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Monday October 13, 2025

In Memoriam

Died	Name	Cemetery

2/20	Ardith Ann (Amdahl) Rowland
2/20	Geno T. "Tom" Vickers	Farnam, NE
2/3	Richard Allen Miller
1/6	Robert W. (Bob) Friesenborg	Farnam, NE
11/21	Patricia J. (Thompson) Binning ’59	Batavia, OH
9/30	H. Elizabeth (Thompson) Hoppe-Stevens ’52	Farnam, NE
8/31	Irvin C. Hess ’49	Farnam, NE
8/15	Jerald A. "Jerry" Cox

Born this day in history:

1831 Abigail M. (Wilson) Fitch

1860 Benjamin F. Downard

1885 Frank Ochs
1886 Annie E. (McLaughlin) Welch
1888 Grace (Kestler) Bayley
1894 Emma (Ward) (Harper) Zimmerman

1906 Edna F. (Ware) Buss
1906 Esther (Hicks) (Boyd) Whitacre

’24
1915 Leon O. Caster

’35
1919 A. Muriel (Davison) Taylor

1923 Frances Marie (Vobejda) Clark

1923 Helen L. Wear
1937 Ardith Ann (Amdahl) Rowland

Died this day in history:

1889 Michael McDermott

1929 Finley Stevens
1949 Lillian (Blomquist) Bennett
1957 Walter Rolph
1965 Frederick H. Gaudreault

1977 Clara M. (Herrold) Darnall
2003 Myrtle (Volkman) Rogers

2004 Clifford C. Nickerson

’45
2008 Kirby Shane Herrick

2017 Waunetta V. (Donner) Crisman

Recently posted obituaries, news articles and photos

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– Oman, Lily E. (Donelson)

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4/29/2026
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(1858-1924)
– Hecox, Helen G. (Curtis)

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– Hecox, Robert H.

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4/23/2026
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– Bailey, William H., Jr.

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’48 (1931-1993)

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– Stoner, William Moore

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3/30/2026
– McNickle, Arthur W.

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– Duncan, Clark

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3/3/2026
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’26 (1909-1992)

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– Cole, Arthur

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2/27/2026
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’48 (1930-1994)
– Preitauer, Stanley K.

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2/23/2026
– Gewecke, Oscar J.

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– Johnson, Beverly E. (Arent)

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2/10/2026
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– Herndon, Vella V. (Todd)

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’31 (1913-1980)

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– Palmer, Raleigh M.

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2/6/2026
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1/22/2026
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’29 (1910-2000)
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’03 (1885-1969)

1/15/2026
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1/11/2026
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1/10/2026
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(1901-1975)

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– Thompson, Floy C. (Caley)

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12/29/2025
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(1869-1935)
– Downard, Joseph

(1869-1951)
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’26 (1906-1988)

12/28/2025
– Tillotson, LeRoy M., Jr.

’41 (1922-1992)

12/27/2025
– Jurjens, Ralph J.

(1899-1991)

12/26/2025
– Robertson, Esther E. (Pollard)

’22 (1905-1985)

12/24/2025
– Rine, Murray S.

(1892-1979)
– Smallfoot, Chester A.

(1903-1985)
– Smallfoot, Earl A.

(1899-1979)
– Smallfoot, May E. (Murray)

(1906-1997)
– Smallfoot, Walter A.

(1895-1979)
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(1892-1979)

12/23/2025
– Widick, Grover C.

(1885-1975)

12/21/2025
– English, Ethel L. (Mayfield)(Caster)

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– Murphy, Frank D.

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– Lydic, Lula E. (Aylsworth)

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– Peterman, Anna M. (Lydic)

’35 (1917-1973)

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– Russell, William Rex

’51 (1933-1985)

12/4/2025
– Roth, John G.

(1860-1918)
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– Tibbetts, Roy A.

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– Hampson, Bert

’25 (1904-1986)
– Palmer, Cecile M. (Roberts)

’25 (1908-1992)

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– Binning, Patricia J. (Thompson)

’59 (1942-2025)

11/22/2025
– Fairbank, Eliza J. (Olp)

(1826-1904)

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– Hyde, Jennie Lucille (Fitch)

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11/20/2025
– Fitch, Abigail M. (Wilson)

(1831-1898)
– Fitch, William M.

(1921-1991)

11/17/2025
– Clouatre, Armand A. "Frenchy"

’25 (1902-1993)

11/16/2025
– Newell, Myron D.

(1855-1944)
– Newell, Susan T. (Hall)

(1862-1948)

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– Rickard, Ethel L. (Barton)

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– Teel, Linnie M. (Pyle)

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– Teel, Peter A.

(1847-1933)

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– Kister, Ella E. (Gewecke)

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– Tillotson, Mary (Bender)

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10/29/2025
– Britton, Hazel A. (Tillotson)

’10 (1892-1967)
– Britton, Joseph A.

’36 (1917-1970)

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– Greenlee, Frank M.

’30 (1912-1976)

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– Brittenham, Mildred Dorothy (Heath)

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– Northey, Lillian

(1858-1941)

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– Uhlig, Elyza D. (Dryden)

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(1829-1897)
– Thompson, Robert T.

(1825-1892)

10/15/2025
– Albrecht, Conrad

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– Albrecht, Johanna (Reuter)

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10/14/2025
– Albrecht, Gottlieb

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– Albrecht, Louise (Bauer)

(1875-1933)

10/2/2025
– Hoppe-Stevens, H. Elizabeth (Thompson)

’52 (1935-2025)

9/27/2025
– Ealy, Harold C.

(1888-1971)

9/23/2025
– Ainlay, George W., Sr.

’13 (1895-1970)
– Cromer, Mary A. (Zysset)

(1914-1991)

9/18/2025
– Dunkin, Gladys E. (Oman)

’27 (1910-1996)
– Stevenson, Vivian Fay

’27 (1904-1986)

9/17/2025
– Shipton, William

(1847-1899)
– Zimmerman, Emma (Ward)(Harper)

(1894-1975)

9/16/2025
– Cole, Dorothy A. (True)

(1896-1975)
– Cole, Lloyd C.

’34 (1917-1974)
– Maley, Charles H.

(1852-1931)

9/14/2025
– Brittenham, Floyd E.

(1896-1918)

11/14/2025
  – On Air Nov. 13 (1953)
  – F.H.S. Football Standing (1953)

11/9/2025
  – DEDICATION OF BRIDGE AT FARNAM (1940)

9/17/2025
  – To Graduate From Farnam High (1934)

Homestead events on this day in history

Application filed:

1884 Thomas J. Collister

1888 Polly A. McDermott

Final proof filed:

1891 David W. Brooks