Local Obituaries for Cambridge, Maryland

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,...

Sep 15, 2019

Robert “Bobby” T. Tieder, Jr., 87, of Cambridge passed away on Sunday, September 15, 2019 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. He was born in Cambridge on February 18, 1932 and was a son of the late Robert T. Tieder, Sr. and Dorothy Courtney Tyler.

Mr. Tieder attended Cambridge High School. He served in the U.S....

Sep 15, 2019

Norval Eugene Pritchett, Jr., of Cambridge, Maryland passed away peacefully at his home on Sunday, September 15, 2019. He was 63 years old.  He was born in Cambridge on August 28, 1956 and was the son of Dolores Pink Pritchett and the late Norval E. Pritchett, Sr.

Norval graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1974 and...

Sep 14, 2019

Suzanne P. Loeffler, 47, of Cambridge passed away on Saturday, September 14, 2019 at UMSMC at Dorchester. She was born in New Hampshire on October 22, 1971 and was the daughter of Charles and Stacey Pulk and Mary Faye Nicholson Jones and William Jones.

Suzanne graduated from Shaker High School class of 1990 in Latham, NY and...

Sep 13, 2019

Lucille B. Nielsen, 85, of Hurlock passed away on Friday, September 13, 2019 at Mallard Bay Care Center. She was born in Scranton, PA on March 22, 1934 and was a daughter of the late Carl Billet and Dorothy Neville Schweitzer.

Mrs. Nielsen attended schools in Scranton, PA. She received her GED at the age...

Sep 11, 2019

Peggy R. Stewart, 80, of Seaford, DE passed away on Wednesday, September 11, 2019 at her home. She was born in Wingate on November 13, 1938 and was a daughter of the late Asbury G. and Rosalie Willey Parks.

Mrs. Stewart attended South Dorchester High School. On November 2, 1985, she married Franklin D. Stewart, Sr., who...

Sep 8, 2019

Annabelle D. Hurley, 78, of Cambridge passed away on Sunday, September 8, 2019 at University of Maryland Hospital in Baltimore. She was born in Cambridge on June 27, 1941 and was a daughter of the late John Alton Fitzhugh and Louise Morgan Fitzhugh.

She attended schools in Cambridge. On March 8, 1958, she married Robert Hurley, Sr.,...

Sep 8, 2019

M. Craig Simonsen, 68, of Taylors Island passed away on Sunday, September 8, 2019 at his home. He was born in Baltimore on February 16, 1951 and was a son of the late Melvin B. and Rhoda Beil Simonsen.

Mr. Simonsen graduated from Woodlawn High School in Baltimore. On September 25, 1987, he married the former Helen...

Sep 8, 2019

Thomas A. Farrish, 91, of Cambridge passed away on Sunday, September 8, 2019 at his home. He was born in Mineola, NY on September 30, 1927 and was a son of the late Thomas D. and Margaret McKey Farrish.

Mr. Farrish attended schools in Garden City, New York. He served in the Army and Air Force. Mr....

Sep 3, 2019

John Joseph Cutter, 72, of Taylors Island passed away on Tuesday, September 3, 2019. He was born in Baltimore on August 6, 1947.

Mr. Cutter graduated from the Maryland State Police Academy on December 19, 1970 and proudly served for 29 years, mostly in Frederick and Carroll Counties, retiring at the rank of Sergeant. On December 26,...

Sep 2, 2019

Catherine Elaine Brinsfield of Vienna, Maryland passed away on Monday, September 2, 2019 at the age of 101. She was born on January 1, 1918 in Cambridge and was a daughter of O. Lee and Sallie Vickers Elliott of Cambridge, Maryland.

In 1934, she married Truitt Hicks Brinsfield, a farmer. In 1943, they moved to a farm...

Sep 1, 2019

Leroy Crisfield Bradshaw, 83, of Church Creek passed away Sunday September 1, 2019. He was born in Golden Hill on October 27, 1935 to the late William Byron Bradshaw and Lottie Eloise Elzey Bradshaw.

Mr. Bradshaw was a 1953 graduate of Cambridge High School. He apprenticed with blacksmith Joseph Brocato while in high school and after graduation....

Aug 29, 2019

Russell Richardson Vane, Jr., 87 (April 25, 1932 - August 29, 2019), of Woolford, MD, systems analyst and follower of Jesus, beloved husband of Patricia (NÉE DIXON) of 68 years. Son of Russell Sr., and Florence May Thomas. Father of Russell III, Stuart Thomas (deceased), Kenneth, and Linda Catherine Sipes; Grandfather of Russell IV, Natalie Schanne, Ashley, Catherine, Phillip,...

Aug 29, 2019

Leroy W. Willey, 67, of Madison passed away on Thursday, August 29, 2019 at Mallard Bay Care Center after a long battle with Parkinson’s. He was born in Dorchester County on March 24, 1952 and was a son of the late Carl and Ida Insley Willey.

Mr. Willey attended schools in Cambridge. On December 4, 1977, he...

Aug 23, 2019

M. Alene McGlaughlin, 92, of Bishops Head passed away on Friday, August 23, 2019 at Mallard Bay Care Center. She was born on October 14, 1926 in Crocheron and was the daughter of the late Raymond and Nellie Todd Ruark.

She graduated from Crapo High School class of 1943. In 1944, Mrs. McGlaughlin married William J. “Bill...