Local Obituaries for Cambridge, Maryland

Apr 13, 2022

Marlene D. Sparks, 84, of East New Market passed away on Wednesday, April 13, 2022 at her daughter’s home. She was born in Cambridge on December 7, 1937 and was a daughter of the late William E. and Pauline Jackson Dietrich.

Mrs. Sparks attended schools in Cambridge. On September 19, 2002 she married Francis Sparks who passed...

Apr 12, 2022

Robert “Mack” M. MacLauchlan, 83, of Cambridge passed away on Tuesday, April 12, 2022 at TidalHealth Peninsula Regional in Salisbury. He was born in Staten Island, NY on May 15, 1938 and was a son of the late Donald J. and Alice Macklin MacLauchlan.

Mr. MacLauchlan graduated from Glen Burnie High School class of 1956 and attended...

Apr 12, 2022

Wanda J. Lowe, 78, of Cambridge passed away on Tuesday, April 12, 2022 at Autumn Lake Healthcare at Chesapeake Woods. She was born in Dorchester County on July 22, 1943 and was a daughter of the late George Edward Townsend and Peggy Marshall Passwaters.

Mrs. Lowe graduated from North Dorchester High School class of 1961. On August...

Apr 11, 2022

Dustin C. Maggio, 32, of East New Market passed away on Monday, April 11, 2022. He was born in Cambridge on November 20, 1989 and was a son of Gary W. Blackstock and Christine Kear Maggio.

Dustin graduated from North Dorchester High School class of 2008. He worked with Damon Gore with Shore Seamless Gutter. He enjoyed...

Apr 10, 2022

Beverly Carole Allen Onslow, 84, of Fishing Creek passed away on Sunday, April 10, 2022 at her home with her loving family by her side. She was born on December 23, 1937 in New Britain, CT and was a daughter of the late Carleton and Margaret Holland Allen.

She graduated from New Britain High School class of...

Apr 7, 2022

Margaret A. Collison, 85, of Cambridge passed away on Thursday, April 7, 2022 at TidalHealth Peninsula Regional in Salisbury.  She was born in Cambridge on August 31, 1936 to the late Howard Granvill Spedden. Pauline Dayton Bradford and Lawrence W. Bradford.

Margaret attended schools in Cambridge, graduating in 1954.  On December 17, 1955, she married William Virgil...

Apr 6, 2022

Debra S. Moxey, 72, of Madison passed away peacefully on Wednesday April 6, 2022 at Autumn Lake Healthcare at Chesapeake Woods with her loving family beside her. She was born in Cambridge on April 13, 1949 and was a daughter of the late Dorance and Betty Jones Smith.

She attended schools in Dorchester County, but was a...

Apr 6, 2022

John L. Lewis, 88, of Cambridge passed away on Wednesday, April 6, 2022 at his home. He was born in Florida on June 1, 1933 and was a son of the late Joe Lewis.

Mr. Lewis attended schools in Florida. In 1972, he married the former Mary Milton. He worked for Maryland State Highway with 38 years...

Apr 3, 2022

Pauline “Polly” M. Lowry, 90, of Trappe passed away on Sunday, April 3, 2022 at Heartfields in Easton. She was born in Bennettsville, SC on April 13, 1931 and was the daughter of the late Thomas Beckman Matthews and Jewel Atkins Matthews.

Mrs. Lowry graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1948 and attended Madison College in...

Apr 2, 2022

George D. Baker, 70, of Cambridge, MD passed away on April 2, 2022 with his family beside him.  He was born in Camden, NJ on May 11, 1951.  George graduated from Cherry Hill High School West, and in 1974 received a Bachelor of Science Degree from Wheeling West Virginia Jesuit College.  In the years to follow, he obtained two...

Apr 2, 2022

Robert H. Cannon, 99, of Cambridge transferred to his heavenly home on Saturday, April 2, 2022 at TidalHealth Peninsula Regional in Salisbury. He was born in Cambridge on September 5, 1922 and was a son of the late Ogle B. Cannon and Magnolia Lankford Cannon.

During WWII, he served in the U.S. Army in the Amphibious Engineers...

Apr 1, 2022

Thomas Henry Adams, Jr. of Cambridge, MD passed away on April 1, 2022.  He was 88 years old.  Born on March 18, 1934 in Cambridge, he was the son of Thomas H. Adams, Sr. and Virginia Lowe Adams.  His loving stepmother was Rowena Robinson Adams.

Tommy (known as “Poppy” to his beloved grandchildren) married the love of...

Apr 1, 2022

Basil John Harrison moved to a better place on April 1st, 2022 after surrendering to cancer. Surprising his parents, Carroll and Anna Harrison, Basil arrived on May 21st, 1948. Being the youngest of six, Basil often said practice makes perfect.

He was preceded in death by his parents, sister Carol Ann, and brothers Jim and Phil (Carroll)....

Mar 31, 2022

Gary L. White, 85, of Cambridge passed away on Thursday, March 31, 2022 at Encompass Health in Salisbury. He was born in Hannibal, Missouri on December 16, 1936 and was a son of the late George and Christine Ragar White.

He served in the U.S. Army. In 1965, he moved to Cambridge and worked at Western Publishing...

Mar 28, 2022

Elizabeth E. Bradley, 46, of Cambridge passed away on Monday, March 28, 2022 at her home. She was born in Easton on May 11, 1975 and was a daughter of Wayne Bradley and the late Betty Windsor Bechtel.

Elizabeth attended schools in Dorchester County. She was a 911 dispatcher for Talbot County at the time of her...

Mar 27, 2022

Timothy W. Oakes, 62, of Madison passed away on Sunday, March 27, 2022 at George Washington University Hospital in Washington, DC. He was born in Laurel, MD on March 10, 1960 and was a son of Eleanor Poe Oakes and the late Hollis C. Oakes.

Mr. Oakes graduated from Atholton High School in Columbia, MD. He was...

Mar 25, 2022

M. Lee Hughes, 79, of Cambridge passed away on Friday, March 25, 2022 at TidalHealth Peninsula Regional in Salisbury. He was born in Golden Hill on May 24, 1942 and was a son of the late Maurice W. and Cleatus Newcomb Hughes.

He attended South Dorchester High School and received his GED in 1995. On March 22,...

Mar 24, 2022

Charles R. Bollier, 33, of Cambridge passed away on Thursday, March 24, 2022 at UMSMC at Easton. He was born in Salisbury, MD on November 27, 1988 and was a son of Sherry Cole Dawson and the late Phillip C. Bollier.

Charles attended school in Florida. He enjoyed collecting baseball cards, action figures and enjoyed life.

Mar 24, 2022

Effie Mae Elzey, 80, of Cambridge passed away on Thursday, March 24, 2022 at Talbot Hospice in Easton. She was born in Fishing Creek on January 30, 1942 and was a daughter of the late Thurman Howard Creighton and Dorothea Alene Bradford Creighton Pritchett.

Mrs. Elzey attended a two room school in Toddville, MD. She received a...

Mar 13, 2022

Lois Mundy Pritchett peacefully went to be with her Lord on Sunday, March 13, 2022 at Christiana Care in Wilmington DE. Lois lost her hard fought battle with CoVid 19 pneumonia. Lois was born March 2, 1939 in York, Pennsylvania to Robert Mundy Sr. and Freida Bailey Mundy.

She was one of eight brothers and sisters which...