Kathleen Goodwin ... rabid Patriots, Red Sox fan; at 91

DOVER - Kathleen Rita Goodwin (nee Hughes) of 40 Chestnut Street, Dover, died peacefully at her home on Monday, May 23, 2022, after a short illness. Kathleen was born on November 18, 1930, in Dover and was raised by her grandparents, Harry and Christina Hughes (nee Murphy).

She attended local schools. In 1947 she married Frank Goodwin and together they raised seven children. She was married to Frank for 64 years. The Goodwin household was always filled with music and kids. The door was always open for her children's friends and there was always room at the table for one, or 10, more. To her departing day she was known as Ma to these unofficial family members. For the adult friends a rotating, laugh filled and raucous weekend card game, usually accompanied by a boiled lobster and clam "suppah" was de rigor. In her later years Kathleen loved travel and she and Frank spent winters with friends and family in Florida, Hawaii and Asia. They traveled far and wide visiting numerous places in the United States as well as Canada, England and Ireland. She enjoyed playing cards four or five times per week, visiting casinos and spending time with her children in Florida, at Milton Lake, Lake Winnipesaukee and York Beach.

She was a rabid New England Patriots and Boston Red Sox fan and on game days could usually be found in front of her gigantic wide screen TV cheering them on.

Kathleen is survived by her son Robert and wife Leslie of Bar Harbor, Maine, Susanne Picard and husband Richard of Eliot Maine, Donna Geaudreau and husband Alfred (Ed) of South Berwick, Maine, Judy Swett and husband David of Summerfield, Fla., Sharon Dionne and Nancy Joyce both of Berwick, Maine as well as 12 grandchildren, 14 great grandchildren and 2 great, great grandchildren. Kathleen was a warm, kind and generously giving person who will be sorely missed by her family and friends. She was predeceased by her husband Frank I. Goodwin and her son Richard F. Goodwin as well as two grandsons.