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Tuesday February 18, 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
2/4	Leland Warner ’47	Maxwell, NE
1/13	Richard Ray Alsup	Tarkio, NE

Born this day in history:

1824 Rhoda (Willard) Westrope
1847 Susan (Nafus) Flanigan

1847 Abe Parsons

1851 Stephen D. Mast

1851 Jacob B. Rice

1858 Thomas A. Brown

1877 Otto Bringelson
1884 Frank W. Waits

1886 Wanda (Brown) (Ramsey) Nelson

’04
1890 Orville H. Thrasher

1893 Lola A. (Messersmith) (Roach) Hubbard
1902 William I. Hines
1906 Wilber I. Darnall

1919 Stanton L. Dowers
1925 Ruth A. (Potts) Whitney
1929 Ines (Butter) Schleeman

Died this day in history:

1898 William L. Stebbins

1925 Charlotte A. (Klinefelter) Johnson

1949 Lillie M. (Sherman) Siemiller
1955 Nettie A. (Earhart) Wilmeth

1964 C. Delevan Buss

’17
1975 Percy Emil Donelson
1984 Ruth (Dawson) (Harris) McNickle

’17
1985 Eva L. (Earll) Siemiller

2002 Mildred E. (Hicks) Edson

’28
2005 Erma (Franzen) Fickenscher

2012 Earl Fickenscher

’60
2021 Jean (Kotschwar) Henderson

’59

News from this week in Farnam history:
	2/18 – Tanner's Quality Store ad (1915) – W. E. Hopkins Auction (1915) 2/21 – Read - Important (1918) – Two Killed, Many Injured (1918)

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)

3/8/2025
– Bick, Ardyce I. (Smith)

’47 (1929-2025)

3/2/2025
– Craig, Robert L.

(1874-1961)
– Craig, William G. L.

(1833-1909)

2/26/2025
– Clement, Russell Lee, Sr.

’55 (1937-2025)

2/24/2025
– Nickerson, Clifford H.

(1864-1926)

2/13/2025
– Palmer, Joshua

(1847-1901)

2/5/2025
– Burchell, Viola (Baker)

’21 (1901-1986)

2/4/2025
– Baker, Fred

(1878-1898)
– Fenton, Letha E. (Myers)

(1838-1901)
– Pollard, Harold

(1897-1900)
– Pollard, Mary

(1899-1900)

1/30/2025
– Donelson, Bert A.

(1895-1967)
– Donelson, Lester H.

(1893-1972)
– Donelson, Royal J.

(1886-1959)

1/28/2025
– Bryant, Etta Viola (McCarl)(Hall) (Campbell) (Faubion) (Bruce)

(1891-1985)
– Campbell, Joseph L.

(1878-1931)
– Hall, Elizabeth A. (Hart)

(1853-1915)
– Hall, George S.

(1848-1941)
– Hall, John Simeon "Sim"

(1880-1952)

1/27/2025
– Kinman, Frank F.

(1896-1957)
– Richards, Marcia (Lewis)

(1856-1920)

1/26/2025
– Kaufman, Edythe P. (Peterson)

’18 (1901-1960)

1/25/2025
– Kilburn, Marion C.

(1875-1948)
– Konkle, John

(1849-1924)
– Konkle, Sarah E. (Hamm)

(1849-1934)

1/23/2025
– McElwain, James B.

(1849-1922)
– McElwain, John W.

(1870-1958)
– McElwain, Martha E. (Stauffer)

(1850-1931)

1/22/2025
– Alsup, Richard Ray

(1948-2025)
– Butler, Carl

(1924-1984)
– Swanson, Linda (Butler)

(1948-2007)

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:

1888 William P. Austin

1888 Edward L. Franey

Final proof filed:

1887 Halsey L. Merriman

1899 Nathan Martin

1899 John F. Whitney

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