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Monday April 14, 2025

In Memoriam

Died	Name	Cemetery

8/16	Pat (Warnke) Baker	Farnam, NE
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
6/15	Bonnie Jeanne (Zysset) Herrick	Farnam, NE
5/30	Jeffrey Paul Crisman	Farnam, NE
5/13	Gladys (Miller) Wolf ’43	Eustis, NE
3/6	Ardyce I. (Smith) Bick ’47	Farnam, NE
3/3	Fay E. Herndon	Moorefield, NE
2/21	Russell Lee, Sr. Clement ’55	Maxwell, NE

Born this day in history:

1831 Benjamin Scott

1833 Susan (Stevens) (Dewane) (Bobo) McCarty

1845 Jacob B. Kitchen

1851 Joseph B. Wilson
1856 Emma J. (Rogers) Hovey
1856 Marcia (Lewis) Richards

1864 Emma E. (Hond) Divoll

1866 David Johnson

1884 Charles E. Uhlig

1886 Eddie C. Gardner

1893 Henry M. Rank
1907 Baby Girl Maloney
1911 Noble L. "Tobey" Oberg

’31
1920 Edwin Donelson

’37
1926 M. Dale McNickle

’43

Died this day in history:

1900 Ruth M. (Harnsberger) Thompson

1907 Baby Girl Maloney
1915 Hudson Fitch

1932 Evelyn L. Davison

1932 Rev. Thomas E. Gillett

1933 Adolphus Miller

1946 Naomi A. (Hazen) Rosenfelt

1951 Elvin D. Price

1973 Guy T. Seth
1974 Amos E. Stauffer
1979 George T. Vickers

1981 Virgie M. (Spangler) Crossgrove

1986 LaVerne Owens
2010 Wanda M. (Crawford) Rosentrater

2012 Earl Hopkins

’36

News from this week in Farnam history:
	4/14 – Break-ins at Local Stores (1960) – Moorefield Man Loses Eye (1921) 4/18 – Ainlay Gold Machine Praised (1929)

Recently posted obituaries, news articles and photos

8/18/2026
– Baker, Pat (Warnke)

(1946-2026)

8/15/2026
– Marlin, Mary A. (Rolph)

(1828-1897)

8/14/2026
– Hirschmiller, Henry H.

’25 (1907-1983)

8/13/2026
– Williams, Ronald W. "Ron"

’63 (1945-2026)

8/8/2026
– LaRue, Samuel

(1878-1909)

8/7/2026
– Boas, Alvina Elizabeth "Allie" (Wasley)

(1866-1914)

8/5/2026
– Howat, Bert H.

(1916-1979)

8/4/2026
– Austin, Dwight C.

(1915-1975)
– Messersmith, Lloyd R.

(1891-1986)

8/2/2026
– Grogan, Darlene V.

(-2026)

8/1/2026
– Wolf, Evelyn (Zysset)

(1933-2023)

7/26/2026
– Herndon, Del D.

(1950-1985)
– Herndon, Fay E.

(1939-2025)
– Herndon, Linda Louise (Bartman)

(1949-2022)

7/24/2026
– Widick, Kent O.

(1953-1966)
– Widick, Ralph G.

’56 (1938-2026)

7/23/2026
– Beery, Edward

(1880-1969)

7/22/2026
– Edson, Anna (Tatem)

(1883-1973)
– Hand, William F.

(1877-1962)
– Hilton, Elmer R.

(1900-1990)
– Jorgensen, Arch H.

(1897-1979)
– Miller, Angeloah William

(1888-1985)
– Morton, Connie (Peters)(Groenewold)

(1936-2026)
– Schnieber, Ernest W.

’22 (1904-1976)

7/21/2026
– Armstrong, Orpha J. (Messersmith)

(1862-1916)
– Bennett, Maxine L. (Stewart)

(1921-2007)
– Bray, Mary Bell (Messersmith)

(1877-1954)
– Johnson, A. Fred S.

(1896-1985)

7/20/2026
– Foster, Emily E. (Messersmith)

(1864-1940)
– Hart, Clarissa C. (Messersmith)

(1872-1938)
– Kelly, Amanda E.

(1869-1955)
– Messersmith, Andrew J.

(1887-1955)

7/19/2026
– Mayden, Vergil

(1910-1971)

7/17/2026
– Bailey, George W.

(1886-1954)

7/10/2026
– Balser, Elizabeth V. (Bick)

(1884-1972)

7/9/2026
– Irelan, N. M.

(1829-1902)

6/25/2026
– Brown, Henry N.

(1858-1940)
– Brown, Katherine L. (Lehmann)

(1858-1938)
– Johnson, Walter F.

’26 (1906-1981)

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

(1894-1973)

6/20/2026
– Wear, Lewis

(1891-1969)

6/3/2026
– Shanholts, Rebecca M. (Johnson)(Metcalf)

(1907-1987)
– Thompson, Della (Hastings)(Merryfield)

(1876-1961)

5/29/2026
– Dovenbarger, Daniel H.

(1865-1938)
– Dovenbarger, Maria M. (Lind)

(1870-1915)
– Lind, Charles O.

(1829-1911)
– Lind, Ingrid (Everson)

(1847-1941)

5/24/2026
– Shinley, Dwaine I.

(1925-2012)

5/22/2026
– Dillin, Margaret A.

(1907-1997)
– Hathaway, Alvin L.

(1898-1953)
– Titchen, Annie (Folkers)

(1889-1970)

5/20/2026
– Guerin, Aime

(1906-1996)

5/18/2026
– Hosick, Darryl J.

(1939-2026)

5/5/2026
– Oman, Lily E. (Donelson)

(1881-1980)

4/29/2026
– Hecox, Fred G.

(1858-1924)
– Hecox, Helen G. (Curtis)

(1889-1962)
– Hecox, Minnie M. (Graves)

(1865-1950)
– Hecox, Robert H.

(1918-1961)

4/27/2026
– Hilton, Marvin Ray

(1937-2022)

4/23/2026
– Pollard, Jacob Eugene "Gene"

(1892-1958)

4/9/2026
– Lincoln, Esther E. (Kestler)

(1885-1983)

4/8/2026
– Scott, Joanna C. (Cunning)

(1875-1934)

4/7/2026
– Bailey, William H., Jr.

(1859-1922)

4/6/2026
– Schnackenberg, Robert W. "Bob"

’48 (1931-1993)

4/3/2026
– Stoner, William Moore

(1873-1949)

3/30/2026
– McNickle, Arthur W.

(1905-1992)

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

(1937-2026)

3/24/2026
– Duncan, Clark

(1891-1965)
– Duncan, Nell E. (Swan)

(1893-1969)

3/16/2026
– Knoedler, Clara Mabel (Davidson)

(1902-1988)

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)

1/1/2026
– Thompson, Floy C. (Caley)

(1882-1966)

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)

7/6/2025
– Stebbins, Opal E.

’26 (1908-1983)

7/5/2025
– Palmatier, Anson J.

(1829-1899)

7/3/2025
– Warner, Leland

’47 (1929-2025)
– Wolf, Gladys (Miller)

’43 (1924-2025)

6/23/2025
– Beery, Arvel M.

(1903-1969)
– Quinn, Janice Anita (Zysset)

(1940-2022)
– Smallfoot, Edith P. (Wheeler)

(1897-1970)
– Todd, Esther E. (Johnson)

(1899-1996)
– Zysset, Paul D.

(1937-2022)

6/22/2025
– Fairbank, Frank F.

(1872-1954)
– Herrick, Bonnie Jeanne (Zysset)

(1934-2025)

6/3/2025
– Crisman, Jeffrey Paul

(1969-2025)

5/22/2025
– Toberer, Edna (Brock)

’22 (1903-1976)

5/17/2025
– Crossgrove, Merle W.

’03 (1884-1971)

5/11/2025
– Lindvall, Louise (Parker)

’26 (1908-1992)

4/29/2025
– Farnstrom, Marjorie (Rice)

’47 (1929-2010)
– Sheffield, Alta Mae

(1912-1913)
– Sheffield, Wilbur Dale

(1910-1985)

4/27/2025
– Jones, Harold Oliver

(1896-1978)
– Jones, James H.

(1900-1990)
– Jones, Mattison D.

(1906-1959)
– Pollard, Glennie (Jones)

(1894-1980)

4/20/2025
– Johnson, Eugene F.

(1912-1990)
– Johnson, Eva V. (Stewart)

’31 (1914-1991)
– Koch, Lorenz G.

(1920-1979)
– Stauffer, Mae J. (Parker)(Blackwood)

(1899-1971)
– Stewart, Frank J.

(1925-1970)
– Thrasher, Neva I. (Crist)

(1898-1981)
– Thrasher, Robert O.

(1896-1971)
– Wiester, Jean (Thrasher)(Prather)

(1920-1981)

4/16/2025
– Day, Laura (Rice)(Bathen)

(1896-1988)
– Klooz, Elizabeth R. (Rice)

(1893-1974)

4/15/2025
– Duffy, Dorothy LeNore (Dixon)

(1933-2016)

4/10/2025
– Hazen, Murlin C.

(1904-1971)

4/8/2025
– Hansen, Hannah M. (Nelsen)(Schneider) (Brixley) (Nickerson)

(1898-1990)
– Schneider, Shellie G.

(1886-1929)

4/5/2025
– McNickle, Lola (Howsden)(Dietz)

(1926-2023)
– Stinnette, Minta J. (Smith)

(1865-1945)

3/31/2025
– Powell, Evalynne (Saum)

’38 (1920-1986)

3/24/2025
– Hugo, Mary Ferne (Pollard)

’14 (1895-1969)
– Ihfe, Claude F.

’41 (1922-1985)
– Ihfe, Herman J. N.

(1881-1946)
– Pollard, Marion Andrew

(1898-1902)

3/23/2025
– Johnson, Manson M.

(1837-1906)

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:

1892 George H. Estes

1893 Claude Glendening

1899 Salathiel D. Gregory

Final proof filed:

1889 James Meahen

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