Cecelia A. Queenie Giannini; 81; of Monessen; died
Tuesday; Nov. 23; 1999; in
Mon Valley Hospital; Carroll
Township; following an illness
of one year. Born July 14;
1918; in Monessen; she was a
daughter of the late Annibale
and Candida Prioreschi Giannini. She was a 1936 graduate
of Monessen High School and
a 1939 graduate of Mercy
School of Nursing. She was a
member of Epiphany of Our
Lord Roman Catholic Church;
Monessen. She was a World
War II Army nurse veteran;
having served with the 509th
Medical Hospital Ship Platoon;
serving station and general
hospitals in and around Karachi and Bombay; India; supervising medical and surgical
wards. Ms. Giannini retired in
1973; having worked as a
nurse for the Veterans Hospital in Butler and the Veterans
Hospital in Oakland; Pittsburgh. She was a member of
Thomas McKee American Legion Post 28; and Allison-Lescanic VFW Post 1190; both
of Monessen. She was also a
member of the Mon Valley Nurses Club. Survivors include three sisters;Leona G.Kuhn of Belle Vernon;Lil DeMarino of Monessen and Mrs.Lawrence (Gerry) Elyanich of Monessen;and several nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents;she was preceded in death by three brothers;Roland;Baldo (Bud) and Angelo (Sonny) Giannini;and a sister;Rose Sabol. Friends will be received Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m.and Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.in the DALFONSO-BILLICK FUNERAL HOME INC.;441 Reed Ave.;Monessen. A Blessing service will be held Saturday at 9:30 a.m.in the funeral home;followed by a 10 a.m.Funeral Mass in Epiphany of Our Lord R.C.Church. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery.