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      Monday April 20, 2026    
  In Memoriam

 
Died   Name   Cemetery
2/20   Ardith Ann (Amdahl) Rowland  
2/20   Geno T. "Tom" Vickers   Farnam, NE
  Born this day in history:

1823 Sarah I. Stone Timber Culture
1841 Mary C. (McManes) Bodenhamer
1844 Calvin Bradshaw Obituary Homestead
1861 Janet (Clark) Munsil Obituary
1877 Vincent C. Donelson Obituary
1878 Charles K. Evarts
1885 William E. Russell Obituary
1905 Edna M. (Adkisson) Hathaway Obituary
1914 Eva V. (Stewart) Johnson Obituary  ’31
1918 Dorothy (Stinnette) (Murray) Goodman
1920 Infant Bray Obituary
1935 Joan (Phillips) Brauer Obituary
1947 Edward Allen Oberg Obituary  ’65 		  Died this day in history:

1902 Mary Jane (Ford) Boyle Obituary
1920 Infant Bray Obituary
1923 Joanna (Dierdoff) Dryden Obituary
1928 Jesse Hurshman Homestead
1934 Sarah E. (Mitchell) Beal Obituary Homestead
1945 George I. Johnson Obituary
1953 Minnie C. Kestler Obituary
1962 Myrta (Griffis) (Roberts) (Ainlay) Page
1971 Robert O. Thrasher Obituary
1988 Julius E. "Red" Smith
1990 Philip G. Hueftle
1998 Verne W. Dowers Obituary
1998 Madie (Nickerson) Widick Obituary  ’58
2003 Leila V. (Rogers) Hoy
2015 Rex A. Stewart Obituary  ’47
News from this week in Farnam history:
4/21
  – Gym Project Has Been Approved (1938)
4/23
  – Strange Bird Identified (1931)
4/24
  – Letter From Siberia (1919)
  – Willis Bowling Severely Gassed (1919)
4/25
  – Flood of April 23-24, 1929 (1929)
  – Private L. E. Peterson (1918)

Recently posted obituaries, news articles and photos


4/9/2026
  – Lincoln, Esther E. (Kestler) Obituary (1885-1983)

4/8/2026
  – Scott, Joanna C. (Cunning) Obituary (1875-1934)

4/7/2026
  – Bailey, William H., Jr. Obituary (1859-1922)

4/6/2026
  – Schnackenberg, Robert W. "Bob" Obituary  ’48 (1931-1993)

4/3/2026
  – Stoner, William Moore Obituary (1873-1949)

3/30/2026
  – McNickle, Arthur W. Obituary (1905-1992)

3/25/2026
  – Rowland, Ardith Ann (Amdahl) Obituary (1937-2026)

3/24/2026
  – Duncan, Clark Obituary (1891-1965)
  – Duncan, Nell E. (Swan) Obituary (1893-1969)
  

Homestead events on this day in history
 
Application filed:

1887 Hudson Fitch Obituary Homestead
1893 John E. Barnes Obituary Homestead
1897 Robert L. Craig Obituary Homestead 		 
Final proof filed:

1891 Charles H. Maley Obituary Homestead Timber Culture Homestead
1894 Edwin Frear Obituary Homestead
1897 Henry N. Brown Homestead
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 ’00 = Farnam High School Class of 1900
Patent Type: Cash Entry     Homestead    Timber Culture

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