Keith Ware, Louisville, KY

He was born in Columbus, Ohio but soon began his world tour. He traveled all over the world, including Germany, the Philippines, Iceland, and many US states with his parents, Bruce and Janie, and his younger brother, Mark. After graduating from Belleville High School in Illinois, he continued his educational journey at the Ohio State University. While training the ROTC military drill team he met Becky, who would soon be his wife. He received his Bachelors in Mathematics after three years and went on to receive his Masters in Mathematics, before leaving Ohio to start his Air Force career in Colorado, where his son, Joshua, was born. After his service at Cheyenne Mountain, he received a scholarship to the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill where he earned his PhD in Operations Research and Systems Analysis (ORSA). Keith and Becky then packed up and headed for Illinois where Keith began his first ORSA job at Scott AFB. Three and a half years and another child, Emily, later, Keith followed God's call to attend seminary. Thus their arrival in Louisville. Keith attended Southern Baptist Seminary, taught at Voyce Bible College, and worked at UPS for a year and a half. When the need for sleep overtook him, he withdrew from seminary, stopped teaching, and began working at UPS full-time. Keith and Becky soon added a third child, Amanda, to the nest. This nest is where he found his love for Boy Scouts, wood working, singing, and welcomed his Granddaughter, Krislen, into his world. He lived out the rest of his years surrounded by laughter, love, chaos, love, wood dust, and more love.

He is preceded in death by his mother, Mary Jane "Janie" Ware and by his son, Joshua Keith Ware.

Keith is survived by his wife of 42 years, Becky Ware, their children, Emily Logan (James) and Amanda Ware and her fiancé, Juan Zárate. He is also survived by his father, Bruce Ware, a brother, Mark Ware (Chrissie) and his Granddaughter, Krislen Ware.