User blog comment:JustSomeDude.../"There is a man I must kill!"/@comment-1940096-20140719024237/@comment-5115277-20140719043501

There is evidence for Ace, actually. Even if you discount the funeral, there was still:
 * Vivre card being completely extinguished
 * Mera Mera no Mi reincarnated

Same with the Gura Gura no Mi for Whitebeard.

Character's have been brought back from worse than what happened to Monet/Vergo.