Elnora ‘Eli’ Queen – North Huntingdon
Elnora “Eli” Queen, 94, of North Huntingdon, passed away peacefully at home on Thursday, April 11, 2019. She was born Dec. 12, 1924, in Boston, daughter of the late Howard and Winifred Anglum Carnahan, and was the wife of the late Melvin H. Queen. Eli was a member of the former First United Presbyterian Church of Boston and worked for General Electric Credit in Greensburg and The Realty Company in McKeesport. She is survived by her daughter, Judith A. (Chuck) Shidel of North Huntingdon; grandchildren, Kimberly Love, Katrina (Keith) Venturella and Charles Dean (Sue) Shidel; great-grandchildren, Ty, Colby and Madison Love, Jacob and Joshua Shidel and Robert Polachak; and nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her son, Harold D. Dennison II; brother, Clifford Carnahan; and sisters, Mary Howell and Winifred Clay. Friends are welcome from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, April 14, 2019, at GILBERT FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORY INC. 6028 Smithfield St., Boston, Elizabeth Township, 412-751-5000, Drew J. Gilbert, director. Funeral service will be held in the funeral home chapel at 10 a.m. Monday, April 15, 2019. Interment will follow at Mount Vernon Cemetery, Elizabeth Township. Condolences may be made at Gilbertfuneralhomeandcrematory.com.
