AUBURN – Mary Emma Dow Woodman, 94, of 480 Minot Ave., died Friday, April 25, at Clover Manor.

She was born March 21, 1914, in Dover, N.H., the daughter of the late Henry and Ruth (Lightbody) Dow. She attended Rochester schools and graduated from Rochester High School in 1933.

She married John Franklin Woodman in Vernon, N.Y., on Jan. 24, 1937. She worked for several years at the John Wanamaker Store in Philadelphia and was manager of the arts and crafts department in one of their suburban stores. She also worked for Fair Housing in Philadelphia and was a dedicated environmentalist.

She and her husband were members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) and were instrumental in forming the Waterboro Friends Meeting under the care of the New England Society of Friends.

She was a talented artist and craftswoman who took art classes at Temple University in Philadelphia. She also studied with a master craftsman to learn the art of burnishing gold leaf and applied her knowledge to the restoration of antiques, especially old weathervanes and tin ware. Her hands were always busy with knitting, weaving, braiding and hooking rugs and transforming rough antiques into works of art with stencils, gold leaf and Tole painting.

She and John enjoyed spending summer vacations with their family at Wells Beach and treasured their trips to Bermuda and the Swiss Alps, making friends and memories which stayed with them throughout their lives.

She is survived by her children, David L. Woodman of Jim Thorpe, Pa., and Douglas P. Woodman of Palo Alto, Calif.; daughter, Priscilla Dee Meggison of Waterboro; two sisters, Dorothy Callaghan of Moody and Priscilla Brown of Springfield, Va.; eight grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.