contributor: Richard LaBrosse

Oconto Falls 
c: 1941  

--Funeral services for John O'Leary, 72, a resident of this community for over 60 years, were held this morning at the Flatley Funeral chapel with the Rev. F.J. Melchiors officiating. Burial was in the Catholic cemetery here.

Mr. O'Leary died Friday evening at the home of his niece, Mrs. Nellie Smith, in this city where he had been making his home for three years. Infirmities due to old age caused his death.

Mr. O'Leary was born May 6, 1868, at Frankfort, Ky. He came to this community with his parents when he was 12 years old and settled on a farm. In 1918, he retired and came to this city where he resided until his death. He had been blind for the past seven years.

Survivors are one sister, Mrs. Ellen Barry, Hurrah, Wash.; several nieces and nine nephews.