Connecticut western news., 1920-03-04
TRIBUTES TO MEMORY
 OF RALSTON C. WARE
By His Society, The Euterpean, His Pastor, and a
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 death of Ralston c. Ware appeared in the Wayne Times Edition of February 13.
 The funeral of Ralston c. Ware, who died of pneumonia on Wednes- day night, February 4, was held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock, from the home of his brother, Ar thur M. Ware, on West Wayne avenue. One of the largest con- courses ever seen at a funeral in Wayne was present, and but for the prevailing epidemic, which has in- capacitated so many of our people, there would have been numerous others.
 The services were in charge of Rev. E. W. Rushton, pastor of the Wayne Methodist Episcopal Church, of which MT. Ware had so long been a devoted member, assisted by Rev. Dr. George Burns, of the Philadel- phia Conference, a lifelong friend of the deceased. Bishop Joseph F. Berry, a warm friend of MT. Ware, also came to Wayne to pay his tri- bute of respect and to say few words of farewell. A letter of ap- preciation from Rev. H. E.. Walhey, former pastor of Wayne Methodist Episcopal Church was read. The favorite / hymn of the deceased, "Lead, Kindly Light" was feelingly sung by MT. William Beatty, Jr.
 Temporary interment was made in West Laurel Hill Cemetery. The body will be taken to East Canaan, Conn.,, the home of Mrs. Ware, in the spring.
 The pall-bearers were William B. Gilmour, H. W. Ferkler, J. Fithian Tatem, Esq, Gilbert Ware, Albert c. Ware, s. A. Young, William T. Fiel dand c. c. Shoemaker. .#
 Though MT. Ware had reached the age of sixty, and though his career had been rich in achievement and crowned with success, yet his death has none the less impressed his friends with sense of premature bereavement; for, on the one hand, no matter what age he reached the time would never have come when those of us who had known his worth as a friend could have felt ready to part with him. On the other hand, MT. Ware was one of those whom Nature, for very love of him, had en- dowed with perepetual youth, so that his death could never seem otherwise than premature. Even in late middle age, his mind retained the fiexibility the keen appetite for new impress sions that are characteristic of the spring time of life. To this unfail- ing freshness of spirit, he joined a sagacity and soundness of judgment, which, naturally great, had been re- fined and strengthened by expert ence.
 We have left to other pens to tell of his worth to his church and to the society he loved so we'll, the Euterpean:
 From his pastor, Rev. E. W. Rush ton:
 "Ralston c. Ware was one of the charter members of the local Metho- dist Church. Converted early in life while student at Pennington Seminary, he never lost the infu- ence of his early home training. The history of the local church is very closely woven with his life. At the denominational gatherings MT. Ware often represented Wayne. What ever touched his church home touch ed him. The mems class was of special interest to him and his in- spiration in song and in enthusiasm gave peculiar charm to the religious and social gatherings of the men. He was the friend of children and every child knew MT. Ware. He was the kind of man that makes a fellow take a deeper, firmer grip on faith in his fellowmen. You never lost
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