Local Obituaries for Cambridge, Maryland

Emma W. Travers

Aug 14, 2011

Emma Elizabeth Travers, 96 of Cambridge passed away on Sunday, August 14, 2011 at Mallard Bay Care Center. She was born in Madison on June 14, 1915 and was a daughter of the late John M. and Ada Brannock Woollen.

At the age of seven she moved to Baltimore and moved back to Cambridge at the...

Sewell R. Matthews, Sr

Aug 14, 2011

Sewell Ross Matthews, 90, died peacefully August 14, 2011 at Chesapeake Woods Center in Cambridge. He was born December 29, 1920 in Cambridge, MD to the late Robert Hutchin Matthews and Beulah Ellen Moore. He graduated from Cambridge High School and attended Western Kentucky College and Pierce Business College. Mr. Matthews served in the Pacific Theater of World...

John W. Thomas

Aug 11, 2011

John W. Thomas, 61, of Salem passed away on Thursday, August 11, 2011 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. He was born in Cambridge on August 18, 1949 and was the son of the late Kenneth Robert Thomas and Margaret Fleming Johnson Thomas.

Following graduation from Cambridge High School in 1967 John began the process...

Ella L. Wright

Aug 11, 2011

Ella Louise Wright, 90 of Taylors Island passed away on Thursday, August 11, 2011 at Mallard Bay Care Center. She was born on April 12, 1921 in Richmond, VA and was a daughter of the late William Newton Pemberton and Lena May Pemberton (Garber).

In 1926 she moved to Chicago. She attended Bowen High School in...

Evon S. Harding

Aug 9, 2011

Evon S. Harding, 88 of Cambridge, passed away at the Chesapeake Woods Center in Cambridge on Tuesday, August 9, 2011. He was born in Cambridge on June 8, 1923, and was a son of the late Robert F. and Beatrice H. Smith Harding.

He attended schools in Cambridge, and graduated from Cambridge High School in 1942....

Delores J. Todd

Aug 8, 2011

Delores J. Todd, 72, of Trappe formerly of Wingate passed away on Monday, August 8, 2011 at Dorchester General Hospital. She was born in Toddville on August 9, 1938 and was a daughter of the late Maysie Todd Jones.

She attended school in Crapo. On July 21, 1956 she married James Allen Webster Todd. He passed...

Helen L. Webb

Aug 8, 2011

Helen L. Webb, 86 of Woolford, passed away on Monday, August 8, 2011 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury. She was born in Baltimore on August 19, 1924, and was a daughter of the late George Washington and Dora Lena LeCompte Langrall.

She attended schools in Cambridge, and graduated from Cambridge High School in...

Madeline L. Shenton

Aug 8, 2011

Madeline L. Shenton, 84, of Cambridge passed away on Monday, August 8, 2011into the loving arms of her Savior Jesus Christ. She was born on November 9, 1926 on Taylors Island and was a daughter of the late Joseph A. Lambdin and Anita Horseman Sears.

Mrs. Shenton graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1943. On...

Donald L. Murphy

Aug 5, 2011

Donald L. Murphy, 83 of Salisbury, passed away on Friday, August 5, 2011 at the Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. He was born in Cambridge on May 9, 1928, and was a son of the late Addison H. and Beatrice R. Richardson Murphy.

Donald attended schools in Vienna. He had worked at the Eastern Shore...

C. Lee Harrison

Jul 31, 2011

C. Lee Harrison, 97 of Cambridge, passed away at his home on Sunday July 31, 2011. He was born at Trappe on May 29, 1914, and was a son of the late Samuel F. and Alice Patchett Harrison.

Lee attended schools in Cordova and was general manager of Langs Farms from 1938 until 1950. He owned...

Christopher R. Cox

Jul 30, 2011

Christopher R. Cox, 61 of Cambridge, passed away at the Dorchester General Hospital on Saturday July 30, 2011. He was born at Isleworth, Middlesex England on September 29, 1949, and was a son of Violet Elsie Jones Cox and the late Leonard Arthur Cox.

He was born in England and attended schools there. Chris had worked...

Lewis E. Clark

Jul 30, 2011

Lewis Edward Clark, 60, of Salisbury, departed this life on July 30, 2011, at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury, after a long illness. He was born in Cambridge on August 5, 1950.

Mr. Clark was a retired executive chef/restaurant manager. He was a 1970 graduate of The Culinary Institute of America of Hyde Park,...

William W. Tubman, Sr

Jul 23, 2011

William Willis Tubman Sr, 88 of Cambridge, passed away at Coastal Hospice by the Lake in Salisbury on Saturday, July 23, 2011, and will be missed by all those whose lives he touched. He was born in Cambridge on 15th of July 1923 and lived in the family home known as Ayershire with his parents, the late Granville...

Beverly D. Valliant

Jul 22, 2011

Beverly D. Valliant, 91, of Cambridge passed away on Friday, July 22, 2011 at William Hill Manor. She was the wife of the late William E. Valliant. Services will be held at the convenience of the family.

David Lee Handley, Sr

Jul 20, 2011

David Lee Handley, Sr., 74 of Cambridge, passed away on Wednesday July 20, 2011 at the Chesapeake Woods Center in Cambridge after a lengthy battle with multiple myeloma. He was born in Cambridge on May 31, 1937, and was a son of the late William Watkins and Susie Anna Willey Handley.

David grew up on the...

Kathleen P. Mende

Jul 14, 2011

Kathleen Dashiell Parker Mende, 94 of Edgewater formerly of Cambridge passed away on Thursday, July 14, 2011 at the South River Nursing and Rehab. She was born in Taylor's Island on February 26, 1917 and was the daughter of the late Robert K. and Elsie Dashiell Parker.

Mrs. Mende was married to the late Seward Maxwell...

Emma A. Busick

Jul 14, 2011

Emma A. Busick, 90, of Cambridge passed away on Thursday, July 14, 2011 at Mallard Bay Care Center. She was born in New Castle, DE on March 28, 1921 and was a daughter of the late Benjamin E. and Mattie Brittingham Tingle.

Mrs. Busick attended school at Delmar High School. On August 11, 1939 she married...

F. Kenneth Harvey

Jul 13, 2011

Francis Kenneth Harvey, a long time resident of Easton and Cambridge, Maryland died on Wednesday, July 13, 2011. He was the son of the late Hugh Harvey, Sr. and Charlene Long Harvey. He was preceded in death by his wife, Marguerite Wilson Harvey and long time companion, Mel Regan, as well as three brothers Charles Harvey, John Harvey...

Olive G. Yeatman

Jul 6, 2011

Olive G. Yeatman, 85, of Preston passed away on Wednesday, July 6, 2011 at Memorial Hospital at Easton. She was born in Castle Haven on November 14, 1925 and was a daughter of the late John H. and Mary "Melvina" Bromwell Bell.

Mrs. Yeatman attended school in Hudson. On March 29, 1947 she married Nelson F....

George B. Sackett, Sr

Jul 3, 2011

George B. Sackett, Sr., 87 of Brookview, set sail on his final voyage on Sunday, July 3, 2011 at the Chesapeake Woods Center in Cambridge surrounded by his family. He was born in Halstead, PA on January 2, 1924, and was a son of the late Floyd W. and Mary Snow Sackett.

He attended schools in...