Rosa Lee Beard, 83, formerly of Millersville and Lancaster, died Monday, August 9, 2010 at Quarryville Presbyterian Retirement Community. Born in Chattanooga, TN, she was the daughter of the late Will Lee and Ethel Harding Pittman.

She was the wife of the late William D. Beard who died in 2005. Rosa Lee worked and later volunteered for Lancaster Osteopathic Hospital, later called Community Hospital.

She was a child of the Great Depression, a woman that supported her country during World War II, a wife that loved her husband and a mother that sacrificed all for her children. She will be missed.

Surviving are her children, John, husband of Linda Wenzel of Millersville, Suzanne Wenzel McCarty of Lancaster and Scott Wenzel of Conestoga; grandchildren, Josh, Michael and Melissa Wenzel all of Lancaster, Alexandra McCarty of Lancaster and Meredith McCarty of Newark, DE; brothers James and Joseph Pittman of Chattanooga, TN and Willie Paul Pittman of Houston, TX; and sister Lucille Huntley of Chattanooga, TN. Her son Robert Lee Wenzel, daughter Patricia Lynn Wenzel and sisters Lilly Mae Pursley and Oma Fowler preceded Rosa Lee in death.

Private Services with burial in Creswell Cemetery will be at the convenience of the family. Please omit flowers. Memorial contributions can be made in Rosa Lee's memory to the Humane League of Lancaster County, 2195 Lincoln Highway East, Lancaster, PA 17602 or Hospice of Lancaster County, PO Box 4125, Lancaster, PA 17604-4125. Arrangements by the Charles F. Snyder Funeral Home Inc., Millersville, PA. To send an online condolence or for more information please visit SnyderFuneralHome.com