Judith “Jud” Vee (Hoalton) Dittmer, 79, of Tipton, died Saturday morning, Dec. 11, 2021 at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City. Fry Funeral Home will host all services; a visitation on Friday, Dec. 17 from 4-7 p.m. and a funeral service, officiated by Rev. Kerri Sandusky, at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 18. Jud will then be laid to rest in the Rochester Cemetery. Family and friends are invited to a reception at the Tipton VFW immediately following the graveside service.
Online condolences may be shared at www.fryfuneralhome.com. Family asks that all cards and memorials be mailed in c/o Dennis Dittmer, to 1297 Harding Ave., Tipton, IA 52772.
Judith “Jud”, daughter of Curtis and Nedra (Stonefoot) Hoalton-Kausen, was born on Sunday, Jan. 4, 1942 in Eureka, California. She attended school in Eureka, and graduated in 1961. After having four children, Jud’s father, Curtis, left Nedra to raise their children on her own. In her mid-teen years, Jud’s mother met and married Wes Kausen, who became like a father to Jud.
On Sept. 12, 1990, Jud married Dennis Ray Dittmer in Reno, Nevada. Judith was the receptionist at Johnson County Human Services in Iowa City until her retirement in 1994. Having grown up near the ocean, Jud loved the beach and traveling. She enjoyed travelling to California, and destinations along the West coast of Mexico. Jud also liked to dance, and favored listening to music from the 60’s. Those who knew her well, describe her as an easygoing, kind, compassionate family-loving woman whom everyone loved.
Judith is survived by her husband, Dennis of Tipton; sons, Mark (Jessie) Asher of Kansas City, Missouri, Matthew (Kyla) Asher of Bellevue, Nebraska, Dennis Pettit of Tiffin, Iowa and stepson, Colin Dittmer-Flynn of Union, Missouri; brother, Gary (Susan) Hoalton of Ferndale, California; 13 grandchildren, 7 great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; daughter Kelly (1994); and brothers, William and Ward Hoalton.
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