Saratoga Springs, NY - James F. McMullen, Sr., of East Ave., passed away Saturday (Mar. 27, 2010) at the Wesley Health Care Center, Lawrence St. He was 93. Born on July 27, 1916 in Albany, NY, he was a son of the late LeRoy and Marie (Sheridan) McMullen and grew up in Amsterdam. A graduate of the Univ. of Colorado in Boulder as a physical education major, he received his Masters Degree from SUNY Cortland. He had served in the US Air Force during World War Two in the Aleutian Islands as a Chief Air Craft Inspector, from 1941 thru 1945. His life was devoted to education and coaching sports. He began his 46 year teaching career as an elementary school teacher in Gloversville, NY. He was the principal of the Greenwich Elementary School in Greenwich, N.Y. He began teaching at the Division Street Elementary School in Saratoga Springs in 1958 and retired from there in June 1994. During these 46 years, Jim also spent many years coaching basketball, Saratoga Springs Freshman football, the American Legion summer Baseball team and was one of the founders of Pop Warner Football in Saratoga Springs. He spent summers working as a Pinkerton for the NYRA and was a lifelong NY Yankees fan. His interests included astronomy and he was a professional square dance caller. A member and past Commander of both the Gurtler Brothers Post 420 Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion Adirondack Post 70, he was a life member of Saratoga-Wilton B.P.O. Elks Lodge 161, a lifetime member of NEA and the New York State Retired Teachers Association. Survivors include his wife of 40 years, Judith (Glider) McMullen; his son, James F. McMullen, Jr. (wife Tammy) of Saratoga Springs; two daughters, Maxine McMullen (husband David Ristine) of St. Petersburg, FL and Victoria West of Colorado Springs, CO; his granddaughters, Ashley and Marissa McMullen; his grandsons, Austin and Zachary McMullen and his beloved Russian Blue cat named Sir Blue. Relatives and friends may call from 4 to 8pm Thursday (Apr. 1, 2010) at the William J. Burke & Sons/Bussing & Cunniff Funeral Homes, 628 North Broadway. A funeral service will be conducted at 1pm Friday at the funeral home. Burial with military honors will be at 2:30pm Friday at the Gerald BH Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery, 200 Duell Rd., Schuylerville, NY. Special thanks to the devoted staff on 2 Springs at the Wesley Health Care Center. Their love and care for Big Mac were an inspiration during the year he resided with them. Memorials may be made to Community Hospice of Saratoga, 179 Lawrence St., Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 or to Homes for Orphaned Pets Exist (HOPE), PO Box 2497,Wilton, NY 12831. Jims life can be found in the following poem, A Hundred Years from Now, from "Within My Power" by Forest Witcraft." A hundred years from now it will not matter what my bank accounts were, the sort of house I lived in, the kind of car I drove, nor what my clothes looked like, but that the world may be a better place because I was important in the life of a child". Online remembrances may be made at www.burkefuneralhome.com.