Londonderry----Ellen Woodman Kennedy, 57, of 452 Mammoth Road, died at her home on Saturday, June 23, 2007.  She was the widow of Thomas D. Kennedy who died in 1988

         Mrs. Kennedy was born June 23, 1950 in Laconia, NH, the daughter of Arthur and Rosemary (Jackson) Woodman. 

         Mrs. Kennedy graduated from Keene High School in 1968 and from Keene State College in 1973 with a Bachelors of Science in Education Degree.  She received her Master of Science in Education from Connecticut University.  She taught grades 1-12 in Connecticut and New Hampshire.  She was a Junior High School and Senior High School economics teacher in Connecticut and New Hampshire and was a reading specialist at the North Londonderry Elementary School.

         Mrs. Kennedy is survived by her parents, Arthur and Rosemary (Jackson) Woodman, of Londonderry, N. H.; two daughters, Susan  Kennedy and Margaret Kennedy both of Londonderry, N. H; a brother, Eric Woodman, and his wife, Lynne, of Allenstown, NH; a brother, David Woodman, of New York; a brother, Robert Kennedy, and his wife, Lisa, of New Jersey; three nieces;  Amanda Woodman , Amelia Woodman and Samantha Kennedy; five nephews, James Woodman, Justin Woodman, Matthew Kennedy, Justin Breton and Jeremy Breton; and several aunts, uncles and cousins.

         A private funeral and burial will be held in the family lot in Union Cemetery, Sanbornton, N. H.

Memorial donations may be made to the VNA Hospice Program, 33 Commercial Street, Unit 401, Manchester, NH. 03101 or to the North Londonderry Elementary School Reading Program c/o Barbara McKenzie, 19 Sanborn Road, Londonderry, NH 03053.

         Wilkinson-Beane Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, NH is in charge of the arrangements.