James Masson

James Kathman Masson

July 8, 1945 ~ January 16, 2022

James Kathman Masson, 76, passed away Sunday, January 16, 2022 at Ogden Regional Hospital.

He was born July 8, 1945 in New Orleans, Louisiana to Louis Edmond Masson, Jr. and Adrienne Kathman Masson. He attended St. Dominic Grammar School and St. Paul’s High School.

James joined the U.S. Navy and served during the Vietnam War. He received the National Defense Service Medal.

He was a civilian retiree from the U.S. Air Force at Hill Air Force Base, Ogden, Utah. James served as a Union Officer for the Local 1592, Hill Air Force and Base and was an American Legion member.

He was predeceased by his parents, Louis Edmond Masson, Jr., Adrienne Kathman Masson, two brothers, Theodore Lee Masson, Louis Edmond Masson, III, and two sisters, Adrienne Masson Boylan and Jean Masson Perez Day Arseneaux.

James is survived by two brothers, Robert Kathman Masson, Edmond Badeaux Masson, 15 nieces and nephews, 30 great-nieces and nephews and eight great-great-nieces and nephews.