Penny (Dodds) Tudor

Loving wife, mother, daughter, sister and friend, Penny Dodds Tudor, 55, of South Burlington passed away peacefully on July 2, 2022, at the McClure Miller Respite House in Colchester, Vermont. Born in Great Barrington, MA, Penny grew up on a dairy farm in Hillsdale, New York. She graduated from the University of Vermont and began her career in Food Science at Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream. Penny worked in Quality Control and into a management position where she was lovingly known as the “Velvet Hammer” for having a firm but compassionate management style. After 18 years of service and the Unilever buyout of Ben and Jerry’s, Penny decided a change was needed and began working at Seventh Generation, Inc., where she rose to the position of Director of Quality and Product Compliance, successfully managing her department and several employees. She worked there for 21 years as a well-liked, accomplished, and award-winning manager until she was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive brain cancer in September of 2021.

Penny is survived by her husband of 30+ years, Chris and her 2 daughters, Becca and Maggie as well as her loyal running pal, Buddy. She is also survived by her mother, Ruth Dodds, her brother and sister-in-law John and Marian Dodds, her mother-in-law Janet Tudor, and her nieces Louisa and Nancy Dodds. Penny will always be known for her love of family, being a fantastic mother, a thoughtful coworker, and a giving volunteer. We will miss her smile, her laugh, and her joy around the campfire. Most of all, we will miss her loving and caring attitude towards others. She always set an excellent example as a person with great moral conviction.

A memorial service will be held at Essex Alliance Church in Essex, Vermont at 2pm on Thursday, July 14,2022 in Essex Vermont with a reception to follow. Penny’s ashes will be spread at one of her favorite national parks at a later date. Her urn will be interned in her family’s gravesite in Hillsdale, New York.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to: Essex Alliance Church Night to Shine Fund or Life Trip Student Missions https://essexalliance.churchcenter.com/giving or to Camp Berea, 68 Berea Road, Hebron, NH, 03241 https://bereapartnership.campbraingiving.com/