Elizabeth Man

• Reference: FamilySearch Family Tree - SmartCopy: Jun 14 2017, 19:50:13 UTC
• Marriage 04.08.1928 - New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24WK-3YG
• United States Census, 1950.Shrewsbury Town, Vermont, Rutland County, USA. A head Wayne Sarcka (59), wife Elizabeth (57) - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHN-GQH4-WJCY?view=ind...
• Vermont Vital Records, 1760-2008. Death Registration. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-8978-58W8?i=751&cc...

Elizabeth Sarcka, 98; Aided the Mentally Ill - Elizabeth Man Sarcka, a founder of Spring Lake Ranch in Vermont, one of the earliest halfway houses for the mentally ill, died on Sunday at Hampshire House, a community care home in East Montpelier, Vt. She was 98 years old and lived much of her life in Long Island City and Richmond Hill, Queens.

She died of a stroke, her family said.

Mrs. Sarcka and her husband, Wayne, established Spring Lake Ranch at Cuttingsville, Vt., in 1932 for people with mental and emotional problems and ran it for 30 years. Their therapeutic approach, based on the participation of both staff members and residents in ranch affairs, attracted national attention.

Retiring to the island of Jamaica in 1961, the Sarckas organized a school for adults in the mountain community of Malvern. After her husband's death in 1969, Mrs. Sarcka returned to Queens.

Active in volunteer work at the United Nations, Mrs. Sarcka was president of the Queens Chapter of the United Nations Association from 1975 to 1979. She also served as executive secretary of the League of Nations Association of Greater New York from 1927 to 1928.

New York Times. February 8, 1992, Section 1, Page 10. https://www.nytimes.com/1992/02/08/obituaries/elizabeth-sarcka-98-a...

https://montpelierbridge.org/2018/12/elizabeth-man-sarcka-honored-i...

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