Michael would have entered eighth grade at Kenneth R. Olson Middle School in September. He enjoyed bicycles, skateboards, all terrain vehicles and rock music.
Survivors: his parents, Edith R. Myers Ware and Edward F. Ruhl; five brothers, Robert P. Ware of Atco, William D. Ware of Tabernacle, Philip J. Ware of Marlton, James Z. Ware of Tabernacle and Anthony Walczak of Atco; three sisters, Deborah A. Ware of Clementon, Sue L. Ware of Southampton, and Patrice Deal of Tabernacle; his paternal grandmother, Ida Ruhl of Florida, and his maternal grandparents, Philip and Dorothy Myers of Medford.
Services: visitation, 9 a.m. tomorrow, Shawnee Baptist Church, Oak Shade Road, Shamong; funeral, 11 a.m. tomorrow at the church. Lechner Funeral Home, Medford.
Memorial donations: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Office of Development, 34th Street and Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, Pa., 19104.
Mike and I rode the bus together. I don’t go around that curve much but if I do I think of Mike.