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      Monday May 12, 2025    
  In Memoriam

 
  Born this day in history:

1848 Jacob D. Surber Obituary Cash Entry
1857 Francis H. Woodgate Obituary
1867 Lucy E. (Forsyth) Young
1871 Caroline (Smith) Gaibler
1882 Glenn Greenlee Obituary
1896 Clara (Gewecke) Wyckoff Obituary
1914 Vivian (Bennett) Martin Obituary
1915 Hubert Edward Bacon
1949 Rebecca F. (Lippincott) Earl Obituary 		  Died this day in history:

1892 Clara Underwood
1910 George R. Twiford
1921 Walter D. Cameron Obituary
1925 Gladys E. Rose Obituary
1928 Emily J. (Polston) Heumphreus
1930 Edmund Trindel Obituary
1936 Elaine Peterson Obituary
1961 Mable Land Obituary
1964 George F. Johnson Obituary Homestead
1964 Robert, Sr. Zeeh Obituary
1982 Sylvia E. (Baker) Bailey
1999 Kenneth Oman Obituary
2003 Donna (Vickers) Burson Obituary
2020 Illa Jo (Hosick) Zysset Obituary
News from this week in Farnam history:
5/13
  – Two Men Shot (1893)
5/14
  – Hail Storm Kills Stock (1935)
  – McElmoil Installs Refrigerator (1925)
5/15
  – George Griffis Arrived Home (1919)
5/16
  – Burlington Bridge Burns (1929)
  – Commencement Exercises (1929)
  – Ingham Commencement (1935)

Recently posted obituaries, news articles and photos


5/11/2025
  – Lindvall, Louise (Parker) Obituary  ’26 (1908-1992)

4/29/2025
  – Farnstrom, Marjorie (Rice) Obituary  ’47 (1929-2010)
  – Sheffield, Alta Mae Obituary (1912-1913)
  – Sheffield, Wilbur Dale Obituary (1910-1985)

4/27/2025
  – Jones, Harold Oliver Obituary (1896-1978)
  – Jones, James H. Obituary (1900-1990)
  – Jones, Mattison D. Obituary (1906-1959)
  – Pollard, Glennie (Jones) Obituary (1894-1980)

4/20/2025
  – Johnson, Eugene F. Obituary (1912-1990)
  – Johnson, Eva V. (Stewart) Obituary  ’31 (1914-1991)
  – Koch, Lorenz G. Obituary (1920-1979)
  – Stauffer, Mae J. (Parker)(Blackwood)  Obituary (1899-1971)
  – Stewart, Frank J. Obituary (1925-1970)
  – Thrasher, Neva I. (Crist) Obituary (1898-1981)
  – Thrasher, Robert O. Obituary (1896-1971)
  – Wiester, Jean (Thrasher)(Prather)  Obituary (1920-1981)

4/16/2025
  – Day, Laura (Rice)(Bathen)  Obituary (1896-1988)
  – Klooz, Elizabeth R. (Rice) Obituary (1893-1974)

4/15/2025
  – Duffy, Dorothy LeNore (Dixon) Obituary (1933-2016)
  

Homestead events on this day in history
 
Application filed:

1885 Benjamin F. Downard Timber Culture Homestead
1892 Frank R. Smith Obituary Timber Culture Homestead
1900 George F. Johnson Obituary Homestead 		 
Final proof filed:

1892 James M. Heffern Homestead
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 ’00 = Farnam High School Class of 1900
Patent Type: Cash Entry     Homestead    Timber Culture

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