He leaves his wife of 46 years, Evelyn (Brown) Ware; his daughters, Leslie Freed and her husband, Kelly, and Laura Tambascio and her husband, Larry; and grandchildren, Brian and Margaret Freed and Robert and Mary Tambascio. He is also survived by his brothers, Donald Ware Jr., Richard Ware and Kenneth Ware, and many nieces and nephews.
Born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Donald and Margaret (Trochelman) Ware, he lived in Westborough for over 60 years. He graduated from Westborough High School and attended Clark University. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1961 until 1965, and in the U.S. Air Force Reserve from 1965 to 1967.
Mr. Ware owned and operated Westborough Citgo Service Station for over 30 years, and D & P Wright Construction Company for many years until his retirement in 2007.
He was a member of the Westborough Rotary Club since 1974, serving two terms as president and receiving multiple Paul Harris Fellowships. A corporator for Westborough Savings/Avidia Bank, he served on the town of Westborough Finance Committee and on the Planning Commission for the Westborough Fire Station. He was past president and treasurer of Gold Miners of New England, a member of the North Grafton Fish & Game, treasurer of the Minuteman Allegro R.V. Club and a member of the Gold Wing Riders Association.
He loved spending time with his family and grandchildren. He was an avid outdoorsman who loved skiing, hunting, traveling in his motor home and on his Gold Wing motorcycle, and spending time at his camp in Vermont.
Funeral services were held Jan. 12 from the Evangelical Congregational Church of Westborough, with burial at Pine Grove Cemetery. The Rand-Harper-Pickering Westborough Funeral Home assisted with arrangements. Memorial donations may be made to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, attn: Contributions, 10 Brookline Place West, 6th Floor, Brookline, MA 02445- 7226 or to a charity of one’s choice.
