Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Cambridge, Maryland

Walter B. Gunby

Walter B. Gunby

Sep 14, 2024

Walter B. Gunby, 77, of East New Market passed away on Saturday, September 14, 2024 at TidalHealth Peninsula Regional in Salisbury. He was born in Wilmington, DE on January 4, 1947 and was a son of the late Dr. Walter Edwin Gunby, Jr. and Marie Brock Gunby.

He graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1965, went to Salisbury University with...

Shirley L. Bell

Shirley L. Bell

Sep 11, 2024

Shirley L. Bell, 82, of Church Creek passed away on the morning of Wednesday, September 11, 2024 at Talbot Hospice House, just shy of her 83rd birthday. She was born on September 17, 1941 in Woolford, MD and was a daughter of the late Willard J. and Mildred Dixon Linthicum.

Mrs. Bell is a lifelong Dorchester County resident. She attended Dorchester...

Charles S. "Wigs" Brohawn, Sr.

Charles S. "Wigs" Brohawn, Sr.

Sep 6, 2024

Charles S. “Wigs” Brohawn, Sr., 96, of Cambridge passed away on Friday, September 6, 2024 at UMSMC at Dorchester. He was born in Cambridge on July 11, 1928 and was a son of the late Charles Edward Brohawn and Winona Sullivan Jones and his stepfather Ernest Roy “Whitey” Jones, Jr.

Wigs graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1945. He served...

Terry L. White

Terry L. White

Sep 4, 2024

Terry Louise White

January 19, 1945 –September 4, 2024

Terry Louise White, wandering minstrel, renaissance woman, prolific artist, and writer, danced her way into her next great adventure on September 4, 2024, in Cambridge, MD. Born on January 19, 1945, in Schenectady, NY, she was one of eight children of Robert and Hazel (Terry) White raised on a tenant farm in the...

Sarah Elizabeth Wagner

Sarah Elizabeth Wagner

Sep 2, 2024

Sarah Elizabeth Wagner of Hurlock, MD passed away on Monday, September 2, 2024, surrounded by her loving family. She was 65 years old. Born in Baltimore, MD on September 17, 1958, Sarah was the daughter of the late Elmer Ray Greene and Nancy Louise Dixon.

Sarah worked at Walmart in Cambridge for 23 years. She managed several departments during her time...

Roy K. Newman

Roy K. Newman

Sep 1, 2024

Roy K. Newman, 88, of Rhodesdale passed away on Sunday, September 1, 2024 at Mallard Bay Care Center in Cambridge. He was born in Washington County, VA on December 19, 1935 and was a son of the late Lacy Frank Newman and Ella Frye Newman.

He served in the U.S. Army. On December 15, 1961 he married the former Nancy Lee...

Ann J. Neild

Ann J. Neild

Aug 30, 2024

Ann J. Neild, 93, of Cambridge passed away on Friday, August 30, 2024 at her home. She was born in Pittsburgh, PA on June 30, 1931 and was a daughter of the late Ashton Lee Jones and Ann Hippel Jones.

Mrs. Neild graduated from Frankford High School in Philadelphia, attended West Chester State Teachers College (now West Chester University) in Pennsylvania,...

Jane R. Fox

Jane R. Fox

Aug 30, 2024

Jane R. Fox, 97, of Salisbury passed away on Friday, August 30, 2024 at her home. She was born in Madisonville, Kentucky on July 28, 1927 and was a daughter of the late John and Clara Prowse Denton.

On October 5, 1946 she married H. Douglas Fox who passed away on September 25, 2016. She loved sailing in her younger years,...

Anna Mae Welcher

Anna Mae Welcher

Aug 30, 2024

Anna Mae Welcher of Cambridge, MD passed away on Friday, August 30, 2024 at the home of her son. She was 81 years old. Her beloved husband, Benjamin L. Welcher died on September 1, 2005. 

Born in Cambridge, MD on August 5, 1943, Anna Mae was the daughter of the late Charles Albert Lane and Dorothy Wheatley Lane. She attended school...

Barry Watson Adkins

Barry Watson Adkins

Aug 26, 2024

Barry W. Adkins of Cambridge, MD, passed away on Monday, August 26, 2024 due to a motorcycle accident. He was 75 years old. 

Born in Cambridge, Mr. Adkins was the son of the late John E. Adkins and Grace Lewis Adkins. Barry completed his GED and took several college courses while in the Army. He married his wife Frances on October...

Edwina "Eddie" Guelta

Edwina "Eddie" Guelta

Aug 24, 2024

Sarah Edwina (“Eddie”) Guelta, 92, unexpectedly died from a car accident on Saturday, August 24, 2024. She was born in Baltimore, Maryland on August 29, 1931 to the late William Edwin Dashields and Sarah Towers Dashields. 

Edwina attended Eastern High School in Baltimore. She retired from Don White’s Timonium Chrysler Plymouth as a bookkeeper. Upon retirement, Edwina and her husband, Kenneth,...

Michael R. Simmons

Michael R. Simmons

Aug 23, 2024

Michael R. Simmons, 69, of Cambridge passed away on Friday, August 23, 2024 at his home. He was born in Cambridge on November 8, 1954 and was a son of the late William and Beverly Meland Johnson.

Mike attended schools in Cambridge. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps. Mike was married to the former Mary Brummett, who passed away on...

William "Bill" H. Swann

William "Bill" H. Swann

Aug 21, 2024

William H. Swann, “Bill”, 90 of Cambridge, passed away on Wednesday, August 21, 2024, at UMSMC at Dorchester. He was born on January 16, 1934, in Wye Mills, MD in a small family home under the Wye Oak tree.

He joined the U.S. Army in 1954 and was stationed in Germany until being honorably discharged in 1956.

On December 20, 1958, he...

Christine W. Foxwell

Christine W. Foxwell

Aug 16, 2024

Christine W. Foxwell, 72, of East New Market passed away on her birthday August 16, 2024. She was born in Cambridge on August 16, 1952 and was a daughter of the late Ulman Wattress “Buster” White, Jr. and Gertrude White.

She graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1970, and attended Salisbury University. On June 29, 1972, she married William “Bill”...

Clara Mae Messick Evans

Clara Mae Messick Evans

Aug 16, 2024

Clara Mae Messick Evans, 102, passed away on August 16, 2024 at her home in Herndon, Virginia. She was born in Cambridge, Maryland on December 19, 1921.

Clara graduated from Hurlock High School in 1938 and from Easton Memorial School of Nursing in 1942. She joined the Army Nurse Corps in 1943 and served with the 203rd General Evacuation Hospital, stationed...

Melvin G. Hickman, Jr.

Melvin G. Hickman, Jr.

Aug 14, 2024

Melvin G. Hickman, Jr, 89, of Cambridge passed away on Wednesday, August 14, 2024 at Autumn Lake at Chesapeake Woods. He was born on April 30, 1935 in Cambridge to the late Melvin G. Hickman, Sr. and Lee Blades Hickman. 

Mr. Hickman graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1953. He married the former Kathryn “Kitten” Kennedy. Mr. Hickman served in...

Rev. Roy D. Collins

Rev. Roy D. Collins

Aug 13, 2024

Rev. Roy D. Collins, 89, of Easton, passed away peacefully at UMSMC at Easton on Tuesday, August 13, 2024. He was born in Elkins, West Virginia on April 6, 1935 to the late John William Collins and Effie Grace White Collins. 

Roy completed his education in West Virginia and Maryland. His first meeting with the love of his life, Joyce Shirk,...

Joan Elaine Hall

Joan Elaine Hall

Aug 13, 2024

Joan “Elaine” Hall, 69, of Hurlock, MD passed away at her home with her family by her side on Tuesday, August 13, 2024. She was born in Cambridge Maryland on January 13, 1955. Elaine was the daughter of Joan Lane Webster and the late Thomas Hudson Hall. 

Elaine had a career in cleaning churches with the Dorchester Community Center. She was...

Thomas K. Applegarth

Thomas K. Applegarth

Aug 12, 2024

Thomas Keene Applegarth, 60, of Church Creek passed away on Monday, August 12, 2024 at his home. He was born on January 19, 1964 in New York City and was a son of Sara McClaran Applegarth and the late Commander Samuel Hubert Applegarth, Jr.

Mr. Applegarth graduated from Cambridge South Dorchester High School class of 1982. He joined the Submarine Service...

Wende R. Kirckhoff

Wende R. Kirckhoff

Aug 8, 2024

Wende R. Kirckhoff, 66, passed away peacefully on August 8, 2024 with her daughter by her side. Wende was born to the late Earl Kirckhoff Sr. and Martha Kirckhoff and is survived by her daughter, Kara Jones (Lucas), and three grandchildren, Liam Jones, Elise Jones, and Owen Jones. Along with two brothers, Earl Kirckhoff Jr. and Forrest Kirckhoff (Janice), many...