Local Obituaries for Cambridge, Maryland

Feb 21, 2011

Eileen H. Majors, 95 of Cambridge, passed away at the Chesapeake Woods Center in Cambridge on Monday, February 21, 2011. She was born in Cambridge on April 11, 1915, and was a daughter of the late Granville Harrison and Nettie Elizabeth Collins Hales, Sr. She attended schools in Cambridge and graduated from Cambridge High School. She also attended...

Feb 16, 2011

C. Lovenia Brooks, 94 of Cambridge, passed away at the Chesapeake Woods Center in Cambridge on Wednesday, February 16, 2011. She was born in Cambridge on June 7, 1916, and was a daughter of the late Clarence and Lena Schuyler Raymond.

She attended schools in Cambridge, and graduated from Cambridge High school in 1933. On September...

Feb 15, 2011

George W. McComas, Sr., 83 of Cambridge, passed away at his home on Tuesday, February 15, 2011. He was born in Washington, D.C. on August 17, 1927, and was a son of the late Harry Gough and Martha Elizabeth Neely McComas, Jr.

He attended schools in Washington and also attended Massanutten Military Academy and graduated from...

Feb 12, 2011

Leonard F. Elliott, 74, of Cambridge passed away on Saturday, February 12, 2011 at St. Francis Hospital in Wilmington, DE. He was born in Fishing Creek on April 20, 1936 and was the son of the late Freddie and Marie Travers Elliott.

He graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1954. On November 6, 1954 he...

Feb 8, 2011

James H. Lammert, 74 of Cambridge, passed away at the Dorchester General Hospital on Tuesday, February 8, 2011. He was born in Pennsylvania on May 16, 1936. As a young man he went to live on a foster farm until he was old enough to live on his own. Mr. Lammert had served in the US Navy from...

Feb 8, 2011

Melvin Brinsfield, 94 of Vienna passed away on Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at Mallard Bay Care Center. He was born in Vienna on July 17, 1916 and was a son of the late Ollie H. and Susie Ann Sellers Brinsfield.

Mr. Brinsfield attended school in the Steele Neck area. He was a farmer all of his...

Feb 4, 2011

Mary A. Carpenter, 89, of Seaford passed away on Friday, February 4, 2011 at Life Care at Lofland Park in Seaford. She was born on July 7, 1921 in Lewes, DE and was a daughter of the late Edward J. and Ella Blizzard Carpenter.

Ms. Carpenter graduated from Lewes High School, class of 1940. She was...

Feb 4, 2011

Jane G. Salisbury, 88 of Cambridge, passed away at the Chesapeake Woods Center in Cambridge on Friday, February 4, 2011. She was born in Edwards, New York on February 10, 1922 and was a daughter of the late Ben Gooden and Ruth Leota Typhair Butler.

She was raised in the Hammond Rossie area of New York,...

Feb 2, 2011

Kenneth W. "Buck" Gabrielsen, 66 of Bishops Head, passed away at the Memorial Hospital at Easton on Wednesday February 2, 2011. He was born in Baltimore on June 18, 1944, and was a son of the late Jerome and Kathryn Kling Gabrielsen.

He attended schools in Glen Burnie and graduated from Glen Burnie High School in...

Feb 2, 2011

Juanita "Sis" Wroten, 77 of Cambridge, passed away at Dorchester General Hospital on Wednesday, February 2, 2011. She was born in Cambridge on August 18, 1933, and was a daughter of the late Goley Wesley and Lucy Irene Willey Insley.

She attended schools in Cambridge and graduated from Cambridge High school in 1951. On August 19,...

Jan 26, 2011

James E. "Peaches" Dodson, 82, of Cambridge passed away on Wednesday, January 26, 2011 at Dorchester General Hospital. He was born in Cambridge on February 19, 1928 and was a son of the John F. and Willie Blanche Bell Dodson.

Mr. Dodson graduated from Cambridge High School. He served in the U.S. Army during WW II...

Jan 25, 2011

Carroll "Sonny" Parks, 78, of Cambridge passed away on January 25, 2011 surrounded by his loving family. He was born on July 19, 1932 in Cambridge and was the son of the late Thomas O. Neal and Ruby L. Parks Furbush.

He served in the U.S. Army from February of 1953 to February of 1955. For...

Jan 20, 2011

William H. Hanks, Jr., a longtime resident of his beloved Maryland Eastern Shore, passed away at home in the morning hours of the 20th of January 2011 after a battle with cancer.

Bill was born on the 2nd of July 1943 in Wilmington Delaware, the son of the late Dr. William Hanks and Kathleen Phillips Hanks....

Jan 17, 2011

Thelma R. Insley, 86, of Taylors Island passed away on Monday, January 17, 2011 at her home. Services were held privately on Thursday, January 20, 2011 at Lorraine Park Cemetery in Baltimore. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to the Humane Society of Dorchester, P.O. Box 132, Cambridge, MD 21613.

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Jan 16, 2011

Norma P. Baker, 92, of Cambridge passed away on Sunday, January 16, 2011 at William Hill Manor in Easton. She was born in Salisbury on October 6, 1918 and was a daughter of the late Norman U. and Olive Bassett Perdue.

Mrs. Baker attended schools in Wicomico County. She worked with her husband at Nuttle's Lumber...

Jan 12, 2011

Ellen J. Sellers, 83 of Cambridge, passed away on Wednesday January 12, 2011 at the Mallard Bay Care Center in Cambridge. She was born in Baltimore on September 16, 1927, and was the daughter of the late Slaman and Alice Cowan Jaber. She attended schools in Baltimore. On January 24, 1948 she was married to Robert K. Sellers,...

Jan 11, 2011

Debi Marie Kear Palmer, 56, of Cambridge passed away on Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at Dorchester General Hospital. She was born in Bethesda on January 16, 1954 and was a daughter of Dolores Legutko Hollingsworth and the late Robert G. Kear.

Debi attended schools in Pennsylvania and Maryland. She also attended Chesapeake College. She was worked...

Jan 10, 2011

Elizabeth M. "Betty" McNamara, 85 of Ragged Point, near Cambridge, passed away at the Chesapeake Woods Center in Cambridge on Monday, January 10, 2011. She was born at Hills Point on August 8, 1925, and was a daughter of the late Robert C. and Ella Irene Condon Marshall.

She attended schools at Hills Point and also...

Jan 9, 2011

James P. Fitzgerald, 93, of Cambridge passed away on Sunday, January 9, 2011 at Talbot Hospice House. He was born in Philadelphia, PA on August 30, 1917 and was a son of the late Owen and Mary Griffin Fitzgerald.

He attended and graduated from Roman Catholic High School in Philadelphia. Mr. Fitzgerald also graduated from LaSalle...

Jan 7, 2011

Carolyn H. Smith, 74 of Cambridge, passed away on Friday January 7, 2011 at the Anchorage Nursing Home in Salisbury. She was born in Baltimore on April 8, 1936, and was the daughter of the late Henry Monroe and Helen Kunkel Shenton.

She attended schools in Baltimore and graduated from Merganthaler Tech High School. On November...