CHARLES LEE DITTO

EAST PRAIRIE -- Charles Lee Ditto, 74, of East Prairie died Friday, July 11, 1997, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.

He was born Dec. 27, 1922, in Mississippi County, the son of Arthur and Lizzie Douglas Ditto.

A retired welder, Ditto worked for John Deere in East Moline, Ill.

On Oct. 6, 1949, he and Helen Cummins were married.

Survivors include his wife, of the home; four sons, Larry Ditto of East Prairie, Jim Ditto of Silvis, Ill., Donald Ditto of Sherod, Ill., and Roy Ditto of East Moline; a daughter, Linda McFarland of Colona, Ill.; a brother, Marvin "Red" Ditto of East Prairie; a sister, Thelma Lafferty of East Prairie; 13 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by two brothers.

Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. today at the Shelby Funeral Home. The Rev. Jim Day of the Full Gospel Church will officiate, with burial in the Dogwood Cemetery near East Prairie.