Saratoga Springs, NY - Mrs. Pauline (Fiorino) Colucci peacefully passed away surrounded by her family at Wesley Health Care Center on Wednesday (March 1, 2017) at the age of 96.

Pauline is survived by her two daughters, Ann Bullington (Lloyd Helman) of Ballston Spa and Jamie Johnson of Saratoga Springs; five grandchildren, John Bullington, Stacy Johnson, Suzanne Bullington, Brett Johnson, and Caitlin Johnson; great-grandchildren James Brennen and Kylie Brennen as well as beloved nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by her husband, James Colucci (1915-1986); her parents, Maria (Fuschino) Fiorino and Peter Fiorino; her brothers, John Fiorino, Anthony Fiorino, Rafael Fiorino, and Peter Fiorino and sister Julia Fiorino.

Born in 1920 in Mechanicville, NY to the late Maria and Peter Fiorino, she married James Colucci, a World War Two veteran and employee of the Saratoga Springs High School, in 1947 and moved to Saratoga Springs. After having her two daughters, Pauline worked at Van Raalte as a head seamstress. Her children remember her as a loving and devoted mother and as a very social and happy woman.

Pauline was a talented baker, seamstress and gardener. She was an active and dedicated member of the Church of St Peter, Court McLaughlin 422 Catholic Daughters of the Americas and served as the historian for the Dominick Smaldone ITAM Ladies Auxiliary club for a number of years.

Relatives and friends may call from 4 to 6pm Friday (Mar. 3, 2017) at the William J. Burke & Sons/Bussing and Cunniff Funeral Homes, 628 North Broadway (584-5373).

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10am Saturday, (Mar. 4) in the historic Church of St. Peter, 241 Broadway and burial will follow in the family plot at St. Peter's Cemetery, West Ave.

Pauline will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved her.

Online remembrances may be made at burkefuneralhome.com.