Alma Lee Hopper

May 17, 1922 - February 15, 2021

Alma Lee Hopper, 98 of Woodstock passed away on Monday, February 15, 2021 at Dutch Haven Nursing Home. A Service will be held at 1:30 P.M. on Tuesday, February 23, 2021 at Dellinger Funeral Homes, Woodstock. Reverend Steve Wood will officiate. Burial will follow in Sunset View Memorial Gardens. The family is receiving friends 1 hour prior to the service from 12:30-1:30. Alma was born on May 17, 1922 in Saltville, Virginia and was the daughter of the late Homer and Winnie Holmes Clear. Alma was raised in Southwest Virginia and attended Sullins College in Bristol, Virginia. She moved to the DC area and worked for the FBI and later for Defense Mapping Agency where she retired in 1984. After retirement, she left the DC area and retired in Woodstock, Virginia. She loved nature and travel and was always up for an adventure. She was preceded in death by her husband Byron A. Hopper; a son, Robert P. Balderson, and 8 siblings. Alma is survived by her son, Patrick Balderson; her daughter, Catherine Poindexter; her daughter-in-law, Marilyn Balderson; 4 grandchildren, Kevin Poindexter, Kelly Ray, Elizabeth Buettner, and Jessica Brown; 11 great grandchildren and a stepdaughter, Laura Hopper. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Kindred Foundation 420 Neff Avenue Suite 110 Harrisonburg, Virginia 22801.