Local Obituaries for Cambridge, Maryland

Carla Lynn Wingfield

May 22, 2017

Carla L. Wingfield, 33, of Cambridge passed away on Monday, May 22, 2017. She was born in Dorchester County on August 10, 1983 and was a daughter of Patricia Wingfield Collins.

Carla graduated from Cambridge South Dorchester High School class of 2001. She was a stay at home mother. Carla enjoyed listening to music, walking and most...

David Paul Mink

May 20, 2017

David Mink was born on March 4, 1955.  He was raised in Taylors Island, Md. by Bill and Betty Shenton.  He was raised with several foster brothers.  One of his foster brothers, Clarence Arthur “Butch” kept in touch with David and was truly his brother.  When Mr. & Mrs. Shenton both passed away, David moved in with Paulette &...

Georgia Belle (Slacum) Wheatley

May 16, 2017

Georgia Belle Wheatley, 88, of Cambridge passed away on Tuesday, May 16, 2017 at her home. She was born in Dorchester County on March 10, 1929 and was a daughter of the late George and Nettie Mae Lowe Slacum.

She attended schools in Cambridge. On April 5, 1947, she married Ollie H. Wheatley,...

Larry Lee Morris

May 11, 2017

Larry L. Morris, 82, of Cambridge passed away on Thursday, May 11, 2017 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury. He was born in Bishops Head on July 10, 1934 and was the son of the late Bradye W. and Hazel Moore Morris.

Mr. Morris graduated from Crapo High School. He spent the majority of his...

Leonard Otto Meyer

May 7, 2017

Leonard O. Meyer, 93, of Cambridge passed away on Sunday, May 7, 2017 surrounded by his wife, four daughters, grandson Luke, granddaughter Marcibeth, sister in law and a niece. He was born in Cambridge on September 20, 1923 and was a son of the late Louis and Elizabeth Eiermann Meyer.

He graduated from Cambridge High School class...

Vencil Garland Akers

May 5, 2017

Vencil G. Akers, 91, of Cambridge passed away on Friday, May 5, 2017 at his home. He was born in Mercer County, West Virginia on March 11, 1926 and was a son of the late Walter and Hazel Hodge Akers.

He attended Matoaka High School. After serving in the U.S. Army during WW II, stationed in Europe,...

Barry Theodore Stoos

May 5, 2017

Barry T. Stoos, 41, of Taylors Island passed away on Friday, May 5, 2017 at Chesapeake Woods Center. He was born in Pennsylvania on July 23, 1975 and was a son of Rosemary Kroner Stoos and the late Ronald J. Stoos, Sr.

Barry attended schools in Cambridge and he also enjoyed being on the water.

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James "Jimmy" Newton Stupka

May 2, 2017

Jimmy N.  Stupka, aka James, of Cambridge passed away on May 2nd, 2017. He was born in Rimersburg, Pennsylvania on November 14, 1933 and was a son of the late Andy Stupka and Mae Stupka (nee Aldous).

Jim graduated from Penn State University with a degree in Engineering. Mr. Stupka served in the U.S. Army during the...

Charles "Charlie" Edward Newnam, Jr.

Apr 26, 2017

Charles “Charlie” E. Newnam, Jr., 33, of Snow Hill passed away on Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. He was born in Cambridge on May 6, 1983 and was a son of Lisa Collins Hubbard and the late Charles E. Newnam, Sr.

He graduated from Snow Hill High School class of 2002....

Margaret Louise (Potter) Pulk

Apr 25, 2017

Margaret L. Pulk, 95, of Cambridge passed away on Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at Salisbury Rehab and Nursing Center. A graveside service will be held on Wednesday, May 3, 2017 at 10 am at Maine Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Augusta, Maine.

C. Mace Thomas

Apr 22, 2017

On April 22, 2017, Carroll Mace Thomas, 90, passed peacefully at Chesapeake Woods in Cambridge, where he had been a resident since March.  He was “hatched” in Hudson on June 19, 1926, and was the son of the late Carroll W. and Estelle M. Thomas.  At eleven years old he worked in the family’s country store in Hudson, which...

David Stewart Ridgely, Jr.

Apr 21, 2017

David S. Ridgely, Jr., 92, of Cambridge passed away on Friday, April 21, 2017 at his home. He was born in Towson on February 28, 1925 and was a son of David S. Ridgely, Sr. and Dorothy Powell Ridgely.

He is survived by his wife Elizabeth Ridgely, daughter Patricia Ridgely Zeh, son Stewart Ridgely, stepson Al Sadtler,...

Virginia Brohawn (Mills) Vincent

Apr 19, 2017

Virginia Brohawn Vincent, 97, of Denton passed away peacefully on April 19, 2017 at Homestead Manor in Denton, Maryland where she had resided for 15 years.

She was born June 23, 1919 to the late Roy Mills and Beulah Brooks Mills and raised in Woolford, MD.  She graduated from Cambridge High School, class of 1938. ...

Gertrude Mae (Horseman) Sears

Apr 19, 2017

Gertrude Mae Sears, 91, of Secretary passed away on Wednesday, April 19, 2017 at Mallard Bay Care Center. She was born in Cambridge on December 21, 1925 and was a daughter of the late Carroll and Winifred Corbman Horseman.

Mrs. Sears graduated from Cambridge High School. On December 24, 1941, she married Louis E. Sears, Sr., who...

Helen M. (Eddinger) Staub

Apr 18, 2017

Helen M. Staub, 91, of Cambridge passed away on April 18, 2017 at Mallard Bay Care Center. All services will be private.

Paul Pritchard, Sr.

Apr 14, 2017

Paul Pritchard, Sr., 88, of Cambridge passed away on Friday, April 14, 2017 at UMSMC at Dorchester. He was born in Cambridge on December 4, 1928 and was a son of the late Jack and Della Jackson Shorter.

He attended schools in Cambridge. Mr. Pritchard served in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict. On February 13,...

Genevieve K. (Young) French

Apr 14, 2017

Genevieve K. French, 81, of Cambridge passed away on Friday, April 14, 2017 at her home. She was born in Baltimore on November 21, 1935 and was a daughter of the late James and Marie Jewer Young.

She graduated from Patterson Park High School. On April 28, 1962, she married William “Bill” French. Mrs. French was a...

Charlotte "Skippy" Almira (Hughes) Wheatley

Apr 13, 2017

Charlotte A. “Skippy” Wheatley, 84, of Hurlock passed away on Thursday, April 13, 2017 at Chesapeake Woods Center. She was born in Cambridge on June 24, 1932 and was a daughter of the late Rebecca Phillips.

Skippy attended schools in Cambridge. On July 28, 1951, she married William R. Wheatley, who passed away on April 8, 2015....

Arlene Francis (Phillips) Pleasants

Apr 12, 2017

Arlene F. Pleasants, 65, of Rhodesdale passed away on Wednesday, April 12, 2017 at her home. She was born in Church Creek on July 9, 1951 and was a daughter of the late Freeland Edward Phillips and Margaret Pharr Phillips.

Arlene graduated from Cambridge High School. On February 22, 1973, she married Thomas L. Pleasants. She was...

Ernestine Belle "Teenie" (Robinson) Wheatley

Apr 11, 2017

Ernestine Belle “ Teenie” Wheatley, 86, of Cambridge passed away on Tuesday, April 11, 2017 at Mallard Bay Care Center in Cambridge.  She was born on June 21, 1930 in Cambridge to the late Thomas Adams, Sr., and Rowena Robinson Adams.

On March 2, 1967, she married Bobby Thomas Wheatley, who passed away on October 5, 2002. ...