Local Obituaries for Cambridge, Maryland

Aug 28, 2022

Dennis Roy Pitt, 79, of Hurlock passed away on Sunday, August 28, 2022 at his home. He was born in Baltimore on August 4, 1943 and was the son of Owens and Clara Pitt (deceased) and the brother of Ronald Pitt (deceased) all from Glen Burnie, Maryland.  Dennis graduated from Parkville High School and then joined the U.S. Air...

Aug 23, 2022

Wilma Jean (Jill) Gillespie Cusick, 88, of Cambridge, departed this life on August 23, 2022 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake.  She was born September 19, 1933 in Beallsville, Ohio, moving to Wheeling, WV at age of 5, where she was raised and educated.  She graduated from Wheeling High School in 1951.  She was the fourth child of Mancil...

Aug 19, 2022

Regina M. Moore, 83, of Toddville passed away on Friday, August 19, 2022 at her home. She was born in Toddville on December 30, 1938 and was a daughter of the late Orem E. Jones and Lelia Moore Jones.

Mrs. Moore attended South Dorchester High School. On November 27, 1954, she married Charles L. “Lindy” Moore who...

Aug 15, 2022

Mary E. Todd, 77, of Cambridge passed away on Monday, August 15, 2022 at Mallard Bay Care Center in Cambridge. She was born in Cambridge on December 24, 1944 and was a daughter of the late Wilby L. Tall and Sarah Bloodsworth Tall.

Mrs. Todd graduated from South Dorchester High School in 1962 where she was Salutatorian....

Aug 14, 2022

Ethel Mae Cronshaw, 83, of Easton, MD and Lake Placid, FL passed away on Sunday, August 14, 2022 at Talbot Hospice House in Easton. She was born and raised on a farm near Centreville. She attended Centreville High School and graduated in 1957. After high school she attended Baltimore Studio Hair Design in Baltimore, MD. After completing this program...

Aug 5, 2022

Jean Brubaker Fountain, 83, of Cambridge, MD went to be with her heavenly father on August 5, 2022 at Bayleigh Chase in Easton, MD. She was born on July 9, 1939 in Palatka, Florida. Jean was the daughter of the late Paul D. Brubaker and Maud Atkinson Brubaker.

Jean grew up in Federal Point, Florida, surrounded by...

Aug 5, 2022

John E. Cannon, 63, of Cambridge passed away on Friday, August 5, 2022 at his home with his loving family by his side. He was born in Washington, DC on April 13, 1959 and was a son of the late John Irving Cannon and Marjorie Marie Church Cannon.

John graduated from Cambridge South Dorchester High School class...

Jul 29, 2022

Carolyn Jane Knauer, 80, of Eden, MD passed away on Friday, July 29, 2022 at her niece’s home in Trappe. She was born in Cambridge on March 26, 1942 and was a daughter of the late Ervin Knauer, Sr. and Elnora McWilliams Knauer.

Ms. Knauer graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1960. She worked for the...

Jul 24, 2022

Gladys Anna (happy bottom) Murphy (nee Smith), 92, of Halethorpe, MD, passed away on July 24, 2022, in Ellicott City, MD.

Gladys is survived by her children: Cheri Fleming of Ellicott City, MD, Pamela Presti of Baltimore, MD and Keith Murphy of Baltimore, MD; grandchildren: Doni and Marie, Jody and Gary, and Heather and Anthony; great-grandchildren: Dustin...

Jul 23, 2022

Mary Frances Duvall was born on January 7, 1942 in Selma, Alabama to Martha Simmons Foxwell and Daniel Henry Foxwell when LT Foxwell was stationed at Craig Air Force Base. She traveled with her family to other duty stations until 1947 when the family home was built in Cambridge, Maryland. Mary Frances stayed in Cambridge throughout her life. After...

Jul 18, 2022

Patrick R. Bullen, Sr., 72, of Seaford, DE, passed away on Monday, July 18, 2022 at TidalHealth Nanticoke in Seaford.  He was born in Anne Arundel County on June 18, 1950 to the late Samuel R. “Pete” Bullen and Margaret Cannon “Peggy” Bullen.

Mr. Bullen graduated from Easton High School in 1968.  He worked for many years...

Jul 16, 2022

On July 16, 2022, Lilly Frances Harman passed away at Autumn Lake Health Care at Chesapeake Woods, Cambridge, Maryland.  Lilly was born on August 29, 1938 in Golden Hill, Maryland.  She was the youngest child of the late Walter Brittingham, Sr. and the late Lillie Mae Frazier Brittingham.

Lilly attended schools in Golden Hill, Maryland and graduated...

Jul 13, 2022

Ernest “Ernie” Ellis Eskridge, Jr. was born on February 10, 1954 in Cambridge, Maryland to Ellis and Frances (Dinky) Eskridge.  After fighting melanoma, he passed away at his home in Bowie, MD on July 13th with his loving daughter, Emily, and wife, Karla by his side.

Ernie had an ideal childhood- growing up in Cambridge on the...

Jul 13, 2022

Clifford E. Murray, 72, of Hurlock passed away on Wednesday, July 13, 2022 at UMSMC at Easton. He was born on October 27, 1949 and was a son of the late Herman and Leona Honeycutt Murray. Mr. Murray is survived by a brother Jim Murray and wife Lisa of Hurlock and several nieces and nephews.

Services will...

Jul 12, 2022

Florence D. Murphy, 87, of Cambridge passed away on Tuesday, July 12, 2022 at Autumn Lake Healthcare at Chesapeake Woods in Cambridge. She was born in Cambridge on December 31, 1934 and was a daughter of the late Freddie A. and Rosalie Twilley Doege.

Mrs. Murphy graduated from Cambridge High School and graduated from nursing school in...

Jul 9, 2022

John P. Faulkner, 83, of Cambridge passed away peacefully on Saturday, July 9, 2022 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury. To many, John was known as Jack or Jackie. Jack was born on February 4, 1939 in Cambridge to Pearl and Wilbur Faulkner.

He enjoyed spending a lot of time fixing cars, lawn mowers or...

Jun 30, 2022

Ronald O. Morris, 90, of Woolford passed away on Thursday, June 30, 2022 at UMSMC at Easton. He was born in Toddville on June 11, 1932 and was a son of the late Vernon L. Morris, Sr. and Mydra Meredith Morris.

Mr. Morris attended schools in Dorchester County. In November of 1960, he married the former Verne...

Jun 26, 2022

Cynthia R. Forester, 65, of Cambridge passed away on Sunday, June 26, 2022, at Compass Hospice in Centreville. She was born in Cambridge on August 17, 1956, and raised in Hoopers Island, to the late Eldridge Wolff Rippons, Sr. and Laura Lane Rippons.  She was a proud Hoopers Island girl.  To know Cindy was to love her, as she...

Jun 23, 2022

Karen Lee Barnes, 74, of Delmar, MD, formerly of Crisfield, MD, went to be with the Lord on June 23, 2022. Born on April 17, 1948 in Crisfield, MD she is predeceased by her parents Preston Scott Sr. and Louella (Beasley) Scott.

Karen spent most of her life working for John T. Handy Company as a line...

Jun 21, 2022

Trudy L. Knopp, 70, of Easton, passed away on June 21, 2022 at Peak Healthcare of Denton.  She was born in Easton on October 22, 1951 to the late George R. Knopp and Edith Blunt Jump.

Trudy attended schools in Easton.  She worked at Chesapeake Rehab Center in Easton.  Trudy enjoyed collecting dolls, gardening, and spoiling her...