He was beloved husband for 68 years to Emma Busbey Ditman, father to Mary Rebecca Xenos, Ellen Ruth Richmond-Hearty, Liana Louise Shrader, Joseph McGill Lewis Ditman, John William Ditman, James Andrew Ditman, Paul Francis Ditman (deceased), Jane Marie Goode, Charles Thomas Ditman, as well as grandfather to Stradley, Joshua, Shenandoah, Daniel, Margaret, John, Conner, Peter, Conner, Stig, Line, Thomas, Suzanne, Mary, Victoria, Seth, and Nathaniel, and great-grandfather to Parker, Avery, Sierra, Orion, Brianna, Caroline and Evelyn. Joe had a passion for travel, most memorably with his family, crisscrossing North America numerous times by plane, train and motor vehicle. He traveled internationally as well, with his favorite trips taken to Ireland and with the Audubon Naturalist Society to Costa Rica and the Galapagos Islands. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to the Riderwood Benevolent Fund at Riderwood Community, Attn: Benevolent Care Fund, 3110 Gracefield Rd,Silver Spring, MD 20904
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