~ Lynda Renfree Smith ~

September 25, 1947 ~ September 22, 1968

Lynda R. Smith, 20, died Sunday at Sacramento General Hospital less than 24 hours after she was struck on the head by a falling tree at the Pendola Ranch near Camptonville.

Members of the family were felling trees on the Pendola ranch when the fatal mishap occurred.

Mrs. Smith had just placed her baby daughter, Sandy, in the cab of a truck when she walked into the path of a falling tree, according to a report from Hooper and Weaver Mortuary.

Mrs. Smith was born in Berkeley 20 years ago and came to Grass Valley in 1957. She was graduated from Nevada Union High School with the class of 1965 and married Richard Smith the same year.

Survivors in addition to her husband and baby daughter include her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Renfree of Grass Valley; a sister, Carol Chappell of Grass Valley; and her grandfather, R. C. Renfree of Auburn.

Mrs. Smith worked for a short time at Nevada General Hospital and for the agricultural extension office in Grass Valley. She had been a member of Job’s Daughters.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Hooper and Weaver Chapel.