and was a daughter of the late William A. Brotemarkle, Jr. and Mattie Wright Brotemarkle.

She graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1962 and graduated from Salisbury University with a...

Jan 18, 2017

Joyce P. Mowery, 76, of Fishing Creek passed away on Wednesday, January 18, 2017 at her home. She was born in Cambridge on July 4, 1940 and was a daughter of the late Eva Hurley Travers and Buster Hurley.

Mrs. Mowery attended schools in Cambridge. On October 9, 1954, she married Stanley Lewis, who passed away on...

Jan 18, 2017

Teresa A. Caviston, 72, of Cambridge passed away on Wednesday, January 18, 2017 at her home. She was born in Carbondale, PA on September 26, 1944 and was a daughter of the late Jose and Josephine Grecco Gonzalez.

Mrs. Caviston graduated from Benjamin Franklin High School in Carbondale, PA. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Caviston enjoyed bowling,...

Jan 15, 2017

Rev. D.J. “Pop Pop” Wooten, Sr., 82, of Cambridge went home with the Lord on Sunday, January 15, 2017 at his home with his family by his side. He was born on January 28, 1934 in Linwood, PA and was a son of the late Joseph and Mary Trice Wooten.

He graduated from Eddystone High School in...

Jan 13, 2017

Sharon “Sharie” A. Dean, 70, of Cambridge passed away on Friday, January 13, 2017 at University of Maryland Hospital in Baltimore. She was born in Cambridge on March 1, 1946 and was a daughter of Gladys Holliday Mills and the late Ottie Mills.

Ms. Dean graduated from Cambridge High School. She was a crab picker with Rippons...

Jan 9, 2017

William F. Waldis, 92, of Cambridge passed away on January 9, 2017 at his home.  He was born on December 3, 1924 on the Homeland Farms in Federalsburg to the late Joseph Waldis and Minnie Scott Waldis.

Mr. Waldis graduated from Federalsburg High School in 1944.  After high school, he enlisted in the United States Army.  He...

Jan 8, 2017

Kristan Lee Elzey, 42, of Sagamore Hills, Ohio passed away on January 8, 2017 at Metro Health Medical Center in Ohio. He was born in Cambridge on December 3, 1974. He was the son of Karen Delaha Abbott and stepfather Steve Abbott.

Kristan was born and raised in Cambridge and attended schools in Cambridge. He worked at...

Jan 8, 2017

Longtime Cambridge resident, Virginia Lee Matthews, Ginnie, to her family and friends, passed away at Bayleigh Chase in Easton, Md. peacefully on January 8, 2017. She was 94.

Ginnie was born on November 10, 1922. She was the daughter of the late Joseph Sterling Handley and Mary Lewis Handley. She was preceded in death by a brother...

Jan 6, 2017

Nellie Irene Duvall, 97, passed away on Friday, January 6, 2017 at UMSMC at Dorchester. She was born in Washington, DC on February 14, 1919 and was a daughter of the late Charles Willard Sanderson and Irene Hines Sanderson.

She was married to James Birch Duvall, Sr., who passed away on August 6, 1996. She and her...

Jan 4, 2017

Lula May Phillips, 95 of Cambridge, passed away on Wednesday, January 4, 2017 at Mallard Bay Care Center. She was born in Cambridge on October 20, 1921 and was a daughter of the late Darcy H. and Naomi Insley Hurley.

She attended schools in Cambridge and graduated from Cambridge High School in 1939. On August 23, 1941...

Jan 3, 2017

Shirley Mills Bramble, 81, of Seaford, DE, formerly of Toddville, passed away on January 3, 2017 at her daughter’s home.  She was born on September 21, 1935 in Toddville to the late Hubert R. Mills and Lillian May Robinson Mills.

Mrs. Bramble enjoyed traveling, especially taking trips to Walt Disney World, and going to casinos.  She also...

Jan 1, 2017

James Mark Donaldson, 61, of Cambridge passed away on Sunday, January 1, 2017 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake. Mark was born in Baltimore on August 23, 1955 and was a son of the late James and Dorothy McGowan Donaldson.

He attended schools in Caroline County. He served in the Army National Guard. On January 5, 2001,...

Dec 31, 2016

Joseph “Joey” D. Parks, 31, of Hoopers Island passed away on Saturday, December 31, 2016. He was born in Cambridge on December 1, 1985 and was a son of Johnny A. Parks III and Joanie Bramble Parks.

Joey graduated Cambridge South Dorchester High School class of 2003. He worked with his dad on the water. Joey enjoyed...