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 [...]
↧