Alma Doretta was born on August 8th, 1893 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA. Alma Doretta's father was Thomas Henry BODEN and her mother was Alice Ann DEHART. Her maternal grandfather is
and her maternal grandmother was Nancy EPPLER. She had two brothers and four sisters, named Thomas Henry, Charles (AKA "Bud"), Annie Mary, Bernadine Ellas, Ruth Rebecca and Mildred Lucille. She was the second oldest of the seven children. She died due to Died in the Flu Epidemic of 1918 at the age of 25 on November 9th, 1918 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Her burial was on November 12th, 1918 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.