Local Obituaries for Cambridge, Maryland

Oct 16, 2016

David K. Frazier, 65, of Cambridge passed away on Sunday, October 16, 2016 at Mallard Bay Care Center. He was born in Cambridge on May 10, 1951 and was a son of the late Roland and Kathleen Mowbray Frazier.

David graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1970.  He worked at Western Publishing until his...

Oct 13, 2016

Kirk P. Rodgers, President of Besley & Rodgers, Inc., and former Director of Sustainable Development and the Environment at the Organization of American States, died Thursday of complications from heart disease. The resident of Falls Church, Virginia, and Woolford, Maryland, was 83.

The son of S. Procter Rodgers and Jean Besley Rodgers was born into...

Oct 11, 2016

Barbara E. Thompson, 80, of Madison passed away on Tuesday, October 11, 2016 at her home with her family by her side. She was born in Baltimore on October 5, 1936 and was a daughter of the late Howard “Boh” Brooks and Emma Miller Brooks.

Mrs. Thompson graduated from Catholic High School in Baltimore class of 1954....

Oct 10, 2016

Melonie L. Kemp, 50 of Cambridge passed away on Monday, October 10, 2016 at UMSMC at Dorchester. She was born in Cambridge on May 2, 1966 and was a daughter of Peggy Townsend Kemp and the late Irving Kemp.

Melonie graduated from Cambridge South Dorchester High School and she also attended Chesapeake College. Melonie was known for...

Oct 10, 2016

Barbara Faye Webster Collins, 85, of Cambridge passed away on Monday, October 10, 2016 at her home with her family by her side. She was born in Cambridge on August 10, 1931 and was a daughter of the late Cecil G. Webster and Carrie Lyons Webster.

She graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1948. Mrs. Collins...

Oct 3, 2016

Martha Foxwell was born Martha Frances Simmons on November 14, 1921, the second child of Blanche Aaron Simmons and Monroe Talmadge Simmons of Fishing Creek, Hooper’s Island, Maryland. She married Daniel Henry Foxwell on December 23, 1939 and they celebrated almost 65 years of marriage before his death in September 2004. She is survived by their children, Mary Frances...

Oct 1, 2016

Johnnie W. Fitzhugh, 88, of Cambridge passed away on Saturday, October 1, 2016 at Chesapeake Woods Center. He was born in Andrews on December 3, 1927 and was a son of the late Enos W. and Fannie Insley Fitzhugh.

He attended schools and Streets United Methodist Church in Lakesville. At the age of 17, attended Maryland School...

Sep 25, 2016

Nancy Johnson Hughes passed away on September 25, 2016 at McElveen Manor Assisted Living. She moved to South Carolina five years ago and was a resident of Brookdale Assisted Living before transferring to McElveen Manor eleven months ago.

She was preceded in death by her husband, William Dennis Hughes, who passed away in 2000. Born November 9,...

Sep 25, 2016

H. Douglas Fox, 93, of Salisbury passed away on Sunday, September 25, 2016 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. He was born in Madisonville, Kentucky on January 30, 1923 and was a son of the late Geather and Charlene Fox.

Mr. Fox graduated from Nortonville High School class of 1941. He also graduated in 1952 from...

Sep 24, 2016

Alton Paul “Murph” Murphy, 93, of Bradenton, FL, formerly of Cambridge passed away on Saturday, September 24, 2016 at the Lakewood Ranch Medical Center.

Born on March 1, 1923 in Cambridge he was the son of the late Ralph E. and Gladys Madkins Murphy.

Mr. Murphy graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1940. He...

Sep 23, 2016

William H. Baumgartner, 76, of Cambridge passed away on Friday, September 23, 2016 at UMSMC at Dorchester. He was born in Cambridge on October 26, 1939 and was a son of the late Mary Louise Manning Hurley and Herman Ralph Baumgartner.

Mr. Baumgartner graduated from North Dorchester High School class of 1958. He served in the U.S....

Sep 20, 2016

Warren C. Rue, 68, of Cambridge passed away on Tuesday, September 20, 2016 at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury. He was born in Cambridge on June 17, 1948 and was a son of the late Woodrow Wilson Rue, Sr. and Doris Jean Sheets Rue.

Warren graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1967. He served...

Sep 19, 2016

Elisabeth West, 78, of Madison, passed away on September 19, 2016 at Mallard Bay Care Center.  She was born in Badhesfeld, Germany on November 5, 1937 to the late Wilhelm and Elisabeth Cock Heimroth.

Ms. West worked as a seamstress for many years, where she developed a love for fashion.  She was always very fashion oriented.  Ms....

Sep 17, 2016

Philip A. Wozny, 89, of Cambridge, Md., passed away Saturday, September 17, 2016.  He was born July 19, 1927 in Nebraska to the late Alexander and Emma Cuba Wozny.

He served in the U.S. Naval Reserve on board the USS Indiana BB58 and was a longtime member of the American Legion Post 91 in Cambridge.

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Sep 17, 2016

Patricia A. Nagle, 75, of Sykesville passed away on Saturday, September 17, 2016 at University of Maryland Hospital in Baltimore with her family by her side. She was born in Baltimore on June 30, 1941 and was a daughter of the late William and Edna McKenney.

Mrs. Nagle graduated from Southern High in Baltimore, Maryland. On June...

Sep 16, 2016

Herbert F. “Peewee” Thompson, Jr., 76, of Madison passed away on Friday, September 16, 2016 at Chesapeake Woods Center. He was born in Laurel, MD on October 18, 1939 and was a son of the late Herbert F. Thompson, Sr. and Ellen Reeley Thompson.

He graduated from Laurel High School class of 1957. Peewee served in the...

Sep 13, 2016

Patricia A. Riggins, 70, of Delmar, DE passed away on Tuesday, September 13, 2016 at her home with her family by her side. She was born in Cambridge on February 21, 1946 and was a daughter of the late Walter Allen Parker and Frances Brannock Parker.

She graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1964 and attended...

Sep 12, 2016

Frank Mace Wright, 94, of Cambridge, MD passed away on September 12, 2016 and will be missed by all those whose lives he touched.

Born on May 14, 1922 in Cambridge, MD he was the son of the late William Oliver Wright and Mary Louise Higgins Wright.

Mr. Wright was a United States Army Veteran...

Sep 8, 2016

Marian A. Woodring, 88, of Locust Grove, Virginia passed away on Thursday, September 8, 2016 at Mallard Bay Care Center.  She was born in DuBois, Pennsylvania on January 18, 1928 to the late Richard L.  and Agnes Anderson Johnston.

On December 31, 1966, she married the late John James Woodring, who passed away on October 28, 2014. ...

Sep 6, 2016

East New Market, MD -- Gordon Lee Bugby, formerly of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, passed away Tuesday, September 6, 2016 at the University of Maryland Shore Medical Center at Easton.  He was 83. He was born in Youngstown Ohio December 4, 1932 to the late Horatio Milo Bugby and Veva Case Bugby.  He graduated from Campbell Memorial High School, Class of...