Jason Judkins Granger , 82, died Nov. 12, 2006, at the Soldiers'
and Airmen's Home in Washington, D.C. where he had been a
resident since 1991. He was born July 2, 1924, in St. Johnsbury,
Vt., the youngest son of Albert C. and Eliza M. (Judkins) Granger
of Passumpsic. He attended grammar school in Passumpsic and
graduated from St. Johnsbury Academy in 1942. He also studied
at the University of Maine, Orono, and the University of Madrid,
Spain. Mr. Granger served with the 63rd Infantry Division in
Europe during World War II and the 30th Engineer Battalion in the
Southwest Pacific and Japan. In 1949 he joined the Air Force and
was in the Strategic Air Command for the remainder of his military
career, retiring in Spain in 1965. After his return to the states, he
was a reporter and photographer with the Barre-Montpelier Times
Argus and later worked for 15 years as a dispatcher for the
Vermont State Police. Prior to his move to Washington, he lived
for several years in North Randolph, Vt., and was a member of
Sts. Donatian and Rogatian Parish in Randolph. He was also a
member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Knights of
Columbus. A long-time philatelist, he was a member of the
Vermont Philatelic Society, the Bureau Issues Assn., Lakeshore
Stamp Club of Montreal, the United States Stamp Society, and a
life member of the American Philatelic Society. Surviving are his
brother, John A. Granger of Northfield; two nieces, Mrs. Wayne
(Sally) Barrett of Calais, and Mrs. Stephen (Judith) Rivard of
Williston; as well as several cousins. He was predeceased by his
brother, Martin C. Granger, in 1976. Services will be held at Rose
Chapel at the Soldiers' and Airmen's Home and interment at the
National Soldiers' Home Cemetery in Washington D.C.
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