CO on March 31, 2021. He was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut on November
10, 1932 to Frederick A. Judd Jr. and Clara Louise Matthews Judd. He was the
youngest of four children whom all have preceded him in death.
Fred graduated from Fairfield Prep and received a scholarship to Holy Cross
College in Worcester, MA and was a member of the ROTC. Upon graduation in
1955 he went to pilot training in Laredo, Texas and remained there for three
years as a flight instructor. He was assigned to Sembach and Rammstein AFB in
Germany in support of NATO operations. Returning to the US he went to
Williams Air Force Base in AZ as an advanced flight instructor. From there he
went to Luke Air Force Base for F-100 tactical flight training. He flew 238 combat
missions in Vietnam at Tuy Hoa and Bien Hoa bases in 1969 to 1970. Upon
returning he attended Arizona State University under the Air Force Institute of
Technology Program (AFIT).
In 1973 he was assigned to Malmstrom Air Force Base in Great Falls, MT where
he was Communications Director for the United States and Canadian
Communication Forces. A new assignment in 1977 took him to Wright Patterson
AF Base in Dayton, OH.
Retiring from the Air Force in 1979 Fred and his family moved to Bridgeport, CT
where he went to work for Peoples Bank as Public Relations Director. Then he
went to work for the St. Vincent Medical Foundation as Vice President. Fred was
President of the Cardinal Shehan Center Board and also served on the Board of
Police Commissioners in Bridgeport. He retired from public service in 1995 and
they moved to Denver, CO.
Fred and his wife Carolyn married in Great Falls, Montana in 1975 after both lost
their spouses (Maura Kathleen Murphy and F. Lane Faricy) to illness. Fred is
survived by his wife Carolyn of 45 years and their eight children, Kevin Judd
(Marie), Brian Judd, Mary Kelly Safford (Hugh), Frederick A. Judd IV (Kathy),
Kathleen Spillman (Jeff), Traci Dougherty (Tom), Dennis Judd (Lisa), Colleen
Zahn (Peter), 16 grandchildren and one great granddaughter.
Due to Covid restrictions, a private Funeral Mass and burial at Fort Logan will
take place on May 10th.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Denver Hospice 8289 E. Lowry
Blvd., Denver, CO 80230 thedenverhospice.org .
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