Obituaries
Betty Travers
Jul 23, 2009
Betty Lee Travers, age 84, of Cambridge, MD, departed this life Thursday morning, July 23, 2009 at Chesapeake Woods Center, Cambridge with her family by her side. Born on November 17, 1924 in Cambridge, MD, she was the daughter of the late James Irving Hurley and Adell S. Latham Hurley. On November 1, 1942 she married her husband and...
The Meredith, Sr
Jul 8, 2009
The Rev. Ronald S. Meredith, age 78, of Cambridge, MD, died at his home Wednesday afternoon, July 8, 2009. Born on January 25, 1931 in Cambridge, MD, he was the son of the late Thomas V. Meredith, Sr. and Florence Mae Bradley Meredith. He was educated in schools in Cambridge, Omaha University, Salisbury State and Oklahoma A&M. On September 14,...
Mary Todd
Jul 7, 2009
Mary W. Todd, age 87, of Cambridge, MD, died Tuesday evening, July 7, 2009 at Dorchester General Hospital. Born on February 24, 1922 in Drawbridge, Dorchester County, MD, she was the daughter of the late Winfield Scott Willey and Lillie Elizabeth Adkins Willey. On June 30, 1946 she married John Melvin Jones. Mr. Jones died on November 10, 1958....
Martha Evans
Jul 4, 2009
Martha Jane Sanders Evans, 85, of Cambridge, MD, died at home on Independence Day, July 4, 2009. Born on November 20, 1923 in Madison, MD, she was the daughter of the late Ira Dail Sanders and Louise Bromwell Sanders. Mrs. Evans was educated in Dorchester county schools and was a graduate of Cambridge High School, Class of 1941. On...

Anna Faulkner
Jun 13, 2009
ANNA MAE FAULKNER Anna Mae Faulkner, age 84, of Cambridge, MD, died Saturday June 13, 2009 at Chesapeake Woods Center, Cambridge. Born on March 3, 1925 in Wytheville, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Richard Terry Stroup and Sara Jane Wright Stroup. Mrs. Faulkner had worked for various sewing factories in the Cambridge area including Bogash and Joe...

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...