Obituaries
Thomas Branzel
Nov 3, 2015
Thomas H. Branzel, 58, of Cambridge, Maryland passed away Tuesday evening, November 3, 2015 at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland with his family by his side. “Tom” as he was well known was born on August 7, 1957 in Buffalo, New York. He was a son of Barbara Jane Branzel and the late Robert Hugh Branzel. Tom, along with...
Ethel Jones
Oct 27, 2015
Ethel M. Jones, 90 years of age, formerly of Dorchester County, MD, presently of Denton, MD died October 27, 2015 at home with her family by her side. Born on January 10, 1925 at Hoopers Island, Dorchester County, MD, she was the daughter of the late Everett E. Booze and Ethel M. Creighton Booze. Mrs. Jones was a graduate of...
Francis Davis, Sr
Oct 23, 2015
Francis Gordy Davis, Sr., 66 of Secretary, Maryland passed away Friday, October 23, 2015 at UMSMC at Dorchester in Cambridge, Maryland with his family by his side. He was born on January 26, 1949 in Cambridge, MD and was raised in Bishops Head. He graduated from Cambridge High School with the class of 1968. On February 24, 1990 he...
Eleanor Ruark
Sep 28, 2015
Eleanor Ruark, 90, of Cambridge, Maryland passed away on Monday September 28, 2015 at her home in Salisbury, Maryland, surrounded by her family. Born in the Bar Neck District of Dorchester County on August 19, 1925, Eleanor was the daughter of Brice and Gladys Marshall. Eleanor was a devoted member of Beckwith United Methodist Church, and later, Grace United Methodist...
Frances Fitzhugh
Sep 28, 2015
Frances E. Fitzhugh, 76, of Church Creek, MD passed away Monday, September, 28, 2015 at University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore. Born in Vienna on December 16, 1938, she was one of two daughters of the late Addie Jones Oliphant and Russell Franklin Oliphant. She attended the local schools and graduated from North Dorchester High School with the class of...
Pamela Long
Sep 24, 2015
Pamela Towers Long, 57, formerly of Cambridge passed away September 24, 2015 in Marathon, Florida after a lengthy illness. Born in Cambridge August 26, 1958, she was a daughter of Ernestine Fox Towers Bloodsworth and the late James Oliver Towers. She attended the local schools and graduated from Cambridge South Dorchester High School with the Class of 76. Pamela moved...
Donna Powley
Sep 23, 2015
Donna Marie Powley, 55, of Cambridge passed away peacefully Wednesday, September 23, 2015 at UMSMC at Dorchester. Born January 4, 1960 she was a daughter of the late Marion Virginia Windsor Powley and Robert Edward Powley. She grew up in Wingate and attended elementary school at Crapo. As a young teen she worked during the summers with her mother at...
Joan Russello
Sep 23, 2015
Joan Russello, age 93, of Cambridge, Maryland, died Wednesday morning, September 23, 2015 at Mallard Bay Care Center, Cambridge. Born on November 3, 1921 in Brooklyn, New York, she was a daughter of the late Charles and Florence Powers. On December 12, 1941 she married Michael Russello, her husband of sixty-eight years. Mr. Russello died on July 6, 2010. From...
Mary Spear
Sep 18, 2015
Mary F. "Marynan" Spear, 82, of Vienna, Maryland passed away Friday morning, September 18, 2015 at home with her loving family by her side. Born July 9, 1933 in York, PA she was a daughter of the late Mary Thompson and Walton Rufus Phillips. She attended the local schools and graduated from Vienna High School. On November 24, 1951 she...
Iris Slacum
Sep 12, 2015
Iris May Slacum, 89, of Cambridge, MD passed away on Saturday, September 12, 2015 at Mallard Bay Care Center, Cambridge. She was the wife of the late Paul L. Slacum. A visitation with family will be held on Wednesday, September 16, 2015 from 6- 8 p.m. at Newcomb and Collins Funeral Home, P.A., 308 High Street, Cambridge, MD. Burial...
William LaChappelle, Jr
Aug 31, 2015
William G. LaChappelle, Jr., 82, of North Stoneington, Connecticut, formerly of Cambridge, departed this earth on August 31, 2015. Born on May 24, 1933, he was a son of the late Stella and William LaChappelle, Sr. of Rhode Island. As a young man he entered the US Navy and served his country during the Korean Conflict from 1952 till 1956....
Jamie Mills, Jr
Aug 30, 2015
Jamie P. Mills, Jr. passed away peacefully at his house on River Point, Cambridge, MD on August 30, 2015. He was 89. Born in Cambridge in 1926 to Jamie and Cora Mills, he was the youngest son of their eight children. Jamie served in the Army Air Corps during World War II. After the war, he obtained his accounting...
Reverend English
Aug 25, 2015
The Rev’d William Lawson English, only child of William Marion English and Mollie Stewart English, was born July 19, 1936 in the Dorchester General Hospital, Cambridge, Maryland. Rev. English died peacefully, Tuesday morning, August 25, 2015 at his home. William graduated from Cambridge High School in 1954; Wesley College in Dover, Delaware in 1957 and the American University in Washington,...
Alice Beletsky
Aug 22, 2015
Alice Anna Beletsky, nee Alice Anna Belanic, of Secretary, MD (formerly of Bethany, CT) died on August 22, 2015 at the home of her granddaughter, Jennifer. She was married to the late Walter William Beletsky for 70 years. Alice was born June 29, 1922 in Branford, CT to the late Anna (Ifkovic) and Matthew Rodman Belanic. Alice graduated from Branford...
James Benesh
Aug 18, 2015
James W. Benesh, age 82, of Trappe, MD died on Tuesday, August 18, 2015 in Easton, MD. Born on January 12, 1933 in Union City, NJ, he was the son of the late Charles Benesh and Edna Stark Benesh. On March 31, 1956 he married the former Helen C. Hoffman of Landover, MD. Mr. Benesh served his country during the...
Major Pierce
Aug 7, 2015
Major Edward L. Pierce (Ret. Salvation Army),age 72, of Myrtle Beach, SC, formally of Cambridge, MD, departed this life Friday morning, August 7, 2015, at Tidelands Community Hospice in Georgetown, SC. Edward was born July 3, 1943 in Dalton, GA, the son of the late Arthur M. and B.D. Mulkey Pierce. On August 12, 1967 he married Captain Geraldyne Aull....
Robert Stump
Jul 29, 2015
Robert P. Stump. 76, of Cambridge passed away peacefully Wednesday, July 29, 2015 at Mallard Bay Care Center, Cambridge. Born in Penns Grove, N.J. March 12, 1939 he was a son of the late Marion Stratten and Howard Everett Stump. In 1962 he enlisted in the US Army and served his country for two years. On January 5, 1962 he...
William Cook
Jul 27, 2015
William “Bill” Guy Cook, 63, of Hurlock, MD passed away at his home on July 27, 2015 from a sudden illness. He is now riding on the wings of his Harley on the streets of gold. Bill was born May 8, 1952 in Baltimore, MD to William Franklin Cook and Delores M. Hale. He graduated from Franklin Senior High...
John Mowbray
Jul 22, 2015
John A. Mowbray, 55, of Rhodesdale passed away Wednesday morning, July 22, 2015 at PRMC, Salisbury after a sudden illness. Born in Cambridge on January 15, 1960 he was a son of the late Elizabeth Odelia Willey Mowbray and Harry Hooper Mowbray. He attended the local schools and graduated from Cambridge South Dorchester High School. John was very talented...
Edward Stivers
Jul 18, 2015
Edward Wayne Stivers, 74, of Cambridge, MD passed away peacefully early Saturday morning, July 18, 2015 at Chesapeake Woods Center. Born September 18, 1940 in Baltimore, MD, he was a son of the late Elizabeth Chance Stivers and Edward Elmer Stivers. After attending the local schools in Baltimore, he married the former Sue Ann Hafner in 1959. They made their...
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