Local Obituaries for Cambridge, Maryland

May 27, 2013

The Haddonfield community was stunned and saddened by the untimely death of Keith Schwab on May 27, 2013. Schwab, 45, was the ubiquitous president of the borough soccer club and a presence in a generation of youths and their parents. Schwab was a McCabe Scholar and graduate of Cambridge South Dorchester High School in Cambridge, MD then later...

May 26, 2013

Ivan W. Crandell, Sr., 91, formerly of East New Market and Cambridge, Maryland, passed away on Sunday, May 26, 2013, at Anchorage Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Salisbury, Maryland. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, on July 11, 1921, he was the son of the late William Wesley Crandell and Mary Edna Fountain Crandell.

On June 12, 1940,...

May 23, 2013

Evelyn Jean Marie Coghlan, 48, of Cambridge passed away on Thursday, May 23, 2013 at Dorchester General Hospital. She was born in Washington D.C. on April 5, 1965 to Thomas F. and Vivian R. Judge Coghlan, Jr.

Evelyn graduated from North Wood High School in Silver Spring, MD. She enjoyed shopping, watching soap operas, going to...

May 15, 2013

Walter Lee Travers, Sr., 90, of Cambridge passed away on Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at Mallard Bay Care Center. He was born in Taylors Island on October 4, 1922 and was a son of the late Margaret Breerwood Travers and William R. Travers. He was the beloved husband of the late Betty L. Hurley Travers, whom he married...

May 13, 2013

Marcia Ann Palmer, 59, of McHenry, MD passed away on Monday, May 13, 2013 at her home. She was born in Cambridge on March 25, 1954 and was a daughter of the late Maurice C. Lewis, Jr. and Eugenia Jett Lewis.

Marcia graduated from Saints Peter & Paul High School in Easton class of 1972. She...

May 10, 2013

Mary Katheryn Hughes, 77, of East New Market passed away on Friday, May 10, 2013 at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore. She was born in Vienna on February 18, 1936 and was a daughter of the late Addison H. and Beatrice Richardson Murphy.

She attended schools in Vienna. On July 19, 1952, she married Guy A. Hughes,...

May 10, 2013

Frances Delores Pritchett-Blum, 66, of Tarpon Springs, FL passed away on Friday, May 10, 2013 at her home. She was born in Cambridge on December 21, 1946 and was a daughter of the late James Orville Pritchett and Mary Keene Sherman.

She graduated from South Dorchester High School class of 1964. Mrs. Blum was a truck...

May 4, 2013

Gerald M. Bell, Sr., 72, of Church Creek passed away on Saturday, May 4, 2013 at Dorchester General Hospital. He was born in Cambridge on April 7, 1941 and was a son of the late Merritt and Lillian Haglund Bell.

He graduated from North Dorchester High School class of 1959. Mr. Bell served in the U.S....

May 2, 2013

Thurman L. Cannon, Sr., 62, of Cambridge passed away on Thursday, May 2, 2013 at Memorial Hospital at Easton. He was born in Cambridge on February 23, 1951 and was a son of Doris Robbins Cannon and the late Audry L. Cannon.

He attended schools in Cambridge. Thurman served in the Army National Guard. On November...

May 1, 2013

Barbara Ann Rothwell, 69, of Fishing Creek, MD passed away on Wednesday, May 1, 2013 at the University of Maryland Medical Center. She was born on August 29, 1943 in Hoopers Island and was a daughter of the late Robert and Ruth Meekins, Sr. Mrs. Rothwell was the wife of the late Wesley A. Rothwell, to whom she...

Apr 28, 2013

Lucille E. Barnes, 68, of Woolford passed away on Sunday, April 28, 2013 at her home. She was born in Cambridge on April 9, 1945 and was a daughter of the late Robert L. and Della Wroten Elzey.

She graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1963. On August 5, 1967 she married Lawrence E. Barnes,...

Apr 27, 2013

Karen Burton Greene, 65, of Cambridge passed away on Saturday, April 27, 2013 at her home. She was born on June 6, 1947 in Cambridge and was a daughter of the late James Livingston and Geneva Rose Burton.

Karen attended schools in Cambridge and graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1965. She had been employed...

Apr 24, 2013

Marjorie M. Cave, 82, of Cambridge passed away on Wednesday, April 24, 2013 at her home. She was born in Woolford on January 6, 1931 and was a daughter of the late John A. and Leila Goslin Fitzhugh.

She attended Cambridge High School. She was married to Henry Donaldson Cave, Sr., who passed away on January...

Apr 16, 2013

Neill J. Willoughby, 82, of Cambridge passed away on Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at Perry Point Medical Center. He was born in Cambridge on October 18, 1930 to the late Howard and Helen Duncan Willoughby.

He attended and graduated from Cambridge High School in 1949. After high school, he joined the United States Air Force. During...

Apr 13, 2013

Ruth L. "Dolly" Tolley, 83, passed away on Saturday, April 13, 2013 at her home. She was born in Hoopers Island to the late Daniel and Elba Flowers Tall.

She graduated from Hoopers Island High School. She worked as a cook at Hoopers Island Elementary School, a crab picker at local crab factories and was a...

Apr 12, 2013

Lenamae Lorraine (Fitzhugh) Lewis, 73, of Cambridge passed away at her home on Friday, April 12, 2013. She was born in Cambridge on December 29, 1939 to the late John A. and Louise E. Morgan Fitzhugh.

She attended schools in Cambridge. She worked for Caldwell Casting as an assembly line worker for 18 years. She enjoyed...

Apr 11, 2013

Jamie L. Ellis, 38, of Rhodesdale passed away on Thursday, April 11, 2013 at Nanticoke Memorial Hospital in Seaford. She was born on July 23, 1974 in Cambridge and was a daughter of James A. Windsor and Shelly Adams Landon.

Jamie graduated from Cambridge South Dorchester High School class of 1992. On August 14, 2004, she...

Apr 8, 2013

James R. Salisbury, 71, of Hurlock passed away on Monday, April 8, 2013 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center. He was born in Rossie, NY and was a son of the late Truman F. and Jane Butler Salisbury.

He graduated from Hammond High School in Hammond, NY. He served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean...

Apr 1, 2013

Frances Madeline Pritchett, 94, of Toddville passed away on April 1, 2013 at Mallard Bay Care Center. She was born in Wingate on March 12, 1919 and was a daughter of the late Fred Layton Ruark and Lossie Estelle Jones Ruark.

She attended schools in Crocheron. On April 10, 1947, she married Medford J. Pritchett, who...

Mar 28, 2013

Elizabeth T. Willey, 78, of Cambridge passed away on Thursday, March 28, 2013 at Dorchester General Hospital. She was born in Cambridge on March 13, 1935 and was a daughter of the late William F. and Mary Hughes Turner.

Mrs. Willey graduated from Cambridge High School class of 1953. On March 13, 1956, she married Richard...