FRANCES B. DITTON, 96
FRANCES B. DITTON, 96, of Fort Wayne, died Friday, December 5, 2008, in Fort Wayne. She was born on February 9, 1912, in Wabash, to the late Amos and India Siders Richards.
She is survived by her daughters, Glendora (Thomas) Buell Mills of Fort Wayne, Violet (Paul) Shadle of Fort Wayne and Willa Atkinson of Oklahoma; 22 grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren; and numerous great-great-grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death by her husband, Obie Ditton, in 1971.
Service was Thursday, December 11 at Elzey Patterson Rodak Home for Funerals, 6810 Old Trail Road, Fort Wayne. Burial in Greenlawn Memorial Park, Fort Wayne.
Memorials to the family.
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