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      Wednesday November 19, 2025    
  In Memoriam

 
Died   Name   Cemetery
9/30   H. Elizabeth (Thompson) Hoppe-Stevens ’52   Farnam, NE
  Born this day in history:

1850 Thomas Z. Wallace Cash Entry
1874 Cyrena (Hurshman) Thomalla
1886 Clarence J. Devine Obituary
1898 Neva I. (Crist) Thrasher Obituary
1905 Erma Tillotson Obituary  ’24
1911 Alvin E. Morton 		  Died this day in history:

1907 A. R. Olson
1915 Emma (Ede) Seavey
1917 Catherine R. (Whitaker) Hicks Obituary
1945 Effie G. (Zimmerman) (Boas) Atwood
1958 Edna C. (Thompson) (Lowen) (Chesley) Bockewitz Obituary
1966 Olive Elsie (Beavers) Mappes
1985 Raymond L. Smith Obituary
1997 Charles A. Gaudreault Obituary  ’36
2007 Ruth (Pickel) Warnock Obituary
2016 Anton Kotschwar Obituary  ’46
2020 Sheila Flynn Obituary
News from this week in Farnam history:
11/20
  – New H. S. Building (1924)
11/22
  – The Echo Starts 37th Year (1923)
11/24
  – 258 People in Farnam (1960)
  – Rural Fire Truck Arrived Monday (1960)
  – Two More Windows Broken (1960)

Recently posted obituaries, news articles and photos


11/7/2025
  – Britton, Hartley Obituary (1886-1949)

11/4/2025
  – Kugler, Nellie (Harper)(Stromer)  Obituary (1891-1980)

10/31/2025
  – Tillotson, Mary (Bender) Obituary (1907-1990)

10/29/2025
  – Britton, Hazel A. (Tillotson) Obituary  ’10 (1892-1967)
  – Britton, Joseph A. Obituary  ’36 (1917-1970)

10/27/2025
  – Greenlee, Frank M. Obituary  ’30 (1912-1976)

10/26/2025
  – Brittenham, Mildred Dorothy (Heath) Obituary (1899-1986)

10/23/2025
  – Adkisson, Dale O. Obituary (1922-1972)
  

Homestead events on this day in history
 
Application filed:

1897 Jeremiah M. Murray Obituary Homestead 		 
Final proof filed:

1888 Washington B. Whitman Obituary Homestead
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 ’00 = Farnam High School Class of 1900
Patent Type: Cash Entry     Homestead    Timber Culture

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