Michael Ware enjoyed his family, his job and fishing. A daughter, Donna Crail of Florence, Ky., said Mr. Ware had an excellent sense of humor that spread through the rest of his family. “He enjoyed life like no one else I knew,’ she said. “He was very involved with his kids and grandkids.” Mr. Ware, 53, of Southgate, Ky., died at 8:55 a.m. Tuesday at his home after a long illness. He was a meat salesman with HMI Distributors of Cincinnati and was a member of Campbell County Bob White Club and Kentucky River Bass Masters. He enjoyed fishing tournaments, his daughter said.

Mr. Ware also coached his grandson’s Knothole baseball team to a championship in 1996, Mrs. Crail said.

Mr. Ware is also survived by his wife, Barbara Sue Wolfe Ware; daughters, Christine A. Ware and Jennifer L. Ware, both of Newport; sons, Michael P. Ware of Florence, Ky., Jeffrey P. Ware of Southgate, Ky., and Brian J. Ware of St. Louis; his mother, Miriam Ware of Southgate; sisters, Fran Angel of Laguna Niguel, Calif., and Tessie Lueke of Fort Wright, Ky.; brothers, Steve Ware of Villa Hills, Ky., Tom Ware of Alexandria, Ky., and Ron Ware of Bellbrook, Ohio; and eight grandchildren.

Mass: 11 a.m. Friday at St. Therese Church, Southgate. Visitation: 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Friday at Muehlenkamp-Erschell Funeral Home, Fort Thomas, Ky., with prayers following. Burial will be in St. Stephen Cemetery, Fort Thomas.

Source:  Cincinnati Post, The (OH) – Wednesday, March 22, 2000