Richard Goodman

1931 - 2015

Richard Hyman Dick Goodman, 84, of Hampton and Rangeley, ME passed away on Wednesday, August 19, 2015 following a lengthy illness. Dick Goodman was a national leader in public education. In 1976, Dick and his family moved from Wayland, MA to Hampton, NH and he became Executive Director of both the NH School Boards Association and the NH School Administrators Association. He co-authored Improved Leadership for Improved Achievement and Thinking Differently: Recommendations for 21st Century School Board / Superintendent Leadership, Governance, and Teamwork for High Student Achievement. The latter publication was sent to all school superintendents in America. Dick delighted in his family. He was proud that his parents, who emigrated from Russia at the turn of the 20th century, sent all 13 of their children to college. While a student at Wesleyan, he successfully nominated his mother to be New Hampshires 1954 Mother of the Year | an honor that gave him tremendous joy. Always the life of the party, he hosted an annual Fourth of July family reunion in Hampton, NH for 35 years. He devoted the first years of his retirement to researching and privately publishing a book about the Goodman Family. He leaves behind his wife of 15 years, Lynn Cozza Goodman and stepsons Derek DiMatteo of Bloomington, IN and David DiMatteo and his partner Julia Meier of Portland, OR; his daughters, Jane Goodman of Bloomington, IN, Susan Cohen and her husband William of Stirling, NJ; his son David Goodman and his wife Ellen of Hampton; four beloved grandchildren, Matthew Cohen of New York, NY, Lianna Cohen of Boston, MA, and Isabelle and Samuel Goodman, both of Hampton; brother Joseph Goodman and his wife Pat of Nashua; his sisters, Lillian Goodman and her close friend Mary K Alexander of Shrewsbury, MA, Elizabeth Fleischman of Boynton Beach, FL; 30 nieces and nephews and their families and many friends. Visitation was held from 3 to 6 PM on Saturday, August 22, 2015 in the Remick & Gendron Funeral Home | Crematory, 811 Lafayette Rd., Hampton. Services were held at 1 PM on Sunday, August 23 at the First Congregational Church of Hampton, 127 Winnacunnet Rd, Hampton. Burial followed in the High Street Cemetery, Hampton. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Richard H. Goodman Memorial Scholarship Fund. Checks can be made payable to: Winnacunnet Dollars for Scholars (enter Richard H. Goodman Memorial Scholarship Fund in the memo field) and mailed to: Winnacunnet Dollars for Scholars, Inc., PO Box 1593, North Hampton, NH 03862 or donations can also be made on the Winnacunnet Dollars for Scholars website (http://www.winnacunnet.dollarsforscholars.org); click on the Donate Now button at the top of the page. The direct link is: http://www.winnacunnet. dollarsforscholars.org/index. php?section=chapterWeb site&action=donate&fwID=640). There is a small PayPal processing fee. Please visit www.RemickGendron.com to view Dicks complete obituary, sign his tribute wall or for directions.