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      Monday March 16, 2026    
  In Memoriam

 
Died   Name   Cemetery
2/20   Geno T. "Tom" Vickers   Farnam, NE
2/3   Richard Allen Miller  
  Born this day in history:

1844 Mary E. (Litzenberg) Stilley Obituary
1857 Sarah C. (Heater) (Thompson) Bailey Obituary
1868 Lewis Lehman Obituary
1874 Alice (Surber) Johnson Obituary
1885 Catherine R. (Hicks) Boley
1899 Lucy V. A. Davidson  ’19
1902 Raymond L. Smith Obituary
1903 Henry H. Gewecke Obituary
1914 Horace R. Bellamy
1926 Eldon M. Metcalf
1931 Betty (Swanson) Remus Obituary
1936 Janice (Gaibler) Crewdson  ’54 		  Died this day in history:

1891 Lionia (Lister) Kestler
1901 Margarett Strolz
1911 Hannah (Gillam) Scott
1913 Levi Dunbar Homestead
1919 Rose Bjorling Obituary
1928 Lyle S. Todd Obituary
1933 Lewis Lehman Obituary
1940 Pheroby "Fairie" (Barr) (McCarl) Wood
1947 Walter E. Harris
1949 Harry F. Stewart Obituary
1949 Ollie P. (Uhlig) Stewart Obituary
1958 Dora C. (Allen) Pearson Obituary
1976 Richard J. Carman  ’30
1986 Mae G. (Baker) Litchenberg Obituary  ’20
News from this week in Farnam history:
3/17
  – Nebraska Basket Ball Tournament (1921)
3/19
  – $25.00 Reward (1904)
  – First Excavation of Tri-County (1936)
  – Warning (1904)
3/21
  – County Service Flag (1918)
  – Somewhere in France (Rowland) (1918)

Recently posted obituaries, news articles and photos


3/3/2026
  – Wagner, Oswald Wilhelm Obituary  ’26 (1909-1992)

3/1/2026
  – Cole, Arthur Obituary (1898-1954)

2/27/2026
  – Grim, Danny Clyde Obituary (1944-2013)

2/24/2026
  – Hess, Clifford G. Obituary  ’48 (1930-1994)
  – Preitauer, Stanley K. Obituary (1916-1994)

2/23/2026
  – Gewecke, Oscar J. Obituary (1889-1953)
  – Murphey, Blanche I. (Gewecke) Obituary (1913-1991)
  – Vickers, Geno T. "Tom" Obituary (1936-2026)

2/20/2026
  – Smallfoot, Marie E. (Schleeter) Obituary (1888-1975)
  – Spencer, M. Dale Obituary  ’39 (1921-2002)
  – Staples, Hazel M. (Smallfoot) Obituary  ’39 (1921-1998)

2/17/2026
  – Johnson, Beverly E. (Arent) Obituary (1921-2018)
  – Miller, Richard Allen Obituary (1946-2026)
  

Homestead events on this day in history
 
Application filed:

1885 Julius Loeber Homestead
1885 Benjamin Sebring Obituary Homestead
1885 John N Snyder Cash Entry Homestead
1886 Matthew C. Mitchell Obituary Homestead
1889 Mollie (Boone) Vaux Homestead 		 
Final proof filed:

1885 George H. Gowen Homestead
1892 Cyrena (Hays) Hurshman Obituary Homestead
1897 Lincoln G. Smith Obituary Homestead
1904 Leonard E. Peterson Obituary Homestead
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 ’00 = Farnam High School Class of 1900
Patent Type: Cash Entry     Homestead    Timber Culture

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