Local Obituaries for Cambridge, Maryland

Donna M. Hubbard

Jun 17, 2012

Donna M. Hubbard, 55, of Hurlock passed away on Sunday, June 17, 2012 at her home. She was born in Cambridge on June 11, 1957 to the late Edward and Phoebe Smith Justice.

She married John Hubbard, Jr. on May 16, 1982. She worked at Daffin Disposables in Secretary as a sewing machine operator, for Bob...

Laura E. Bromwell

Jun 17, 2012

Laura Ellen Sockriter Bromwell, age 87, of Madison passed away at Dorchester General Hospital on June 17, 2012. She had been at Chesapeake Woods Rehabilitation facility since May 15th. She was born on February 13, 1925 to the late Daisy and Peter Sockriter. On December 24, 1943, she married Robert L. Bromwell, Sr. who died on September 13,...

William Frank Lankford

Jun 16, 2012

William Frank Lankford (U.S. Marine Corps retired) 76, of Punta Gorda, FL and Cambridge, MD born April 19, 1936 passed away of natural causes on June 16, 2012 at his home in Cambridge, MD. He was the son of the late Minibel and Walter Lankford of Vienna, MD. He was predeceased by his wife of 27 years, Barbara...

Ann N. Embleton

Jun 11, 2012

Ann N. Embleton (U.S. Marine Corps, retired) 62, of Woolford passed away on Monday, June 11, 2012 at her home. She was born in Fort Dix, New Jersey on April 18, 1950 and was a daughter of the late John F. Nolan, Jr. and Mary Asplen Nolan.

She graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1968...

M. Louise Delaha

May 26, 2012

M. Louise Delaha, 87, passed away on Saturday, May 26, 2012 at Mallard Bay Care Center. She was born in Hoopers Island on June 29, 1924 to the late Oscar and Lucy Creighton Jenkins.

She grew up in Hoopers Island. She married the late James Delaha on January 24, 1945. He passed away on November 11,...

Jane Dayton Richardson

May 23, 2012

Jane Dayton Richardson, 89, of Cambridge passed away on Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at Mallard Bay Care Center. She was born in Richardson Park, DE on June 15, 1922 to the late Richard C. and Ethel Gill Dayton.

She moved to Cambridge as a young girl. She graduated from Cambridge High School in 1939. She married...

Valearia M. Lee

May 23, 2012

Valearia M. Lee, 86, of Cambridge passed away on Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at Chesapeake Woods Center. She was born in Mills, Wyoming on June 16, 1925 and was a daughter of the late Manford and Opal Campbell Nordwall.

She is survived by two sons David Lee and wife Phyllis of Cambridge and Danial Lee and...

Ralph W. Jackson, Jr

May 20, 2012

Ralph W. Jackson, Jr., 90, of Cambridge passed away on Sunday, May 20, 2012 at Mallard Bay Care Center. He was born in Cambridge on May 15, 1922 and was a son of the late Ralph W. and Marydel Taylor Jackson.

He graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1939. On January 25, 1947, he married...

Alvin S. Hubbard, Sr

May 16, 2012

Alvin S. Hubbard, Jr., 59, of Cambridge passed away on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at Memorial Hospital at Easton. He was born in Cambridge on February 5, 1953 and was a son of the late Alvin S. Hubbard, Sr. and Elsie McGlaughlin Hubbard.

He attended schools in Cambridge. He was a tractor trailer repairman for Dick...

Margaret M. James

May 15, 2012

Margaret M. James, 79, of Cambridge passed away on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at Mallard Bay Care Center. She was born in Dorchester County on September 2, 1932 and was a daughter of the late John and Tressie Adams Elmiger.

She attended schools in Dorchester County. Ms. James worked at Rob Roy and worked and retired...

Walter S. "Dickie" Dickerson

May 15, 2012

Walter S. "Dickie" Dickerson, 75, of Cambridge passed away on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. He was born in Cambridge on August 27, 1936 and was a son of the late John T. and Evelyn Parks Dickerson.

Mr. Dickerson graduated from Cambridge High School. After high school he served in...

Shirley S. James

May 13, 2012

Shirley S. James, 66, of Berlin passed away on Sunday, May 13, 2012 at Mallard Bay Care Center. She was born in Baltimore on October 12, 1945 to the late Darius H. and Katharine Ozarski Slacum.

Mrs. James graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1963. She married William L. "Hess" James on February 3, 1974....

Lillian S. Swaim

May 13, 2012

Lillian S. Swaim, 80, of Cambridge passed away on Sunday, May 13, 2012 at Dorchester General Hospital. She was born in Bullock, North Carolina on June 11, 1931 and was a daughter of the late John and Jane Saunders.

She attended and graduated high school and Wingate College in Bullock, North Carolina. On January 1, 1955...

Elizabeth A. "Betty" Abbott

May 11, 2012

Elizabeth A. "Betty" Abbott, 95, of East New Market passed away on Friday, May 11, 2012 at Chesapeake Woods Center. She was born in Omaha, Nebraska on April 6, 1917 and was a daughter of the late Ephraim and Marie Sawyer Fahnestock.

She attended schools in Des Moines, Iowa and graduated from East High School in...

Frances A. Custis

May 10, 2012

Frances A. Custis, 57, of Cambridge passed away on Thursday, May 10, 2012 at Chesapeake Woods Center.

A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, May 12, 2012 from 2-4 pm at the Thomas Funeral Home, P.A.

Full obituary will be posted at a later time.

Charles G. Linthicum

May 9, 2012

Charles G. Linthicum, 79, of Cambridge passed away on Wednesday, May 9, 2012 at Chesapeake Woods Center. He was born in Cambridge on March 8, 1933 and was a son of the late Thomas G. and Agnes Tyler Linthicum.

Mr. Linthicum attended schools in Church Creek. He served in the U.S. Army from 1956 until 1964...

Darcy Parella

May 4, 2012

Darcy Parella, 93, of Cambridge passed away on Tuesday, May 4, 2012 at Chesapeake Woods Center. He was born in Cambridge on July 18, 1918 to the late Tony and Gertrude Elzey Parella.

Mr. Parella attended Cambridge schools. When he was growing up he worked at a canning factory with his father. Later he owned and...

Michael S. Cheesman

May 4, 2012

Michael S. Cheesman, 48, of Cambridge passed away on Friday, May 4, 2012 at Memorial Hospital at Easton. He was born in Cambridge on September 21, 1963 and was the son of the late Otto B. Cheesman III and Donna Simmons Cheesman.

Mike graduated from Cambridge South Dorchester High School class of 1981. On June 21,...

Olive T. Bramble

May 2, 2012

Olive Elizabeth Tyler Bramble, 86, of Cambridge passed away on Tuesday, May 2, 2012 at Dorchester General Hospital. She was born in Cambridge on September 30, 1925 and was a daughter of the late Oliver Preston Tyler and Lillian Roberta Wroten Tyler.

Following graduation from Cambridge High School in 1943, she went to work at Phillips...

Edward Hurley

May 1, 2012

Edward Hurley, 88, of Cambridge passed away on Tuesday, May 1, 2012 at Chesapeake Woods Center. He was born in Dorchester County on July 9, 1923 and was a son of the late Benjamin and Bertie Harris Hurley.

Mr. Hurley is survived by three daughters Wendy Wright (Jim Wright, Sr.) of Cambridge, Mary Kelly (Pete) of...