“John Wesley Ware, a resident of Fremont township since 1907, died Tuesday afternoon in the Newman Memorial County Hospital.

Funeral services will be Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Roberts-Blue Funeral Home. Rev. O.E. Allison, pastor of the Frist Methodist Church, will conduct the services. Burial will be in the Memorial Lawn Cemetery.

Mr. Ware was born near Savannah, Mo., April 10, 1853, the son of John and Mary Ware. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Elmina L. Ware; one daughter, Mabel Ware, of the home, and one son, Elmer G. Ware, Bakersfield, Calif.”

Source:  FinAGrave

Susan Litzenberger  Record added: May 18, 2012