Local Obituaries for Cambridge, Maryland

Aug 5, 2015

Edward F. Hurley, 80, of Vienna passed away on Wednesday, August 5, 2015 at UMSMC at Dorchester. He was born on April 8, 1935 in Cambridge and was a son of the late Luther and Missel Todd Hurley and his stepmother Hilda McWilliams Hurley.

On November 4, 1995, he married the former Barbara Short Knauer. At his...

Aug 3, 2015

Mary Gummel Horde, 95, of Cambridge passed away on Monday, August 3, 2015 at Mallard Bay Care Center. At her request, there will be no service. A private interment will be at her family plot at Prospect Hill in Washington, DC.

Jul 31, 2015

Bobbie Sue Swann, 58, of Cambridge passed away on Friday, July 31, 2015 at UMSMC at Easton. She was born in Cambridge on April 26, 1957 and was a daughter of the late James P. Lomax, Sr. and Barbara Newton Lomax.

Bobbie Sue graduated from Cambridge High School. On February 26, 1982, she married Dutch Swann. She...

Jul 26, 2015

Betty L. Seward, 95, of Cambridge passed away on Sunday, July 26, 2015 at Mallard Bay Care Center. She was born in Cambridge on December 4, 1919 to the late John and Louise Hubbard Henry.

Mrs. Seward graduated from Cambridge High School and on she married Virgil A. Seward, Jr., who passed away on October 4, 2007....

Jul 24, 2015

Kathleen Dunnock Willey, 83, passed away on July 24, 2015 at Collingswood Nursing Center in Rockville, Maryland. She was born in Cambridge, Maryland on April 1, 1932, the daughter of Mildred Dunnock Menk and Reginald Dunnock. Kathleen graduated from Cambridge High School in 1949 and, on June 21st of that year, married Thomas B. Willey. She live most of...

Jul 23, 2015

Jennings C. “JC” Tolley, 72, of Wingate passed away on Thursday, July 23, 2015 at Chesapeake Woods Center. He was born in Cambridge on January 23, 1943 and was a son of the late Calvert Brice and Kathryn Todd Tolley of Toddville.

He was raised in Toddville and attended South Dorchester High School and graduated from Bullis...

Jul 13, 2015

Ezekiel Hunter Wilson, Jr., M.D. who carried the lifelong nickname of Dooner, died of congestive heart failure on July 13, 2015 at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center.

Dr. Wilson was the son of E. Hunter Wilson, a businessman in Cambridge, MD, and his wife Shirley Skinner Wilson. He and his sister, Hannah Firth of Baltimore, enjoyed a...

Jul 12, 2015

Ida M. Creighton, 95, of Fishing Creek passed away on Sunday, July 12, 2015 at her home with her family by her side. She was born in Golden Hill on December 6, 1919 and was a daughter of the late Walter M. and Lillie Frazier Brittingham.

She attended schools in Golden Hill. On December 24, 1937 she...

Jul 12, 2015

Vera Melnyk Block, 65, Cambridge, MD. Born in Havre de Grace, MD on February 26, 1950 to Ukrainian immigrants Walter and Maria Melnyk.

Soon after the family moved to East Baltimore where Vera grew up. She worked a few years as a bank teller, but the majority of her career was spent with the telephone company, initially...

Jul 10, 2015

Everett P. Creighton, Jr., 93, former Vice President of Manufacturing at Cambridge Wire Cloth Company, passed away on Friday, July 10, 2015 at Chesapeake Woods Center.  He was born on August 8, 1921 in Cambridge, the son of Everett P. Creighton, Sr. and Mildred Kirby Creighton.  He was raised at 210 West End Avenue and graduated from Cambridge High...

Jun 27, 2015

John W. Tieder, Jr, 74 of Marco Island FL, passed away on Saturday, June 27th, 2015 at his farm on Taylors Island surrounded by his family and close friends.

Born on December 16, 1940 in Cambridge, MD, he was the son of the late John W Tieder, Sr. and Isabel Tubman Tieder.  John grew up...

Jun 25, 2015

Mary A. Bloodsworth, 90, of Cambridge passed away peacefully on Thursday, June 25, 2015. She was born in Cowley, England on July 9, 1924 to the late William E. and Gladys Barker Harbert.

Mrs. Bloodsworth grew up in England. During World War II, she had to quit school to work as an electric welder while the men...

Jun 25, 2015

Joseph Byrd Willey, Jr., 67, of Easton passed away on Thursday, June 25, 2015 at his home with his wife by his side. He was born in Cambridge on September 27, 1947 to the late Joseph Byrd and Ruth Brannock Willey.

Byrd graduated from Cambridge High School, class of 1966. In October of 1966, he was drafted...

Jun 18, 2015

Barbara J. Murphy, 72, of Cambridge passed away on Thursday, June 18, 2015 after a recent battle with ovarian cancer. She was born in Washington, DC on November 3, 1942 and the only daughter of the late Donald Edwin Quade and Irene Moore Quade.

She graduated from Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, MD. She received...

Jun 17, 2015

David J. Simmons, 59 of Mechanicsburg, PA, passed away on Wednesday, June 17, 2015. A celebration of David’s life will be held on Sunday, June 21, 2015 at 1:30 p.m. at Thomas Funeral Home, P.A. in Cambridge. Family will receive friends from 1:00 – 1:30.

Jun 14, 2015

Beatrice June Phillips Brittingham, 86, of Cambridge passed away on June 14, 2015 after 4-1/2 years at Signature Health Care Mallard Bay. She was born June 22, 1928 on Hoopers Island and was a daughter of Carlton (Captain Smokey) and Rona Tolley Phillips.  She was one of 8 graduates of Hoopers Island High School in 1945.  On April 18,...

Jun 8, 2015

Christopher A. Grimes, 55, of Cambridge, passed away on Monday, June 8, 2015 at his home. He was born in Baltimore on July 1, 1959 and was a son of H. Thomas Grimes and Mary Cockey Grimes.

Chris graduated from Glenelg High School class of 1977. He served in the U.S. Air Force and later served in...

Jun 7, 2015

Thomas L. Hooper Jr. (Tommy), age 88, passed away on June 7, 2015, at the Tennessee State Veterans Home in Murfreesboro, TN.

He was the son of the late Thomas L. Hooper Sr. and Evelyn Wroten Hooper and was a native of Cambridge,   MD.   Tommy was a member of St. Paul's United Methodist Church, served on the...

Jun 4, 2015

Howard L. “Dude” Willoughby, 87, of Salisbury passed away on Thursday, June 04, 2015 at Salisbury Rehab and Nursing Center. He was born in Cambridge on March 14, 1928 to the late Howard and Helen Duncan Willoughby.

Dude served in the United States Navy. He married the former Audrey James on July 15, 1967. Mr. Willoughby was...

May 28, 2015

A Gibby Robinson, Jr., 68, of Cambridge passed away on Thursday, May 28, 2015 at his home with his family by his side. He was born in Cambridge on March 28, 1947 and was a son of the late Albert Gibby Robinson, Sr. and Emma Reynolds Robinson.

Gibby attended schools in Dorchester County. On May 21, 1971,...