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      Sunday June 21, 2026    
  In Memoriam

 
Died   Name   Cemetery
5/16   Ronald W. "Ron" Williams ’63  
5/14   Darryl J. Hosick   Curtis, NE
  Born this day in history:

1876 Clara (Wollam) Earhart
1877 Candace (Tolle) (Maggard) Bray Obituary
1878 Harvey Orlando Rogers Obituary
1891 Emery E. Heath
1906 Baby Margery N. Merryfield Obituary
1910 Edna L. (Schnieber) Moorberg  ’28
1912 A. Everett Whitney Obituary  ’30
1915 Glenn A. Blackwood Obituary
1920 Lewis M. Johnson
1920 Ruth (Hinton) Johnson
1921 Harold E. Boyle Obituary  ’38 		  Died this day in history:

1908 Jacob Horn
1921 James C. McDermott Obituary Homestead
1934 Sherman K. Brown Obituary Cash Entry Cash Entry
1941 Fred A. Stevens Obituary
1949 Harold J. Duncan
1978 Everett N. Hathaway Obituary
2002 Charles Loomis Smith Obituary
2006 Gordon D. Cross Obituary
2007 Amy C. (Lake) Davis Obituary
2008 Clara G. (Clement) Donner Obituary
2009 C. Wayne Bergsten Obituary
2009 Russell E. Wilcox Obituary
News from this week in Farnam history:
6/21
  – Boyd Caster Loses Arm (1928)
6/23
  – HORSE DRAGS A. GEWECKE (1922)
  – Pioneers of 1880s (1927)
6/24
  – Black Blizzard Following Heat (1937)
  – FREAK CHICKEN (1937)
  – Free Merchandise (1905)
  – Meanest Person in Town (1943)
  – Passing of Ingham High (1943)
  – Storm Does Damage (1915)
6/26
  – Flood Waters do Damage (1947)

Recently posted obituaries, news articles and photos


6/20/2026
  – Wear, Lewis Obituary (1891-1969)

6/3/2026
  – Shanholts, Rebecca M. (Johnson)(Metcalf)  Obituary (1907-1987)
  – Thompson, Della (Hastings)(Merryfield)  Obituary (1876-1961)

5/29/2026
  – Dovenbarger, Daniel H. Obituary (1865-1938)
  – Dovenbarger, Maria M. (Lind) Obituary (1870-1915)
  – Lind, Charles O. Obituary (1829-1911)
  – Lind, Ingrid (Everson) Obituary (1847-1941)

5/24/2026
  – Shinley, Dwaine I. Obituary (1925-2012)
  

Homestead events on this day in history
 
Application filed:

1886 Thomas Morgan Homestead
1894 William Canning Obituary Homestead 		 
Final proof filed:

1894 Mary Troop Obituary Homestead
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 ’00 = Farnam High School Class of 1900
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