Death Calls Former Mono Treasurer, Mrs. Gertrude Smith

Mono county this week is mourning the death of Mrs. Gertrude Smith, 
age about 70, and former Mono county treasurer who died at her home 
early Wednesday morning.  Funeral services had not been set 
definitely at press time, however indications were that final rites 
would be held Saturday at Bridgeport.

Mrs. Smith had stayed up until midnight Tuesday to see her daughter, 
Naomi Smith, off on the stage.  Her daughter is the present Mono 
county treasurer, and was leaving to attend the Recorder and 
Treasurer’s convention at San Diego.

The deceased apparently died of natural causes, as she was found in 
her chair the next morning.

She was a native of Bridgeport, and was the wife of the late Dan 
Smith, a pioneer family of Mono.

She was a former member of the Rebekah Lodge.

She is survived by her daughter, Naomi of Bridgeport, and a son, 
West, who drives a school bus for Mammoth Elementary school 
district.

The Inyo Register, Bishop, Inyo County, California
Thursday, February 17, 1949

Transcribed by Denise S. Flynn