Funeral service for MSG (Retired) William Q. "Bill" Ware, 90, Lawton, will be 1:30 p.m. Monday in the Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Rev. Michelle McCarty, Pastor, Lawton Heights United Methodist Church officiating. Sergeant Ware died Wednesday in Arlington, Texas. Entombment with full military honors will be in the Chapel of Peace Mausoleum at Sunset Memorial Gardens under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home and Cremation Service. Sergeant Ware was born July 25, 1920 in Haynesville, Louisiana, to Dewitt and Willie Mae (Rogers) Ware. he graduated high school in Haynesville and attended college in Magnolia, Arkansas prior to entering the U.S. Army. He served in the U.S. Army for 27 years and retired on August 31, 1970 at Fort Sill. Following his retirement he worked in the purchasing department at Comanche County Memorial Hospital for twelve years, retiring in 1985. He married Ida Izetta English on May 4, 1946 in the Old Post Chapel at Fort Sill. She preceded him in death on January 16, 1994. He was a member of the Lawton Heights United Methodist Church, past treasurer of the Hobby Craft Club and a member of the VFW. He is survived by a daughter Johanna Kilgore, Grand Prairie, Texas; three grandchildren, Joley D. Martin and husband Brian, Rowlett, Texas, Jerrod W. Kilgore and wife Stephanie, Cedar Hill, Texas, and Jillian D. Kilgore and Oscar Vargas, Rowlett, Texas; five great grandchildren, Payton Martin, Christian Kilgore, Reese Martin, Avery Vargas and Chloe Kilgore. A son, Billy Ware, a son in law, David Kilgore, and a brother Halmon Ware, preceded him in death. His parents and an infant brother preceded him in death. Memorial contributions may be made to the Lawton Heights United Methodist Church, 1514 NW Andrews, Lawton OK 73507.