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Mansfield F. W. Smith

Woodland, California

1929 - 2014

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Mansfield F. W. Smith

July 28, 1929 - Dec 18, 2014

Mansfield F.W. Smith was a pioneer and innovator in the field of Otology and widely known for the use of new and innovative procedures to correct the architecture of the inner ear.
Mansfield was born in San Marino CA to Margaret Williams Smith and Robert L.I. Smith. He attended Governor Academy, UC Berkley and George Washington University School of Medicine. He did his surgical internship at Madigan Army Hospital and Otolaryngology residency at University of Michigan. He practiced Otology in San Jose CA, taught at University of Stanford Medical School and UC Davis Medical School. He was published in numerous medical journals and texts and cofounded the Northern California Transplant Bank. His interest in medicine extended to politics and policy making and he put energy into both. He served on the board of the California Medical Association and as President of nearly every medical association related to his specialty.
Mansfield instilled in his children a love of nature, the mountains and Fallen Leaf Lake. He spent every summer at the lake. He founded the local fire department and served as a volunteer fire fighter and physician with the department well into his 70"s.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his brothers Gilbert L.I. Smith, Robert L.T. Smith and his second wife Linda Ramsey. He is survived by his first wife Charlotte Rosson, his children Jennifer S. May, Wendy Smith Novick (Tom) and Mansfield FW Smith (Donna), 7 grandchildren who called him Manpa and many friends and colleagues.

A gathering in his memory will be held January 10th in the UC Davis Alumni and Visitor Center 2-4pm. A celebration of his life will be held this summer at Fallen Leaf Lake.

In lieu of flowers contributions can be made to the Fallen Leaf Lake Volunteer Fire Department, PO Box 9415, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96158 or the California Transplant Donor Network, 1000 Broadway, Suite 600, Oakland, CA 94607

For more information about events, photos and stories about Mansfield please go to mansfieldsmith.forevermissed.com

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This man saved my son´s life if only we had gone to him first !!!! We are so grateful and also Thankful to God for him ... my son Chaz Blackburn in Reno NV we are forever thankful for his hard work and his Family supporting his career and sacrificing all your time that he gave to others

I just thought of Mansfield Smith today. I worked with him in the O.R. a number of times. I was thinking of the stories he told in the operating room and what a great guy he was!

Dr Mansfield Smith was a courteous and professional man. I had the opportunity to spend two vacations at his cabin in Tahoe at Fallen Leaf Lake.

Dr. Smith performed 4 surgeries on my ear, saving me from years of misery and restoring my hearing. He will be sorely missed.

Dr. Smith was my doctor for a total of 25 years. What a great man he was! I will miss his wonderful and jovial personality. He will be missed by so many who loved him dearly.

Verna C Noyd

We have a lifetime of wonderful memories -- old boats on Sunday paswsing the Grey Poupon. dinners and music, fire Department fun, serving on the CSD board, telling jokes, the early morning (pre-surgery stories) and the Chapel. Fallen Leaf is not the same without you. You added so much to our lives. "The passing of an era"..... Paul and Barbara D'Anneo.

Mansfield and I were closest friends at Governors Academy. We hads rooms next to each other for the two years we were there.

Having worked with Dr. M.F. W. Smith at O'Connor Hospital in San Jose for years, I send heartfelt condolences to his family. He was an excellent physician, a very giving human being and his sense of humor and smile could not be beat! May he rest in peace and love.

Thank You Dr. Smith for all you did to help me !!