Obituary of Natalie A. Ware

Natalie A. Ware (nee DeNardo) On May 25, 2006 of Atco, NJ, age 62yrs. Beloved daughter of the late Anthony and Lena DeNardo. Married to the late Douglas Beers. Loving wife of Robert P. Ware. Devoted mother of Kristin Williams and her husband Steven of Stratford, NJ, Douglas Beers, Jr. of Bowmanstown, PA, and Maria Wence and her husband Todd of Stratford, NJ. Cherished grandmother of Tami Williams, Steven Williams, Michael Wence, Miranda Beers and Mya Wence. Proud step-mother of Robert, William, Deborah, Philip, and James Ware and Suzanne Burns. She is also survived by nine step-grandchildren. Natalie graduated from St. Joseph High School, Hammonton and LaSalles Wayne School of Dental Assisting. After a nine-year career as a dental assistant, she began work in the publishing field, spending most of her career with WB Saunders, Saunders College Publishing, and Elsevier, as well as the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, and the former Waldman Graphics. She worked as a freelance proofreader until 1997, when she returned to WB Saunders and a production manager, and then as a Senior Project Manager with Elsevier/Saunders. Spanning four and a half decades Natalie was active in the music ministries of St. Lucy Church, Blue Anchor; Sts. Peter and Paul Church, Lehighton, PA; St. Lawrence Church, Lindenwold; St. Edward Church, Pine Hill; and Assumption Church, Atco. She also sang for countless weddings and funerals in churches throughout South Jersey and Pennsylvania. Natalie played the guitar and was a solo and group song leader, and was a member of the original Marian Choir, and traveled as far away as Washington, DC, to perform classical music in honor of our Blessed Mother. She served as music coordinator, music director, liturgist, and liturgy coordinator at Assumption Church. Relatives and friends are invited to attend her viewing on Thursday evening from 6:00pm to 9:00pm and again Friday morning from 9:00am to 10:15am at the LeRoy P. Wooster Funeral Home, 441 White Horse Pike, Atco (856)767-0539. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday at 11:00am at Assumption RC Church, 318 Carl Hasselhan Dr., Atco, NJ 08004. Interment, Oak Grove Cemetery, Hammonton. In lieu of flowers, Natalie has requested donations to be made in her name to the Assumption Parish Music Ministry c/o Assumption Church at the address above or to the American Red Cross, 312 Cooper St., Camden, NJ 08102.