Published in the April 17, 2017 edition.
WAKEFIELD — Joseph W. Clarke, a Wakefield resident, and formerly longtime of Melrose, passed away peacefully on Friday, April 14, at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital, at age 73.
Joe was born in Boston on October 1, 1943, son of Bernice (Flynn) Shay and the late Harold E. Clarke. He was…