Local Obituaries for Cambridge, Maryland

Feb 10, 2017

Viola M. Mowbray, 67, of Hurlock passed away on Friday, February 10, 2017 at Med Star Washington Hospital Center in Washington, DC. She was born in Talbot County on February 22, 1949 and was a daughter of the late Julius L. Greenwood, Sr. and Margaret Swann Greenwood.

She attended schools in Talbot County. On April 2, 1965,...

Feb 10, 2017

Diana L. Robinson, 78, of Cambridge passed away on Friday, February 10, 2017 at Mallard Bay Care Center. She was born in Cambridge on January 24, 1939 and was the daughter of the late Russell Lee McCarter and Virginia “Shug” Twilley McCarter.

Mrs. Robinson graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1957. On December 21, 1973, she...

Feb 7, 2017

Cecil R. “Reggie” Murphy, 85, of Cambridge passed away on Tuesday, February 7, 2017 at Chesapeake Woods Center. He was born in Bishops Head on October 30, 1931 and was a son of the late John Orem Murphy and Cecil Jones Murphy.

Mr. Murphy attended schools in Dorchester County. He served in the U.S. Army from 1952...

Feb 6, 2017

Opal DeBusk Clyde, 98, of Cambridge, Md, and formerly of Leisure World in Seal Beach, Ca., passed awayat Mallard Bay Care Center, Monday, February 6. 2017.  The daughter of Walter Raleigh DeBusk and Vota Lambert DeBusk, she was born November 8,1918, in Tazwell, Tn., and moved to Southern California as an infant.  She graduated from Huntington Beach High School...

Feb 4, 2017

Dennis M. Nalley, 49, of Cambridge passed away at his home on February 4, 2017.  He was born in Portsmouth, Virginia on December 16, 1967 to Diane Nalley.

Mr. Nalley worked at Allen Foods Hatchery in Hurlock for many years.  He was a very outgoing person, and would do anything to help another.  He loved writing poetry...

Feb 4, 2017

William W. Marshall, 77, of Cambridge passed away on Saturday, February 4, 2017 at Chesapeake Woods Center. He was born in Cambridge on August 26, 1939 and was a son of the late William R. and Doris Hubbard Marshall.

He graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1957. Mr. Marshall served in the U.S.  Coastal Guard from...

Jan 31, 2017

Nina Smith Travers of Woolford, MD passed away on January 31, 2017 at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Dinah and Terry Groves surrounded by her family.

Born on April 14, 1921 in Robbins MD, she was the daughter of the late Solomon Smith and Ida Burton Smith.  She was raised in Robbins and attended school...

Jan 30, 2017

Isabel Rippons, 93 years old, died January 30, 2017 with her family by her side on Hoopers Island, MD.

She was born Isabel Martina Tall on June 17, 1923. Her mother was Elby Tall and her father Daniel Tall, who was the island blacksmith. She was the middle child of three daughters. Her beloved sisters were Dolly...

Jan 30, 2017

Verna D. Asplen, 76, of Cambridge passed away on Monday, January 30, 2017 at UMSMC at Dorchester. She was born in Salisbury on March 23, 1940 and was a daughter of the late Vernon and Grace Smith Dryden.

She graduated from Washington High School class of 1958 and continued on to Mars Hill College in...

Jan 29, 2017

William S. Smith, 86, of Cambridge passed away on Sunday, January 29, 2017 at Chesapeake Woods Center. He was born in Cambridge on January 7, 1931 and was a son of the late Daniel Harford Smith and Jane Kirby Smith.

Mr. Smith graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1948. He served in the U.S. Army Air...

Jan 29, 2017

James F. Carpenter, 93, of Cambridge passed away on January 29, 2017, at the Talbot Hospice. Mr. Carpenter was born in Lewes, DE on November 13, 1923 and was the son of the late Edward J. and Ella Blizzard Carpenter.

Mr. Carpenter graduated from Lewes High School in 1941.  He enlisted in the United States Navy where...

Jan 28, 2017

Kenneth L. Hughes, 81, of Cambridge passed away on Saturday, January 28, 2017 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. He was born in Andrews on May 17, 1935 and was a son of the late Howard A. and Flossie Estelle Meredith Hughes. Mr. Hughes was raised by his father and stepmother the late Beulah Jones Hughes after his...

Jan 27, 2017

Margaret Ann Ruark, 80, of Cambridge passed away on Friday, January 27, 2017 at Mallard Bay Care Center. She was born in Cambridge on June 25, 1936 and was a daughter of the late Milton and Bessie Wroten Elzey.

Mrs. Ruark attended schools in Cambridge. On March 23, 1979, she married Cyril Ruark, who passed away on...

Jan 25, 2017

Virginia C. LeCompte, 85, of Hurlock passed away on Wednesday, January 25, 2017 at her son’s home in Fishing Creek, Hoopers Island, MD. She was born in Fishing Creek on December 16, 1931 and was a daughter of William Mathew Cannon and Mabel Hart Cannon.

She graduated from Hoopers Island High School as Valedictorian in 1948. She...

Jan 22, 2017

Karen L. Phillips, 64, of Cambridge passed away Sunday, January 22, 2017 at her home surrounded by those nearest to her heart. She was born in Cambridge March 26, 1952 and was the daughter of Betty L. Pete and the late Roland C. Pete Sr.

She graduated from Cambridge High School Class of 1970 and Delmarva Beauty...

Jan 20, 2017

Christopher “Chris” Mark Swann, Jr., 25, of Cambridge passed away on Friday, January 20, 2017 at UMSMC at Dorchester. He was born in Cambridge on July 18, 1991 and was a son of Lesley Manuel Sard and Christopher Mark Swann, Sr.

Chris graduated from Cambridge South Dorchester High School class of 2009. He was working for Caldwell...

Jan 19, 2017

Mary Garber passed away on January 19, 2017 at UMSMC at Dorchester in Cambridge, MD with her loving grandson, Dennis Katulis, and his wife Kathy by her side.  She was the widow of Andrew F. Garber, who passed away in 1965.

Before retiring in 1989, she was employed by Phoenix Clothes, a member of Genasco, Inc. as...

Jan 19, 2017

Mary Ruth Brotemarkle, 72, of Cambridge passed away on Thursday, January 19, 2017 at UMSMC at Easton. She was born in Cambridge on June 24, 1944 and was a daughter of the late William A. Brotemarkle, Jr. and Mattie Wright Brotemarkle.

She graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1962 and graduated from Salisbury University with a...

Jan 18, 2017

Joyce P. Mowery, 76, of Fishing Creek passed away on Wednesday, January 18, 2017 at her home. She was born in Cambridge on July 4, 1940 and was a daughter of the late Eva Hurley Travers and Buster Hurley.

Mrs. Mowery attended schools in Cambridge. On October 9, 1954, she married Stanley Lewis, who passed away on...

Jan 18, 2017

Teresa A. Caviston, 72, of Cambridge passed away on Wednesday, January 18, 2017 at her home. She was born in Carbondale, PA on September 26, 1944 and was a daughter of the late Jose and Josephine Grecco Gonzalez.

Mrs. Caviston graduated from Benjamin Franklin High School in Carbondale, PA. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Caviston enjoyed bowling,...