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Monday January 20, 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
11/24	Raymond "Ray" Tillotson ’44	Farnam, NE

Born this day in history:

1855 Sarah A. (Sexton) Elley

1855 George W. Hathaway

1857 Eli Heath

1863 Willis M. Stebbins

1875 Daisy B. (Kester) (Bailey) Wenger
1880 Worn E. Patterson

1893 Roy Lincoln Mercer

1905 Mattie R. (Babcock) Baxter

’23
1911 Arthur R. Hall

’28
1920 Infant Son Ziemer

1923 Lewise (Wear) Smallfoot

’40
1941 Gloria (Worth) Uhrich

Died this day in history:

1898 Charles S. Hinman

1909 Roy Lincoln Mercer

1919 Margaret F. (Walker) Dawson

1920 George W. Wiseman

1920 Infant Son Ziemer

1933 Carson E. Davis

1935 Charles L. Dawson

1941 George W. Andrews

1960 William Elley

1989 Hazel L. (Adkisson) (Lilyhorn) Williams

’40
1990 Stanton L. Dowers
1992 Max L. "Bill" McNickle

’28
1992 Ruby L. (Johnson) Walker
2005 Clovis (Schriver) Witte

2016 Edwin Donelson

’37

News from this week in Farnam history:

1/20
  – Farnam Doing Good Business (1924)
  – Somewhere in France (Thompson) (1918)
1/22
  – Best Place Burns (1914)
  – Farnam Has $50,000 Fire (1914)
  – New Thompson Home Ready (1925)
  – Thompson Purchases Snowmobile (1925)
1/23
  – Destructive Fire at Farnam (1914)
  – Farnam Grade School Burned (1930)
  – Memorial Services, Roll of Honor (1919)
  – Warning (1904)
1/24
  – FARNAM TO HAVE BAKERY AGAIN (1924)

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)

1/19/2025
– Lord, Charlotte L.

’23 (1904-1970)

1/15/2025
– Breen, Jean (Josten)(Stuhr)

(1947-2024)

1/13/2025
– Heath, George

(1849-1896)

1/12/2025
– Downs, Laura B (Lewis)

(1854-1924)

1/8/2025
– Saxon, Daniel

(1829-1891)
– Saxon, James

(1878-1937)
– Whitman, Lydia Hortense (Abbott)

(1832-1918)
– Whitman, Washington B.

(1844-1940)

1/7/2025
– Deane, Iris Irene (Lemmon)(Blackmer)

(1885-1974)
– Lemmon, Katherine E. (Felter)

(1860-1949)
– Smith, Charles Loomis

(1915-2002)
– Smith, Theron L.

’25 (1906-1993)

1/3/2025
– Williams, Cora B. (Stebbins)

(1898-1997)
– Williams, Sophronia Alice (Putnam)

(1869-1940)

1/1/2025
– Prey, James J.

(1837-1921)

12/31/2024
– Caley, Horace E.

(1866-1897)
– Griffith, B. Franklin

(1833-1897)
– Prey, Alta M. (Caley)

(1868-1931)
– Prey, William D.

(1866-1916)

12/23/2024
– Clark, Frances Marie (Vobejda)

(1923-2016)
– Rogers, Nancy Ann (Hall)

(1877-1962)

12/22/2024
– Brown, Mazie L. (Gardner)

(1897-1982)
– Gardner, Walter L.

(1888-1955)
– Hicks, Bettina M. (Gardner)

(1899-1975)
– Hicks, Mabel L.

’41 (1923-1993)
– Hicks, Opie

(1896-1970)
– Rupe, Lena M. (Tonne)

(1886-1950)
– Tonne, Albert Edward

(1889-1966)
– Tonne, Minnie

(1887-1911)
– Tonne, Ray Louis

(1892-1917)
– Tonne, Sarah A. (Harrop)

(1866-1916)

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)

1/7/2025
  – R. R. Bridge Burns (1917)
  – Burlington Bridge Burns (1929)
  – Commencement Exercises (1929)

Homestead events on this day in history

Application filed:

1887 Christian Stauffer

Final proof filed:

1890 Clifford H. Nickerson

1904 Robert L. Craig

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’00 = Farnam High School Class of 1900
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