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      Saturday September 26, 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:

1860 John F. Whitney Obituary Homestead
1863 Mary E. (Kennedy) Gavin Obituary
1864 Horace B. Hicks Obituary
1869 Cora M. (Barbee) Fisher Obituary
1884 John H. Murdock
1903 Marion C. Heffern
1907 Glennwood Speck
1910 Wesley A. Knapp
1927 Raymond "Ray" Tillotson Obituary  ’44 		  Died this day in history:

1913 Maude K. Liggitt
1926 Estelle (Hodgins) Chambers Cash Entry
1932 Mary E. (Palmer) Callihan Obituary
1933 Louise (Bauer) Albrecht Obituary
1940 Violet (Beerman) Bellamy Obituary
1945 L. Maxine Adkisson Obituary
1969 Detta "Darlene" (Beery) Bush Obituary  ’52
1981 Ronald Hemphill Obituary
2018 Thelma M. (Morton) Johnston  ’43
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)
9/30
  – New Shop Course (1937)
  – Six-Man Football Introduced (1937)
10/1
  – Work Beginning on Road West (1936)

Recently posted obituaries, news articles and photos


9/8/2026
  – Green, Douglas Wayne Obituary (1962-2026)
  

Homestead events on this day in history
 
Application filed:

1883 Alexander E. Whetstone Timber Culture Homestead
1900 Laurence Adney Obituary Homestead 		 
Final proof filed:

1887 Daniel Baugh Obituary Homestead
1890 Charles E. Antrup Cash Entry Homestead
1890 Frank P. Burns Obituary Cash Entry
1890 John McClemmens Cash Entry
1890 Andrew Nafus Cash Entry
1900 John W. Laird Homestead
1900 James R. Putnam Obituary Homestead
KEY—where appearing in the text above, these icons are clickable links to more information
 ’00 = Farnam High School Class of 1900
Patent Type: Cash Entry     Homestead    Timber Culture

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