…Vietnam War Vet., U.S. Census Bureau; 73
TEWKSBURY – John F. “Jack” Judge Jr., age 73, a decorated combat veteran and Census Bureau retiree, died peacefully Sunday, March 8, at the Sawtelle Family Hospice House in Reading, after a long battle with declining health. He was born in Boston, in January 1947, one of four children of the late Dorothy (Leonard) and the late Lt. Col. John F. Judge, U.S. Army, Retired. He was raised as an “Army Brat” as he moved with his family to his father’s postings Fort Monmouth, NJ, San Antonio, TX, Murphy Army Hospital in Waltham, MA, Kaiserslautern, Germany, Landstuhl, Germany, Fort Dix, NY, and Fort Devens in MA. He graduated from the Pemberton Township High School, Pemberton, N.J., then matriculated to U-Mass Amherst, where he enrolled in the R.O.T.C. program. His father, an Army Lt. Col. awarded Jack his Diploma and Army Commission at the Graduation Ceremony at U-Mass in 1968. Jack began his Army one-year and five-month overseas deployment in Germany, then served in Vietnam for a year. He served for a total of 5 years. He was honorably discharged as a Captain and earned two Bronze Star Medals, the National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Service Medal with 60 Device, and Two Overseas Bars.
Back in the U.S., he began a long career with the U.S. Census Bureau, where he retired as an administrator. He retired to Tewksbury in 2006.
Jack was proud to have been a “Friend of Bill’s” for thirty-eight years.
He leaves two brothers, Robert L. Judge and his wife Maryjane (Zappy) of Reading, MA, and Thomas M. Judge and his wife Paula (Salter) of Bedford, MA; a sister, Janet M. Smith and her husband Lt. Gen. Edwin P Smith, U.S. Army, Retired, of Colorado; four nephews and 1 niece, Jeffrey Smith of CO, Lj Judge of Needham, Kevin Judge of Waltham, Kerry Judge, and Matthew Judge, both of Bedford.
Visiting hours Monday, March 16, from 4:00 until 7:00 p.m. in the Tewksbury Funeral Home, corner of 1 Dewey and 975 Main Sts. (Rte. 38) TEWKSBURY CENTER, Ph. (800 in MA or 978) 851 2950. His funeral will begin Tuesday, Mar. 17, at 10:30 a.m. from the funeral home, followed by a Funeral Mass at 11:30 a.m. in St. William’s Church, 1351 Main St. (Rte. 38) Tewksbury. Committal services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 18, at the Massachusetts National Cemetery at Cape Cod, in Bourne. In lieu of flowers, memorials to the Tewksbury Habitat Build, Veteran’s Home Build, P.O. Box 454, Tewksbury, MA 01876 or www.tewksburyhabitatbuild.org see: tewksburyfuneralhome.com