Bruce Paul Chapnick

Mr. Bruce Paul Chapnick, 70, passed away on Friday, September 1, 2017 at The M. D. Anderson Medical Center, Houston, Texas. Mr. Chapnick was one of two sons of Abraham and Julia Chapnick, originally from Manhattan, New York and later Clarksburg, West Virginia. Bruce pursued his undergraduate collegiate studies at The University of West Virginia in Morgantown. After graduating from The Ohio State University with a Masters in Speech and Hearing Therapy, Bruce married Sandra Rae Tuber in August 1970. Bruce and Sandi spent their honeymoon driving to The University of Oklahoma in order for Bruce to enter into the PhD program in Audiology. Subsequently, Bruce and Sandi relocated back to Morgantown, West Virginia where Bruce entered WVU law school. After graduation, the couple settled in the Youngstown, Ohio metropolitan area where Bruce practiced law for the next twenty years. Bruce honed his sharp skill and acumen for business at the Nadler, Nadler and Birdman firm and ultimately became one of the foremost and renowned authorities in Northeast Ohio specializing in corporate tax and estate planning. Bruce achieved further acclaim for his tireless corporate tax work on the IPO for American Waste. Bruce and Sandi relocated to Sarasota, Florida in 1994 and Bruce joined Icard Merill after passing the Florida Bar. Bruce expanded his law practice to include mergers and acquisitions, as well as trust and estate planning and corporate transactional dealings. Business professionals in West Coast Florida sought out Bruce because of his compassion for his clients and the Sarasota community, as well as his expert legal counsel. Besides his wife, Sandi, Bruce is survived by his daughter Nicole Leigh and grand-daughter, Skylar J. and brother, Stephen Chapnick, of Beachwood, Ohio. Bruce and Sandi suffered a devastating loss in 2008 when their son, Joshua David, fell victim to a fatal epileptic seizure. In an effort to forge on, Bruce and Sandi formed The Josh Provides Epilepsy Assistance Foundation, and right up to the time of his death, personally lent a hand to other families struggling with this debilitating disorder. There will be funeral services at 3:00 o'clock PM, Thursday, September 7, 2017 at Temple Emanuel, 151 McIntosh Road, Sarasota, FL 34232 with the interment to follow at Temple Beth Sholom Cemetery, 901 Circus Blvd., Sarasota, Florida 34232. The Chapnick Family requests that memorial contributions be made to JoshProvides.org.

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Bruce Paul Chapnick

August 30, 1947 - September 1, 2017