Local Obituaries for Cambridge, Maryland

Elizabeth "Betty" S. Harper

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...

Frances I. Murphy

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...

Robert E. Kramer, Sr

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...

Calvin G. Rumbley, Sr

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...

Frank L. "Larry" Henry

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...

Merritt J. "Jim" Pritchett, Jr

Nov 1, 2013

Merritt J. "Jim" Pritchett, Jr., 73, of Cambridge passed away on Friday, November 1, 2013 at Chesapeake Woods Center. He was born in Cambridge on April 23, 1940 and was a son of the late Merritt J. Pritchett, Sr. and Wilamina Woodland Pritchett.

He attended schools in Dorchester County. Jim was married to the former Carolyn...

Edward F. Brown

Oct 27, 2013

Edward Faw Brown, 76, of Cambridge passed away peacefully at his home on Sunday, October 27, 2013. He was born on February 4, 1937 in Cambridge and was the son of the late Albert T. and Alice Kelly Brown.

Ed attended school in Cambridge. He owned Brown's Salvage Yard in Cordtown, then Ed Brown's Engine Rebuilders...

David A. Gibson

Oct 19, 2013

David Alan Gibson, 62, passed away on Saturday, October 19, 2013 at University of Maryland Medical Center. He was born on August 2, 1951 in Oxford to the late Betty Ann Gibson.

Mr. Gibson was raised in Oxford by his mother and grandparents, Herbert and Wilsie Gibson. He attended Oxford Elementary School. He played on the...

Mary Jane Cox

Oct 19, 2013

Dr. Mary Jane Cox, 63, of Cambridge went to be with the Lord on Saturday, October 19, 2013. She was the daughter of Ret. Sgt. and Mrs. Donald H. Cox, Sr. of Oyster Shell Point.

Janie was born in Cambridge on March 10, 1950 and attended school here using an executone system. In 1968 she graduated...

Betty F. Warfield

Oct 17, 2013

Betty F. Warfield, 52, of Cambridge passed away on Thursday, October 17, 2013 at UMSMC at Dorchester. She was born in Cambridge on September 23, 1961 and was a daughter of the late Alvin Hubbard, Sr. and Elsie McGlaughlin Hubbard.

Betty attended schools in Cambridge. She was employed at Pep-Up at the time that her health...

Eleanor P. Willey

Oct 15, 2013

Eleanor P. Willey, 71, of Cambridge passed away on Tuesday, October 15, 2013 at Mallard Bay Care Center. She was born in Cambridge on May 24, 1942 to the late Albert and Mary Rose Pritchett Pete.

Mrs. Willey attended schools in Cambridge. On May 10, 1958, she married Robert M. Willey, Sr., who passed away on...

Grace Brannock Smith Dougherty

Oct 15, 2013

Grace Dougherty, 94, of St. Petersburg, born April 7, 1919, a retired teacher, died Tuesday, October 15, 2013 at Westminster Suncoast Health Center. She lived at Westminster Shores Retirement Community since 1998. Born in Cambridge, MD, daughter of the late Russell P and Leila B Smith, she attended high school in Cambridge and was a graduate of Western...

Robin L. Hughes

Oct 12, 2013

Robin L. Hughes, 47, of Hurlock passed away on Saturday, October 12, 2013 at her home. She was born in Cambridge on October 2, 1966 and was a daughter of JoAnn Cannon Bloodsworth Cox and the late Rudy Bloodsworth.

She graduated from Cambridge South Dorchester High school class of 1984. After high school, she worked at...

Raymond F. Murrells

Oct 8, 2013

Raymond F. Murrells, 91 of Cambridge passed away on Tuesday, October 8, 2013 at Mallard Bay Care Center. He was born in England on January 10, 1922 and was a son of the late Cecil and Ethel Greene Murrells.

Mr. Murrells attended schools in London, England. He moved to the United States in 1956. On December...

Dorothy M. Wroten

Oct 6, 2013

Dorothy Mae Milburn Wroten, 91, of Andrews passed away on Sunday, October 6, 2013 at Mallard Bay Care Center. She was born in Alexandria, VA on July 15, 1922 and was a daughter of the late Betty Breeden Milburn Robinson and Timothy Milburn.

She attended schools in Crapo. On March 26, 1938 she married Wilson W....

Olive P. Horner

Oct 3, 2013

Olive P. Horner, 95, of Chestertown formerly of Cambridge passed away on Thursday, October 3, 2013 at Chester River Manor. She was born on May 16, 1918 in Mt. Vernon to the late Roy Edward Larmore and Annie McGrath Larmore.

Mrs. Horner attended schools in Princess Anne and graduated from Washington High School. At the age...

Mamie L. Rossy

Oct 1, 2013

Mamie Lee Wilkerson Rossy, 86, of Cambridge passed away on Tuesday, October 1, 2013 at Chesapeake Woods Center. She was born in Hurlock on March 5, 1927 and was a daughter of the late Ura A. Wilkerson and Oneda Wheatley Shooks.

Mamie attended Hurlock High School. Most of her life she was a homemaker and later...

Frances M. Twilley

Sep 28, 2013

Frances M. Twilley, 99, of East New Market formerly of Cambridge passed away on Saturday, September 28, 2013 at University of Maryland Shore Medical Center at Dorchester. She was the first baby born at Cambridge Hospital on September 7, 1914 and was a daughter of the late Jamie P. and Cora Leonard Mills.

Mrs. Twilley was...

Kenneth P. Richardson

Sep 28, 2013

Kenneth P. Richardson, 81, of Cambridge passed away on Saturday, September 28, 2013 at Mallard Bay Care Center. He was born in Cambridge on March 12, 1932 and was a son of the late Beulah Taylor Burton and Philip Richardson.

He graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1949. He served in the U.S. Air Force...

Joann H. Slater

Sep 27, 2013

Joann H. Slater, 81, of Fishing Creek passed away on Friday, September 27, 2013 at her home. Arrangements are incomplete at this time.