Walter Dittmar

1934 - 2022

Walter Dittmar
December 5, 1934 - October 12, 2022
Fort Worth, Texas - Walter Harvey Dittmar passed away on October 12, 2022 at home in Fort Worth. He was born December 5, 1934 in Clay Center, Kansas to Maggie Noel and Harvey Dittmar. He grew up in various places before graduating at Weatherford High School in Weatherford, Oklahoma.
He started working at age 16 and had an incredible variety of jobs throughout his life including a military career that spanned 38 years and took him to Germany, Greenland and Viet Nam. He was a drill sergeant and later became a drill sergeant instructor, which was his favorite job. After active duty, he served in the Army reserves as an instructor at the USAR School in Fort Worth. After military retirement, he worked in auto repair, insurance adjusting, and had his own appraising business. He loved cars and had an uncanny ability to identify vehicle makes and years.
Walt led a long, full, interesting life and made friends and touched lives wherever he went. He was very intelligent, well-read and insightful. He had a dry, witty sense of humor and loved to tell stories of all the many experiences and adventures he had.
He is preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, two sisters and his son, Gary. Survivors include his wife, Gloria; daughter, Jenny Jordan (Terry), adopted sons, Mark and Joshua, step daughter Karen Hale (Ken), and stepson Jeff Naquin (Lee Ann) as well as 12 grandchildren, 11 great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
Services and inurnment will be held at DFW National Cemetery.