Martha Ware was named a trustee for Colby–Sawyer College, Stonehill College, the New England College of Law, and the Whitman Mutual Federal Savings Bank (now known as Mutual Bank). Ware received honorary doctorate degrees from Stonehill in 1979, the New England College of Law in 1988, and Colby–Sawyer in 1994. She was president of Plymouth County's Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children and later served as chairman of two area March of Dimes chapters.Judge Martha Ware of Abington remembered as 'awesome woman' The Patriot Ledger. Retrieved on August 7, 2009.
