Alma Anita Hostetler, 104, of Washington, DC, died Monday afternoon, March 14, 2022 at Forest Hills of DC Inclusive Senior Living in Washington, DC. She was born August 27, 1917, a daughter of John J. and Clara (Yoder) Hostetler. She was the second youngest of eight children, having been born on an Amish farm in Chouteau, OK, where she grew up speaking Pennsylvania German. She left the farm to attend Salt City Business College in Hutchinson, KS. In 1942 she joined thousands of women who heeded the government’s call to support the war effort, following her sister, Elizabeth, to Washington, DC. Her first job was at the Office of Price Administration, which set prices for goods that were in short supply. She joined the office of Senator Warren Magnuson (D-WA) in the mid 1950s, working as his personal secretary for twenty-seven years. Alma was an active member of the social sorority, Beta Sigma Phi (“life learning and friendship”) and played a weekly bridge game at the Women’s Democratic Club – until she was one-hundred years old – talking the bus after she gave up her car. In her retirement she volunteered for Meals on Wheels and spent twenty-seven years at the Traveler’s Aid desk at the National Airport. She loved classical music, theater, her adoring kitty and hosting friends and family at her condo in the Ontario in Adams Morgan, where she lived for fifty-five years. Alma attributed her longevity to her lifelong yoga practice and an occasional glass of chardonnay. Survivors include: many nieces, including – Nancy Steele, Harrisonville, MO, Debbie Hoppes, Parsons, KS, Judy Wells, Parsons, KS; many nephews, including – Jim Miller, Derby, KS, Frank Buerge, Garden City, KS; many great-nieces, including – Leandra Dillinger, Pittsburg, KS; many great-nephews, including – Logan Dillinger, Overland Park, KS, Ryan Mauersberger, Parsons, KS; many other generations of nephews and nieces. She was preceded in death by her parents; four sisters – Mary Hostetler, who died as an infant, Orpha Miller, Amy Buerge and Elizabeth May; three brothers – Henry, Melvin and Alvin Hostetler; one niece – Janice Miller and one great-nephew – Michael Buerge. Memorial services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Sunday, May 1, 2022 at the Carson-Wall Funeral Home with Reverend Doug Baty officiating. Inurnment will be in Memorial Lawn Cemetery. Online condolences may be left at www.wallfuneralservices.com.