{"id":16081,"date":"2024-04-06T12:41:33","date_gmt":"2024-04-06T17:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/?p=16081"},"modified":"2024-04-09T12:44:31","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T17:44:31","slug":"douglas-john-dittmer-elkader-iowa-april-3-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/2024\/04\/douglas-john-dittmer-elkader-iowa-april-3-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Douglas John Dittmer, Elkader, Iowa, April 3, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16108\" src=\"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Doug-outside-209x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"209\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Doug-outside-209x300.png 209w, https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Doug-outside-400x574.png 400w, https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Doug-outside-250x359.png 250w, https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Doug-outside-68x98.png 68w, https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Doug-outside.png 679w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px\" \/>Douglas John Dittmer, 53, of Elkader, passed away Wednesday, April 3, 2024, at his home. Doug was born in Elkader on October 26, 1970, to John \u201cJack\u201d and Darlene (Dougherty) Dittmer.<\/p>\n<p>He graduated from Central High School with the Class of 1990.\u00a0 Following graduation, he worked at Browns Sales and Leasing \u2013 detailing cars and at Wilke\u2019s Grocery Store.<\/p>\n<p>NASCAR, Green Bay Packers, demolition derby\u2019s, going to &#8220;The Hole&#8221;, going on road trips and appointments with his wife and spending time with friends and step-grandson Elijah were some favorites.<\/p>\n<p>Survivors include his wife, Jill of Elkader; daughter, Erin Dittmer Hauser of Elkader; his mother, Darlene of Elkader; stepson, Christian Krambeer of Cresco; step-grandson, Elijah; sisters, Lisa (Kevin) Ihde of St. Olaf and Jan (John) Garms of North Liberty; several nieces; a nephew and many friends<\/p>\n<p>Doug was preceded in death by his father Jack, May 31, 2014 and his wife Lylina on October 18, 20<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Mass of Christian Burial<\/strong>: 10:30 am on Thursday, April 11, 2024, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Elkader with Rev. John Haugen Presiding<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Visitation<\/strong>: 9:30 until Mass time on Thursday, April 11, 2024, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Elkader.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Inurnment<\/strong>: 1 PM at Mederville Cemetery, Mederville, Iowa<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Leonard-Grau Funeral Home and Cremation Service of Elkader is assisting the famly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Douglas John Dittmer, 53, of Elkader, passed away Wednesday, April 3, 2024, at his home. Doug was born in Elkader on October 26, 1970, to John \u201cJack\u201d and Darlene (Dougherty) Dittmer. He graduated from Central High School with the Class of 1990.\u00a0 Following graduation, he worked at Browns Sales and Leasing \u2013 detailing cars and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16111,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[703],"class_list":["post-16081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obituaries","tag-dittmer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16081"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16110,"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16081\/revisions\/16110"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}