“The following obituary from the State Journal, Madison, Wis., by Rev. Mr. Richards, Mrs. Ware’s Pastor.

‘Fell asleep in Jesus, at 3’oclock, this morning, Aug 2nd, 1873, Mrs. Clarissa Ware, at the residence of her son-in-law, F.J. Lamb, Esq., at the age of 72 years.

Thus suddenly, yet not unprepared, after a brief but probably painless illness of 37 hours, another faithful servant of God has been summoned to enter into her rest.  Mrs. Ware was born in Heath, Mass., in 1801 and passed her early years in the old Bay State.  She married the Rev. Joseph K. Ware, a faithful and esteemed minister of the Congregational church, and shared with him the labors and cares of his work, in Massachusetts and Western New York.  Since his death, in 1854, she has resided, for the most part, with her children, and for the past eleven years has lived in the this city, where she has been widely known as a beloved member of the Congregational church.  Though of a quiet and retiring nature her earnest Christian character, her persistent fidelity, and her unobtrusive kindness, cause her memory to be cherished tenderly by a wide circle of friends.

She has been in the enjoyment of usual good health of late, and up to Wednesday noon was in the full activity of he powers.  A paralytic stroke fell on her about two o’clock and she passed into a stupor and sleep from which she awak’ed this morning on the “Shining Shore.”  Her sickness and death are similar to those of her distinguished brother, Rev. Dr. Joshua Leavitt, of New York, last winter.”

Reference Data:

A Sketch of the Origin and Growth of the Old Folk's Association of Charlemont, Mass., by R.W. Field, Kate Upson Clark and E.C. Hawks, 1883, page 16