Obituaries

Martha Evans

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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