DEATHS

AND OBITUARIES

Lola Ware

A memorial service for Lola M. Blythe Ware, 94, White City, who died Sept. 5, will be 11:30 a.m. Sept. 26 at White City United Methodist Church.

Visitation will be 9:30 to 11 a.m. that day at the church.

Born Lola Mae Popp on April 2, 1932, to Ira and Amelia (Schwemmer) Popp of Tampa, she attended grade school and high school in Tampa and worked after graduation at Tampa State Bank.

She met Lawrence Duane “Larry” Blythe at a dance in Pilsen, and they were married May 4, 1952. They farmed and raised livestock south of White City.

Lola taught Sunday school and vacation Bible school, assisted with youth activities, and helped with church events for many years.

After Larry died in 1978, she remained on the farm, raised their three children and, with help from her son, continued the farming operation.

In 1985, Lola married James U. Payne. He died in 1993. In 1997, she was reacquainted with an old friend. Jack R. Ware of Junction City, and they married. He died in 2015.

In addition to her husbands, she was preceded in death by sister Betty Mueller of Tampa.

Survivors include children Laurie Cook of Bartlesville, Oklahoma; Duane Blythe of White City, and Susan Harris of Chapman; 10 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren.

A memorial has been established with the church.