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Barbara Clarke Obituary

Barbara Jean Clarke NEWARK, N.J. - Barbara Jean Clarke (nee Brooks), 75, departed this life Aug. 14, 2010. She was born in Portsmouth, where she raised her children, Michael Clarke and Barbara Clarke-Ruiz. For the past 20 years, she had lived in Newark. She is survived by Michael (Robin) of Washington, D.C., and Barbara (José) of Glen Ridge, N.J.; and her grandchildren, Jordan McCullen, Ashley Bolden, Brandi and Bradford Clarke and Madison Ruiz. Her life will be celebrated in a memorial service in the Spring of 2011 in Virginia Beach. She was member of the Order of the Eastern Star. Arrangements by Caggiano Memorial, Montclair, N.J.

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Published by The Virginian-Pilot on Oct. 3, 2010.

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