Local Obituaries for Cambridge, Maryland

Sheridan L. (Adams) Outten

Sep 28, 2020

Sheridan Lida Outten, 76, of Cambridge Maryland passed away peacefully at her home on Monday September 28, 2020 with her children by her side. She was born in Cambridge, MD on June 7, 1944 to Madeline Peters Adams Parker and the late Eldridge Adams.

Sheridan attended school in East New Market before moving to Cambridge High School....

Francis X. Sparks

Sep 24, 2020

Francis X. Sparks, 93, of Linkwood passed away on Thursday, September 24, 2020 at University of Maryland Hospital in Baltimore. He was born in Easton on July 2, 1927 and was a son of the late Ruth Anderson.

Mr. Sparks graduated from Easton High School. In September of 1955, he married the former Betty Wheeler, who passed...

Elizabeth Ann (Oliver) McGovern

Sep 13, 2020

Elizabeth Ann McGovern, 89, of Woolford, passed away on Sunday, September 13,2020 at her home.  She was born in Baltimore on July 8, 1931 to the late Thomas Oliver and Mary Warner Oliver.

Elizabeth attended schools in Baltimore, graduating from Southern High School.  On April 24, 1954, she married Walter McGovern, with whom she shared 66 loving...

William "Bill" L. Walker

Sep 9, 2020

William L. “Bill” Walker, 84, of Cambridge passed away on Wednesday, September 9, 2020 at UMSMC at Easton. He was born in Easton on May 3, 1936 and was one of five children born to the late R. Lee Walker and Mildred Whitby Walker.

Mr. Walker graduated from Easton High School Class of 1954. He enlisted in...

Phyllis Ann (Cheesman) Young

Aug 29, 2020

Phyllis A. Young, 70, of Linkwood passed away on Saturday, August 29, 2020 at UMSMC at Easton.  She was born in Big Springs, Texas on July 24, 1950 to the late James Cheesman, Jr., and Onie Mansfield Cheesman.

Phyllis graduated from North Dorchester High School.  On September 14, 1972, she married Wiley Young III, with whom she...

Sarah W. (Wadsworth) Schroeder

Aug 28, 2020

Sarah Wadsworth Schroeder peacefully passed on August 28th, 2020 in Easton, Maryland.  She was surrounded by her children and family. She was 78.

Sarah was born in Ridgewood, New Jersey on January 26, 1942 to parents Corinne Stewart Wadsworth and Edwin Wadsworth. Shortly after Sarah’s arrival, her family moved to the Eastern Shore of Maryland...

Jo Ann (Cannon) Cox

Aug 20, 2020

Jo Ann Cox, 79, of Cambridge passed away on Thursday, August 20, 2020 at Mallard Bay Care Center. She was born in Cambridge on December 16, 1940 and was a daughter of the late Samuel Thomas Cannon and Olive Cantwell Cannon.

Mrs. Cox graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1958.  On July 24, 1965, she married...

James "Jimmy" T. Salisbury

Aug 19, 2020

James “Jimmy” T. Salisbury, 52, of Cambridge passed away on Wednesday, August 19, 2020 at his home with his loving family by his side. He was born in Watertown, NY on September 28, 1967 and was a son of the late of James R. Salisbury and Carolyn Blackburn Austin.

Jimmy attended schools in Dorchester County. On June...

Gail D. (Hayes) Longworth

Aug 18, 2020

Gail D. Longworth, 66, of Mardela Springs, passed away on Tuesday, August 18, 2020 at her home.

Services will be held at a later date.

Elizabeth B. (Vermillion) Donoho

Aug 17, 2020

Elizabeth Baldwin Vermillion Donoho departed this life on August 17, 2020. She was born on April 13, 1919 to John Vermillion and Mabel Baldwin, both of Bowie, MD, and was the sister of John E. Vermillion, Mary Patricia Vermillion and Cornelius G. Vermillion, and half-sister of George A. Vermillion, all deceased. Mrs. Donoho grew up in Bowie, graduating from...

Edward "Ed" C. Griffith

Aug 16, 2020

Edward “Ed” C. Griffith, 81, of Cambridge passed away on Sunday, August 16, 2020 at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore. He was born in West Chester, PA on February 16, 1939 and was a son of the late Evan Griffith and Edna Humphrey Brown.

He graduated from Conestoga High School in Berwyn, PA class of 1957. Mr. Griffith...

Diane M. (Matthews) Godfrey

Aug 12, 2020

Diane M. Godfrey, 74, of East New Market, passed away on Wednesday, August 12, 2020 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury. She was born in Cambridge on December 20, 1945 and was a daughter of the late John W. Matthews, Jr. and Jennie Mae Stewart Matthews.

Mrs. Godfrey graduated from Cambridge High School class of...

Dolly (Borga) Holliday

Aug 9, 2020

On Sunday August 9th, 2020 Dolly Borga Holliday, loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother passed away at age 75 in San Dimas, California. She was born February 13th, 1945 in Cambridge, Maryland to the late Paul and Helen Borga. Dolly resided in California and enjoyed long drives up Pacific Coast Highway, spending Saturday’s people watching at Venice Beach, going...

Harold Bradshaw Ringgold, Sr.

Aug 7, 2020

Harold Bradshaw Ringgold, 90, departed this life on August 7, 2020 surrounded by his family. He was born June 1, 1930 on Deal Island, to Julius Disharoon Ringgold, Sr. and Katie Rowe Bradshaw Ringgold.

After graduation from Deal Island High School in 1947, he went to work with the State of Maryland on the Governors yacht, The...

Pauline B. "Bonnie" (Borga) Crismond

Jul 30, 2020

Mrs. Pauline Cecelia Borga (Bonnie) Crismond passed away at home surrounded by her loving family following a life-limiting illness on Thursday, July 30, her late mother's birthday.

Born in Cambridge, MD on December 8, 1939, she was the daughter of the late Paul Frank Borga and Helen Stack Borga.  Bonnie attended local schools and graduated from Cambridge...

Rev. M. Brent Coleman

Jul 29, 2020

Reverend M. Brent Coleman, 91, was born on February 10, 1929 in Baltimore, Maryland to the late Macon J. and Violet (Yergan) Coleman, and died on Wednesday, July 29, 2020 at Catered Living of Ocean Pines.  He grew up in Cumberland, Maryland and graduated from Fort Hill High School in 1947.  He was a 1952 graduate of Benjamin Franklin...

William R. "Jack" Abbott, Jr.

Jul 29, 2020

William R. “Jack” Abbott, Jr., 82, of Cambridge passed away on Wednesday, July 29, 2020 at his son’s home near Delmar. He was born in Cambridge on September 27, 1937 and was a son of the late William R. “Jack” Abbott and Virginia Moore Abbott.

Mr. Abbott graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1955. He served...

Donald E. Baker

Jul 23, 2020

Donald E. Baker, beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, and a resident of Cambridge, Maryland, passed away on July 23, 2020 at his home after a brief battle with cancer.

Don was born in Oxford, North Carolina on July 19, 1939, and was the son of George H. Baker, Jr. and Ruth F. Lister.  He spent his youth...

John K. "Kenny" Oyerinde

Jul 19, 2020

John K. “Kenny” Oyerinde, 69, of Cambridge passed away on Sunday, July 19, 2020 at Talbot Hospice House in Easton. He was born in Ogbomosho, Nigeria on October 19, 1950.

He graduated from schools in Nigeria, and attended college in Florida. On February 14, 2007, he married the former Gladys Boyei. He worked for the U.S. Postal...

Edward A. Phillips

Jul 18, 2020

Edward A. Phillips, 77, of Hurlock passed away on Saturday, July 18, 2020 at UMSMC at Dorchester. He was born in Baltimore on August 28, 1942 and was a son of the late Freeland Edward Phillips and Margaret Pharr Phillips.

He graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1960. Mr. Phillips served in the Army National Guard....