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      Saturday April 26, 2025    
  In Memoriam

 
Died   Name   Cemetery
3/6   Ardyce I. (Smith) Bick ’47   Farnam, NE
  Born this day in history:

1839 Nancy M. (Dryden) Thomas Obituary
1862 Mina (Carpenter) Jones Obituary
1868 Martin V. Babcock Obituary
1879 Ethel (Thompson) Horn Obituary
1885 William B. Hall
1887 O. Lee Hudson Obituary
1889 Rose A. (Parker) Carman Obituary
1892 George Henry Shelley
1906 Charley E. Davis Obituary  ’24
1912 Esther (Seifer) Bosch Obituary
1914 Reefy P. (Hazen) Beery Obituary  ’31
1917 Alfred R. Friesenborg Obituary
1934 Elaine Peterson Obituary 		  Died this day in history:

1923 Thomas J. Messersmith Obituary Timber Culture Cash Entry
1929 Pearl C. (Jackson) Thrasher Obituary
1931 Benjamin Marion Messersmith Obituary Homestead
1943 Francis Edgar Hurley Obituary
1949 Thomas Bowdich Obituary Homestead
1964 Allie (Martin) Stebbins Obituary
2002 Keithen Peirsol Obituary  ’51
2011 Dorothy M. (Crisman) Jurjens Obituary
2014 Thurman Foote Obituary  ’40
News from this week in Farnam history:
4/27
  – W. G. Parker Closing Out (1939)
  – Wear Wins at Gothenburg (1939)
4/30
  – Commencement at Farnam (1898)
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)

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)

3/31/2025
  – Powell, Evalynne (Saum) Obituary  ’38 (1920-1986)
  

Homestead events on this day in history
   
Final proof filed:

1888 William L. Hicks Obituary Homestead Cash Entry
1888 Vassal A Kelley Cash Entry
1888 Eva (Smith) Mayfield Cash Entry Timber Culture
1888 Gertrude Newman Cash Entry Cash Entry
1888 Carlile L Parker Cash Entry
1888 Alfred C Russell Cash Entry Cash Entry
1888 William H Smith Cash Entry Cash Entry
1888 Sarah Van Arsdol Cash Entry
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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