Wilbur “Bill” Keith Ware, 84, Confluence, Pa., died on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016, at Garrett Regional Medical Center, Oakland.

He was born in Levisay, W.Va., on Dec. 29, 1931, a son of the late Edgar Burtram Ware and Violet Inez Wade Ware.

Wilbur spent several years in college earning several degrees. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army. Wilbur worked for the American Stock Exchange and Chase Manhattan Bank in New York City. He then moved to West Virginia and worked for Lowndes Bank in Clarksburg, W.Va., and was last working for the Flowery Vale Senior Center in Accident.

He was the current president of the Lions Club in Confluence.

He is survived by two brothers, William E. Ware, Fairview, W.Va., and Edwin Ware, Weirton, W.Va.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by six brothers and sisters, Leslie Ware, Junior Ware, Eugenia Brock, Evelyn Knotts, Melba Ware, and Betty Simms.

Friends were received at Bartlett Funeral Home, Grafton, where services were held on Monday Oct.

24, with Pastor Marshall Williams officiating.

Interment followed at the West Virginia National Cemetery. Military honors were accorded by the VFW Memorial City Post #3081, American Legion Taylor County Post #12, Central West Virginia DAV Chapter 24, and their auxiliaries, and the Honor Guard of Camp Dawson.