Local Obituaries for Cambridge, Maryland

Nov 16, 2012

Bradley K. Bradford, 81, of Lakesville passed away on Friday, November 16, 2012 at Dorchester General Hospital. He was born in Lakesville on May 28, 1931 and was a son of the late A. Kenneth Bradford and Olivia Wroten Bradford.

Mr. Bradford graduated from Crapo High School class 1948. On March 14, 1953, he married the...

Nov 14, 2012

Ann L. Hudak, 97, passed away peacefully on November 14, 2012 at the home of her daughter, Elizabeth Harp of Cambridge, MD. Mrs. Hudak was a native of Connecticut. She was preceded in death by her late husband, John, and her son, Bernard (Bernie) Hudak. In addition to her daughter she is survived by her son-in-law, Charles, three...

Nov 12, 2012

Christopher C. Betts, Jr., 85 of Rhodesdale passed away on Monday, November 12, 2012 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center. He was born in Philadelphia, PA on September 25, 1927 and was a son of the late Christopher C. Betts, Sr. and Ida Lowe Betts.

He graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1944. Mr. Betts served...

Nov 12, 2012

Jessie Parks "Peggy" Shipley, 92, of Hebron passed away on Monday, November 12, 2012 at her home. She was born on March 1, 1920 in Hoopers Island and was the daughter of the late Jesse and Evelyn Adams Parks.

She graduated from Hoopers Island High School class of 1937. Mrs. Shipley graduated as an LPN from...

Nov 12, 2012

Norah Pennington Goddard, 87, of Cambridge passed away on Monday, November 12, 2012 in Manahawkin, New Jersey after a lengthy illness. She was born the third daughter of Arthur and Sarah Pennington in Bromborough, Cheshire, England on May 6, 1925.

Norah joined the Women's Royal English Naval Service (WRENS) at age 17 in April of 1943...

Nov 11, 2012

Gladys T. Woolford, 95, of Cambridge passed away on Sunday, November 11, 2012 at Chesapeake Woods Center. She was born in Federalsburg on May 15, 1917 and was a daughter of the late Eugene C. and Lula Bradley Trice. Mrs. Woolford was preceded in death by her husband, Calvin Woolford on January 23, 2000.

Before my...

Nov 11, 2012

Joan Barbara (Boudreau) Hutchinson, 81, of Cambridge, passed away on November 11, 2012 at the home of her daughter. She is preceded in death by her husband of 59 years Charles K. Hutchinson. She was born December 21, 1930 in Dunellen, NJ to Mabel and Wilfred Boudreau.

Joan graduated from Montclair Nursing Academy in 1952 as...

Nov 11, 2012

George W. Hanson, Jr., 88, of East New Market passed away on Sunday, November 11, 2012 at Chesapeake Woods Center. He was in Cambridge on March 19, 1924 and was the son of the late George W. Hanson, Sr. and Mable Hoffman Hanson.

He attended and graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1943. In 1953,...

Nov 5, 2012

Lucas Lee Stockwell, 2, died at his home near Hemphill, TX. He was born in Jasper, TX to Leslie Luke Stockwell and Christian Michelle Turner. Lucas is also survived by his grandparents; Judy Kathleen Boehlke of Oklahoma City, OK, William Melvin Turner, III, of Stevensville, Maryland, and Michael Stockwell of Miami, FL, his sister Mariah Lynn Stockwell of...

Nov 5, 2012

Louella R. Ruark, 79, of Hoopersville passed away on Monday, November 5, 2012 at Chesapeake Woods Center. She was born in Crapo on October 17, 1933 and was a daughter of the late James and Modia Reynolds Adams.

She graduated from Crapo High School class of 1951. On June 24, 1951, she married Ralph A. Ruark,...

Nov 3, 2012

Leon G. Travers, Sr., 72, of Cambridge passed away on Saturday, November 3, 2012 at Dorchester General Hospital. He was born in Hoopers Island on May 4, 1940 to the late Bennie G. and Adelle Meekins Travers, Sr.

Mr. Travers finished the 8th grade and started crabbing as a young boy. He moved to San Antonio,...

Nov 3, 2012

James W. Willis, 62, of East New Market passed away on Saturday, November 3, 2012 at his home. He was born in North Carolina on December 2, 1949 and was a son of Jean Price Willis and the late James H. Willis.

He is survived by his three sons Bill Stacey, David Willis and Brian Willis,...

Nov 2, 2012

Henry L. Knauer, 86, of Cambridge passed away on Friday, November 2, 2012 at Mallard Bay Care Center to be with the Lord. He had been ill for the past several months. He was born in Bucktown on May 11, 1926 and was a son of the late John A. and Josephine Peters Knauer.

Mr. Knauer...

Oct 30, 2012

Nellie R. Hayward, 86 of Crapo, Maryland passed away on October 30, 2012. She was born on December 13, 1925 in Crapo, the daughter of the late Cleveland and Anna Jarrett Hayward.

Miss Hayward was a graduate of Crapo High School and also took courses from Chesapeake College. She was a self employed business women.

Oct 27, 2012

Gertrude E. Showalter, 96 of Cambridge passed away on Saturday, October 27, 2012 at Dorchester General Hospital. She was born in Brooklyn, NY on April 26, 1916 and was a daughter of the late William and Gertrude Smith Diehl.

She graduated high school in Brooklyn, NY. Mrs. Showalter worked as a secretary in New York until...

Oct 25, 2012

Alice L. Barnes, 90, of Cambridge passed away on Thursday, October 25, 2012 at Chesapeake Woods Center. She was born in Secretary on September 29, 1922 and was a daughter of the late John A. and Lillian Spear Busta.

Mrs. Barnes attended schools in Secretary and Hurlock. On November 12, 1942 she married Vernon A. Barnes,...

Oct 25, 2012

Shirley M. Ruark, 81 of Cambridge passed away on Thursday, October 25, 2012 peacefully at her home. She was born in Baltimore on December 31, 1930 and was a daughter of the late Iantha Bacon Fultz Ryskewich and Henry Fultz.

Mrs. Ruark attended schools in Baltimore City. On May 28, 1971, she married Donald S. Ruark....

Oct 24, 2012

Sydney Elise Hitchcock, 10 months old, passed away on Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at Memorial Hospital at Easton. She was born on December 12, 2011 in Raleigh, NC and was a daughter of Greg and Sherri Johnson Hitchcock.

She loved to laugh and smile and was to the point of starting to walk. Sydney adored her...

Oct 19, 2012

Freida B. Brohawn, 88, of Cambridge passed away on Friday, October 19, 2012 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born in Griffiths Neck on August 27, 1924 and was a daughter of the late Howard A. Bradshaw and Beatrice Murphy Bradshaw.

She was raised in Dorchester County and graduated from Vienna High School...

Oct 19, 2012

Andreas Arnold "Buster" Brooks, 97, of Cambridge passed away on Friday, October 19, 2012 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. He was born in Woolford on May 8, 1915 to the late Rev. Charles Wesley and Freida Schulze Brooks.

Mr. Brooks attended Milton School in Woolford and also Peachblossom Elementary School in Cambridge. He served...