Dr. Clarke Stanley Harris resident of Punta Gorda, passed away May 9 at Tidewell Hospice with his wife by his side He was born on September 5,1942 to the late William and Ethel Harris in East Orange, New Jersey He graduated from Scotch Plains High school and continued his education at Northwestern University and New York University where he earned a B.A. in Psychology in 1963.
Upon graduation, he trained with the Peace Corp and was assigned to work with The War on Poverty in Jersey City.
In 1965, Clarke joined the US Airforce and upon completion of officer training in Amarillo, Texas, was
assigned to Homestead Airforce Base, Homestead, Florida and for the next three years, he was the Casualty Notification Officer for the 31st.Tactical Fighter Wing.
In 1969 -70, he was assigned as a NATO Exchange Officer to the Canadian Airforce Base at Bagotville, Quebec, Canada , and served as the Nuclear Weapons Custodian officer. At the end of this assignment, Clarke left the Airforce to pursue a degree in Clinical Psychology at Missouri University, Columbia, Missouri graduating in 1975 with a PhD.
He and his wife, Eileen from Newfoundland, Canada were married in Columbia, Missouri in 1972 and relocated to Tallahassee, Florida in 1974 where he worked at Florida State Hospital in
Chattahoochee.
In 1983, Clarke started a long career at G. Pierce Wood Hospital in Arcadia and during his tenure
authored several technical research based articles which were published in The Journal of Music Therapy, The Gerontologist and The Journal on Quality Improvement.
He retired in 2003. Clarke was an avid photographer and he and his wife enjoyed traveling to Newfoundland , which he loved dearly as his second home.
Clarke was preceded in death by his parents , William and Ethel Harris, and his brother Jack.
He is survived by Eileen, his beloved wife of fifty years , daughter Anne (Chuck) by a prior marriage, two grandchildren, Malory and Austin, and his big adopted family in Newfoundland ,Canada.
By his request there will not be a funeral and at a later date, his ashes will be scattered among the whales in his favorite place, Cape Spear, Newfoundland, Canada. A Celebration of Life is planned for a later date in Punta Gorda.
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