“It was a shock to the people of Blockton when it was reported that little Vivian Hope Ware, the three year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Ware, had passed away about 6:30 yesterday morning after a brief illness. The little girl had been ill for three or four days with paresis of the bowels and under a doctor’s care. Her condition was not considered serious and she was considered as improving the evening before. She became worse yesterday morning and a physician was called, but she passed away as above stated. The little girl would have been 4 years old on the 29th of September.

Funeral services will be held this (Thursday) morning at 10 o’clock, conducted by Rev. I. B. Holman of Mount Ayr, assisted by Rev. H. V. Reeves, and interment in Rose Hill cemetery.

The sympathy of the entire community goes out to the bereaved parents.”

Note: Vivian is the daughter of Thomas Asaph Ware and his second wife, Estie Terissa Boddy Ware. Obituary & additional information courtesy of contributor, Charlotte Kensil

Source:  Blockton News 9 July 1925

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