OLVM Sister Alma Bill

OLVM Sister Alma Bill obituary, Warren, IN

OLVM Sister Alma Bill

OLVM Sister Alma Bill Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by McElhaney Funeral Home - Huntington on Feb. 2, 2026.
SISTER Alma Bill, OLVM, age 104, a resident of Heritage Pointe of Warren, died on the afternoon of Friday, January 30, 2026.

Sister Alma entered the Congregation of Our Lady of Victory Missionary Sisters on October 30, 1947, and made first vows on August 5, 1950. She served in the missions in California, Florida, Missouri, Arizona, and Indiana. Sister returned to Victory Noll in June of 2010 to volunteer in various ways.

Sister Alma was born in Arcadia, Wisconsin on March 24, 1921, to Joseph Bill and Ida Schank Bill. She is preceded in death by four brothers, Simon, Linus, Werner, and Alban Bill, and by five sisters, Armella Bill, Bernetta Bill, Eileen Bill, Mary Margaret Runkel and Therese Sgarlata. She is survived by her Victory Noll Sisters with whom she shared life and community for 78 years.

The Vigil Service for Sister Alma will be at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, February 6, 2026, at the Applegate Chapel at the Heritage Pointe of Warren.

A Mass of the Resurrection will be celebrated on the same day as the Vigil at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, February 6, 2026, at the Applegate Chapel at Heritage Pointe in Warren. If you would like to participate via livestream, the link is:

http:// https://www.youtube.com/live/1OhCKExb1Z4

Burial will follow at Victory Noll Cemetery in Huntington, IN.

McElhaney Funeral Home, 715 N. Jefferson St., Huntington, IN, is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences: www.mcelhaneyhartfuneralhome.com

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