Historic Farnam

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Tuesday June 2, 2026

In Memoriam

Died	Name	Cemetery

5/14	Darryl J. Hosick	Curtis, NE

Born this day in history:

1847 W. Taylor Jones

1862 Anson W. Goddard
1879 Amy A. (Pershall) Hohn
1881 Jennie D. (Logosa) Bogen

1883 Claude D. Hayden

1889 Ira O. Austin

1902 Ethel M. (Hampson) Rosendahl
1903 Nellie I. (Nichelson) Griffis
1906 Glen Wintermute

1907 Eva E. (Keiper) Hilton

1907 Freda G. (Stevenson) Kirk

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1907 Marion I. Thomas

1917 Agnes Louise (Seifer) (King) Liggett

1918 William D. "Bill" Hill

1922 Orvene J. Sturgeon

Died this day in history:

1904 J. Cecil Adkisson

1908 Frank E. Woodgate
1924 Joseph Schulligan

1930 Martha I. (Martin) Trindel

1935 Robert Schelles

1937 David Henry Fairbank
1943 Effie J. (Seavey) Grandstaff

1976 Harry T. Greenlee

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1982 Hubert Edward Bacon
1985 Francis E. Heath
1996 David R. Bender

1996 Harold Lehman

1999 Helen A. (Velte) Farmer

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2003 Arthur Gronewold

2009 Clarence John Oberg

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News from this week in Farnam history:

6/3
  – Large Crowd at Memorial Services (1915)
6/4
  – A Runaway (1914)
  – Funds For New Hospital (1925)
  – Memorial Day Services (1914)
  – New Texaco Filling Station (1925)
6/5
  – Lions Club Gets Charter (1941)
6/6
  – Destructive Wind Hits Farnam (1918)
  – Farnam's Service Flag (1918)
  – Floods Washout Railroad Tracks (1935)
  – Keystone Items - 6 June 1885 (1885)
  – Large Crowd Attended (1918)
  – The Eclipse (1918)
  – Twister Strikes South of Here (1935)
6/7
  – News From Ft. Crook (1917)
  – Rally and Flag Raising (1917)

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