Patterson Cemetery District, Stanislaus County, CA 

Submitted by Gale Stroud and Burta Herger 26 Aug 2007

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Hemstreet Lucy J 420619 p2
Mother of H. R. Smith Passes Away Here; Mrs. Lucy J. Hemstreet of Princeton, mother of H. R. Smith, passed away at
the Smith home Sunday evening, following an extended illness.  The deceased had been visiting here for several months.
The deceased was a California pioneer, coming to this state 50 years ago. She was aged 75, being a native of Boston,
Massassachutes. Beside her son, she is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Virginia Holmes of Longmont, Colorado, a recent
visitor here, and Mrs. Florence Detlefsen of Patterson; two brothers. Charles K Johnstone of Minneapolis, Minnesota and
George Johnstone of Wales N. D.  She is also survived by three grandsons, Lt. Perry Smith of Washington, D.C., Neal
Smith of New Orleans and Henry Smith of Berkeley, as well as six great grandchildren.  Funeral services were held from
the Evans Chapel Tuesday afternoon with two pastors, Rev. Phillip Hanson of Richvale and Rev. Leonard Shade of
Princeton in charge.  Two members of Mrs. Hamstreet's Bible School class at Princeton also attended and provided
music for the services.  Cremation at Stockton followed the services.