Sheldon Douglas Sharpley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Sharpley, one of four brothers, in the army, was mortally wounded on July 27^th and died as the result on August 2. The father and mother survive and there are four other boys, Lyle, Ralph, Howard, and Harvey. A sister, Mrs. Howard Smith, lives in the town of Little River. He now joins another county resident, Lester Crane, who was wounded and died in July.

John A. Brown died at his home on Friday noon of hemorrhage from an attack of pneumonia contracted last December. He was 29 years of age and leaves to mourn him his mother and stepfather, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Norton, one brother Floyd Brown, who is in France in service, four stepsisters, Mrs. L. Stoffen, Mrs. Art Classon, Mrs. Chas. Swear and Etta Norton.

Alexander Lucas died at his home in Stiles on Friday evening. He was 63 years of age. His wife died a few months ago. Surviving kinfolk’s are four sons, Walter, of Oconto Falls; William, overseas in the army; Norman and Robert of Stiles; and four daughters, Mrs. John McCarthy of Claywood, and Jennie; Mae and Jessy at home. There is a sister, Mrs. Holland, of Michigan; and nine grandchildren.
 

Frank Neta, of Spruce, died at his home there on Friday after a year of much suffering, at the age of 45. He was buried from St. Charles’ church at Lena, Rev. Fr Kolbe officiating and internment was in the Catholic cemetery. He is survived by his wife who was Maggie Mashinok, and six children, Edward, Florence, Irene, Evelyn, Margaret and Elinor.
 

Death Notice: Maurice J. Murphy died August 29, 1918 at Oconto. He was age 82 and was born in East Boston, Mass., August 20 , 1836. He came to Oconto in 1851. He was buried in the Catholic Cemetery in city of Oconto. (Editor's note: Mr. Murphy was one of the first pioneer residents of Oconto County)

Death notice: Mrs. Sophie Sarasin, and Oconto resident, died Friday, August 29, 1918 at 88 years of age. She came from Canada and married Frank Carrier. He died and she married Alphonse Sarasin. She is survived by one son, John Carrier of Marinette, and one daughter, Mrs. George Perkie of Kenosha. She was buried at the Catholic Cemetery in city of Oconto.
 

Harry Starbuck of Oconto and Bill Zimdars of Gillett, both members of Company M. were killed in action August 4th. 

Harry Starbuck, whose home is in Grawn, Mich., was engineer at the W.F. Williams Co. plant and came here from Traverse City with that firm.  He enlisted with Company M shortly after the United States entered the war.  He was about twenty-three years old, and is a cousin of Milton Harr, assistant superintendent at the flooring plant.

Bill Zimdars is a Gillett boy and the second from that village to give his life for his country.