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      Wednesday June 17, 2026    
  In Memoriam

 
Died   Name   Cemetery
5/16   Ronald W. "Ron" Williams ’63  
5/14   Darryl J. Hosick   Curtis, NE
  Born this day in history:

1824 John Kennedy Homestead
1867 Adolphus Miller Obituary Homestead
1881 Gertrude E. (Dryden) Taylor  ’98
1883 Lida E. (Woods) Lord Obituary
1888 Nellie Eleanor (Beavers) Nichols
1901 Edwin H. Hoppe Obituary
1903 Mildred Fern (Armitage) Miller  ’22
1907 Vesta (Sparks) Tillotson
1908 Ruth E. (Carman) Gish  ’26
1923 Robert High Obituary
1934 Elden "Nick" Nickerson Obituary  ’51
1953 Kent O. Widick Obituary
1954 John Edward Hoppe Obituary 		  Died this day in history:

1893 Mary A. (Shaw) Scull
1917 Glen Kinnan Obituary
1918 Charles H Smith Obituary Homestead
1939 Mary (Peterson) Oberg Obituary
1954 John Edward Hoppe Obituary
1957 Samuel McKeown Obituary
1961 Goldie F. (Cooley) Schultz Obituary
1966 Albert Edward Tonne Obituary
1969 Omar C. Kitchen Obituary  ’03
1977 Myrtle (Waits) Bailey  ’04
1990 Doris M. (Fitch) Smith Obituary  ’22
1992 Lyle S. Anderson
2008 Ina (Newtson) Slack Obituary
2016 George J. Hergenrader Obituary
2024 Timothy W. Brown Obituary  ’80
News from this week in Farnam history:
6/17
  – Closing Out Buggies (1905)
  – Gives Birth to Triplets (1920)
  – Grasshopper Poisoning Day (1937)
  – Vote to Continue Ingham High (1937)
6/18
  – HERE'S THE PROGRAM (1914)
  – My Boyhood Days (1904)
  – Narrowly Escaped Drowning (1914)
6/20
  – Registration Day (1918)
  – Young Men Called To The Colors (1918)
6/21
  – Boyd Caster Loses Arm (1928)

Recently posted obituaries, news articles and photos


6/3/2026
  – Shanholts, Rebecca M. (Johnson)(Metcalf)  Obituary (1907-1987)
  – Thompson, Della (Hastings)(Merryfield)  Obituary (1876-1961)

5/29/2026
  – Dovenbarger, Daniel H. Obituary (1865-1938)
  – Dovenbarger, Maria M. (Lind) Obituary (1870-1915)
  – Lind, Charles O. Obituary (1829-1911)
  – Lind, Ingrid (Everson) Obituary (1847-1941)

5/24/2026
  – Shinley, Dwaine I. Obituary (1925-2012)

5/22/2026
  – Dillin, Margaret A. Obituary (1907-1997)
  – Hathaway, Alvin L. Obituary (1898-1953)
  – Titchen, Annie (Folkers) Obituary (1889-1970)

5/21/2026
  – Williams, Ronald W. "Ron" Obituary  ’63 (1945-2026)

5/20/2026
  – Guerin, Aime Obituary (1906-1996)
  

Homestead events on this day in history
 
Application filed:

1885 William H. Galloway Obituary Cash Entry Homestead
1889 Henry Miller Obituary Homestead Homestead Cash Entry
1891 George E. Scott Obituary Homestead 		 
Final proof filed:

1889 Henry Miller Obituary Homestead Homestead Cash Entry
1891 Albert Carpenter Obituary Homestead
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 ’00 = Farnam High School Class of 1900
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