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      Saturday July 11, 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:

1828 Adaline M. (Webster) Clark
1842 Ruth M. (Harnsberger) Thompson Obituary
1844 Morgan S. Pollard Obituary
1854 Jasper F. Hazen Obituary
1867 John F. Walther Obituary Homestead
1868 Gottlieb Bosch
1877 Ewald R. Schnieber Obituary
1883 Mary Alice (Robinson) Wear Obituary
1889 Kenneth V. Carman Obituary
1896 Vernie McCarl Obituary
1897 Lynn E. Crossgrove Obituary
1903 Emma (Patterson) Gewecke Obituary  ’23
1904 Infant Son Murray Obituary
1905 Esther (Starr) Titchen Obituary
1909 Baby Allen Obituary
1910 Opal M. (Craig) Anderson Obituary
1913 Wilbert Feddersen
1915 Lois (Nickerson) Anderson Obituary
1915 Dorrance Roach
1921 Louise C. (Krepcik) (Pavelka) Katzberg Obituary  ’39
1921 Eva L. (Clement) McMichael Obituary
1925 Betty Joy (Wear) Norgaard  ’43
1930 Jeweldine (Davis) Gaibler Obituary  ’48
1936 Irene (Schnackenberg) Viter Obituary
1972 William A. Callahan Obituary 		  Died this day in history:

1917 Susie C. (Miller) Austin Obituary
1934 Theron L. Wiggins Obituary Homestead Cash Entry Cash Entry
1938 John F. Walther Obituary Homestead
1958 Cecil H. Williams Obituary
1964 Amy P. (Mercer) Heumphreus Obituary
1966 Kent O. Widick Obituary
1974 Sarah Florence (Slightom) Weiss
2001 Edith Eileen (Hess) Kitchen
2014 Estella (Jackson) (Schurr) Tillotson Obituary
2015 James Taylor
2016 Dorothy LeNore (Dixon) Duffy Obituary
News from this week in Farnam history:
7/11
  – 4th of July Celebration (1907)
7/12
  – Somewhere in France (Buss) (1918)
7/14
  – Stolen Bank Boxes Found (1927)
7/15
  – Bandit Hideout Near North Platte (1937)
  – Large Sign for Airplanes (1937)

Recently posted obituaries, news articles and photos


7/10/2026
  – Balser, Elizabeth V. (Bick) Obituary (1884-1972)

7/9/2026
  – Irelan, N. M. Obituary (1829-1902)

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:

1873 Charles U. Lockwood Homestead
1891 Mary J. (McKean) Davis Obituary Homestead 		 
Final proof filed:

1889 James W. Barton Obituary Homestead
1894 John G. Roth Obituary Homestead
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 ’00 = Farnam High School Class of 1900
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