Born in Ukraine on October 9, 1930, Seva immigrated to the United States after World War II with his mother, brother, and sister. He spoke five languages and strengthened his command of English by attending night school classes while also holding a job and attending Seton Hall University. He graduated from Seton Hall University with a degree in chemistry.

In 1953, he met his future wife of 69 years, Marcia Lane (Nelson) at his church, HolyAscension Ukrainian Orthodox Church, then located in Newark, New Jersey. They were a classic example of opposites attracting. For example, though her grandparents had helped to lay the original cornerstone of the church, she attended church infrequently, while Seva credited his survival during his family’s escape from war-torn Europe to his strong faith. They were introduced, and it was the start of a lifelong loving relationship. They married in 1955 and had four children, whom they raised in Livingston.

Early in his career as a chemist, he worked for Allied Chemical in Morristown, New Jersey and then spent 20 years as an analytical chemist at Avon in Suffern, New York.

He spent many happy summers in Beach Haven, New Jersey, where he could always be spotted in his well-worn and loved, slightly battered straw hat, swimming furthest out in the ocean, floating on his back, content in the sun.

Seva was predeceased by his parents, Theodore and Sophia; his sister, Tatiana; and his son, Michael.

He is survived by his wife, Marcia; his brother, Andy; his three daughters, Patricia Singley (Robert), Diana von Hoffmann (Eric), and Valerie Howard (Gregg); ten grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, and nieces and nephews. They will always remember Seva as a devoted, caring family man whom they could depend on, who could soothe a fussing baby better than anyone, and as a man who built his own American dream on his own terms. Wsewolod was laid to rest at the St. Andrew’s Memorial Cemetery in South Bound Brook, New Jersey, on Tuesday, October 22. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to the Livingston Police Department.