Dorothy Kennedy (Spelman), 92, of Hillsdale, NJ died on January 15. She was born in Philadelphia, PA in 1928 to Mary (Tuohy) and Michael Spelman of County Mayo, Ireland. She was a graduate of Little Flower High School. Her six brothers and two sisters predeceased her. She married Robert Kennedy (deceased 2005) and raised her family of six children in Philadelphia and Hillsdale, having moved to NJ in 1966. She was an active class mother, bingo assistant, girl scout leader and Rosary Society member at Saint John the Baptist Church, Hillsdale, NJ. After raising her own children, she worked for many years in the Marian Center Day Care at Assumption Parish in Emerson, NJ. She is survived by her six children, ten grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. She died peacefully at home surrounded by her children. Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 10:30 AM on Thursday, January 21 at Saint John the Baptist Church, Hillsdale, NJ.