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      Monday July 6, 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:

1847 Sarah E. (Mitchell) Beal Obituary Homestead
1856 Sarah (Babcock) Woolstrum Obituary
1878 Carl I. Stinman Obituary
1880 Bessie B. (Rowen) Neal
1883 Christena (Messersmith) Thompson Obituary
1896 Iva E. (Hewitt) Barton
1902 Harold S. Cameron Obituary
1908 Opal E. Stebbins Obituary  ’26
1912 Harold M. Adkisson Obituary
1912 Harry W. Adkisson Obituary
1914 Olive (Smith) Porter Obituary
1957 Gary Slack Obituary 		  Died this day in history:

1928 Gottlieb Albrecht Obituary
1930 Max Eugene Golay Obituary
1941 Clifford Nickerson Obituary
1968 Ina M. (Stoner) Wilcox Obituary
1976 Cloyde Ronald Messersmith
1981 Marcus C. Gaudreault Obituary  ’38
1983 Sharon (Weiss) Banzhaf Obituary
1990 Verd I. Siemiller Obituary
1991 Geraldine A. (Knisley) Knopp Obituary
1993 Richard O. Ackerman
1993 Norma L. (Pounds) Hopkins Obituary
2008 George B. Johnson Obituary  ’41
News from this week in Farnam history:
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)
7/10
  – Max Golay Drowns (1930)
7/11
  – 4th of July Celebration (1907)

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
 
Application filed:

1885 Frank H. Alden Homestead Timber Culture 		 
Final proof filed:

1889 George M. Dunton Obituary Homestead
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 ’00 = Farnam High School Class of 1900
Patent Type: Cash Entry     Homestead    Timber Culture

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