A six-decade love story ended December 18-19 with the sudden passing of Charles Leonard Barancik (1928) and Margery Kay Lippa Barancik (1936).
Residents of Sarasota, FL and Northbrook, IL, Chuck (son of Henry and Carrie) and Margie (daughter of Lou and Portia) are survived by sons Steve (Lisa), Scott (Rebecca), and daughter Wendy. They were the adoring grandparents of Isabel, Dahlia, Hannah, and Savannah. Chuck is survived by siblings Shirley, Richard (Claire), and Maury (Maija). Margie's beloved sister, Nancy Lippa Rosen Davis, predeceased them, as did their sister-in-law Sue. Numerous nieces, nephews and cousins made Margie's and Chuck's lives still richer.
The Baranciks live on in their Charles and Margery Barancik Foundation, a Sarasota-based philanthropic organization focused on children and families, poverty, mental health, the arts, and environmental stewardship.
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Sarasota Police have completed their investigation into a crash involving a Longboat Key Police vehicle last December that claimed the life of a well-known Sarasota philanthropist and his wife.
Around 6 pm on December 18, Longboat Key Police Officer Jeffrey Vogt was driving south on the 2100 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive. Police say he was responding to a fire alarm call and had his emergency lights activated, but not his siren.
Police say 91-year-old Charles Barancik was exiting a private residence when his Tesla was struck by the Longboat Key Police SUV. The investigation found there was construction equipment on the north side of the intersection that blocked the view of both drivers.
Police say they determined Barancik was at fault in the crash for violating the right of way of the patrol car.
Barancik was pronounced dead at the scene. His wife, 83-year-old Margery Barancik, was rushed to Sarasota Memorial Hospital under a trauma alert with serious injuries. She passed away the following day.
Charles and his wife established the Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation in 2014, a private, family foundation in Sarasota that creates initiatives and awards grants in Sarasota and beyond. The foundation has donated to dozens of local organizations in the areas of education, humanitarian causes, arts and culture, the environment, and medical research, including Harvest House, Asolo, Forty Carrots, UnidosNow, JFCS, and All Faiths Food Bank.
The couple quietly donated more than $50 million before their life was tragically and abruptly taken in a car crash on Longboat Key days before Christmas.
“Many people, when they lose their loved ones, it’s harder to continue on with their legacy," said Rebecca Barancik, the daughter-in-law of Chuck and Margery. "We’re very lucky that Margie and Chuck left us with the means to continue to do great works.”
The Foundation’s primary focus is on mental health, education, and creating new opportunities for families, yet the Baranciks’ was one of the first to support the vision for a new Bayfront, too.
“They gave almost $1 million in capital endowment, to enable us to transform," explained A.G. Lafley, Founding CEO of the Bay Park Conservancy. "To preserve, enhance, restore, and ultimately sustain this Mangrove Bayou that’s behind me.”
“We take the mangroves for granted almost. They’re not very showy like all of our beautiful flowering plants and our oak trees that are huge and you can’t avoid them. It just reminded me of Margery and Chuck, the way they very quietly, very humbling worked to make a difference in this community,” said Rebecca Barancik.
Murray Devine, a spokesperson for the Barancik Foundation, says the family was touched by the community’s response. They ask the community to pay homage to the couple by donating to a charity of their choice – it’s what Charles and Margery would want.
Residents of Sarasota, FL and Northbrook, IL, Chuck (son of Henry and Carrie) and Margie (daughter of Lou and Portia) are survived by sons Steve (Lisa), Scott (Rebecca), and daughter Wendy. They were the adoring grandparents of Isabel, Dahlia, Hannah, and Savannah. Chuck is survived by siblings Shirley, Richard (Claire), and Maury (Maija). Margie's beloved sister, Nancy Lippa Rosen Davis, predeceased them, as did their sister-in-law Sue. Numerous nieces, nephews and cousins made Margie's and Chuck's lives still richer.
The Baranciks live on in their Charles and Margery Barancik Foundation, a Sarasota-based philanthropic organization focused on children and families, poverty, mental health, the arts, and environmental stewardship.
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Sarasota Police have completed their investigation into a crash involving a Longboat Key Police vehicle last December that claimed the life of a well-known Sarasota philanthropist and his wife.
Around 6 pm on December 18, Longboat Key Police Officer Jeffrey Vogt was driving south on the 2100 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive. Police say he was responding to a fire alarm call and had his emergency lights activated, but not his siren.
Police say 91-year-old Charles Barancik was exiting a private residence when his Tesla was struck by the Longboat Key Police SUV. The investigation found there was construction equipment on the north side of the intersection that blocked the view of both drivers.
Police say they determined Barancik was at fault in the crash for violating the right of way of the patrol car.
Barancik was pronounced dead at the scene. His wife, 83-year-old Margery Barancik, was rushed to Sarasota Memorial Hospital under a trauma alert with serious injuries. She passed away the following day.
Charles and his wife established the Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation in 2014, a private, family foundation in Sarasota that creates initiatives and awards grants in Sarasota and beyond. The foundation has donated to dozens of local organizations in the areas of education, humanitarian causes, arts and culture, the environment, and medical research, including Harvest House, Asolo, Forty Carrots, UnidosNow, JFCS, and All Faiths Food Bank.
The couple quietly donated more than $50 million before their life was tragically and abruptly taken in a car crash on Longboat Key days before Christmas.
“Many people, when they lose their loved ones, it’s harder to continue on with their legacy," said Rebecca Barancik, the daughter-in-law of Chuck and Margery. "We’re very lucky that Margie and Chuck left us with the means to continue to do great works.”
The Foundation’s primary focus is on mental health, education, and creating new opportunities for families, yet the Baranciks’ was one of the first to support the vision for a new Bayfront, too.
“They gave almost $1 million in capital endowment, to enable us to transform," explained A.G. Lafley, Founding CEO of the Bay Park Conservancy. "To preserve, enhance, restore, and ultimately sustain this Mangrove Bayou that’s behind me.”
“We take the mangroves for granted almost. They’re not very showy like all of our beautiful flowering plants and our oak trees that are huge and you can’t avoid them. It just reminded me of Margery and Chuck, the way they very quietly, very humbling worked to make a difference in this community,” said Rebecca Barancik.
Murray Devine, a spokesperson for the Barancik Foundation, says the family was touched by the community’s response. They ask the community to pay homage to the couple by donating to a charity of their choice – it’s what Charles and Margery would want.
A six-decade love story ended December 18-19 with the sudden passing of Charles Leonard Barancik (1928) and Margery Kay Lippa Barancik (1936).
Residents of Sarasota, FL and Northbrook, IL, Chuck (son of Henry and Carrie) and Margie (daughter of Lou and Portia) are survived by sons Steve (Lisa), Scott (Rebecca), and daughter Wendy. They were the adoring grandparents of Isabel, Dahlia, Hannah, and Savannah. Chuck is survived by siblings Shirley, Richard (Claire), and Maury (Maija). Margie's beloved sister, Nancy Lippa Rosen Davis, predeceased them, as did their sister-in-law Sue. Numerous nieces, nephews and cousins made Margie's and Chuck's lives still richer.
The Baranciks live on in their Charles and Margery Barancik Foundation, a Sarasota-based philanthropic organization focused on children and families, poverty, mental health, the arts, and environmental stewardship.
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Sarasota Police have completed their investigation into a crash involving a Longboat Key Police vehicle last December that claimed the life of a well-known Sarasota philanthropist and his wife.
Around 6 pm on December 18, Longboat Key Police Officer Jeffrey Vogt was driving south on the 2100 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive. Police say he was responding to a fire alarm call and had his emergency lights activated, but not his siren.
Police say 91-year-old Charles Barancik was exiting a private residence when his Tesla was struck by the Longboat Key Police SUV. The investigation found there was construction equipment on the north side of the intersection that blocked the view of both drivers.
Police say they determined Barancik was at fault in the crash for violating the right of way of the patrol car.
Barancik was pronounced dead at the scene. His wife, 83-year-old Margery Barancik, was rushed to Sarasota Memorial Hospital under a trauma alert with serious injuries. She passed away the following day.
Charles and his wife established the Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation in 2014, a private, family foundation in Sarasota that creates initiatives and awards grants in Sarasota and beyond. The foundation has donated to dozens of local organizations in the areas of education, humanitarian causes, arts and culture, the environment, and medical research, including Harvest House, Asolo, Forty Carrots, UnidosNow, JFCS, and All Faiths Food Bank.
The couple quietly donated more than $50 million before their life was tragically and abruptly taken in a car crash on Longboat Key days before Christmas.
“Many people, when they lose their loved ones, it’s harder to continue on with their legacy," said Rebecca Barancik, the daughter-in-law of Chuck and Margery. "We’re very lucky that Margie and Chuck left us with the means to continue to do great works.”
The Foundation’s primary focus is on mental health, education, and creating new opportunities for families, yet the Baranciks’ was one of the first to support the vision for a new Bayfront, too.
“They gave almost $1 million in capital endowment, to enable us to transform," explained A.G. Lafley, Founding CEO of the Bay Park Conservancy. "To preserve, enhance, restore, and ultimately sustain this Mangrove Bayou that’s behind me.”
“We take the mangroves for granted almost. They’re not very showy like all of our beautiful flowering plants and our oak trees that are huge and you can’t avoid them. It just reminded me of Margery and Chuck, the way they very quietly, very humbling worked to make a difference in this community,” said Rebecca Barancik.
Murray Devine, a spokesperson for the Barancik Foundation, says the family was touched by the community’s response. They ask the community to pay homage to the couple by donating to a charity of their choice – it’s what Charles and Margery would want.
Residents of Sarasota, FL and Northbrook, IL, Chuck (son of Henry and Carrie) and Margie (daughter of Lou and Portia) are survived by sons Steve (Lisa), Scott (Rebecca), and daughter Wendy. They were the adoring grandparents of Isabel, Dahlia, Hannah, and Savannah. Chuck is survived by siblings Shirley, Richard (Claire), and Maury (Maija). Margie's beloved sister, Nancy Lippa Rosen Davis, predeceased them, as did their sister-in-law Sue. Numerous nieces, nephews and cousins made Margie's and Chuck's lives still richer.
The Baranciks live on in their Charles and Margery Barancik Foundation, a Sarasota-based philanthropic organization focused on children and families, poverty, mental health, the arts, and environmental stewardship.
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Sarasota Police have completed their investigation into a crash involving a Longboat Key Police vehicle last December that claimed the life of a well-known Sarasota philanthropist and his wife.
Around 6 pm on December 18, Longboat Key Police Officer Jeffrey Vogt was driving south on the 2100 block of Gulf of Mexico Drive. Police say he was responding to a fire alarm call and had his emergency lights activated, but not his siren.
Police say 91-year-old Charles Barancik was exiting a private residence when his Tesla was struck by the Longboat Key Police SUV. The investigation found there was construction equipment on the north side of the intersection that blocked the view of both drivers.
Police say they determined Barancik was at fault in the crash for violating the right of way of the patrol car.
Barancik was pronounced dead at the scene. His wife, 83-year-old Margery Barancik, was rushed to Sarasota Memorial Hospital under a trauma alert with serious injuries. She passed away the following day.
Charles and his wife established the Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation in 2014, a private, family foundation in Sarasota that creates initiatives and awards grants in Sarasota and beyond. The foundation has donated to dozens of local organizations in the areas of education, humanitarian causes, arts and culture, the environment, and medical research, including Harvest House, Asolo, Forty Carrots, UnidosNow, JFCS, and All Faiths Food Bank.
The couple quietly donated more than $50 million before their life was tragically and abruptly taken in a car crash on Longboat Key days before Christmas.
“Many people, when they lose their loved ones, it’s harder to continue on with their legacy," said Rebecca Barancik, the daughter-in-law of Chuck and Margery. "We’re very lucky that Margie and Chuck left us with the means to continue to do great works.”
The Foundation’s primary focus is on mental health, education, and creating new opportunities for families, yet the Baranciks’ was one of the first to support the vision for a new Bayfront, too.
“They gave almost $1 million in capital endowment, to enable us to transform," explained A.G. Lafley, Founding CEO of the Bay Park Conservancy. "To preserve, enhance, restore, and ultimately sustain this Mangrove Bayou that’s behind me.”
“We take the mangroves for granted almost. They’re not very showy like all of our beautiful flowering plants and our oak trees that are huge and you can’t avoid them. It just reminded me of Margery and Chuck, the way they very quietly, very humbling worked to make a difference in this community,” said Rebecca Barancik.
Murray Devine, a spokesperson for the Barancik Foundation, says the family was touched by the community’s response. They ask the community to pay homage to the couple by donating to a charity of their choice – it’s what Charles and Margery would want.
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