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Wednesday July 8, 2026

In Memoriam

Died	Name	Cemetery

9/5	Douglas Wayne Green
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

Born this day in history:

1867 Herbert O. Willson
1875 Clara M. (Beery) Richards
1881 Lily E. (Donelson) Oman

1924 Doris (Vickers) Kotschwar

1940 John O. Tillotson

1955 Marc E. Smallfoot

’74

Died this day in history:

1911 Cecelia (Phillips) Urmson

1928 Roxie (Ledbetter) McKnight

1931 Ruben A. Hoy

1940 Omar Patterson

1942 Lester L. Harris

1944 Charles G. Marlin
1953 Ralph M. Earhart

1968 William G. Peirsol

1969 Charles C. Hilton

1970 Wayne L. Clement

’58
1970 Elgie T. Thompson

1979 Homer D. Caster
1983 Carl C. Zysset

1992 Raymond Hines
2010 Carol (Rice) Hertel

’48
2024 Yolande Joy (Miller) Davis

News from this week in Farnam history:
	7/8 – Farnam Facts and Fancies July 8 (1897) 7/9 – Local Golf Course Will Re-open (1925) – Successful Celebration (1914) 7/10 – Max Golay Drowns (1930) 7/11 – 4th of July Celebration (1907) 7/12 – Somewhere in France (Buss) (1918)

Recently posted obituaries, news articles and photos

9/8/2026
– Green, Douglas Wayne

(1962-2026)

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)

Homestead events on this day in history

Application filed:

1884 Sarah M. (Heinze) Mallett

1886 Christian Rich

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