Local Obituaries for Cambridge, Maryland

Dec 17, 2013

Betty Lou Turner, 80, of Cambridge passed away on Tuesday, December 17, 2013 at UMSMC at Dorchester. She was born in Church Creek on August 9, 1933 to the late Arthur E. and Ludie M. Hughes Hatfield.

Betty graduated from Cambridge High School. She worked as a pattern marker at Rob Roy. She married Charles H....

Dec 16, 2013

Russell P. Smith, Jr., DDS, 93, of Cambridge passed away on Monday, December 16, 2013 at UMSMC at Easton. He was born in Cambridge on May 1, 1920 and was a son of the late Russell P. Smith, Sr. and Leila Brannock Smith.

Dr. Smith graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1937, where he was...

Dec 16, 2013

Anna L. "Polly" Hubbard, 89, of Golden Hill passed away on Monday, December 16, 2013 at Mallard Bay Care Center. She was born on July 22, 1924 in Golden Hill and was a daughter of the late Goldsborough and Mildred Wallace Gootee.

Polly attended schools in the South Dorchester area and also attended Goldey Beacom College....

Dec 15, 2013

Jerry F. Murphree, 92, of Alexandria, VA passed away on Sunday, December 15, 2013 at Mt. Vernon Nursing and Rehab Center. Burial will be held at Dorchester Memorial Park.

Dec 13, 2013

James L. Adams, 60, of Catonsville passed away on Friday, December 13, 2013 at St. Agnes Hospital. He was born on November 25, 1953 to the late John L. and Helen Travers Adams.

Mr. Adams served in the United States Army.

He is survived by two daughters Kimberley Sellers of Linkwood and Stacy Palmer...

Dec 10, 2013

P. Calvin Malkus, 90, of Cambridge passed away on Tuesday, December 10, 2013 at UMSMC at Dorchester. He was born in Cambridge on November 8, 1923 and was a son of the late Milton M. Malkus, Sr. and Nanette Luthy Malkus.

Mr. Malkus graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1940. On July 3, 1943, he...

Dec 8, 2013

Ronald J. "Ronnie" Pete, 60, of East New Market passed away on Sunday, December 8, 2013 at his home. He was born in Cambridge on July 22, 1953 and was a son of Roland Pete, Sr. and Betty Bradford Pete.

Ronnie graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1971. He served in the U.S. Army during...

Dec 5, 2013

Ernest S. McNew, 69, of Madison passed away on Thursday, December 5, 2013 at UMSMC at Easton. He was born in Virginia on August 4, 1944 and was a son of the late William F. McNew, Sr. and Edgar Alice Moore McNew.

Mr. McNew graduated from Sparrows Point High School class of 1963. He served in...

Dec 4, 2013

John R. "Rick" Neild, Sr., 61, of Taylors Island passed away on Wednesday, December 4, 2013 at UMSMC at Dorchester. He was born in Washington, DC on February 28, 1952 and was a son of John S. "Pat" Neild, Jr. and Virginia Ann Jones Neild.

Rick graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1970, where he...

Dec 4, 2013

Allan D. Cooke, 61, of Vienna passed away on Wednesday, December 4, 2013 at his daughter's home. Services will be held at the convenience of the family.

Dec 2, 2013

Raymond L. Sheets, 93, of Cambridge passed away on Monday, December 2, 2013 at Mallard Bay Care Center. He was born in Robbins on September 6, 1920 and was the son of the late Ray W. Sheets and Elizabeth Robbins Sheets.

Ray was raised in Cambridge and graduated from Cambridge High School. He served in the...

Nov 27, 2013

Gary P. Parker, 43, of Cambridge passed away on Wednesday evening November 27, 2013 surrounded by his family. He was born in Cambridge on October 24, 1970 and was a son of Catherine Insley Parker and the late Walter Allan Parker, Jr.

Gary graduated from Cambridge South Dorchester High School class 1988. He was enlisted in...

Nov 24, 2013

Thomas D. Phillips, 94, of Cambridge, passed away on Sunday, November 24, 2013 at Mallard Bay Care Center. He was born in Hoopers Island on August 26, 1919 and was a son of the late Elbert D. and Velma Brannock Phillips

He attended schools in Cambridge and graduated from Cambridge High School in 1936. On August...

Nov 24, 2013

Timothy William Reed, 62, of Salisbury, MD, passed away on November 24, 2013 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake. He was born on May 16, 1951 in Green Bay, WI and was a son of Norma Renneisen Reed and the late Rev. George E. Reed.

Tim graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1969, Frostburg State...

Nov 22, 2013

Donald "Donnie" F. Townsend, 67, of East New Market passed away on Friday, November 22, 2013 at UMSMC at Dorchester. He was born in Cambridge on May 28, 1946 and was the son of the late Frederick and Anna Kuebler Townsend.

He graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1964. On October 16, 1964, he married...

Nov 19, 2013

Elizabeth "Betty" S. Harper, 88, of Secretary passed away on November 19, 2013. She was born in Cambridge on May 22, 1925 and was the daughter of the late Tilghman Lee and Lena Christopher Stevens.

Betty graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1942 and Dorchester General Hospital School of Nursing in 1946. She passed her...

Nov 14, 2013

Frances I. Murphy, 74, of Cambridge passed away on Thursday, November 14, 2013 at Berlin Nursing Home. She was born in Cambridge on June 19, 1939 and was a daughter of the late Edgar and Beulah Taylor Burton.

She attended schools in Cambridge. On July 28, 1956, she married Melvin A. Murphy who passed away on...

Nov 11, 2013

Robert E. Kramer, Sr., 69, of Hudson passed away on Monday, November 11, 2013 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury. He was born in Baltimore on March 29, 1944 and was a son of the late George E. and Dorothy Harmel Kramer.

Mr. Kramer graduated from high school in 1962 at Wheelus Air Force...

Nov 10, 2013

Calvin G. Rumbley, Sr., 90, of Fallston, MD passed away on Sunday, November 10, 2013 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air. He was born in Cambridge on November 5, 1923 and was a son of the late William Everett Rumbley and Miranda Gilliss Rumbley.

He graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1941, and...

Nov 6, 2013

Frank Larrimore "Larry" Henry passed away on November 6, 2013 at his home. Larry was born in Cambridge on August 7, 1925, the only child of Frank J. Henry and Hazel Larrimore Henry Hayward.

Larry was a World War II Combat Medic in the 83rd Division serving in the European Theatre of Operation. He earned the...