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Tuesday August 19, 2025

In Memoriam

Died	Name	Cemetery

7/30	Darlene V. Grogan	Maxwell, NE
7/22	Ralph G. Widick ’56	Farnam, NE
7/16	Connie (Peters) (Groenewold) Morton
5/16	Ronald W. "Ron" Williams ’63
5/14	Darryl J. Hosick	Curtis, NE
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:

1839 Henry Wilson

1845 Evrena Olson

1849 Artaresta (Powers) Gregory

1851 Mary A. (Harding) Fitch

1855 Amelia (Karner) Goesch
1860 Samuel G Colebank

1862 Dr. Frank L. Wilmeth

1864 Etta M. (Parker) Ommert

1866 William N. Canning

1871 Isabelle Larson

1874 Edmund Trindel

1903 Doris Tillotson
1904 Arthur Irelan
1905 Bernice E. (Wear) Brown

1911 Lyal P. Beck

’29
1912 Baby Girl Patterson
1914 John Everett Spencer
1917 Royal E. Gish

1937 Donna (Claflin) Craig

1940 Sharon Ann (Hite) McMichael

1958 Douglas Flynn

Died this day in history:

1897 James F Fenton

1904 Jonathan R. Jones

1960 Stella C. (Franklin) Boyle

1964 Elmer H. Howat
1968 Don Hatcher Hamilton
1990 Esther P. (Dickinson) Martin

1992 Arthur W. McNickle

1999 Wilma Josephine (Armitage) Buss

2003 Ray Grabenstein
2003 Everett W. Oman

2009 Kenneth Stevens

News from this week in Farnam history:
	8/20 – Greenlee Home Destroyed by Fire (1925) – James Heumphreus Shot (1936) 8/22 – A Brief History of Ingham (1929) 8/23 – President Is Dead (1923)

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8/5/2026
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7/26/2026
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7/22/2026
– Edson, Anna (Tatem)

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– Miller, Angeloah William

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’22 (1904-1976)

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– Armstrong, Orpha J. (Messersmith)

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– Johnson, A. Fred S.

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– Foster, Emily E. (Messersmith)

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’26 (1906-1981)

6/24/2026
– Gewecke, Edith M. (Kishmer)

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6/20/2026
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5/29/2026
– Dovenbarger, Daniel H.

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– Dovenbarger, Maria M. (Lind)

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5/24/2026
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5/22/2026
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5/21/2026
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5/18/2026
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4/7/2026
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4/6/2026
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’48 (1931-1993)

4/3/2026
– Stoner, William Moore

(1873-1949)

3/30/2026
– McNickle, Arthur W.

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3/25/2026
– Rowland, Ardith Ann (Amdahl)

(1937-2026)

3/24/2026
– Duncan, Clark

(1891-1965)
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(1893-1969)

3/16/2026
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(1902-1988)

3/3/2026
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’26 (1909-1992)

3/1/2026
– Cole, Arthur

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– Grim, Danny Clyde

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2/24/2026
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’48 (1930-1994)
– Preitauer, Stanley K.

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– Vickers, Geno T. "Tom"

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

(1888-1975)
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’39 (1921-2002)
– Staples, Hazel M. (Smallfoot)

’39 (1921-1998)

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

(1921-2018)
– Miller, Richard Allen

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2/10/2026
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’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)

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– 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)

1/1/2026
– Thompson, Floy C. (Caley)

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12/31/2025
– Stevens, Everett L.

(1893-1971)

12/29/2025
– Downard, Benjamin F.

(1860-1948)
– Downard, Catherine E. (McElwain)

(1869-1935)
– Downard, Joseph

(1869-1951)
– Martin, Kenneth S.

’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)
– Vickers, George T.

(1892-1979)

12/23/2025
– Widick, Grover C.

(1885-1975)

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

(1881-1952)
– Mayfield, Granville M.

(1865-1950)

12/12/2025
– Murphy, Elizabeth I. (Billings)

(1846-1926)
– Murphy, Frank D.

(1867-1926)

12/8/2025
– Lydic, Lula E. (Aylsworth)

(1880-1969)
– Peterman, Anna M. (Lydic)

’35 (1917-1973)

12/7/2025
– Russell, William Rex

’51 (1933-1985)

12/4/2025
– Roth, John G.

(1860-1918)
– Stinnette, Alma J. (Schultz)

(1865-1950)
– Stinnette, Garnett S.

(1858-1945)
– Tibbetts, Roy A.

(1875-1950)

11/29/2025
– Hampson, Bert

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

’25 (1908-1992)

11/25/2025
– Binning, Patricia J. (Thompson)

’59 (1942-2025)

11/22/2025
– Fairbank, Eliza J. (Olp)

(1826-1904)

11/21/2025
– Hyde, Jennie Lucille (Fitch)

(1915-1978)

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)

11/15/2025
– Rickard, Ethel L. (Barton)

(1884-1935)

11/14/2025
– Teel, Linnie M. (Pyle)

(1864-1945)
– Teel, Peter A.

(1847-1933)

11/9/2025
– Kister, Ella E. (Gewecke)

(1893-1976)

11/7/2025
– Britton, Hartley

(1886-1949)

11/4/2025
– Kugler, Nellie (Harper)(Stromer)

(1891-1980)

10/31/2025
– Tillotson, Mary (Bender)

(1907-1990)

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

’10 (1892-1967)
– Britton, Joseph A.

’36 (1917-1970)

10/27/2025
– Greenlee, Frank M.

’30 (1912-1976)

10/26/2025
– Brittenham, Mildred Dorothy (Heath)

(1899-1986)

10/23/2025
– Adkisson, Dale O.

(1922-1972)

10/20/2025
– Northey, Lillian

(1858-1941)

10/17/2025
– Uhlig, Elyza D. (Dryden)

’05 (1886-1977)

10/16/2025
– Bailey, Mary C. (Young)

(1829-1897)
– Thompson, Robert T.

(1825-1892)

10/15/2025
– Albrecht, Conrad

(1879-1899)
– Albrecht, Johanna (Reuter)

(1835-1915)

10/14/2025
– Albrecht, Gottlieb

(1864-1928)
– 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)

9/13/2025
– Brittenham, Oliver "Jim"

’26 (1907-1983)

9/2/2025
– Hess, Irvin C.

’49 (1932-2025)

9/1/2025
– Tuttle, Frank J.

(1878-1928)

8/30/2025
– Fitch, Clara L. (Shaw)

(1874-1947)
– Palmer, Alice M. (Griffis)

(1895-1975)

8/29/2025
– Howard, Inez (Beery)

(1911-2007)

8/20/2025
– Clement, Josephine (Hirschmiller)

(1890-1974)
– Williams, Herbert L.

(1908-1953)

8/19/2025
– Beck, Lyal P.

’29 (1911-1975)
– Cox, Jerald A. "Jerry"

(1939-2025)

8/18/2025
– Funk, Gracie May (Harry)

(1898-1974)
– Harry, Charlie A.

(1888-1973)
– Harry, James A.

(1855-1954)

8/17/2025
– Ainlay, John A.

’26 (1908-1990)
– Hand, Vaughn F.

(1908-1974)

8/10/2025
– Moore, C. Rosetta (Chase)(Graves)

(1832-1919)

8/5/2025
– Anderson, Leonard T.

(1910-1989)
– Anderson, Opal M. (Craig)

(1910-1992)
– Babcock, John B.

(1908-1983)
– Babcock, Marvin M.

’37 (1918-1983)
– Baxter, Luella (Babcock)

(1914-1998)
– Baxter, Mattie R. (Babcock)

’23 (1905-1988)
– Davison, Dora (Babcock)(Walther)

(1903-1997)
– Enevoldsen, Martinus

(1889-1972)
– Hinton, Dale A.

(1910-1981)
– Hustead, Ina F. (Enevoldsen)

’34 (1918-1989)
– Larson, Lela A. (Craig)(Moor)

’25 (1907-2002)
– Pinkerton, Violette L. (Babcock)

’24 (1906-1985)
– Zysset, Celine Maria (Lefebvre)

(1922-1980)

8/4/2025
– Ralston, Jean

(1914-2007)
– Ralston, Jessie (Johnston)

’03 (1887-1978)
– Rinke, Dorothy L. (Brown)

’47 (1930-1990)

8/2/2025
– Brown, Roberta (Taylor)(Newcomb)

(1927-2019)
– Tannyhill, Leila F. (Davison)(Taylor)

(1898-1990)
– Taylor, Marvin L.

(1922-1980)

7/30/2025
– Brooks, Alfred John

(1864-1941)
– Speck, Chad LaMoine

(1970-1974)
– Speck, Eugene "Ben"

(1917-1974)

7/28/2025
– Hines, Lena E. (Hicks)

’22 (1903-1977)
– Monaco, Frances (Waits)

’25 (1907-1969)
– Waits, Faye B. (Hudson)

’28 (1909-1979)
– Waits, Kenneth E.

’31 (1912-1990)

7/27/2025
– Cole, Weaver

(1892-1978)
– Gewecke, Emma (Patterson)

’23 (1903-1977)
– Patterson, Stella V. (Jackson)

(1890-1974)

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:

1891 James M. Grandstaff

1899 Jacob Hankins

Final proof filed:

1884 Temple Smith

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