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In loving memory

Anna E Alliss

June 29, 1904 – December 20, 1996
Lived 92 years
Quincy Valley Cemetery · Quincy, Washington
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Wenatchee World, The (WA) - Tuesday, December 24, 1996

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Anna E. Alliss, 92 years old, a longtime Quincy resident, passed away on Friday, Dec. 20, 1996, at the Quincy Valley Convalescent Center.

She was born on July 29, 1904, to Charles and Anna (Durfee) Risch at Fowlerville, Mich. She attended and graduated from high school in 1922 in Brighton, Mich. She moved with her family to the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. She attended a nursing college and then worked in several hospitals in the Texas area.

She married Weston Alliss on Oct. 3, 1935, at Weslaco, Texas. They farmed in La Feria, Texas, before moving to Dallas, Ore., in 1949. In 1953 they moved to Quincy. Mr. Alliss preceded her in death in 1968. Mrs. Alliss has been a resident of the Quincy Valley Convalescent Center for the past five years.

She was a former member of the Quincy Homemakers and the Quincy Flower Club.

Mrs. Alliss is survived by one son, Melvin Alliss of Spokane; one daughter, Shirley Wurl of Quincy; four grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. She is also preceded in death by three brothers and one sister.

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Family milestones in gold, history for context

1904
Born June 29
1907
Anna was 3 when Quincy incorporated as a town
1916
Anna was 12 when William Boeing founded the company that became Boeing
1920
Anna was 16 when Prohibition began
1933
Anna was 29 when construction began on Grand Coulee Dam
1942
Anna was 38 when Bing Crosby recorded "White Christmas"
1952
Anna was 48 when Grand Coulee irrigation water reached Quincy
1962
Anna was 58 when the Seattle World's Fair opened with the new Space Needle
1971
Anna was 67 when Walt Disney World opened in Florida
1981
Anna was 77 when MTV began broadcasting
1994
Anna was 90 when "Friends" premiered
1996
Passed away December 20, age 92
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The Alliss name at Quincy Valley Cemetery

WA Weston Arthur Alliss1906 – 1968 MA Melvin A Alliss1937 – 2015
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