Rosemary Louise Quinn Snead of Golden Beach died Tuesday, July 30 at Georgetown University Hospital. She was 82. Mrs. Snead was born on Easter Sunday, April 12, 1931 at the old Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C.

She was the daughter of Michael T. Quinn, an Irish immigrant, and the former Louise E. Becker, who was of German ancestry. Mrs. Snead grew up in the District of Columbia and its suburbs, the eldest daughter in a family of six children. As the eldest girl, she was frequently given the task of taking care of her younger brothers and sisters.

She graduated from Anacostia High School in 1949. While still a high school senior, she was recruited to work as a stenographer for the federal government after graduation. Mrs. Snead began working for the Central Intelligence Agency in 1949. As a federal employee, she also worked at the Post Office Department and the Census Bureau.

In 1950 she married Charles L. Snead and continued to work for several years, but her real passion became family, motherhood and homemaking. The couple lived with their young children in Hyattsville until 1965 when they moved to Golden Beach. Thus began more than 45 years of country life and the enjoyment of being near the Patuxent River.

She was a member of the Golden Beach Homemakers' Club.

Mrs. Snead was known by everyone around her as a devoted wife whose greatest desire was to assist her husband in his many endeavors, including home and auto improvement projects, boating, fishing, and piloting his small airplane. The marriage lasted 60 years until his death in 2010.

She was a dedicated mother to her two children, and a talented cook who was modest and did not want to be in the limelight. She frequently helped others but did not want to take credit for it. She was a sweet, private person who loved her family deeply.

Mrs. Snead was preceded in death by her parents and her brothers Louis M. Quinn, John Morris, Jr., and Frederick Morris.

She is survived by a brother, David P. Morris and his wife Ann Morris of Naples, FL, a sister, Marie E. Morris of Pinion Hills, California, a daughter, Christina Polk and her husband Richard Polk of Greensboro, Maryland, a son, Daniel R. Snead and his wife Bernadette Snead of California, Maryland, a granddaughter, Sarah Jane Polk of Parsonsburg, Maryland, a grandson, Aaron Snead and his wife Julie Snead of Garner, North Carolina, and a step-granddaughter, Mia Carroll of California, Maryland.

A memorial service will be held at Cheltenham State Veteran's Cemetery at 11 a.m. on Thursday, August 8, 2013.

Arrangements provided by Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home.