Bruce E. Cleare

Bruce E. Cleare PORT ST. JOE - Bruce E. Cleare, age not given, died Thursday, Oct. 16, 2003. He is survived by his wife of 27 years, Paulette V. Cleare. A memorial service will be at noon EST Sunday at Culley's MeadowWood Funeral Home, Timberlane Road Chapel (893-4177). Memorial contributions may be made to the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute Foundation, 12902 Magnolia Drive, Tampa, FL 33612. Donations may be made by phone to (813) 632-1403 or on the Web atwww.Moffitt CancerCenter.org. Dr. Cleare was born in Harbour Island, Bahamas in 1926. Shortly after immigrating to the United States in 1944 at the age of 18, he joined the Army and was stationed in Japan as part of the U.S. post-war occupation forces. After leaving the Army, he received his bachalor's's degree at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He completed his master's degree at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and received a doctorate in chemistry from Florida State University in 1968. Dr. Cleare taught chemistry at Leon High School for several years before joining the faculty of Tallahassee Community College, where he taught chemistry for 36 years. Other survivors include his eight children, Norma C. Hamelman of West Dover, Vt, Lucy C. Gee of Tallahassee, Bruce E. Cleare Jr. of Whately, Mass., Penelope A. Cleare of Stonington, Conn., Catherine C. Cleare of Westport, Conn., Geoffrey S. Cleare of Storrs, Conn., Christopher Hughes of Washington D.C., and Matthew Hughes of Seattle; his brothers, Gilbert Cleare and Paul Cleare of Nassau, Bahamas; his sister, Catherine C. Freakley of Trinidad and Toboga; 10 grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.