Born Dec. 30, 1951
Milford, Massachusetts
Died Feb. 21, 2025
East Montpelier, Vermont
Details of services
A memorial service will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Doctors Without Borders.
Meredith Tredeau died suddenly on February 21, 2025 at the age of 73, at home in East Montpelier. Meredith is survived by her daughter Zora Woodsum and son-in-law Joe, of Concord, Massachusetts; son Dashiell Vermilya, of Plainfield; and brothers Chris, of Onset, Massachusetts; Mike, of Burlington, Massachusetts, and Frank, of Pelham, New Hampshire. She was preceded in death by her father David, mother Marion (Naves), and brother Steve.
Meredith graduated in 1970 from Medfield High School in Massachusetts. She was proud of her education at Goddard College in Plainfield, where she met her best friend Reuben Jackson, known in Vermont for his Friday Night Jazz radio show. After college she pursued acting in New York before returning to Vermont in 1989. She built her own house on what was once a piece of the Goddard campus, raising her family there with former civil union partner Shelley Vermilya. Meredith took pride in her career as an executive at Rounder Records and later as a disability adjudicator for the state of Vermont.
Meredith adored books and was a regular at Bear Pond Books. She loved historical fiction, particularly Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander series. When not reading by her woodstove, Meredith enjoyed playing golf, dining at the Wayside, and watching movies at the Capitol Theater. Meryl Streep and Dame Judi Dench were among her favorite actors. She was also a longtime member of the Unitarian Universalist church in Montpelier. She came alive spending time with friends and family, whether having dinner with friends, watching her son play basketball, or seeing her daughter perform on the stage.
Meredith believed in enjoying life’s slow, cozy moments and the adventurous ones. She found joy in the kitchen, experimenting with dishes from The Joy of Cooking and Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking. Most of all she believed in love and the satisfaction that accompanies cracking open a good book.
Meredith will be sorely missed by her family and the friends she made in every corner of the community, from church to work to the Saturday Morning Live crew. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Doctors Without Borders.
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