Alma Winter, age 91, of 1345 Michigan Ave. SW, Huron, SD, formerly of rural Wessington, died Sunday, December 14, 2008, at the Huron SunQuest Healthcare Center.

Her funeral service will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday, December 18, at First Presbyterian Church with burial at Restlawn Memory Gardens Cemetery.

Visitation will be Wednesday from 1-8 p.m. at the Welter Funeral Home or Thursday morning one hour prior to the service at the church.

Alma Winter was born Alma Schimke on August 30, 1917, to David and Pauline (Weltz) Schimke at Martin, North Dakota. She was baptized and confirmed in the Congregational Church at Harvey, North Dakota.

On November 3, 1940, Alma married Rueben Winter at Harvey. The couple lived and farmed in the Wessington area.

Alma and Rueben were members of New Zion Congregational Church until the time of its closing, after which they became members of Rose Hill Presbyterian Church, rural Wessington. In 1991, they retired and moved to Huron and became members of First Presbyterian Church.

She is survived by 1 son, Gordon (Barbara) Winter of Medford, Oregon; 1 daughter, Joyce (Marvin) Hines of Huron; 2 grandsons, Dr. Todd (Deann) Winter of Medford, OR, and Kip (Jennifer) Hines of Moorhead, MN; 2 granddaughters, Heidi (Steve) Tracht of Mt. Vernon, OH, and Darla (Eric) Porter of Huron; 9 great grandchildren; 1 sister, Ruth (Ruben) Walth of Bismarck, North Dakota.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Rueben on April 20, 2006; 9 sisters, Ida Gall, Leona Gall, Emma Nutz, Edna Nutz, Hilda Winter, Theresa Leischner, Erna Zaller, Linda Tiede, and Viola Seibold; 3 brothers Emanuel Schimke, William Schimke, and Herbert Schimke; and 1 great grandson, Logan Winter.