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      Thursday May 1, 2025    

  In Memoriam

 
Died   Name   Cemetery
3/6   Ardyce I. (Smith) Bick ’47   Farnam, NE

  Born this day in history:

1840 Edmond E. Smith
1845 Elverton C. Munsil
1875 Elnora "Nora" (Flanigan) Spliethof
1885 Elma S. (Colbert) Peterson
1891 Christian G. Gaibler Obituary
1895 Walter Glen Waits Obituary
1896 Minnie P. (Pollard) Sensel  ’14
1902 Eldora (Brink) Fitch
1905 Garland (Evarts) Lewis Obituary
1906 Roland H. Lehman Obituary
1909 Martha M. (Harwood) Teel Obituary
1915 Earl C. Thomalla Obituary
1917 Charles A. Gaudreault Obituary  ’36
1953 Charles J. Rosvold Obituary
  Died this day in history:

1886 Adolphus Beyett
1911 John T. Meredith Obituary Homestead
1936 Martha Anna (Carr) Walker Obituary
1981 Marvin Stovall Obituary
1984 Melvin W. Sturgeon
1998 Ruth A. (Potts) Whitney
2000 Mary E. (Hulbert) Tillotson
2023 Alice Marie (Sheffield) (Soller) Hutchinson Obituary  ’36

News from this week in Farnam history:
5/1
  – Contracts for New Grade School (1930)
  – Co-Op Oil Station Robbed (1952)
  – Keystone Items - 1 May 1886 (1886)
  – Lions Club Organized Here (1941)
5/3
  – Band Escorts Boys to Depot (1917)
5/6
  – Farnam Press Ending July 1 (1965)
  – J. W. Barton Sells Echo (1905)

Recently posted obituaries, news articles and photos



4/16/2025
  – Day, Laura (Rice)(Bathen)  Obituary (1896-1988)
  – Klooz, Elizabeth R. (Rice) Obituary (1893-1974)

4/15/2025
  – Duffy, Dorothy LeNore (Dixon) Obituary (1933-2016)

4/10/2025
  – Hazen, Murlin C. Obituary (1904-1971)

4/8/2025
  – Hansen, Hannah M. (Nelsen)(Schneider) (Brixley) (Nickerson)  Obituary (1898-1990)
  – Schneider, Shellie G. Obituary (1886-1929)

4/5/2025
  – McNickle, Lola (Howsden)(Dietz)  Obituary (1926-2023)
  – Stinnette, Minta J. (Smith) Obituary (1865-1945)
 

Homestead events on this day in history

 
Application filed:

1888 Elmer L. Peckham Obituary Homestead
1892 John F. Whitney Obituary Homestead
 

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