WARE, William Chester “Chet”, 91, of Lebanon, died Monday January 16, 2012. Born July 8, 1920 in Argyle, KY to Virgil and Pearl (nee: Martin) Ware, he was a US Navy WWII veteran. Chet was a member of the Lebanon F&AM #26, the Grand Council Royal & Select Mason of Ohio #5, the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Ohio #5, the Honorable Order of the Kentucky Colonels, and the International Bluegrass Music Association. He was active at the Warren County Senior Citizens Center and the Seven Forty One Senior Center. He also volunteered for the Warren County Community Services for several years and was a volunteer firefighter for Lebanon from 1953-1969. Chet and his brother Don formed Chet and Don, The Ware Brothers. They were the oldest singing brother duet in the country and played for two years at the Renfro Valley Barn Dance. For many years, they played at the Appalachian Museum’s Fall Homecoming and at several area shows and festivals each year. He retired from Cincinnati Milacron in 1982 after 39 years as a machinist. Preceded in death by his parents, his wife, Effie (nee:Wesley) Ware, one son, Arthur Virgil Ware, two brothers, Raphael and Ressie Ware, two sisters, Estella Hall and Novella Allen and two great great grandchildren, survivors include four sons, Carl Ray Ware, James Donald Ware, William David Ware, and Ricky Dan Ware, three daughters, Agnes Vivian Frauenknecht, Marie Wilson, and Rose Mary Ware, one brother, Donald O. Ware, one sister, Virginia Lee Stone, 19 grandchildren, and many great and great great grandchildren. Visitation, Friday, January 20, 2012 from 6-8 PM with Masonic Service at 7:30 PM. Funeral service on Saturday, January 21, 2012 at 11 AM, all at the Oswald-Hoskins Funeral Home, Lebanon. Entombment follows in Miami Valley Memory Gardens.

Source:  Hoskins Funeral Homes