Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Cambridge, Maryland

Teresa T. Holland

Teresa T. Holland

Nov 23, 2024

Teresa T. Holland, 76, of Linkwood passed away on Saturday, November 23, 2024 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury. She was born in Cambridge on March 8, 1948 and was a daughter of the late James Elwood Turpin and Mattie Bennett Turpin.

She graduated from North Dorchester High School class of 1966. Mrs. Holland worked at Airpax and Cold...

Margaret Faith Barrow

Margaret Faith Barrow

Nov 22, 2024

Margaret Faith Barrow, 63, of Cambridge passed away on Friday, November 22, 2024 at her home. She was born in Milford, DE on May 9, 1961 and was a daughter of the late John and Jane Bond Wallace.

Mrs. Barrow graduated from Lake Forrest High School class of 1979. Faith was a LPN. Mrs. Barrow enjoyed reading. On November 22, 2008...

C. Robert "Bobby" Fishpaw

C. Robert "Bobby" Fishpaw

Nov 21, 2024

C. Robert “Bobby” Fishpaw, 83, of Cambridge passed away on Thursday, November 21, 2024 at UMSMC at Easton. He was born in West Chester, PA on November 12, 1941 and was a son of the late Charles R. and Helen Curtis Fishpaw.

Mr. Fishpaw graduated from Centreville High School class of 1960. He worked as a mechanic, in 1964 moved to...

Veronica "Vicky" A. Killmeyer

Veronica "Vicky" A. Killmeyer

Nov 21, 2024

Veronica "Vicky" A. Killmeyer, 69, of Cambridge passed away on Thursday, November 21, 2024 at Mallard Bay Nursing and Rehab. She was born on July 6, 1955 in Baltimore. 

Mrs. Killmeyer loved animals especially horses, dogs, kittens, and her past pet leopard. She enjoyed going to the beach and sitting by the ocean, as well as going shopping. Above all things...

Richard H. Norfolk, Jr.

Richard H. Norfolk, Jr.

Nov 21, 2024

Richard H. Norfolk, Jr. (Rick) 66, of East New Market, MD passed away on Thursday, November 21, 2024 at his home with his loving family by his side. He was born in Baltimore, MD on October 10, 1958 and was the son of Joyce Kimble Phillips and the late Richard H. Norfolk, Sr.

Rick graduated from Glen Burnie High School in...

John C. Bechtold, Jr.

John C. Bechtold, Jr.

Nov 20, 2024

John Carl Bechtold, Jr., 96, of Cambridge passed away on Wednesday, November 20, 2024 at his home. He was born in Baltimore on June 15, 1928 and was the son of the late John Carl Bechtold, Sr. and Carrie Wittsdadt Bechtold. 

He graduated from Pattison High School. Mr. Bechtold served in the U.S. Navy during WWII. He retired from Bethlehem Steel,...

Dawson C. Betts

Dawson C. Betts

Nov 18, 2024

Dawson Christopher Betts, 23, of Cambridge passed away on Monday, November 18, 2024 in Denver, Colorado. He was born in Easton on August 16, 2001 and was a son of Scott C. and Amy Betts.

He graduated from Cambridge South Dorchester High School Class of 2019. Dawson possessed an incredible work ethic from an early age and flourished as an entrepreneur...

Jill M. Johnson

Jill M. Johnson

Nov 18, 2024

Jill M. Johnson, 46, of Cambridge passed away on Monday, November 18, 2024 at her home. She was born in Cambridge on September 19, 1978 and was a daughter of Kenneth H. and Linda Smith Johnson.

Jill graduated from Cambridge South Dorchester High School class of 1996. She is best remembered by her classmates as playing Nelly Forbush in the senior...

Phyllis A. Murphy

Phyllis A. Murphy

Nov 17, 2024

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Phyllis A. Murphy on November 17, 2024, at the age of 89. Phyllis was born on May 2, 1935 in Cambridge, MD.

Preceding Phyllis in joining the Lord: her loving husband of 60 years of marriage, Cecil R. Murphy, mother & father, James & Esther Hurley, and sister Marilyn Luthy.

Survived...

Shawn V. Foxwell

Shawn V. Foxwell

Nov 16, 2024

Shawn V. Foxwell, 63, of Cambridge passed away on Saturday, November 16, 2024 at UMSMC at Easton. She was born in Cambridge on July 30, 1961 and was a daughter of the late William George Foxwell and Victoria Todd Foxwell.

She attended schools in Cambridge. Ms. Foxwell was a homemaker. She enjoyed cooking and baking. 

She is survived by her fiancée Billy...

Dara A. Gauen

Dara A. Gauen

Nov 13, 2024

Dara A. (Everett) Gauen 61 passed away peacefully at home in East New Market, MD on Wednesday, November 13, 2024. Dara was surrounded by family as she left us to be with the lord. She was born in Dover, Delaware to Paul Everett and MaryAnn Lowe and step mother Pat Everett. Dara had several different hobbies, gardening, traveling, decorating the...

Edward L. Middleton, Jr.

Edward L. Middleton, Jr.

Nov 12, 2024

Edward Lloyd Middleton, Jr. passed away peacefully on Tuesday, November 12, 2024, in Baltimore, MD. Born on February 19, 1945, to Edward Lloyd Middleton, Sr. and Jean Spreckelmyer Middleton in Washington, D.C., Ed grew up in La Plata, Maryland, attended Gonzaga College High School, and graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park. He had a distinguished career in mortgage...

Margaret Eunice Knauer

Margaret Eunice Knauer

Nov 12, 2024

Margaret Eunice Knauer, 92, of Trappe passed away on Tuesday, November 12, 2024 at her home with her loving family by her side. She was born in Bridgeville, DE on March 21, 1932 and was a daughter of the late Frank and Sarah Condon Friedel.

She graduated from Bridgeville High School in 1950. On July 22, 1950 she married Irvin Carl...

Kathleen Faye Hurley Wands

Kathleen Faye Hurley Wands

Nov 11, 2024

Kathleen Faye Hurley Wands, age 87, of East New Market, Maryland, passed away peacefully on November 11, 2024. Born in Cambridge in 1937 to the late Bill and Kate Elzey, Faye was known for her warmth, kindness, and deep commitment to her family and community. 

Faye was a dedicated school bus driver for Dorchester County, serving North Dorchester High School, North...

Dolores L. Dixon, PhD

Dolores L. Dixon, PhD

Nov 11, 2024

Dolores Lloyd Dixon, 88, of Cambridge, Maryland passed away on November 11, 2024 at Candle Light Cove in Easton, Maryland.

Dolores was born in Wilmington, Delaware on December 13, 1935 to the late George E. Lloyd and Sara Elizabeth Lloyd. She grew up in Newark, Delaware and graduated with Honors from Newark High School in 1953. She then graduated from The...

LaVal C. "Dick" Boyce

LaVal C. "Dick" Boyce

Nov 9, 2024

LaVal C. “Dick” Boyce, 83, of Bridgeville formerly of Cambridge passed away on Saturday, November 9, 2024 at his home. He was born in Wilmington, DE on September 21, 1941.

Mr. Boyce graduated from Conrad High School in Wilmington, DE and he also had an AA Degree in Business. He served in the Army National Guard. In 1961, he married Lee...

Sybil A. Jones

Sybil A. Jones

Nov 6, 2024

Sybil McGinn Jones, 95, of Cambridge passed away on Wednesday, November 6, 2024 at Rayland Acres in Trappe. She was born in Cambridge on April 4, 1929 and was the daughter of the late William Lemuel McGinn and Hazel Tubman Messick.

She graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1947. She married the late Donald K. Jones on May 25, 2004....

Patricia G. Dunlap

Patricia G. Dunlap

Nov 5, 2024

Patricia Kirk Galbraith Dunlap, 89, formerly of Derry Township, PA, devoted wife, beloved mother, grandmother, and cherished friend passed peacefully into the presence of her Lord in Easton, MD on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. She was the wife of the late David P. Dunlap, former Chief Electrical Engineer at the Hershey Company, whom she met in 1956 and married “after...

Nancy Todd Peters

Nancy Todd Peters

Nov 4, 2024

Nancy Amelia Todd was born on Hoopers Island April 6, 1938, the daughter of the late Charles S. and Martina F. Todd (née Flowers). Nancy passed away suddenly on November 4, 2024, at The University of Maryland Shore Medical Center at Easton. She graduated from South Dorchester High School in 1956, was president of her senior class and captain of...

Helen M. Johns

Helen M. Johns

Nov 1, 2024

Helen M. Johns, 68, of Cambridge passed away on Friday, November 1, 2024 at her home. She was born in Concord, NC on March 11, 1956 and was a daughter of the late Bathsheba Hartsell.

Ms. Johns graduated from Glen Burnie High School. She worked at Warwick Manor for over 10 years. Ms. Johns loved being with her grandchildren and enjoyed...