Mary Selby Ditto was born on October 7, 1925 in Seneca, New Mexico and passed to her reward on June 9, 2017 in Oklahoma City. She graduated from Clayton, New Mexico High School. After high school, she attended Emmanuel College in Franklin Springs, Georgia; Eastern New Mexico University in Portales, New Mexico; and the University of Oklahoma. She was a member of the Oklahoma Society of Certified Public Accountants and Delta Pi Epsilon. She worked extensively with children and as treasurer of her church. She taught at Emmanuel College, Sharon Bible School, and Southwestern Christian University where she also served as registrar for over thirty years. She married C. Edwin Ditto on October 23, 1993. She was preceded in death by her husband C. Edwin Ditto, her parents George and Mary Selby; her brothers – John, Foster, Leonard, and George; and her sisters – Alice Welch, Gertrude Ditto, and Leola Classon. Survivors include Dewayne (Marilyn) Ditto, Eugene, Oregon; Jacquetta (Bob) Varner, Roseburg, Oregon; Patsy (Greg) Needham, Greenfield, Indiana. Sisters – Laverne Murr, Oklahoma City; Lydia Crim, Mexico Beach, Florida; nephew – Robert P. Hall, Oklahoma City; and numerous other nieces and nephews.
