James G. "Jim" Snodgrass

A Memorial Service for Jim was held on Friday, January 23, 2026 at 2:30 p.m. at Farmer & Son Funeral Home in Geneva. Kim Dunker presided over the Memorial Service. A private Graveside Committal of Ashes will be held at a later date at Fairmont Public Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the Fairmont Volunteer Fire Department. Jim's Memorial Service was live-streamed to our YouTube page. You can find our page at http://www.youtube.com/@FarmerSonFuneralHome James Grant Snodgrass was born to Russel Robert & Edna Florence (Thomas) Snodgrass on August 15, 1937 in Geneva, Nebraska. He died on January 12, 2026 at Fairview Manor in Fairmont, Nebraska at the age of 88 years, 4 months, and 28 days. Jim, as he was known by friends and family, graduated from Fairmont High School in 1955. He began working for Francis Schepers on his combine crew and at Scheper’s Grocery Store cutting meat. They combined from Oklahoma to North Dakota. In May of 1959, he asked to take his fiancé with him combining in Oklahoma. Francis told him that if he wanted her to go, they had to be married. On May 24, 1959, Jim married Beatrice Eileen “Bea” White and they headed out with the combine crew to Oklahoma. When Jim & Bea returned home from the combine adventure, Jim began working at the Fairmont Co-Op where he stayed for 34 years. When Jim retired from the Co-Op, he and Bea worked with Stanley & Jackie Nichols selling products at fairs in California during the winters and mowing for Pioneer Seed Company in the summer. He also took over the mowing job at the Fairmont Cemetery. Jim took great pride and enjoyment in mowing until very late in his life. Jim & Bea spent 26 seasons as Arizona ‘snowbirds’. While in Arizona, Jim had a booth at the Arizona flea market selling jojoba oil and flax. He always dressed in a long sleeved snapped shirt with a pocket, blue jeans, work boots and a hat. His pocket was always filled with his important items, you never really knew what those items consisted of. This caused the other vendors to dub him “Hobo Jim.” He had many vendor friends that he really enjoyed. Jim also took great pleasure in going out to the desert with his friend, Jim. They spent many hours exploring and finding treasures. He loved taking the grandkids and great grandkids to the desert when they visited. Jim also enjoyed sitting on his Arizona porch ‘looking at the back of his eyes’ as he would say. He loved sitting around the table on the porch having margaritas with his daughters, telling stories and making memories when they visited. When Jim was back in Fairmont, he took the grandkids and great grandkids for rides on the mower around his yard, even allowing them to steer sometimes. When his daughter, Jodi, was in high school, she had a very good friend named Julie. Jim had a wood train whistle and when he would see the girls coming home, he would stand behind the door and blow the whistle as they came in the house, scaring the daylight out of them. He enjoyed it immensely! He continued to scare the girls even when they were adults. His eyes would sparkle when he told the story. Jim would always tell friends and family, ‘don’t get lost,’ when anyone was leaving. His family loved him very much and he will be greatly missed. Jim was preceded in death by his parents, Russell & Edna Snodgrass; brother, John “Jack” Snodgrass; and his son, James “Jimmy” Russell Snodgrass. He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Beatrice Snodgrass of Fairmont, Nebraska; brother, Jerald “Jerry” Snodgrass and wife, Karen of York, Nebraska; sister-in-law, Delilah Snodgrass of Fairmont, Nebraska; daughters, Julie Dosch and husband, Dean, Jodi Hartman and husband, Brian all of Fairmont, Nebraska; and grandchildren, Amanda Jacobsen and husband, Will of Seward, Nebraska, Ashley Howard and husband, Jeremy of Lincoln, Nebraska, Jacoby Dosch and wife, Casey of Fairmont, Nebraska, Allie Bernasek of Elkhorn, Nebraska, and Sydney Luke and husband Kale of Newtown, North Dakota; 9 great grandchildren; and nieces and nephews. “Don’t Get Lost!”

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James G. "Jim" Snodgrass

August 15, 1937 - January 12, 2026