Obituary of William Richard Dittman
SUN JOURNAL New Bern, North Carolina
William Richard Dittman
NEW BERN - William Richard Dittman, 68, loving husband, father, grandfather and friend to all, died Dec. 30, 2009, at Pitt Memorial Hospital.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Lawrence and Dorothy Dittman; brothers and sisters, Lawrence, Robert, Walter, David, Dorothy Belle and a baby sister. He was an active member of Faith United Methodist Church and was very much involved with the boy scouts at the church. Early in his life baseball was his passion.
A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 2, 2010, at Faith United Methodist Church. The family will receive friends at the church following the memorial service.
He is survived by his wife, Judith Hardy Dittman; sons, William R. Dittman
Jr. and wife, Shellie, of Oklahoma, Richard Wayne Dittman and wife, Melodie,
of Virginia, Kenneth T. Dittman and wife, Aubrey, of Virginia, John N. Staten
Jr. and wife, Tracy, of North Carolina and Jack R. Staten Sr. and wife,
Vicki, of North Carolina;
daughters, Brenda L. Sweet and husband, Fred, of
Oklahoma, April C. Green and husband, Scott, of Texas, Katherine R. Dittman
of North Carolina, Victoria L Ducharme and husband, David, of South Carolina
and Donna M. Adams and husband, Chris, of Virginia;
brothers, Donald Dittman
and wife, Mary, of Ohio, Harry Dittman and wife, Phyllis, of Indiana, Eugene
Dittman and wife, Shirley, of Ohio, Kenneth Dittman of Pennsylvania and John
Dittman of NewYork;
sisters-in-law, Betty Dittman of Maryland, Marguerite
Edwards of Texas, Cindy Dittman of Pennsylvania and Fayrene Dittman of
Colorado.;
sisters, Mary Jane Mullen and her husband, Daryl, of Pennsylvania
and Nancy McClintock and husband, Robert, of Pennsylvania;
23 grandchildren,
Ryann Potter, Nikki Andrews, Jeremy Dittman, Megan Teague, Christopher
Teague, Dakota Sweet, Brian Collins, Jordan Dittman, Haley Dittman, Jacob
Dittman, Travis Green, Kayla Green, Lauren Green, John N. Staten III, Jack
Staten Jr., MacKenzie Staten, Spencer Ducharme, Ethan Ducharme, Alena
Ducharme, Lauren Huff, Hilary Huff, Brent Huff, and Aaron Adams;
eight
great-grandchildren, Madison Sweet, Alea Teague, Felicity Staten, Kaylee
Potter, Zoe Potter, Kylin Andrews, Kalijah Andrews and Cheyenne Andrews.
Arrangements are by Cotten Funeral Home & Crematory.
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