Local Obituaries for Cambridge, Maryland

Jul 10, 2013

Delores M. Fitzhugh, 78, of Cambridge passed away on Wednesday, July 10, 2013 at her home. She was born in Federalsburg on August 6, 1934 and was a daughter of the late Maude Wroten Hurley and Everett F. Griffin.

Delores graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1953. She worked at DuPont's in Seaford and later...

Jul 9, 2013

Wilford I. Jones, 85, of Goshen, NY passed away on Tuesday, July 9, 2013 at Elant Nursing Home in Goshen, NY. He was born in Church Creek, Maryland on November 16, 1927 and was the son of the late Thomas I. and Frances Saunders Jones.

Mr. Jones attended schools in Cambridge, MD. He served in the...

Jun 29, 2013

Nancy Anne Kennedy Gale, 80, passed away suddenly on June 29, 2013 from an automobile accident. She enjoyed a full and active life until the moment she met the Lord.

Born on May 14, 1933 in Salisbury, MD, Nancy was the daughter of Howard and Mary Kennedy of Chincoteague, VA. She called both Cambridge and Chincoteague...

Jun 26, 2013

Betty Cheesman Wheatley, 80, of Hudson passed away on Wednesday, June 26, 2013 at Dorchester General Hospital. She was born in East New Market on December 22, 1932 and was a daughter of the late James M. Cheesman, Sr. and Mary Sellers Cheesman.

Betty attended schools in East New Market. On December 24, 1951, she married...

Jun 24, 2013

David H. Lewis, 60 of Cambridge passed away on Monday, June 24, 2013 at Dorchester General Hospital. He was born in Cambridge on September 13, 1952 and was a son of Mildred Harrison Lewis and the late Ralph C. Lewis.

David graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1970. He served in the Army National Guard....

Jun 14, 2013

Joe was born in Salisbury, MD on June 6, 1926. His family moved to Cambridge when he was nine years old. After graduation from Cambridge High School, he attended Peddie, a preparatory school in Hightstown, NJ. Joe went to King's Point Academy and spent over two years in the Merchant Marines in World War II. Upon his return,...

Jun 12, 2013

Alice Faye Murphy, 70, of Bishops Head passed away on Wednesday, June 12, 2013 at her home. She was born in Cambridge on March 1, 1943 and was the daughter of the late John Franklin and Alda Meredith Murphy.

Faye grew up in Bishops Head and graduated from South Dorchester High School. She worked at the...

Jun 7, 2013

Richard R. Moxey, 65, of Madison passed away on Friday, June 7, 2013 at Dorchester General Hospital. He was born in Easton on August 22, 1947 and was a son of the late Andrew and Frances Wanex Moxey.

He graduated from North Dorchester High School class of 1965. Mr. Moxey served in the U.S. Army during...

Jun 7, 2013

Justin James Hand, 16, of Madison passed away on Friday, June 7, 2013. He was born on June 22, 1996, in Asheville, NC, and was the son of Scott and Jennifer Mills. Justin attended Cambridge-South Dorchester High School where he just finished his junior year. He was a passionate member of the Cross Country Team and Track Team....

Jun 3, 2013

Louise L. "Weasie" Mitchell, 95 of Cambridge formerly of Salisbury passed away on Monday, June 3, 2013 at Mallard Bay Care Center. She was born in Cambridge on January 18, 1918 and was a daughter of the late Clarence F. and Pauline Jones Mitchell.

She graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1935. Miss Mitchell attended...

May 31, 2013

Joyce Ann Richardson, 62, of Cambridge passed away on Friday, May 31, 2013 at Mallard Bay Care Center. She was born in Cambridge on February 23, 1951 to the late Wilbur F. Clark and Harriett B. Robbins Pritchett.

She graduated from Cambridge High School, class of 1969. Joyce worked for the Cambridge Salvation Army for 16...

May 27, 2013

The Haddonfield community was stunned and saddened by the untimely death of Keith Schwab on May 27, 2013. Schwab, 45, was the ubiquitous president of the borough soccer club and a presence in a generation of youths and their parents. Schwab was a McCabe Scholar and graduate of Cambridge South Dorchester High School in Cambridge, MD then later...

May 26, 2013

Ivan W. Crandell, Sr., 91, formerly of East New Market and Cambridge, Maryland, passed away on Sunday, May 26, 2013, at Anchorage Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Salisbury, Maryland. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, on July 11, 1921, he was the son of the late William Wesley Crandell and Mary Edna Fountain Crandell.

On June 12, 1940,...

May 23, 2013

Evelyn Jean Marie Coghlan, 48, of Cambridge passed away on Thursday, May 23, 2013 at Dorchester General Hospital. She was born in Washington D.C. on April 5, 1965 to Thomas F. and Vivian R. Judge Coghlan, Jr.

Evelyn graduated from North Wood High School in Silver Spring, MD. She enjoyed shopping, watching soap operas, going to...

May 15, 2013

Walter Lee Travers, Sr., 90, of Cambridge passed away on Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at Mallard Bay Care Center. He was born in Taylors Island on October 4, 1922 and was a son of the late Margaret Breerwood Travers and William R. Travers. He was the beloved husband of the late Betty L. Hurley Travers, whom he married...

May 13, 2013

Marcia Ann Palmer, 59, of McHenry, MD passed away on Monday, May 13, 2013 at her home. She was born in Cambridge on March 25, 1954 and was a daughter of the late Maurice C. Lewis, Jr. and Eugenia Jett Lewis.

Marcia graduated from Saints Peter & Paul High School in Easton class of 1972. She...

May 10, 2013

Mary Katheryn Hughes, 77, of East New Market passed away on Friday, May 10, 2013 at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore. She was born in Vienna on February 18, 1936 and was a daughter of the late Addison H. and Beatrice Richardson Murphy.

She attended schools in Vienna. On July 19, 1952, she married Guy A. Hughes,...

May 10, 2013

Frances Delores Pritchett-Blum, 66, of Tarpon Springs, FL passed away on Friday, May 10, 2013 at her home. She was born in Cambridge on December 21, 1946 and was a daughter of the late James Orville Pritchett and Mary Keene Sherman.

She graduated from South Dorchester High School class of 1964. Mrs. Blum was a truck...

May 4, 2013

Gerald M. Bell, Sr., 72, of Church Creek passed away on Saturday, May 4, 2013 at Dorchester General Hospital. He was born in Cambridge on April 7, 1941 and was a son of the late Merritt and Lillian Haglund Bell.

He graduated from North Dorchester High School class of 1959. Mr. Bell served in the U.S....

May 2, 2013

Thurman L. Cannon, Sr., 62, of Cambridge passed away on Thursday, May 2, 2013 at Memorial Hospital at Easton. He was born in Cambridge on February 23, 1951 and was a son of Doris Robbins Cannon and the late Audry L. Cannon.

He attended schools in Cambridge. Thurman served in the Army National Guard. On November...