Local Obituaries for Cambridge, Maryland

Eleanor P. Willey

Oct 15, 2013

Eleanor P. Willey, 71, of Cambridge passed away on Tuesday, October 15, 2013 at Mallard Bay Care Center. She was born in Cambridge on May 24, 1942 to the late Albert and Mary Rose Pritchett Pete.

Mrs. Willey attended schools in Cambridge. On May 10, 1958, she married Robert M. Willey, Sr., who passed away on...

Grace Brannock Smith Dougherty

Oct 15, 2013

Grace Dougherty, 94, of St. Petersburg, born April 7, 1919, a retired teacher, died Tuesday, October 15, 2013 at Westminster Suncoast Health Center. She lived at Westminster Shores Retirement Community since 1998. Born in Cambridge, MD, daughter of the late Russell P and Leila B Smith, she attended high school in Cambridge and was a graduate of Western...

Robin L. Hughes

Oct 12, 2013

Robin L. Hughes, 47, of Hurlock passed away on Saturday, October 12, 2013 at her home. She was born in Cambridge on October 2, 1966 and was a daughter of JoAnn Cannon Bloodsworth Cox and the late Rudy Bloodsworth.

She graduated from Cambridge South Dorchester High school class of 1984. After high school, she worked at...

Raymond F. Murrells

Oct 8, 2013

Raymond F. Murrells, 91 of Cambridge passed away on Tuesday, October 8, 2013 at Mallard Bay Care Center. He was born in England on January 10, 1922 and was a son of the late Cecil and Ethel Greene Murrells.

Mr. Murrells attended schools in London, England. He moved to the United States in 1956. On December...

Dorothy M. Wroten

Oct 6, 2013

Dorothy Mae Milburn Wroten, 91, of Andrews passed away on Sunday, October 6, 2013 at Mallard Bay Care Center. She was born in Alexandria, VA on July 15, 1922 and was a daughter of the late Betty Breeden Milburn Robinson and Timothy Milburn.

She attended schools in Crapo. On March 26, 1938 she married Wilson W....

Olive P. Horner

Oct 3, 2013

Olive P. Horner, 95, of Chestertown formerly of Cambridge passed away on Thursday, October 3, 2013 at Chester River Manor. She was born on May 16, 1918 in Mt. Vernon to the late Roy Edward Larmore and Annie McGrath Larmore.

Mrs. Horner attended schools in Princess Anne and graduated from Washington High School. At the age...

Mamie L. Rossy

Oct 1, 2013

Mamie Lee Wilkerson Rossy, 86, of Cambridge passed away on Tuesday, October 1, 2013 at Chesapeake Woods Center. She was born in Hurlock on March 5, 1927 and was a daughter of the late Ura A. Wilkerson and Oneda Wheatley Shooks.

Mamie attended Hurlock High School. Most of her life she was a homemaker and later...

Frances M. Twilley

Sep 28, 2013

Frances M. Twilley, 99, of East New Market formerly of Cambridge passed away on Saturday, September 28, 2013 at University of Maryland Shore Medical Center at Dorchester. She was the first baby born at Cambridge Hospital on September 7, 1914 and was a daughter of the late Jamie P. and Cora Leonard Mills.

Mrs. Twilley was...

Kenneth P. Richardson

Sep 28, 2013

Kenneth P. Richardson, 81, of Cambridge passed away on Saturday, September 28, 2013 at Mallard Bay Care Center. He was born in Cambridge on March 12, 1932 and was a son of the late Beulah Taylor Burton and Philip Richardson.

He graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1949. He served in the U.S. Air Force...

Joann H. Slater

Sep 27, 2013

Joann H. Slater, 81, of Fishing Creek passed away on Friday, September 27, 2013 at her home. Arrangements are incomplete at this time.

Mary "Addie" Dabney

Sep 23, 2013

Mary "Addie" Dabney, 96, of Cambridge passed away on Monday, September 23, 2013 in Kinston, NC where she had made her home for the past eight years. Born in Marion, NC on August 24, 1917, she was the oldest of eight children born to James A. and Martha J. McKelvey. The family moved to Maryland in 1927 and...

David W. Hanson, Sr

Sep 23, 2013

David W. Hanson, Sr., 57 of East New Market passed away on Monday, September 23, 2013 at his home. He was born in Easton on April 15, 1956 and was a son of the late George W. Hanson, Jr. and Barbara Tallman Hanson.

David graduated from North Dorchester High School class of 1974. He was employed...

Mildred M. Hayward

Sep 23, 2013

Mildred Marie Parker Hayward, 84, of Hoopers Island, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Monday, September 23, 2013. She was born July 30, 1929 on Hoopers Island and attended Hoopers Island School.

She worked as a waitress for Dayton's Restaurant, then she worked for WT Ruark Seafood Company most of her life...

Barbara E. Marshall

Sep 21, 2013

Barbara E. Marshall, 74, of Easton passed away on Saturday, September 21, 2013 at Chesapeake Woods. She was born on March 16, 1939 in Toddville to the late Joseph and Edna Jones Robinson.

Mrs. Marshall graduated from South Dorchester High School. She also graduated from Sinai Hospital in Baltimore. She started her career at Sinai Hospital...

W. John Kersey

Sep 18, 2013

W. John Kersey, 85, passed away peacefully at his home on Wednesday, September 18, 2013. He was born on October 25, 1927 in North Wales, Pennsylvania to the late Walter and Eva Lambert Kersey.

Mr. Kersey married Dolores James on October 15, 1954. He was an instructor at Delmarva Power for 46 years. He enjoyed traveling...

Betty Mae Ferguson

Sep 18, 2013

Betty Mae Ferguson, 84, passed away on September 18, 2013 at Dorchester General Hospital. She was born in Bishops Head on December 29, 1928 to the late Freeland Eberman and Suzie Mills Pritchett.

Mrs. Ferguson enjoyed cleaning, listening to Johnny Cash, country music, and attending church. She married the late Medford Robinson in 1946. After his...

Ronald E. Spear

Sep 8, 2013

Ronald E. Spear, 69, of Cambridge passed away on Sunday, September 8, 2013 at his home. He was born in Easton on April 29, 1944 and was the son of the late Edward Samuel Spear and Dorothy Prettyman Spear.

He graduated from Cambridge High School. Mr. Spear was owner/operator of Choptank Marine Service. In his earlier...

Howard U. Bloom, Jr

Sep 7, 2013

Howard U. Bloom, Jr., 70, of East New Market passed away on Saturday, September 7, 2013 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. He was born in Baltimore on August 22, 1943 and was a son of the late Howard U. Bloom, Sr. and Hazel M. Bloom Bramble.

Howard graduated from Cambridge High School class of...

W. Allan "Tut" Jones

Sep 6, 2013

W. Allan "Tut" Jones, 85, of Toddville passed away on Friday, September 6, 2013 at University of Maryland Shore Medical center at Dorchester. He was born in Toddville on September 23, 1927 and was a son of the late Malcolm and Maysie Todd Jones.

He attended schools in Toddville. On June 5, 1957, he married the...

Charles W. Shannon, Sr

Sep 5, 2013

Charles W. Shannon, Sr., 80, of Cambridge passed away on Thursday, September 5, 2013 at Chesapeake Woods Center. He was born in Baltimore on December 4, 1932 to the late Samuel and Lavana Wiggington Shannon.

He married the late Mildred R. Isner, who passed away in 2004, on September 15, 1951. Charles worked most of his...