She was one of thirteen children born on a farm in Bowdle, South Dakota to Rudolph and Ida Haar Aldinger in 1921. After her mother's death in 1929 she went to live in Tolstoy, SD with foster parents, John and Christina Stotz. At age 15 Alma was saved at the United Methodist Church in Tolstoy and had a call to the mission field. After attending Miltonvale Wesleyan College she earned her RN degree from the Methodist State Hospital and served as the night supervisor for 17 years before going to Sierra Leone, West Africa.
After returning home she met her future husband, Eugene David Robertson, and they were married in 1969. After his death in 1976, Alma decided to return to Sierra Leone and served another four- year term as a missionary nurse. Upon retirement from the mission field she entered a foster care program and had the wonderful privilege of fostering a nine- year old Native American child who could neither speak nor see. She also took in two adults during this time of her life.
In 1989, at the urging of several missionary friends with whom she served with in Africa, she decided to move to Central, South Carolina. Now the snow and bitter cold of South Dakota was only in her memory as she established herself in the fellowship of Trinity Wesleyan Church.
Besides her parents, husband and twelve siblings she was predeceased by her step-son, Donald Robertson. She was the last remaining survivor of her immediate family. She leaves behind a host of nieces and nephews and a special nephew, Timothy Aldinger and his wife Elaine, who was so generous in seeing to all her needs.
Interment in Memory Gardens.
She was one of thirteen children born on a farm in Bowdle, South Dakota to Rudolph and Ida Haar Aldinger in 1921. After her mother's death in 1929 she went to live in Tolstoy, SD with foster parents, John and Christina Stotz. At age 15 Alma was saved at the United Methodist Church in Tolstoy and had a call to the mission field. After attending Miltonvale Wesleyan College she earned her RN degree from the Methodist State Hospital and served as the night supervisor for 17 years before going to Sierra Leone, West Africa.
After returning home she met her future husband, Eugene David Robertson, and they were married in 1969. After his death in 1976, Alma decided to return to Sierra Leone and served another four- year term as a missionary nurse. Upon retirement from the mission field she entered a foster care program and had the wonderful privilege of fostering a nine- year old Native American child who could neither speak nor see. She also took in two adults during this time of her life.
In 1989, at the urging of several missionary friends with whom she served with in Africa, she decided to move to Central, South Carolina. Now the snow and bitter cold of South Dakota was only in her memory as she established herself in the fellowship of Trinity Wesleyan Church.
Besides her parents, husband and twelve siblings she was predeceased by her step-son, Donald Robertson. She was the last remaining survivor of her immediate family. She leaves behind a host of nieces and nephews and a special nephew, Timothy Aldinger and his wife Elaine, who was so generous in seeing to all her needs.
Interment in Memory Gardens.
Family Members
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Ferdinand Aldinger
1910–1998
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Edgar Aldinger
1910–1993
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Theodore Aldinger
1911–1991
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Christian Ernest "Christ" Aldinger
1913–1991
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Edna Aldinger Iffland
1915–2005
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PFC Richard Aldinger
1916–1997
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Helen Aldinger Cline
1917–2005
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Lydia Aldinger Dufloth
1919–1993
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Darwin Ralph Aldinger
1933–2003
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Delbert Dean "Del" Aldinger
1933–2018
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