Birth date: Oct 9, 1919 Death date: Mar 13, 2017
Anna Marie “Abby” (Pietrafesa) Bahouth, 97, of Syracuse, took peaceful leave of this world on March 13, 2017 among family at the Francis House. She was born on October 9, 1919 in Syracuse. A lifelong Syracusan, she attended The C Read Obituary
I am so pleased that Yma was able to meet Abby and has received some of the magical energy she brings to everyone around her. A true inspiration ...and true style icon!! I can't be there today...but Yma is with you nonna. All my love... Niki
I am Theresa Moloney Schafran, daughter of Eleanor Eagan Moloney. I loved your mother. She was so kind and easy to talk to. She could always make
Me feel so special. I wish that there were more people like her. But I feel God broke the mold after He created the one and only Abby. My thoughts and prayers are with you at this time.
Abby, aka Grandmahouth is one of the most special women in my life. In fact, I can hardly remember life without her. Since I was a little boy, we'd get together with the family and friends in New York, either Syracuse or Manhattan and from there adventures, laughter and tears (usually and mostly of joy) were on the menu du jour. From deciding to go to the movies on the UWS late at night and putting fur coats over our pajamas, to cruising the caribbean and trying to buy an abandoned castle in St Maarten, pepperoni soup, fashion shows with costume changes at the best 2nd hand store in Syracuse and I can just go on and on. All my love to the entire family, especially to my dearest Lisa, Candace, Mark and Peter and to Joe as well, across the pond(s). I am now putting on my Grandmother's mink coat to do the gardening and preparing apple pie, pepperoni soup and mounds and mounds of "gar" to go on everything. Abby lives on forever - all her best parts are watching over us and we are grateful for this.
I met Abby when I sold the Worth Collection just about 16 years ago. She was wonderful inside and out.
Patricia Mills
My condolences to all of Abby's family. She was truly a GREAT LADY. My time spent with her selling the Worth Collection was a fun, crazy experience. Her eye for fashion and style was unsurpassed. She will be missed but never forgotten. Sincerely, Ann Vaccaro
What a wonderful lady! She was a longtime friend of our family and always such a delight. With her help, I had the most fabulous trousseau any girl could have wished for! I wish I still had that fabulous coral Bonnie Cashin coat! Then after my first husband was killed, she completely outfitted me for my second wedding......including my wedding dress! It was such fun to work with her and I am so happy that I was able to call her a friend. The whole Pietrafesa family was the best......My thoughts and prayers are with all of you.
Jean (Terry) Thompson
