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Wednesday September 23, 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

Born this day in history:

1880 Mary E. (Devine) Speck

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1892 Lillian M. (Hunt) Stevens

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1899 Genevieve M. (Fitch) Shelton

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1904 Gottlob W. Betz

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1904 Charlotte L. Lord

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1907 Baby Boy Greenlee
1910 Earl F. Edson

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1919 Edith S. Hazen

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1921 Zoe Elizabeth (Miller) Derra

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1924 Marion, Jr Brown

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1927 Eva (Fritz) Hyatt

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Died this day in history:

1915 Johanna (Reuter) Albrecht

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1921 Milton D. Stebbins

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1931 Frank Cole

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1970 George W., Sr. Ainlay

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1984 Carl Butler

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1991 Mary A. (Zysset) Cromer

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1991 Gloria (Fuerbringer) Parker

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2003 Ronald D. Fitch

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2009 Marinette "Mik" (Joneson) Stickelman

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2017 Janet Eileen (Knapp) (Groves) Linville

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News from this week in Farnam history:
	9/26 – Issue No. 1 of Farnam Press (1940) – Traffic Signals Being Installed (1929) 9/27 – From Private Reeves (1917) – From Two Jackies (9/19/1917) (1917) – Ordinance #60 - Hitching Posts (1917)

Recently posted obituaries, news articles and photos

9/8/2026
– Green, Douglas Wayne

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(1962-2026)

Homestead events on this day in history

Application filed:

1884 Henry J. Beisner

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1884 Orlando E. Thompson

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1885 James M. Heffern

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1889 Toliver C. Craig

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Final proof filed:

1879 Hiram M. Doing

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1893 Mary S Mckibben

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