Robert Bernard Pecor

Bob "Coach" Pecor was born on August 3, 1934, in Burlington, Vermont, the oldest child of Donald Clement Pecor and Evelyen Ellen (Bolio) Pecor. Bob passed on March 23, 2024, in Rockledge, Florida.
Bob graduated from Rice Memorial High School, in Burlington, VT and then Johnson State College, where he met his wife, Nancy. He taught Biology in Burlington at both Lyman C. Hunt Junior High and at Burlington High School, where he coached Cross Country Running, Track, and Basketball teams, and he coached Cross Country Running at St. Michael´s College and ran the penalty box at all UVM Hockey home games until his retirement in 1989. He volunteered at animal shelters with his wife, Nancy, and was proud of having been a persistent blood donor, donating over 30 gallons in his lifetime.
Bob was predeceased by his parents, his siblings, Barbara Ann Pecor, Joyce Ellen Pecor, Donald Clement Pecor II, Ronald "Pinky" Pecor, Roland Lee Pecor, Gary Pecor, and Terrance Eugene Pecor. Bob was also predeceased by his daughters Suzanne "Suzy" Pecor and Maureen "Mo" Pecor, who both fought lifelong battles with Cystic Fibrosis. Bob is survived by his brother, James David "Jimmy" Pecor, his son Thomas Martin Pecor and wife Sarah Irene (Parmer) Pecor and their children Ryan Taylor Pecor, Jaime Christine Pecor, and Emily Nicole Pecor, and by his daughter Michelle Anne (Pecor) Ciccariello and husband Richard Alan Ciccariello and their daughter Anne Renée Ciccariello, and He was survived by his wife, Nancy, for just 8 days.

There is a link to send flowers, but both Mom & Dad had expressed their wishes through the years, that people do not send flowers at funerals. Instead, donate to the charity of your choosing. For both of my sisters' funerals, they asked that people please NOT send flowers, instead donate to Cystic Fibrosis research or similar organizations working to eradicate suffering.

I know their message would be the same here: NO FLOWERS - Instead, donate to some organization, of your choosing, that is working to alleviate suffering.

Michelle, thank you so much for reaching out to me! I am sorry for your losses.

I was so fond of Coach Pecor. He was a great coach. No one could motivate his runners like coach Pecor. His kindness and understanding of the teenage psyche and how to get the best performance out each one of us was a testament of his character. I remember going to running camp at "camp Pecor." Nancy was vital to this event for the several years we did the camp. Also, I remember being in the finish of my races and coach Pecor would say I need you to get this runner and you would push to always get past the other team´s runner. During my junior year we set a record at the state meet for the lowest number of winning points ever scored. Our runners finished 2,3,7,8 and 12th for a total of 32 points. This record stood for over 40 years.

Sincerely yours, Brad Phelps