She was born on June 18, 1923, in Napierville, Québec, the youngest of 13 children.
Pauline moved from Canada with her parents, Alice Dufresne Bourgeois and Pierre Bourgeois, and nine surviving siblings in April 1927 at age three to Northside in Waterford, where she resided until 2002.
She then relocated to Columbia Crest Apartments in Cohoes, and then to Loudonville Assisted Living in May 2022.
Pauline was educated at St. Anne's School in Waterford and graduated in 1941 from St. Bernard's Academy (later known as Keveny Memorial Academy). Additionally, she graduated from Albany Business College in 1942.
Upon graduation from A.B.C., she worked for a brief time for Williams Press in Menands and then Peerless Fibre Company in Cohoes. She then began her state career in 1944 as a secretary for the New York State Department of Commerce. In 1958, Pauline transferred to the N.Y.S. Department of Civil Service where she became the special assistant to the president of the Civil Service Commission. She retired from there in 1979 with 35 years of dedicated state service. Later, she assumed a part-time secretarial position at the Rensselaer Newman Foundation Chapel and Cultural Center (R.P.I.), where she remained for approximately ten years.
In the seventies, Pauline enjoyed overseas traveling trips to Ireland, The Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Scotland, England, and Africa. Additionally, her leisure time was spent bowling, and playing poker and pinochle, and she was known to test her arm agility and endurance at the Saratoga Racino slot machines. She was renowned for her culinary skills, especially her delicious pies, and you could always count on her to bring "Bourgeois-sized" portions of appetizers, salads, or desserts at family gatherings.
She was a former member of the Cohoes Bowling League, the Cohoes Columbiettes, and the Ladies of St. Anne of Waterford.
In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her siblings, Laurina, Harvey, Omer, Bernard Bourgeois (born 1908), Aline Fleury, Jeannette Bourgeois, twins Marguerite Berthiaume and Claire Arneault, Laurent, Bernard (born 1917), Albert Bourgeois and Berthe Coutu.
Several adoring and devoted nieces and nephews survive.
Though we bid farewell to the last of the baker's dozen of that Bourgeois generation, we will forever treasure the countless wonderful memories with which she filled our hearts. Undoubtedly, every niece and nephew can recall, with great affection and pleasure, happy times together for which she was responsible. Though she did not have children of her own, she assumed such a pivotal role in all our lives. We looked up to her with admiration, respect and gratitude for the good fortune and privilege of calling her our aunt.
Interment will follow in St. Joseph's Cemetery, Waterford.
She was born on June 18, 1923, in Napierville, Québec, the youngest of 13 children.
Pauline moved from Canada with her parents, Alice Dufresne Bourgeois and Pierre Bourgeois, and nine surviving siblings in April 1927 at age three to Northside in Waterford, where she resided until 2002.
She then relocated to Columbia Crest Apartments in Cohoes, and then to Loudonville Assisted Living in May 2022.
Pauline was educated at St. Anne's School in Waterford and graduated in 1941 from St. Bernard's Academy (later known as Keveny Memorial Academy). Additionally, she graduated from Albany Business College in 1942.
Upon graduation from A.B.C., she worked for a brief time for Williams Press in Menands and then Peerless Fibre Company in Cohoes. She then began her state career in 1944 as a secretary for the New York State Department of Commerce. In 1958, Pauline transferred to the N.Y.S. Department of Civil Service where she became the special assistant to the president of the Civil Service Commission. She retired from there in 1979 with 35 years of dedicated state service. Later, she assumed a part-time secretarial position at the Rensselaer Newman Foundation Chapel and Cultural Center (R.P.I.), where she remained for approximately ten years.
In the seventies, Pauline enjoyed overseas traveling trips to Ireland, The Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Scotland, England, and Africa. Additionally, her leisure time was spent bowling, and playing poker and pinochle, and she was known to test her arm agility and endurance at the Saratoga Racino slot machines. She was renowned for her culinary skills, especially her delicious pies, and you could always count on her to bring "Bourgeois-sized" portions of appetizers, salads, or desserts at family gatherings.
She was a former member of the Cohoes Bowling League, the Cohoes Columbiettes, and the Ladies of St. Anne of Waterford.
In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her siblings, Laurina, Harvey, Omer, Bernard Bourgeois (born 1908), Aline Fleury, Jeannette Bourgeois, twins Marguerite Berthiaume and Claire Arneault, Laurent, Bernard (born 1917), Albert Bourgeois and Berthe Coutu.
Several adoring and devoted nieces and nephews survive.
Though we bid farewell to the last of the baker's dozen of that Bourgeois generation, we will forever treasure the countless wonderful memories with which she filled our hearts. Undoubtedly, every niece and nephew can recall, with great affection and pleasure, happy times together for which she was responsible. Though she did not have children of her own, she assumed such a pivotal role in all our lives. We looked up to her with admiration, respect and gratitude for the good fortune and privilege of calling her our aunt.
Interment will follow in St. Joseph's Cemetery, Waterford.
Family Members
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Laurina Bourgeois
1903–1905
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Raymond "Harvey" Bourgeois
1905–1962
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Bernard Bourgeois
1908–1908
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Aline Bourgeois Fleury
1909–2004
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Jeannette Bourgeois
1911–2003
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Claire A. Bourgeois Arneault
1913–1992
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Marguerite Bourgeois Berthiaume
1913–1987
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Laurent A Bourgeois
1915–2006
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Bernard Ernest Bourgeois
1917–1958
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Albert E Bourgeois
1919–2010
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Berthe Bourgeois Coutu
1920–2018
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