Ware, Melissa Eleanor age 42, went to sleep at the Cancer Treatment Center of America in Zion, Illinois and woke up in Glory Friday, Nov. 30, 2007, following a long illness. Melissa was born December 9th, 1964, to John and Susan (nee Nuneman) Thomas. She was 1982 graduate of Webster Groves High School and a 1987 Graduate of Truman State University (NE Missouri State). She Married John Scott Ware on May 16th, 1987. Melissa was preceded in death by her husband John, her father John, fraternal grandparents John and Betty Thomas, maternal grandparents Ralph and Dorothy (nee Williams) Nuneman. Melissa is survived by her Mother Susan, her sister Sheri (nee Thomas) O’Brien, her Uncle Stephen Nuneman (Sandy), sister-in-law Marcia (nee Ware) Weite, brothers-in-law John O’Brien, Tim Ware (Beth) and Ken Weite, her Nieces Alyssa O’Brien, Lori Dixon and Libby Ware, her Nephews Andrew O’Brien, Jason Weite and Nick Weite, her Great Niece Caden Dixon, Great Nephew Damen Dixon. Wonderful niece, great niece, cousin and friend.Services: Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday Dec. 8, at St. Michael the Archangel 7622 Sutherland Avenue in Shrewsbury, MO. Friends may call at BOPP CHAPEL, 10610 Manchester Rd., Kirkwood, MO from 3 to 8 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 7th. Private Interment. Contributions in memory of Melissa may be made to The John & Melissa Ware Memorial Scholarship Fund, 119 Kinross Ct., Valley Park, MO 63088.

Source:  St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MO) – Wednesday, December 5, 2007