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      Saturday July 4, 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:

1819 Fergus P. McMillan Homestead
1836 Elizabeth (Gullion) Wood Obituary
1837 August Beerman Obituary Homestead
1851 Jullia (Lucier) Clifford
1860 John Alfred Ballard Homestead Timber Culture
1869 Mary J. (Carey) Putnam Obituary
1877 Eliza E. (Hazen) Hampson
1880 Clyde McElmoil Obituary
1885 Clara M. (McMichael) Johnson Obituary
1885 Herman Richards
1892 Ester (Stoner) Chittock
1894 Mable Land Obituary
1896 Archie Lee Jackson
1912 Violet (Beerman) Bellamy Obituary
1919 Maxine (Boyle) Hill Obituary  ’36
1921 Courtney Lee Goesch
1928 L. Gene Lange Obituary
1929 William E. "Bill" Schnackenberg Obituary  ’47 		  Died this day in history:

1913 Sarah J. (Reynolds) Foote Obituary
1915 Sadie (Heumphreus) Liggett Obituary
1933 Rex Dale Graff Obituary
1937 Frances O. (Cook) Wollam Obituary
1942 Eldon Merton Todd Obituary
1956 Amy A. (Pershall) Hohn
1958 Helen (Tatom) (James) Beisner
1961 May (Loomis) Smith
1994 Edna Belle (Gish) Stilley
2000 Edwin A. "Bud" Lindstedt
2011 Jack C. Schultz Obituary
2013 Danny Clyde Grim Obituary
News from this week in Farnam history:
7/4
  – Keystone Items - 4 July 1885 (1885)
7/5
  – D. of H. Entertains (1917)
7/6
  – G. E. Mangus Buys Out Businesses (1939)
  – Killed By Lightning (1944)
  – Lightning Kills Frank A. Hilton (1923)
7/7
  – Man Injured in Runaway (1921)
7/8
  – Farnam Facts and Fancies July 8 (1897)
7/9
  – Local Golf Course Will Re-open (1925)
  – Successful Celebration (1914)

Recently posted obituaries, news articles and photos


6/25/2026
  – Brown, Henry N. Obituary (1858-1940)
  – Brown, Katherine L. (Lehmann) Obituary (1858-1938)
  – Johnson, Walter F. Obituary  ’26 (1906-1981)

6/24/2026
  – Gewecke, Edith M. (Kishmer) Obituary (1894-1973)

6/20/2026
  – Wear, Lewis Obituary (1891-1969)
  

Homestead events on this day in history
 
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1884 Owen F. Johnson Obituary Homestead 		 
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