Donna Straight Ware, Class of 1965, passes

Linda Mazza Shelosky’s Facebook post:

There will be a memorial Mass for Donna Straight Ware on Monday, August 18 at 10:30 a.m. at the Holy Spirit Church in Monongah. There will be a potluck dinner afterward. She was in my Class of 1965. She gave her body to WVU hospital. Wonderful person, did a lot for our class.

Remember her family in prayer.

The obituary said that Donna would be cremated. Sometimes, if the body's condition is unacceptable for an institution's purpose, that happens.

Donna Ware
Donna Marie (Straight) Ware, 68 of Bentons Ferry passed away on Wednesday, August 6, 2014 at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown.

She was born in Fairmont on July 14, 1946, a daughter of the late Donald J. and Mary Francis (Hardway) Straight.

Donna was a loving homemaker, mother and grandmother. In her earlier years, she worked at Westinghouse Lamp Plant for 17 years. She was Catholic by Faith and an active member of Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Monongah.

She is survived by her son, Rob Ware of Fairmont, her daughter, Crystal Rager and her husband Kenneth of Carolina and two grandchildren, Levi Ware and Baylie Rager-Ware, both of Carolina.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by an infant sister, Nancy Straight.

In keeping with the wishes of the deceased, her body will be cremated.

A memorial mass will be held at 10:30 am on Monday, August 18, 2014 with Fr. S.A. Arokiadass officiating at Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Monongah with a "pot luck" lunch to follow in the church basement.

Carpenter and Ford Funeral Home, 209 Merchant St. Fairmont has been entrusted with arrangements.

Online condolences may be left for the family at www.carpenterandford.com