The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Thursday, April 20, 1995               TAG: 9504200410
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH                     LENGTH: Short :   29 lines

BEN BARANSKI

Ben Baranski, 73, died April 18, 1995, in a local hospital.

Mr. Baranski was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and was retired from the city of New York as a police officer after 21 years. He was a member of Star of the Sea Catholic Church, Seasoned Couples Club of Virginia Beach, and was a Coast Guard veteran of World War II.

Survivors include his wife, Olga Baranski; two daughters, Linda Martorell and Christine Fuentes, both of Virginia Beach; a son, Robert A. Baranski of Long Island,N.Y.; two sisters, Irene Murray of Queens, N.Y., and Lucy Feeley of California; and six grandchildren, Blair, Angela, Lisa, Robert, Christopher and Susan.

A funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday in Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Lynnhaven Chapel, by Father Michael Breslin. The family will be at the funeral home today from 2 to 4 p.m. and from 7 to 10 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to Virginia Beach General Hospital.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY

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