Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Cambridge, Maryland
Gloria Jean Keith
Apr 27, 2025
Gloria Jean Keith, 77, of Cambridge passed away on Sunday, April 27, 2025 at Autumn Lake Chesapeake Woods. Services will be held at a later date.
John R. Rue, Sr.
Apr 26, 2025
John R. Rue, Sr., 85, of Cambridge passed away on Saturday, April 26, 2025 at Autumn Lake Chesapeake Woods. He was born in Cambridge on December 2, 1939 and was a son of the late Russell Clarence Rue and Bessie Webster Rue.
Mr. Rue graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1957. On July 22, 1961, he married the former Frances...
Alice "Darlene" Burton
Apr 23, 2025
Alice “Darlene” Burton, 89, of Cambridge went home with The Lord on April 23, 2025.
Darlene was born December 8, 1935 to Ansel D. and Catherine E. Abbott. On June 9, 1957 she married Donald L. Burton, Sr. Darlene at one time was a member of First Baptist Church of Cambridge. She also worked at The Daily Banner, Montgomery Ward, and...
Reginald Fleming Murphy
Apr 15, 2025
Reginald (Reg) Fleming Murphy, age 93, passed away peacefully April 15, 2025 at his residence, Dominion Senior Living in Crossville, TN. He was born March 10, 1932, in Cambridge,Maryland, to Lawrence and Myrtle Murphy. Reg was preceded in death by his wife, Mildred, to whom he was married for nearly 70years; and by his younger brother, Raymond Murphy.
Reg is survived...
June M. Elzey
Apr 14, 2025
June M. Elzey, 97, of Cambridge passed away on Monday, April 14, 2025 at her home. She was born in Cambridge on February 28, 1928, and was a daughter of the late John H. and Lillie Mae Bell Niblett.
Mrs. Elzey attended schools in Cambridge. On August 18, 1945, she married Otis W. Elzey, Sr. who passed away on February 2,...
John W. McGinnis
Apr 14, 2025
John W. McGinnis, 81, of Cambridge passed away on Monday, April 14, 2025 at Talbot Hospice House in Easton. He was born in Oklahoma, OK on June 16, 1943 and was a son of the late John F. and Dorothy McBath McGinnis.
Mr. McGinnis graduated from Washington College and University of Maryland College Park, earning degrees in economics and business. He...
G. Wayne Foxwell
Apr 12, 2025
George Wayne Foxwell, 84, of Church Creek, Maryland, passed away peacefully at his son and daughter-in-law’s home in Cambridge on April 12, 2025, with Ricky and Mary lovingly by his side.
Wayne was born in Cambridge, Maryland, on April 2, 1941, to the late Harry and Hazel Foxwell of Lakesville. On July 11, 1958, he married the love of his life,...
Philip W. Rice
Apr 7, 2025
Philip W. Rice, 80, of Cambridge passed away on Monday, April 7, 2025 at Heartfields Assisted Living in Easton. He was born in Baltimore on July 8, 1944 and was the son of the late Philip Purchase and Talitha Lamp Rice. Mr. Rice lost both of his parents by the age of 12. He was raised by a special aunt...
Wendy L. Wilson
Apr 6, 2025
Wendy Loy (Melvin) Wilson, 80, of Cambridge passed away on April 6, 2025 at her home after a long and courageous battle with Parkinson’s disease while under the care of Coastal Hospice.
Wendy was born in St. Louis, MO on April 17, 1944 to her late parents, Edward Loy and Hilda Beatrice Melvin. She grew up in Arbutus, Baltimore County, graduating...
Charles L. Truitt
Apr 5, 2025
Charles L. Truitt, 80, of Mardela Springs passed away on Saturday, April 5, 2025 at TidalHealth Peninsula Regional. He was born in Baltimore on September 23, 1944 and was a son of the late Charles L. and Janice Hurley Truitt.
He is survived by a brother Byron Truitt, a sister in law Patricia Truitt and several nieces and nephews. Besides his...
Shirley W. Kailianu
Apr 3, 2025
Shirley W. Kailianu passed away on Thursday, April 3, 2025 at Mallard Bay Care Center. She was born December 7, 1943 in Cambridge to the late Rosalie M. Arnie and Franklin Darcy Arnie. Shirley was a 1962 graduate of Cambridge High School and received a BS degree in mathematics from the former Salisbury State Teacher’s College (Now Salisbury University).
Shirley had...
James F. Ewing, Jr.
Apr 2, 2025
James F. Ewing, Jr., 73, of Cambridge, MD died at Autumn Lake Chesapeake Woods on April 2, 2025.
Jim as he was known was born in Chester, MD on January 14, 1952 and was the son of the late James F. Ewing, Sr. and Isabell Lowery Ewing.
He attended school on Kent Island and graduated from Queen Anne’s County High School in...
Vernon Allen Barnes
Mar 30, 2025
Vernon Allen Barnes passed away in his home on March 30. He was born in Cambridge, MD to Vernon Barnes Jr and Alice Busta Barnes.
He is preceded in death by both parents and brothers Jack and Bobby Barnes. He is survived by son Christopher Barnes (Ashlee) of Denton and daughter Carrie Barnes Tucker (Travis) of Owings Mills, sister Merry Webb...
George A. Gray, Jr.
Mar 29, 2025
George A. Gray, Jr., 58, of Princess Anne passed away on Saturday, March 29, 2025 at The University of Maryland Hospital in Baltimore. He was born on March 29, 1967 to the late George A. Gray, Sr. and Dorothy Robinson Gray.
George graduated from Cambridge South Dorchester High School Class of 1985. On March 21, 2010 George married the former April...
Stephen E. Wingate
Mar 29, 2025
It is with deep sadness, the family of Stephen Eric Wingate announces his passing on March 29, 2025. To know him was to love his storytelling, sense of humor and quick wit. His presence brought laughter and warmth to those around him, and his gift for weaving tales will be remembered by all who had the joy of listening.
Steve was...
Charles K. Schmitt
Mar 29, 2025
Charles K. Schmitt, 70, of Georgetown, DE passed away on Saturday, March 29, 2025 at TidalHealth Peninsula Regional Hospital in Salisbury. He was born in Baltimore on September 12, 1954 to the late Edward Schmitt and Dora Manspeaker Schmitt.
Mr. Schmitt graduated from Caroline County Public Schools. He began his career on February 1, 1979 at the Caroline County Sheriff's Department...
Pamela S. Wrightson
Mar 27, 2025
Pamela S. Wrightson, 74, of Salisbury passed away on Thursday, March 27, 2025 at the Holly Center in Salisbury. She was born in Cambridge on November 22, 1950 and was a daughter of the late Joshua Alonza Wrightson, Jr. and Judy Greene Wrightson.
Ms. Wrightson attended schools in Cambridge and later at the Benedictine School in Ridgely. She worked at Dorchester...
Shirley Messick Abbott
Mar 27, 2025
Shirley Messick Abbott passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family on Thursday, March 27th, 2025 at the Talbot Hospice Facility in Easton, Maryland. She was one of eleven children born to Perry Rache and Lillian Woodward Messick on the family farm in Beulah, Maryland on September 16th, 1932.
In her younger years Shirley spent time working on the family farm...
Leon M. Peters
Mar 24, 2025
Leon M. Peters, 91, of Cambridge passed away on Monday, March 24, 2025 at Autumn Lake Chesapeake Woods in Cambridge.
He was born in Cambridge on March 11, 1934 and was a son of Leon and Madeline Andrews Peters. He graduated from Cambridge High School class of 52.
After High School he joined the Navy and was attached to two destroyers during...
Wiley "Pete" A. Young III
Mar 20, 2025
Wiley “Pete” A. Young III, 81, of Linkwood, passed away on March 20, 2025 at his daughter’s home in Mechanicsville, MD. He was born on December 16, 1943 to the late Wiley Young, Jr. and Frances Williams Young.
On September 14, 1972 Mr. Young married the former Phyllis Chessman who passed away on August 29, 2020. He worked at Airpax. Mr....
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