Obituaries
Beulah Andrews
Aug 22, 2014
Beulah Mae Andrews, 85, of Crapo passed away Friday, August 22, 2014 at UMSMC at Dorchester. Born February 12, 1929, she was a daughter of the late Beulah Creighton LeCompte and Nicholas Aaron. She attended the local schools on Hoopers Island and afterwards went to live in Baltimore for about six years. After returning to the South Dorchester area...

Michael Rubin
Aug 18, 2014
Michael Rubin, 65, of Cambridge passed away Monday, August 18, 2014 at Mallard Bay Care Center, Cambridge. Born June 15, 1949 in New York, he was the son of the late Henrietta Cohen and Joseph Rubin. Michael was an accomplished pianist. During his career with the Air Force he was a member of the Air Force Band. He performed at...

Jeannine Freeman
Aug 10, 2014
Jeannine D. Freeman, 81, of Hurlock passed away Sunday evening, August 10, 2014 at Chesapeake Woods Center, Cambridge. Born in Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Jeannette Wroten Mears and Don Mears. For most of her working career Jeannine was involved in real estate. She retired as a property manager, a position she had held for over twenty...

Harry III
Aug 8, 2014
Harry Wehr, III, 87, passed away on August 8, 2014 at Chesapeake Woods Center in Cambridge. He was born on March 21, 1927, the son of the late Harry Wehr, Jr. and Alma Phillips Wehr. Harry attended Gilman School in Baltimore and graduated from The Choate School in Wallingford, Connecticut. Afterwards he attended the University of Virginia and Johns Hopkins...
Howard Keyes
Aug 2, 2014
Howard K. Keyes died on Saturday August 2, 2014 at Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury, MD. He was 90 years old. Born August 19, 1923 in Cambridge, MD, he was the youngest of seven children born to John C. Keyes and Edith Mills Keyes. After attending local schools he served three years in the Army from 1943 to 1946....
Charles Brannock
Jul 22, 2014
Charles Robert “Bob” Brannock, 70, of Cambridge, Maryland, died on Tuesday, July 22, 2014 at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore after a short illness. He was born on July 24, 1943 in Cambridge, Maryland, the son of the late Thomas Stuart Brannock and M. Normalee Brannock. He graduated from Cambridge High School in 1961. Bob continued his...
Bonnie Sawyer
Jul 11, 2014
Bonnie A. Sawyer, 69, of Cambridge, Maryland passed away Friday, July 11, 2014 at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, with her family by her side. Born on March 8, 1945 in Trappe, Maryland she was a daughter of the late Cecelia Ditullo and Dave Townsend. She attended and was a member of the Faith Baptist Fellowship...
Charles Prahl, Jr
Jul 10, 2014
Charles Geoffery Prahl, Jr. of Cambridge, MD passed away peacefully July 10, 2014 at UMSMC at Dorchester after an extended sickness. “Chuck” was born to Mary and Charles Prahl on January 2, 1954 in Baltimore, MD. Chuck grew up on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay, which became a driving force throughout his life both personally and professionally. If he...
Jerome Lawrence
Jul 8, 2014
Jerome "Jerry" C. Lawrence, 72, of East New Market, Maryland passed away Tuesday, July 8, 2014 at UMSMC at Easton. Jerry was born November 6, 1941 in New York, the son of the late Mary LeCompte Smith Lawrence and Dr. Jerome Lawrence. He graduated Salutatorian of his high school class on Long Island, and was accepted and attended Cornell University...

James Keefe
Jul 6, 2014
James Thomas Keefe, 57, of Taylors Island passed away Sunday, July 6, 2014 at his home. Born on April 4, 1957 in New York, he was the son of Louise Rita and Donald Thomas Keefe. "JT", as he was known, worked as a plumber in the area. Surviving him is a son Donald "Don" Keefe and a daughter Jennifer Snyder,...
Christina Seaman
Jul 2, 2014
Christina Woodland Seaman, 61, passed away Wednesday, July 2, 2014 at her home in Cambridge. Born November 30, 1952 in Cambridge, she was the daughter of the late Lois "Spark" and Mary Quinn Woodland. She grew up in Crocheron and graduated from South Dorchester High School with the class of 1970. For all of her adult life she was a...
Clarence Pritchett
Jun 20, 2014
Clarence Oswald Pritchett, 89, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Friday, June 20, 2014 at UMSMC at Easton. He was born in Bishops Head, Maryland on March 12, 1925 to the late Iris Bramble Pritchett and Clyde Oswald Pritchett. Living his whole life in Bishops Head, he graduated from Crapo High School. Clarence married Nina Belle...
Michael Kitzinger
Jun 18, 2014
Michael Lee “Mike” Kitzinger, 54, passed away peacefully in his sleep Wednesday, June 18, 2014 after a long courageous battle with cancer. Mike was born August 8, 1959 in Pittsburg, PA, beloved son of the late Robert and Shirley Kitzinger. He was the husband of the late Donna Griffith Kitzinger who passed away August 8, 1999. Mike is survived...

Rita Lynch
Jun 14, 2014
Rita Frances Lynch, 92, of Cambridge, MD., died on Saturday, June 14, 2014 at Chesapeake Woods Center, Cambridge. Born September 19, 1921 in Baltimore, MD., she was the daughter of the late John and Sophia Wawrzniak Kurcap. Mrs. Lynch was the wife of the late Victor Frank Lynch who died in 1992. She had been employed 10 years by Western...
Cyrille Pritchett
Jun 11, 2014
“Cy” Pritchett, 85, of Cambridge, Maryland passed away Wednesday, June 11, 2014 at the Mallard Bay Care Center. Born January 14, 1929 in Bishops Head, Maryland, he was a son of the late Lois Murphy Pritchett and Carlton Pritchett. He attended local schools and graduated from Cambridge High School with the Class of 1946. On Valentine’s Day 1951, Cy enlisted...
Phyllis James
Jun 2, 2014
Phyllis Frazier James, 77, of Madison, MD, passed away with her family by her side on Monday, June 2, 2014 at Chesapeake Woods Center, Cambridge. Born June 4, 1936, she was a daughter of the late Adith Jarrett Frazier and Howard Frazier. Phyllis attended the local schools and graduated from Cambridge High School with the Class of 1954. She...
Linda Charron
May 29, 2014
Linda Lee Charron, 65, of Hurlock, passed away Thursday, May 29, 2014 at her home with her family by her side. Born in Baltimore, MD on July 6, 1948, she was a daughter of Ruth Frances Lloyd and Walter Barrett. Linda worked as an office clerk for the State Comptroller of Maryland. She is survived by her son John Charron...
Betty Willey
May 24, 2014
Betty Lois Wroten Willey, 76, of Cambridge, passed away on Saturday morning, May 24th at Baltimore-Washington Medical Center in Glen Burnie. Betty was born March 25, 1938 at Andrews, MD. She was the daughter of the late Marguerite Wroten Pohl. Raised by her grandparents, the late Norman and Maggie Wroten, she later moved to Cambridge to live with her...
Lillian Holliday
May 9, 2014
Lillian Virginia Bayliss Holliday, 93, formerly of Wingate, Maryland passed away peacefully Friday, May 9, 2014 at Chesapeake Woods Center with her son and daughter by her side. She was born in Toddville, Maryland to the late Bertram B. Bayliss and Viola Willey Bayliss on March 15, 1921. She was the last surviving member of the Class of 1937 at...
Glendon Cheesman
Apr 30, 2014
Glendon “Glen” L. Cheesman, 67, of Newport News, Virginia, formerly of East New Market, MD passed away Wednesday, April 30, 2014 at his home. Born on December 6, 1946 in Big Springs, Texas, he was a son of the late Merle Mansfield and James Cheesman, Jr. For most of his life he lived in the area but re-located to...