Local Obituaries for Cambridge, Maryland

Nov 2, 2019

John R. Murphy, 72, of Cambridge passed away on Saturday, November 2, 2019 at Mallard Bay Care Center. He was born in Easton on August 24, 1947 and was the son of the late Raymond and Dorothy Whitby Murphy.

Mr. Murphy attended schools in Easton. He served in the U.S. Army during Vietnam. Mr. Murphy had worked...

Oct 29, 2019

Debra L. Cannon, 62, of Riva, MD passed away on Tuesday, October 29, 2019 at her home. She was born in Cambridge on July 21, 1957 and was a daughter of the late Donald B. Cannon, Sr. and Shirley Bush Cannon.

Debra graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1975. She went to Delmarva Beauty Academy and...

Oct 29, 2019

Allen Rocky Lane, 56, of Trappe passed away on Tuesday, October 29, 2019 at his home. He was born in Cambridge on November 21, 1962 and was a son of the late Gilbert H. and Susan White Lane.

Allen attended schools in Cambridge. On June 21, 1997, he married the former Melanie Burton. He worked at D.S....

Oct 26, 2019

Franklin Dulany Todd, Jr., 53, of Secretary, passed away on October 26, 2019 at Johns Hopkins Hospital surrounded by his family.  Frank was born in Cambridge, Maryland on July 13, 1966 to Loretta Wanda Garing Todd and Franklin Dulany Todd, Sr.  He attended public schools in Dorchester County and graduated in 1984 from North Dorchester High School.

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Oct 25, 2019

Patricia L. Webster, 70, formerly of Cambridge, passed away at Riverside Regional Medical Center in Newport News. VA on October 25, 2019.  She was born in Cambridge on April 12, 1949 to the late Norris Leon Webster, Jr. and Maude Elizabeth Green Webster.

Pat worked for the Dorchester County Board of Education as a payroll specialist, from...

Oct 19, 2019

Kathryn E. “Comes with War” Fitzhugh, 66, of Hurlock passed away on Saturday, October 19, 2019 at her brother’s home. She was born in Cambridge on September 13, 1953 and was a daughter of the late Gilbert and Susie Keene Robbins.

Mrs. Fitzhugh graduated from South Dorchester High School class of 1972. On December 24, 1974, she...

Oct 18, 2019

Teresa L. Stelzner, 68, of Church Creek passed away on Friday, October 18, 2019 at Talbot Hospice House. She was born in Cambridge on November 18, 1950 and was a daughter of the late John Melvin Jones and Mary Willey Jones Todd.

Mrs. Stelzner graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1968.

She is survived...

Oct 18, 2019

Beatrice “Beatty” Mae (Brittingham) Hubbard, 73 of East New Market, passed away at her home on Friday, October 18, 2019.  She was born on October 7, 1946 to Walter McKinley Brittingham, Jr. and Beatrice June Phillips Brittingham of Fishing Creek.  Bea (or “Beatty” as she was known) was the wife of Daniel O’Neal Hubbard to whom she was married...

Oct 13, 2019

Sandra Lucille “Sandy” Beecher, 76, of Toddville passed away on October 13, 2019 at her home.  She was born in Harrisburg, PA on August 31, 1943 to the late Ralph F. Stine and Dorothea M. Tesno Stine.

Sandy was a strong-willed woman who would tell you like it was, but she was also very funny.  She was...

Oct 13, 2019

Franzeskia “Frankie” Horner, 57, of Hurlock passed away on Sunday, October 13, 2019 at her home. She was born in Salisbury on October 16, 1961 and was a daughter of the late William and Muriel Teckentrup Jones.

Frankie attended school in Wicomico County. She worked as a correctional officer for the Dorchester County Detention Center and several...

Oct 13, 2019

Ludwig J. Eglseder, Jr., M.D., 91, of Trappe passed away on Sunday, October 13, 2019 at his home. He was born in St. Michaels on May 12, 1928 and was a son of the late Ludwig J. and Anna Wilmering Eglseder.

Dr. Eglseder graduated from St. Michaels High School class of 1945. He served in the U.S....

Oct 5, 2019

Margaret E. Crocker, 88, originally from Riverton, MD, passed away on October 5, 2019 at Golden Gardens Assisted Living. She was born on November 27, 1930 to the late Charles B. Crocker and Frances Dowling Crocker.  She is survived by several nieces and nephews.  Margaret is preceded in death by her parents, as well as her brother Fred Crocker...

Oct 3, 2019

Jenifer Thompson Rideout, Cambridge resident, native of Washington, DC, and formerly from Bethesda. Maryland was born on February 14th, 1942 and passed October 3, 2019 of natural causes.  Known as "Jennie" to all, she graduated from Walter Johnson High School, and subsequently, the University of Wisconsin, in Madison, where she majored in English. In 1965 she wed Charles Hamilton...

Oct 3, 2019

Kerleen K. Hodde, 92, of Cambridge passed away on Thursday, October 3, 2019 at Mallard Bay Care Center. She was born in Cambridge on March 19, 1927 and was a daughter of the late Raymond Willis Messick and Elsie LeCompte Messick.

Mrs. Hodde graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1945. On May 1, 1954, she married...

Sep 29, 2019

Roy N. Ruark, Jr., passed on to be with our Lord at his home in Bonnie Brook on Sunday, September 29, 2019. He was 65. Roy was born in Cambridge on November 3, 1953 and was the son of Barbara Marine Smith and the late Roy N. Ruark, Sr.

Roy graduated from Cambridge High School class of...

Sep 22, 2019

Bonnie A. Long, 71, of East New Market went to be with her Heavenly Father on September 22, 2019.  She was born in Cambridge, Maryland on June 27, 1948 and was the daughter of David L. Thomas, Sr., and the late Ruth Travers Thomas.

Bonnie attended schools in Cambridge and graduated from Cambridge High School Class of...

Sep 20, 2019

Delmar – Edna Giordano Nelson, 82,  passed away on Friday, September 20, 2019 at Coastal Hospice by the Lake. Born in the Salisbury area, she was the daughter of the late Joseph B. and Edna L. Giordano.

She was a 1955 graduate of Wicomico Senior High School.  Places of employment were Farm Credit Office and Truckers and...

Sep 20, 2019

Robert A. Willey, 61, of Cambridge passed away on Friday, September 20, 2019 at his home.  He was born in Taylor’s Island on August 24, 1958 to the late Elmer Willey and Constance Tanski Willey.

Robert graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1976.  He served in the United States Marines Corps from 1975 to 1982.  On...

Sep 19, 2019

Nicholas “Nick” R. Brohawn, 39, of Cambridge passed away on Thursday, September 19, 2019 at University of Maryland Hospital in Baltimore. He was born in Cambridge on March 28, 1980 and was a son of Steven and Barbara Brohawn.

Nick graduated from Cambridge South Dorchester High School class of 1998. At the time of his passing, he...

Sep 19, 2019

Denver Courtney Spear, 89, of Hurlock, MD passed away on September 19, 2019 at his home.  He was born on April 13, 1930 in Kentucky to the late Eddie Spear and Lola Rogers Spear. Denver served in the United States Navy for 30 years.  In 1948, he married the former Marjorie Ruth Savage who passed away on December 25,...