Alpha Dawn Alla KNESS
January 23, 1948 - April 27, 2000
Obituary
Alla passed away April 27, 2000 in Federal Way at the age of 52. She graduated from Queen Anne High School in Seattle and attended the University of Washington.
She is survived by 2 daughters; Karina Dan Kness-Kuhl of Fort Lewis, WA and Alena Rose Kness of Portland, OR; 5 brothers and sisters, Lonnie II, Dana, Carlos, Mona Taylor and Kendall. Also 3 grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her sister Elizabeth Williams.
Contributions may be made to the National Attention Deficit Disorder Association.
I knew Alpha from Queen Anne High…I only shared a home room with her, but I loved her humor…her wit and her beauty…she was beautiful through and through…I would look forward every day to walking toward our next class along with her friend Brenda Charles……I enjoyed these two friends so much…many times they made my day just being there (they always made me laugh). I only kept up with her life through word from mutual acquaintances….I felt we were on parallel life tracks…having married at similar times with two great children….it still was enough to make me smile, and then I heard of her passing…I carry that weight with me now…she was so special…and then very recently when thinking of her, I looked up some of her family and pieced together that her ex husband had died…and together with that new information I was sadder still…If anyone ever reads this belated tribute of grief…just know how special and beautiful she truly was…..