Obituaries

Richard Asplen
Jun 12, 2009
RICHARD E. ASPLEN Richard E. Asplen, age 78, of Cambridge, MD died Friday morning June 12, 2009 at Heartfields at Easton where he had been a resident for the past month. Born on November 17, 1930 in Cambridge, MD, he was the son of the late Ralph Payne Asplen, Sr. and Hazel Collins Asplen. Mr. Asplen was the youngest of...

Howland Bottomley
Jun 10, 2009
Howland C. Bottomley Howland Croft Bottomley, age 80, a former fifty year resident of George Town, Exuma, Bahamas and a resident of Easton, MD, for three years died on Wednesday, June 10, 2009 after a long illness at Talbot Hospice House, Easton, Maryland. He was the long time Chairman of the Out Island Regatta Race Committee, now the Family Island...

PAUL BROOKS
Jun 7, 2009
PAUL “WILMER” “BROOKSIE” BROOKS Paul “Wilmer” “Brooksie” Brooks, age 97, of Cambridge, MD, died Sunday morning, June 7, 2009 at Dorchester General Hospital. Born on March 17, 1912, in Dorchester County, MD, he was the son of the late Rev. Charles Wesley Brooks and Frederica Wilhelmina Schultz Brooks. Mr. Brooks was a life member of Cambridge Wesleyan Church. For his...
ANNA MILLS
Jun 5, 2009
ANNA L. MILLS Anna L. “Tootsie” Mills, age 91, of Cambridge, MD, died on June 5, 2009 at Chesapeake Woods Center, Cambridge where she had been a resident for the past three months. Born on October 27, 1917 at Crocheron, Dorchester County, MD, she was the daughter of the late Richard Samuel Todd and Ida Deliva Bramble Todd. Mrs. Mills...
JEAN INSLEY
May 25, 2009
JEAN INSLEY Lavinia Mae “Jean” Elzey Insley, age 89, of Lakesville, Dorchester County, MD, died on Memorial Day, Monday, May 25, 2009 at Chesapeake Woods Center, Cambridge, MD. Born on April 13, 1920 in Cambridge, MD, she was the daughter of the late Olin Henson Elzey and Cecilia Edna Wallace Elzey. As a young girl, she resided in Cambridge for...

NANCY MCKNETT
May 20, 2009
Nancy Lee Dashiell McKnett, 84, of Winter Haven, FL passed away Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at George C. Forsythe House, an inpatient facility of Good Shepherd Hospice. Born July 26, 1924 in Cambridge, Maryland, she was a daughter of the late Edwin R. and Geneva M. Dashiell. She married Joseph E. McKnett on March 18, 1943, who survives at home....
JOHN LEWIS, JR
May 15, 2009
JOHN V. LEWIS, Jr. John V. Lewis, Jr., age 80, of The Neck District, Cambridge, MD, died Friday, May 15, 2009 at Dorchester General Hospital. Born on August 19, 1928 in The Neck District, Cambridge, MD, he was the son of the late John V. Lewis, Sr. and Naomi Rose Phillips Lewis. Mr. Lewis served his country in the U.S....

ELIZABETH KREWSON
May 14, 2009
ELIZABETH RUSSELL KREWSON Elizabeth Russell “Betsy” Krewson, age 85, a former Cambridge resident, presently of Easton, MD died Thursday, May 14, 2009 at Memorial Hospital at Easton. She had been a resident at William Hill Manor for the past three and a half years. Born on May 8, 1924 in Philadelphia, PA, she was the daughter of the late Joseph...

MARGARET JAVAGE
May 9, 2009
MARGARET JAVAGE Margaret “Peggy” Javage, age 69, of Cambridge passed away Saturday, May 9, 2009 at Dorchester General Hospital. Born on August 18, 1939 in Manhattan, New York, she was the daughter of the late Patrick Joseph Curtin and Margaret Ware Curtin. Peggy served 2 years in the US Army during the 1950’s. She was a medical secretary for a...

MARGARET MCCRACKEN
May 7, 2009
MARGARET S. “PEGGY” McCRACKEN Margaret Austin Smith “Peggy” McCracken, age 73, of Oxford, MD, formerly of Trappe, MD, died on Thursday evening, May 7, 2009 at the Memorial Hospital at Easton. Born on April 30, 1936 in Easton, MD, she was the daughter of the late George Austin Smith and Margaret Salisbury Smith. Miss Peggy was a graduate of Easton...

MABEL RIPPONS
Apr 30, 2009
MABEL “MAE” RAHE RIPPONS Mabel Rahe Rippons, a devoted mother, grandmother and friend, passed away early Thursday morning, April 30, 2009 at Chesapeake Woods Center, Cambridge, MD after a short illness. Born on June 22, 1923 in New York City, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Anna Rowley Zacpal. Mae spent most of her youth in Pallisades...

MARVIN FOXWELL
Apr 21, 2009
MARVIN MITCHELL FOXWELL Marvin Mitchell Foxwell, age 82, of Cambridge, MD, died Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at Chesapeake Woods Center. Born on October 14, 1926, in Sewards (lower Dorchester County), he was the son of the late Louis Hubbard and Grace Shorter Foxwell. Surviving are his brother Milford Foxwell and his wife Patsy of Cambridge, MD; nephews Larry Foxwell and...

WOODROW WILLEY, SR
Apr 20, 2009
Woodrow W. Willey, Sr., age 89, of Dagsboro, DE, died Monday, April 20, 2009 at his home. Born on December 14, 1919 in Drawbridge, Dorchester County, MD, he was the son of the late Riley James Willey and Elsie May Willey. Mr. Willey was educated in Dorchester County schools. On July 5, 1941 he married the former Irene Brohawn. She...
WAYNE MCCARTY
Apr 7, 2009
WAYNE C. MC CARTY Wayne C. McCarty, age 53, of Seaford, DE, died Tuesday morning, April 7, 2009 at Nanticoke Memorial Hospital, Seaford, DE. Born on July 22, 1955 in Cambridge, MD, he was the son of Helen F. Stewart McCarty of East New Market, MD and the late John Warner McCarty, Jr. Wayne was a graduate of North Dorchester...

MARTHA MOWBRAY
Mar 29, 2009
MARTHA E. MOWBRAY Martha Elba Gootee Mowbray, age 84, of Cambridge, MD, died Sunday, March 29, 2009 at Dorchester General Hospital. Born on January 3, 1925 in Cambridge, MD, she was the daughter of the late Herman E. Gootee and Lottie M. Lane Gootee. Mrs. Mowbray was a graduate of Cambridge High School, Class of 1943. On December 15, 1945...

ALDA MURPHY
Mar 24, 2009
ALDA LOUISE MURPHY Alda Louise Murphy, age 87, of Bishops Head, MD, died Tuesday morning, March 24, 2009 at Dorchester General Hospital. Born on April 27, 1921 in Toddville, Dorchester County, MD, she was the daughter of the late Charles G. Meredith and Etta S. Tall Meredith. She attended Toddville School and graduated from Crapo High School in 1938. On...
DORA MURPHY
Mar 21, 2009
Dora P. Murphy Dora Pearl Pritchett Murphy, age 90, of Toddville, MD, died on Saturday afternoon, March 21, 2009 at Dorchester General Hospital. Born on April 7, 1918 in Toddville, Dorchester County, MD, she was the daughter of the late Hilliary Vincent Pritchett and Areita Blithe Meredith Pritchett. On January 22, 1940 she married Lois Winfield Murphy. He died on...
JOSEPH TEDESCO
Mar 19, 2009
JOSEPH A. TEDESCO Joseph Augustine Tedesco, age 64, of Cambridge, MD, died Thursday morning, March 19, 2009 at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD. Born on November 16, 1944 in Port Chester, NY, he was the son of the late Alfonso Tedesco and Luigina Gambora Tedsco. Joe, as he was affectionately known, was a graduate of Parks College at St. Louis...
GEORGE RADCLIFFE
Mar 13, 2009
GEORGE M. RADCLIFFE George M. Radcliffe, age 89, a former Baltimore and Cambridge, MD resident, presently of Easton, MD, died Friday night, March 13, 2009 at Memorial Hospital, Easton, MD. Born on June 9, 1919 in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe (former U.S. Senator) and the late Mary McKim Marriott Radcliffe. He...

LOUIS FOREMAN
Mar 12, 2009
LOUIS FOREMAN Louis Foreman, of Easton Maryland, age 65, died Thursday March 12, 2009 in Easton, MD. Born on March 31, 1943 in Queen Anne County, he was the son of the late Isaiah Sr. and Pearl Foreman. Louis was one of eleven children. Since October of 1988, Louise came to reside and work at The Chesapeake Center, Inc. Louis...