Alma was born in Hebron, to Wella and Rosina (Sayler) Heinle on April 20, 1927. She was the youngest of ten children and lived on a farm south of Hebron.
After graduating from Hebron High School in 1944, she attended Dickinson State College. She was a rural school teacher in her home area for four years. After moving to Bismarck, she worked in Civil Service work for the Corps of Engineers Garrison Dam District (at Fort Lincoln), which was at the time building the Garrison Dam. Three years later, she married her high school classmate, John Pluth, on January 19, 1951. After taking several years to raise her family, she found employment at the Dickinson State College Relations and Alumni office for twenty years and enjoyed working there with young people.
When not working, she enjoyed music, playing piano, working with flowers and especially reading and crocheting (making afghans for everyone in the family as well as many others) as life became more quiet. She belonged to Homemakers Club and church circles for many years and sang in church choir.
She was preceded in death by her husband, John, June 1, 2002; daughter, Bev Settje, June 7, 2015; four brothers, Alvin, Jacob, Herbert and Reinhold; five sisters, Elsie, Annie, Lydia, Ruth and Lorraine.
Alma was born in Hebron, to Wella and Rosina (Sayler) Heinle on April 20, 1927. She was the youngest of ten children and lived on a farm south of Hebron.
After graduating from Hebron High School in 1944, she attended Dickinson State College. She was a rural school teacher in her home area for four years. After moving to Bismarck, she worked in Civil Service work for the Corps of Engineers Garrison Dam District (at Fort Lincoln), which was at the time building the Garrison Dam. Three years later, she married her high school classmate, John Pluth, on January 19, 1951. After taking several years to raise her family, she found employment at the Dickinson State College Relations and Alumni office for twenty years and enjoyed working there with young people.
When not working, she enjoyed music, playing piano, working with flowers and especially reading and crocheting (making afghans for everyone in the family as well as many others) as life became more quiet. She belonged to Homemakers Club and church circles for many years and sang in church choir.
She was preceded in death by her husband, John, June 1, 2002; daughter, Bev Settje, June 7, 2015; four brothers, Alvin, Jacob, Herbert and Reinhold; five sisters, Elsie, Annie, Lydia, Ruth and Lorraine.
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