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Saturday January 31, 2026

In Memoriam

Died	Name	Cemetery

2/20	Geno T. "Tom" Vickers	Farnam, NE
2/3	Richard Allen Miller
1/6	Robert W. (Bob) Friesenborg	Farnam, NE

Born this day in history:

1849 Emma (Ede) Seavey
1857 Swan J. Banks

1861 Sarah M. (Heinze) Mallett

1863 Dollie (Burden) Van Tilborg
1864 Eli L. Mercer

1869 Laura M. (Bringelson) Banks

1891 Otie B. (Estes) Cloyd
1893 Elsie (Anderson) Brugger
1894 Bertha (Reiker) Wolf

1897 Gladys Fern (Kilburn) Warren
1906 Avis L. (Mell) (Cooper) Stevens
1909 Laura B. (Holbein) Alber
1909 Harold B. Hayworth
1920 Marven J. Pollard

’37
1924 Wilma Ruth (Weiss) Shinley

1931 Loree (Kolb) (Agent) Thomsen

1946 Marsha (McNickle) Puppe

1958 John Slack

Died this day in history:

1934 Guy T. Dawson

1952 Frank Leslie Omer Lemmon
1955 Walter L. Gardner

1958 John Roberts

1995 Edna M. (Oberg) Duncan

’25
2020 Garold Keith, Jr. Messersmith

’74
2021 Lea (Knoll) Messersmith

’50

News from this week in Farnam history:

1/31
  – March of Dimes Carnival (1952)
  – Walker Is Sane (1896)
2/1
  – Final Issue of The Farnam Echo (1940)
  – From Camp Cody (Harris) (1918)
  – Infantile Paralysis Benefit (1945)
2/2
  – Community Program Well Attended (1939)
  – Is Not Insane (1896)
  – Killed Instantly (1923)
2/3
  – Polio Carnival a Success (1949)
2/4
  – Hold Husking Bee (1943)
  – Stebbins Brothers (1915)
  – To Serve No. Platte Canteen (1943)
2/5
  – Bonds For New High School (1925)
  – Carnival a Success (1948)
  – Infantile Paralysis Drive (1942)
  – March of Dimes Carnival (1953)

Recently posted obituaries, news articles and photos

3/3/2026
– Wagner, Oswald Wilhelm

’26 (1909-1992)

3/1/2026
– Cole, Arthur

(1898-1954)

2/27/2026
– Grim, Danny Clyde

(1944-2013)

2/24/2026
– Hess, Clifford G.

’48 (1930-1994)
– Preitauer, Stanley K.

(1916-1994)

2/23/2026
– Gewecke, Oscar J.

(1889-1953)
– Murphey, Blanche I. (Gewecke)

(1913-1991)
– Vickers, Geno T. "Tom"

(1936-2026)

2/20/2026
– Smallfoot, Marie E. (Schleeter)

(1888-1975)
– Spencer, M. Dale

’39 (1921-2002)
– Staples, Hazel M. (Smallfoot)

’39 (1921-1998)

2/17/2026
– Johnson, Beverly E. (Arent)

(1921-2018)
– Miller, Richard Allen

(1946-2026)

2/10/2026
– Herndon, Lewis

(1891-1982)
– Herndon, Vella V. (Todd)

(1891-1990)
– McLaughlin, Maude Mae (Todd)

(1887-1978)
– Miller, Claude A.

’31 (1913-1980)

2/8/2026
– Palmer, Raleigh M.

(1894-1967)

2/6/2026
– Hilton, Eva E. (Keiper)

(1907-2003)

1/26/2026
– Bellamy, Gailord H.

(1934-1995)

1/24/2026
– Craig, Ray W.

(1908-1989)

1/22/2026
– Mayfield, Darwin O.

(1863-1927)

1/16/2026
– Harwood, Gladys G. (Teel)

’29 (1910-2000)
– Kitchen, Della B. (Stinnette)

(1887-1988)
– Kitchen, Omar C.

’03 (1885-1969)

1/15/2026
– Friesenborg, Robert W. (Bob)

(1947-2026)

1/11/2026
– Klein, Russel E.

(1926-2010)

1/10/2026
– Klein, Louis J.

(1901-1975)

1/9/2026
– Phillips, Jesse

(1882-1962)
– Phillips, Laura May (Hannah)

(1884-1957)

1/8/2026
– Hazen, Evelyn M. (Smallfoot)

(1905-1995)
– Siemiller, Ernest Robert

(1913-1980)
– Siemiller, Eva L. (Earll)

(1893-1985)
– Smallfoot, Albert A.

(1901-1970)

1/7/2026
– Reeves, Clark L.

(1929-1970)
– Reeves, Nelson G.

(1853-1946)

1/5/2026
– Mercer, Henry

(1901-1969)

1/2/2026
– Johnson, Gordon M.

(1929-2009)

No Homestead events on this day in history

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