Alice Marie Atkinson

Alice was born on March 18th, 1943 to Frank and Freida Becklin in Seattle, Washington. She grew up in north Seattle, loved and was loved by her parents, maternal grand-parents, and an uncle on her mother’s side.

She spent many a Saturday in her youth going to matinee movies in the University District, and she could name the film, when it was made, who starred in it and who was married to whom after seeing just a short clip.

She graduated from Roosevelt High School in 1961, and attended Washington State University for 3 years prior to marrying Alan Atkinson in 1964. She went on to get a degree in Elementary Education from Eastern Washington University in 1968, and taught 4th grade in the Lake Washington School District for 2 ½ years. That is when her travel adventures began and in 1971 she moved with husband Alan and daughter Karen to Honolulu, Hawaii.

She eventually got her Master’s degree in Business Education from the University of Hawaii in the late 1970’s, and taught at Leeward Community College. She retired in 1999, and pursued a variety of artistic interests, including tap dancing and performing with Jack Cione’s Mardi Gras Follies group.

In 2014 she discovered cruising, and surprised her husband Alan with a 50th Anniversary Cruise on the Pride of America around the Hawaiian Islands.

Alice loved life, lived it, loved all her family, and will be sorely missed by all who knew her.

She is survived by her husband Alan of Honolulu, daughter Karen Hohu, son-in-law Andrew Hohu, and grandsons Jonah and Jake Hohu of Kirkland, Washington. She is also survived by cousins Richard Lehman of Seattle and Anneli Sterberg of Sweden.

Graveside Services will be held at noon on February 22nd, 2022 at Evergreen-Washelli in Seattle. A Memorial Service will be held in Honolulu, Hawaii at a later date.

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.Evergreen-Washelli.com for the ATKINSON family.