Alice Bullinger

Alice Bullinger, 86, passed away Sunday, April 12, 2026, at the Missouri Slope Care Center in Bismarck, ND.

At Alice’s request there will be no funeral service and cremation has taken place. A family burial is scheduled for Wednesday April 22, at 1:00 pm at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Bismarck.

Alice was born on December 12, 1939, to Nick and Katie Heinrich in Odense Township in Morton County. She lived on the family farm near Solen, ND, with her four sisters and one brother. Alice attended grade school at St. Anthony Catholic School. While attending there she left the family farm and stayed with her grandparents in town during the winter months. This required that she learn German because they did not speak English.

On November 13th, 1957, she married Benedict Bullinger from Fort Rice, ND at the St. Anthony Catholic Church. Ben and Alice lived in Huff and Menoken, ND before moving to Bismarck where they made their permanent home. Together they had one son, Richard, and three daughters, Charlotte, Dorothy, and Gloria. Charlotte died in infancy. Ben passed away in November 1985.

Alice worked various jobs in the Bismarck area during the early seventies before joining the staff at United Postal Service as a porter. She remained there for 26 years, retiring in 2000. In her free time, Alice enjoyed gardening, fishing, and camping. She spoke often of all the fun she had with her family on their outings to Fr. Rice, and Graner Bottoms. Her favorite holiday was Christmas, and she worked tirelessly to prepare her goodies for the season. At Easter she would make cream eggs and fried potatoes along with her delicious Easter bread. In retirement, Alice enjoyed traveling with friends on the bus to the casino.

Alice is survived by her son, Richard (Kathy) Bullinger, Dorothy (Victor) Glatt and Gloria Mayer all of Bismarck; five grandchildren, Matthew and Daniel Bullinger; Tonia Smith, Arnold and Dareck Glatt; great-grandchildren, Ben, Cole and Alicen Ponzer, and Marissa Glatt and one great-great-grandchild, Jasper Ponzer. Siblings; Lucille Bullinger, Leo (Vicki) Heinrich, Leona Haugsdahl, Arlene (Jim) Fried and numerous nieces, nephews and other extended family and friends.

Others preceding Alice in death are her infant brother Roger Heinrich, sister and brother-in-law Marlene and Tom Stastny, brothers-in-law Ralph Bullinger, and Richard Haugsdahl,

The family would like to extend our gratitude and thanks to the staff at Sanford Medical Center and Missouri Slope Care Center.