Local Obituaries for Cambridge, Maryland

Jan 8, 2022

William R. Fitzhugh, Sr., 78, of Cambridge passed away on Saturday, January 8, 2022 at UMSMC at Easton. He was born in New York on July 31, 1943 and was a son of the late John Franklin Fitzhugh and Catherine McClammy Fitzhugh.

Mr. Fitzhugh graduated from Cambridge High School Class of 1961. On June 26, 1962, he...

Jan 8, 2022

Goldsborough “Jr” James, Jr., 83, of Cambridge passed away on Saturday, January 8, 2022 at Arcadia of Denton, Md. He was born in Cambridge, January 17, 1938, son of the late Goldsborough James and Celia D. James.

He graduated from Cambridge High School, Class of 1957. He was a farmer, school bus driver and contractor for over...

Jan 6, 2022

Laura L. Willey, 79, of Cambridge passed away on Thursday, January 6, 2022 at UMSMC at Easton. She was born in Millsboro, DE and was a daughter of the late Elisha W. Townsend.

She graduated from school in Dagsboro, DE. Mrs. Willey attended and graduated from Temple College and also attended Delaware University. On July 30, 1976,...

Jan 5, 2022

Kelly Drew Willey, 52, of Cambridge passed away on Wednesday, January 5, 2022 at George Washington University Hospital in Washington, DC. She was born in Cambridge on January 14, 1969 to Eva Carol Johnson Smith and the late Calvin L. “Kelly” Willey.

Drew graduated from Saints Peter and Paul High School class of 1987. She was a 1993 graduate from Salisbury...

Jan 2, 2022

Marvin Samuel Temple, 64, of Cambridge passed away on Sunday, January 2, 2022 at UMSMC at Easton. He was born in Sanford, NC on January 22, 1957 and was a son of the late Junius Marvin Temple and Frances Coudriet Temple.

Mr. Temple graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1976 and attended Roanoke Bible College in...

Jan 2, 2022

Charlene Starr Wallace 97 January 2, 2022 at Wolcott Connecticut July 24, 1924 at Drumright, Oklahoma Daughter of Teetsey Ora Bigby and Charles Benjamin Paden, widow of Benjamin Ross Wallace Sr., mother of the late Benjamin Ross Wallace Jr., Anthony Ross Wallace 2nd, Deborah Elizabeth Platt, Charles Stephen Wallace and their spouses Nichola K. Wallace, Brian Platt, and Rachael...

Dec 31, 2021

Gillis S. Todd, Jr., 68, of Cambridge passed away on Friday, December 31, 2021 at UMSMC at Cambridge. He was born in Cambridge on November 20, 1953 and was a son of the late Gillis S. Todd, Sr. and Maggie Moore Todd.

Gillis graduated from South Dorchester High School class of 1971. He was employed with Cambridge...

Dec 25, 2021

Bissoon Dat, 86, of Cambridge passed away on Saturday, December 25, 2021. He was born in Springlands, Guyana, South America and was a son of the late Chandrapal and Sumatie (Shanta Mai) Chandrapal.

Mr. Dat was a well known carpenter. He enjoyed playing bongos, listening to Hindu music, and cooking.

He is survived by his...

Dec 24, 2021

Ronald “Ronnie” S. Bromwell, 75, of Cambridge passed away on Friday, December 24, 2021 at UMSMC at Easton. He was born in Cambridge on February 9, 1946 and was a son of the late Roscoe and Marian Todd Bromwell.

Mr. Bromwell graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1964. He served in the Army National Guard. While...

Dec 22, 2021

Cynthia Leigh Jones, 55, of Cambridge passed away on Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at her home in Cambridge.  She was born in Easton on December 9, 1966 and was the daughter of Judith Ross McDonald and Richard George Schnoor. Cindy graduated from Cambridge South Dorchester High School in 1984.  She has spent her entire career in healthcare administration and...

Dec 22, 2021

Patricia L. “Pumpkin” Cumberland, 49, of Toddville passed away on Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at Talbot Hospice in Easton. She was born in Cambridge on September 18, 1972 and was a daughter of the late Irving L. Cumberland, Jr. and Juanita McDuffie Cumberland.

Patricia graduated from Cambridge South Dorchester High School class of 1991. She was a...

Dec 22, 2021

Treva A. Higgins, 95, passed away on Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at Mallard Bay Nursing Home. She was born in San Francisco, CA on August 1, 1926 and was the daughter of the late Lloyd Albert “Jack” Malott and Eva Gertrude Malott. She attended schools in Dorchester County and graduated with the class of 1943. She married H. Jerome...

Dec 21, 2021

Theresa M. MacGrath, 62, of Elliott Island passed away on Tuesday December 21, 2021 at her home.  She was born in Cambridge on December 23, 1958 to the late Sherwood Herman Moore and Aileen Hazel Thomas Moore.

Theresa graduated from North Dorchester High School class of 1976.  On April 6, 1991, she married Steven MacGrath.  Theresa had...

Dec 20, 2021

Peggy A. Jackson, 87, of Cambridge passed away on Monday, December 20, 2021 at UMSMC at Easton. She was born in Airey’s on June 2, 1934 and was a daughter of the late Julian and Katie Kuebler Handley.

Mrs. Jackson attended schools in Cambridge. On September 6, 1951, she married Robert L. Jackson. She worked at Rob...

Dec 20, 2021

Levin M. “Tommy” Niblett, Jr., 54, of Bucktown passed away on Monday, December 20, 2021 at University of Maryland Laurel Medical Center in Laurel, MD. He was born in Cambridge on January 3, 1967 and was a son of Helen Coffman Niblett-Griffiths and the late Levin M. “Tom” Niblett, Sr.

Tommy graduated from Cambridge South Dorchester High...

Dec 20, 2021

John M. Bramble, Jr., 90, of Cambridge passed away on Monday, December 20, 2021 at his home with his loving family by his side. He was born in Cambridge on March 20, 1931 and was a son of the late John M. Bramble, Sr. and Oneita Hubbard McCall and stepfather Mike McCall.

Mr. Bramble graduated from Cambridge...

Dec 19, 2021

Helen R. Simonsen, 68, of Taylors Island passed away on Sunday, December 19, 2021 at her home. She was born in Baltimore on May 12, 1953 and was a daughter of the late Alford and Dora Bull Denton.

Mrs. Simonsen attended schools in Odenton, MD. On September 25, 1987, she married Melvin Craig Simonsen, who passed away...

Dec 14, 2021

David L. Kowitski, 54, of Cambridge passed away on Tuesday, December 14, 2021 at UMSMC at Easton. He was born in Cambridge on November 10, 1967 and was a son of Nicholas and Betty Spear Kowitski.

David graduated from Cambridge South Dorchester High School class of 1985. As a young man, he enjoyed working at Tolley’s theatre...

Dec 13, 2021

Patricia “Pat” R. Abbott, 82, of Cambridge passed away on Monday, December 13, 2021 at her son’s home in Delmar. She was born in Cambridge on November 29, 1939 and was a daughter of the late Raymond McWilliams and Della Mae Lewis McWilliams Thompson.

Pat graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1957. She worked at Dorchester...

Dec 10, 2021

John Gary Parks, Jr., better known as Gary, G, or Big Guy, passed away on Friday, December 10, 2021 at TidalHealth Peninsula Regional.  He was born in Easton on August 5, 1954 to the late Johnnie Gary Parks, Sr. and Margaret Johnson Parks.

Gary graduated from Queen Anne’s County High School class of 1972.  On November 9,...