Tecumseh resident Helen Beene Ware died Saturday in Shawnee. She was 67.

Mrs. Ware was born January 22, 1931, in Lawton to Jonas and Leona Raywalt Beene.

She married Jack Ware on April 3, 1948, in Shawnee.

Mrs. Ware attended school in Tribbey and Shawnee and worked as a provider for the Department of Human Services. She also worked as a clerk at Lantz Drug. She was a member of Bible Baptist Church, Shawnee.

Survivors include her husband, Jack Ware, of the home; daughters and sons-in-law, Jeanne and Lonnie Shirey, Earlsboro; Linda and Gary Maston, Shawnee; Rena and Donnie Batt, Tecumseh; daughter, Lena Faye Ware, of the home; son and daughter-in-law, Bill and Dena Ware, Tecumseh; fifteen grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; sister, Nancy Bivins, Shawnee; brothers, William Beene, Wewoka; James Beene, Arkansas; and six half-brothers.

She was preceded in death by her parents, one grandson, one great-granddaughter, one daughter-in-law and one sister.

Graveside services will be 2:00 p.m. Wednesday at Tecumseh Cemetery under the direction of Cooper Funeral Home, Tecumseh, with Bill Yardy officiating.