Wanda Lee Pate, age 79, of Xenia, OH passed away on October 22, 2025 at her residence. She was born on June 4, 1946 in Morehead, KY to the late Andy James and Lizzie Margaret (Moore) Stevens.

Wanda is survived by her husband of 63 years: Harold Howard Pate of Xenia; children: Pamela DeAnne (Dewayne) Snow Heflin, AL, Donald Howard (Fiancé: Jennifer Lynn Kurtz) Pate of Xenia, and Amy Melissa (Thomas) Salmons of Xenia; grandchildren: Ronald James Snow, Tabitha Leigh Snow-Pesnell, Zackery James (Valarie) Davis, Amissa Brooke (Jason) Smedley, and Dalton Garrett Pate; great grandchildren: Kotie LaShane Pesnell, Logann Smedley, Zayden Davis, Cooper Smedley, Pheobe Davis, and Dani Davis; siblings: Nancy (Tom) Chaney, James Stevens, and Steven (Brenda) Stevens; and 2 boys she raised as her own: Adam and Kyle Mills. In addition to her parents, Wanda was preceded in death by her great granddaughter: Logann Smedley, who took her Nana by the hand and led her to Heaven; sister: Kathy Presley; and brother: George Stevens.

Wanda helped her husband, Howard, run Pate Excavating as the secretary and bookkeeper for many years. She attended Spring Valley Christian Baptist Church in Spring Valley, OH and Trinity Christian Assembly in Beavercreek. Wanda enjoyed gardening, but her greatest joy was spending time with her family being a housewife, mother, and Nana.

Visitation will be held from 11:00AM-1:00 PM on Tuesday, October 28, 2025 at Trinity Christian Assembly, 1146 Grange Hall Rd, Beavercreek, OH 45430. Services will be held at 1:00 PM on Tuesday at the church with Pastors Bill Rowe and Mike Salmons officiating. Burial will follow in Byron Cemetery, Fairborn.

Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.mccolaughfuneralhome.com.