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      Tuesday June 23, 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:

1872 Frank F. Fairbank Obituary Homestead
1887 Mayme (Waits) Henderson Obituary  ’04
1894 Carl A., Jr. Bjorling
1896 Charles R. Harris
1897 Edith P. (Wheeler) Smallfoot Obituary
1899 Esther E. (Johnson) Todd Obituary
1903 Arvel M. Beery Obituary
1922 Byron O. Britt Obituary
1926 Gladys (Johnson) Jackson Obituary
1930 William Hopkins Obituary
1937 Harold J. Brown Obituary 		  Died this day in history:

1892 Granville B. Mayfield Homestead Timber Culture
1924 Sarah E. (Cook) Wollam Obituary
1941 Elmer M. Mayfield Cash Entry
1944 Alice L. (Durham) Goesch Obituary
1963 Julia P. (Balser) Hawkenbery
1965 Isabelle E. (McAllister) Sexton Obituary
1972 Mary Alice (Robinson) Wear Obituary
1985 Paul M. Osborn
2000 William Snyder
News from this week in Farnam history:
6/23
  – HORSE DRAGS A. GEWECKE (1922)
  – Pioneers of 1880s (1927)
6/24
  – Black Blizzard Following Heat (1937)
  – FREAK CHICKEN (1937)
  – Free Merchandise (1905)
  – Meanest Person in Town (1943)
  – Passing of Ingham High (1943)
  – Storm Does Damage (1915)
6/26
  – Flood Waters do Damage (1947)

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)

6/3/2026
  – Shanholts, Rebecca M. (Johnson)(Metcalf)  Obituary (1907-1987)
  – Thompson, Della (Hastings)(Merryfield)  Obituary (1876-1961)

5/29/2026
  – Dovenbarger, Daniel H. Obituary (1865-1938)
  – Dovenbarger, Maria M. (Lind) Obituary (1870-1915)
  – Lind, Charles O. Obituary (1829-1911)
  – Lind, Ingrid (Everson) Obituary (1847-1941)
  

Homestead events on this day in history
   
Final proof filed:

1890 David Seth Obituary Homestead
1891 Levi Dyer Homestead
1897 Thomas Bowdich Obituary Homestead
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 ’00 = Farnam High School Class of 1900
Patent Type: Cash Entry     Homestead    Timber Culture

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