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      Monday August 17, 2026    
  In Memoriam

 
  Born this day in history:

1852 Mary V. (Wandell) Earhart
1861 Charity D. (Sanderson) Owen Obituary
1892 Hazel L. (Jackson) Smith
1903 Lena E. (Hicks) Hines Obituary  ’22
1911 Charles F. Speck Obituary
1914 Quade Bowman
1923 George B. Johnson Obituary  ’41
1959 Chris Nelsen Obituary
1964 Sheila Flynn Obituary 		  Died this day in history:

1909 Adeline Irene Hurshman
1941 Roy Kestler Obituary
1946 Verna (McLaughlin) Sweet Obituary
1947 Avis A. (Wilcox) Stebbins
1959 Marcus Del Gaudreault Obituary
1966 Grace E. (Johnstone) (Orner) Wharton
1967 Frances V. (Kerr) Stear Obituary  ’24
1981 Cecil Williams Obituary  ’30
1990 John A. Ainlay Obituary  ’26
1991 George Henry Shelley
2005 Bernard Sensel Obituary
2013 Florence (Wharton) Greenlee Obituary  ’31
2018 Donna (Hand) Otis  ’49
News from this week in Farnam history:
8/17
  – Co L 5th Reg NNG (8/6/1916) (1916)
8/18
  – Thiefs Caught in Act (1960)
8/20
  – Greenlee Home Destroyed by Fire (1925)
  – James Heumphreus Shot (1936)
8/22
  – A Brief History of Ingham (1929)

Recently posted obituaries, news articles and photos
 

Homestead events on this day in history
 
Application filed:

1896 Ann (Dale) Shipton Obituary Homestead
1896 Kate (Shipton) Ward Obituary Homestead 		 
Final proof filed:

1896 Thomas Flanigan Homestead
1903 Oscar W. Nichols Obituary Homestead
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