Mrs. Anna Lucille Ambrose

Anna Lucille Ambrose, 80, of West Stockbridge, passed away peacefully on Monday evening at Berkshire Medical Center, with family members at her side. Born in Pittsfield on June 7, 1942, the daughter of Michael and Lucille Ambrose, she attended the former Williams High School in Stockbridge and later completed her EMT certification at Berkshire Community College. Anna brightened people’s days in West Stockbridge when she owned the Public Market for 26 years, she shared her gifts of kindness for 18 years as the Concierge at Cranwell Resort in Lenox, and at the time of her death, she worked alongside her son and daughter-in-law at Loeb’s Foodtown in Lenox, as the chief “Deliverer of Smiles”. Anna had a precious gift of blessing every person she met. She showered positive energy, warmth, and laughter to all people around her throughout her life, as a mom, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt, daughter, and friend. Anna always had a smile for everyone and shared her light freely. She had been a parishioner of St. Patrick Church in West Stockbridge for most of her life, she was a member of the first West Stockbridge EMT squad, serving the town as an EMT for over 20 years as well as the Chair of the Kiwanis Pediatric Festival. In short, Anna dedicated her life to loving, lifting and helping. Anna spent her days away from “work” reading, exploring, bouncing on her rebounder, mowing the lawn and caring for her flowers and herbs. She loved shopping for others, especially sending cards for every occasion under the sun, collecting and trying recipes, cooking abundantly for anyone who crossed the threshold, or simply enjoying movies (comedies) and laughing at the TV. Anna is survived by her children; Deborah A. Piacitelli and her husband John, of Indian Land, SC; Bernie Fallon and his wife Isabel, of West Stockbridge, Jeffrey A. Fallon and his wife Natasha, of Surprise, AZ, and Kristany Skorput and her partner Clint Babcock, of West Stockbridge; siblings Michael Ambrose of Pittsfield, Margaret Rubinow of Sarasota, FL, Eleanor Ambrose of Pittsfield, and Allan Ambrose and wife Alison, of Pittsfield; grandchildren Jeffrey, Deana, and Benjamin Piacitelli, Connie, Kenny, and Jeffrey Fajardo, Jeffrey, Tanner and Hunter Fallon, and Evan and Ian Babcock; great grandchildren Luna Cerami and Ozzie Piacitelli, Greyson and Riley Fajardo, and dozens of nieces and nephews. Besides her parents she was also predeceased by her brother, John Ambrose. Calling hours for Anna L. Ambrose will be Friday from 4-7 pm at the ROCHE FUNERAL HOME in Lenox, followed by the Liturgy of Christian Burial on Saturday at 10am at St. Patrick’s Church in West Stockbridge, celebrated by Rev. Monsignor John J. Bonzagni, Pastor. In lieu of flowers donations in Anna’s memory to St. Judes Children’s Hospital and the Berkshire Humane Society in care of the funeral home, 120 Main Street, Lenox, MA 01240.

Mrs. Anna Lucille Ambrose

June 7, 1942 - June 27, 2022