Millicent J. "Penny" Carducci

Millicent Jeanne Worth Carducci, known to most as Penny, passed away on December 20, 2022, at the age of 93. Penny was born on October 28, 1929, to Mildred Thomas and Harry Worth in Detroit, Michigan. She graduated from Redford High School in 1947 and went on to study Library Science at Albion College. In keeping with a Delta Gamma sorority tradition, she asked out a football player, who later became her husband, Alexander Carducci. They married in 1951 in Detroit. As they started a family, Alexander went to medical school and was drafted in the US Navy. They traveled across the country and, finally, settled in Orlando, Florida in 1959. As Alexander opened a medical practice, Penny built themselves a home. Over the years, she built a home in five different houses, each bigger than the last to accommodate their growing family. As a homemaker, she was active in the community and in her children’s education. She was President of the School Board at Bishop Moore Catholic High School. As a devout Catholic, she was an Eucharistic minister and an active parishioner at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church. Later in life, she enjoyed her summers in Highlands, North Carolina, and winters in Orlando. She loved spending time with her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren, chatting about the events of the day. She had her favorite foods: her mini Dove chocolates (her daily allotment of 7-8 candies), eggrolls, pepperoni pizza, and Victor’s, her youngest son, cooking. She was an avid reader and read almost every murder mystery. She read so many, she refused to read paperback, since she knew she already read it. She read the newspaper front to back and even liked to read the obituaries. She enjoyed reading about people’s families and their stories. She loved her large, loud, Italian/British family and enjoyed the holidays the most. She was the first to call her children and grandchildren on their birthdays—at the crack of dawn. It was a rite of passage for every grandchild to make Rice Krispie squares with her. Penny affectionately called her family and all her loved ones “Babe.” She became a mother to many she metaphorically adopted, who affectionately called her Mrs. C. She is survived by her five children (Christopher J. Carducci and his wife LuAnn, Dr. Theresa J. Carducci and her husband Walter Raleigh Whitehurst, Mary A.C. Hefka and her husband Bruce Hefka, Dr. Michael A. Carducci and his wife Mary Katherine, and Victor G. Carducci); eleven grandchildren (Cristina, Charles, Alexander, Angela, Taylor, Patricia Jeanne, Austin, Claire, Amber, Jonathan, and Emmanuel); and two great-grandchildren (Suzanne and John). She is preceded in death by her husband, Dr. Alexander Carducci, and two of her children, Alexander Thomas Jr., and Robert Philip. In lieu of flowers, please donate to Canine Companions for Independence (CCI) at Canine.org or Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida at feedhopenow.org.

Millicent J. "Penny" Carducci

October 28, 1929 - December 20, 2022