Marj Kennedy - A Biographical Summary
March 11, 2019
by Jim Kennedy
Birth: April 23, 1945 in Carlisle PA
Parents: Charles H. B. (“Chick”) Kennedy and Dorothy (Logan) Carl Kennedy
Education:
Grade & H.S. – S. Middleton Twp., Boiling Springs, PA. H.S. Grad: 1963
Undergrad – Lock Haven State College, Lock Haven, PA. B.A. Elementary Ed, 1967
Post-Grad – Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, PA M.Ed., 1970
Marriage:
1974 – Married Fred Coulson. Divorced after 8 years. Never re-married.
Career:
1967 - 2002 – Grade School Teacher at S. Middleton Twp. School District
Spring, 1997 – Sabbatical. Visitation & participant observation at Native American schools in the Southwestern U.S.
Taught more than 900 second and fourth grade pupils during her career. Later in her 35-year career, Marj taught the children of parents who had themselves been her pupils a generation earlier.
Parents: Charles H. B. (“Chick”) Kennedy and Dorothy (Logan) Carl Kennedy
Education:
Grade & H.S. – S. Middleton Twp., Boiling Springs, PA. H.S. Grad: 1963
Undergrad – Lock Haven State College, Lock Haven, PA. B.A. Elementary Ed, 1967
Post-Grad – Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, PA M.Ed., 1970
Marriage:
1974 – Married Fred Coulson. Divorced after 8 years. Never re-married.
Career:
1967 - 2002 – Grade School Teacher at S. Middleton Twp. School District
Spring, 1997 – Sabbatical. Visitation & participant observation at Native American schools in the Southwestern U.S.
Taught more than 900 second and fourth grade pupils during her career. Later in her 35-year career, Marj taught the children of parents who had themselves been her pupils a generation earlier.
Church: Otterbein Church (formerly E.U.B., later United Methodist) Boiling Springs, PA. Marj was a lifelong member.
Death: Feb. 9, 2019 in Carlisle, PA. Ashes interred at Mt. Zion Cemetery, Churchtown, PA