Mary Alice Dittus

March 23, 1925 - December 17, 2020

Mary Alice Dittus, 95, of Indianapolis, passed on to eternal life in December, 2020, at Hoosier Village, Indianapolis, IN. She was born in 1925, in Lincoln, Illinois, to the late Edna and Russell Buckles. Mary Alice graduated from Mt. Pulaski High School and became a bank bookkeeper at the Farmers Bank in Mt. Pulaski, Illinois. In 1945, she married “her leading man” from high school, Robert Dittus. After settling in Mt. Pulaski, she became a homemaker and loving and devoted mother of three children. In 1965 the family moved to Indianapolis where she participated in bridge clubs and bowling and golf leagues, along with driving children all over town. Mary Alice loved her domestic and international trips with her husband every year plus her Purdue football games! She so enjoyed making new friends and especially knew most of the clerks personally at L.S. Ayres & Co., Glendale, where she had her hair done every Friday. Mary Alice loved Christmas and shopping for her children and grandchildren. Christmas was always a major event at her home with family catching up and too many presents to open. Mary Alice had a smile on her face with a glint of ornery in her eyes! She was a member of Christ the Savior Lutheran Church. A private graveside service will be held at Oaklawn Memorial Gardens, Indianapolis. Immediate family who will celebrate her life include her children, Lynne (Dave) Magee, Robert (Becky) Dittus, and Barbara (Rex) Wiseman; eight grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association or IndyHumane.