ARLINGTON - Frank McKnight "Dynamite" Ditto, 96, a retired welder for North Texas Steel, died Saturday, four days after his 96th birthday.
Graveside service: 11 a.m. Tuesday in Moore Memorial Gardens. Visitation: Begins at noon today at Moore Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 tonight at the funeral home.
Memorials: Woods Chapel Baptist Church or the American Heart Association.
Mr. Ditto was born and grew up in Arlington. He was the grandson of James Ditto, Arlington's first postmaster, and son of Web Ditto, the proprietor of Arlington's first general store. During World War I, at the age of 17, Mr. Ditto ran away and joined the Navy. One of his fondest pastimes was telling stories of his Navy days.
He returned to Arlington to complete school at Arlington High School, where he was quarterback of the Colts football team and earned the nickname "Dynamite" - a name that remained with him all his life. After high school, "Dynamite" became a mechanic and then a welder, working for a long period of time for Southern Ornamental Iron Works. His proudest accomplishment while there was working on the first bridge to be built across the Mississippi River. Later, he moved to North Texas Steel, where he worked until his retirement.
Survivors: Daughter, Frances Ditto Jennings; sister, Terra Ditto, who is 102 years of age; four grandchildren, Raymond Jennings, Janet Jennings, James Jennings and Julie Kelton; two great-grandsons, Connor Jennings and Benjamin Kelton; and numerous Ditto cousins. Moore Funeral Home 1219 N. Davis Drive, 275-2711
(Fort Worth Star-Telegram, March 11, 1996)
Graveside service: 11 a.m. Tuesday in Moore Memorial Gardens. Visitation: Begins at noon today at Moore Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 tonight at the funeral home.
Memorials: Woods Chapel Baptist Church or the American Heart Association.
Mr. Ditto was born and grew up in Arlington. He was the grandson of James Ditto, Arlington's first postmaster, and son of Web Ditto, the proprietor of Arlington's first general store. During World War I, at the age of 17, Mr. Ditto ran away and joined the Navy. One of his fondest pastimes was telling stories of his Navy days.
He returned to Arlington to complete school at Arlington High School, where he was quarterback of the Colts football team and earned the nickname "Dynamite" - a name that remained with him all his life. After high school, "Dynamite" became a mechanic and then a welder, working for a long period of time for Southern Ornamental Iron Works. His proudest accomplishment while there was working on the first bridge to be built across the Mississippi River. Later, he moved to North Texas Steel, where he worked until his retirement.
Survivors: Daughter, Frances Ditto Jennings; sister, Terra Ditto, who is 102 years of age; four grandchildren, Raymond Jennings, Janet Jennings, James Jennings and Julie Kelton; two great-grandsons, Connor Jennings and Benjamin Kelton; and numerous Ditto cousins. Moore Funeral Home 1219 N. Davis Drive, 275-2711
(Fort Worth Star-Telegram, March 11, 1996)
ARLINGTON - Frank McKnight "Dynamite" Ditto, 96, a retired welder for North Texas Steel, died Saturday, four days after his 96th birthday.
Graveside service: 11 a.m. Tuesday in Moore Memorial Gardens. Visitation: Begins at noon today at Moore Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 tonight at the funeral home.
Memorials: Woods Chapel Baptist Church or the American Heart Association.
Mr. Ditto was born and grew up in Arlington. He was the grandson of James Ditto, Arlington's first postmaster, and son of Web Ditto, the proprietor of Arlington's first general store. During World War I, at the age of 17, Mr. Ditto ran away and joined the Navy. One of his fondest pastimes was telling stories of his Navy days.
He returned to Arlington to complete school at Arlington High School, where he was quarterback of the Colts football team and earned the nickname "Dynamite" - a name that remained with him all his life. After high school, "Dynamite" became a mechanic and then a welder, working for a long period of time for Southern Ornamental Iron Works. His proudest accomplishment while there was working on the first bridge to be built across the Mississippi River. Later, he moved to North Texas Steel, where he worked until his retirement.
Survivors: Daughter, Frances Ditto Jennings; sister, Terra Ditto, who is 102 years of age; four grandchildren, Raymond Jennings, Janet Jennings, James Jennings and Julie Kelton; two great-grandsons, Connor Jennings and Benjamin Kelton; and numerous Ditto cousins. Moore Funeral Home 1219 N. Davis Drive, 275-2711
(Fort Worth Star-Telegram, March 11, 1996)
Graveside service: 11 a.m. Tuesday in Moore Memorial Gardens. Visitation: Begins at noon today at Moore Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 tonight at the funeral home.
Memorials: Woods Chapel Baptist Church or the American Heart Association.
Mr. Ditto was born and grew up in Arlington. He was the grandson of James Ditto, Arlington's first postmaster, and son of Web Ditto, the proprietor of Arlington's first general store. During World War I, at the age of 17, Mr. Ditto ran away and joined the Navy. One of his fondest pastimes was telling stories of his Navy days.
He returned to Arlington to complete school at Arlington High School, where he was quarterback of the Colts football team and earned the nickname "Dynamite" - a name that remained with him all his life. After high school, "Dynamite" became a mechanic and then a welder, working for a long period of time for Southern Ornamental Iron Works. His proudest accomplishment while there was working on the first bridge to be built across the Mississippi River. Later, he moved to North Texas Steel, where he worked until his retirement.
Survivors: Daughter, Frances Ditto Jennings; sister, Terra Ditto, who is 102 years of age; four grandchildren, Raymond Jennings, Janet Jennings, James Jennings and Julie Kelton; two great-grandsons, Connor Jennings and Benjamin Kelton; and numerous Ditto cousins. Moore Funeral Home 1219 N. Davis Drive, 275-2711
(Fort Worth Star-Telegram, March 11, 1996)
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