Wsewolod Luckewicz

Wsewolod Luckewicz, affectionately known to friends and family as “Seva”, died on

October 15, 2024 at his longtime home in Livingston, New Jersey. He was 94 years old.

Born in Ukraine on October 9,1930, Seva immigrated to the United States after WWII

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, Holy

Ascension Ukrainian Orthodox Church then located in Newark, New Jersey. They were

a classic example of opposites attract. 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, N.J. and

then spent twenty years as an analytical chemist at Avon in Suffern, N.Y. He spent

many happy summers in Beach Haven, N.J. 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); 10 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 will be laid to rest at the St. Andrews Memorial Cemetery in South Bound

Brook, N.J.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to the Livingston Police

Department.

Arrangements are under the direction of Union Funeral Home - Lytwyn & Grillo, 1600 Stuyvesant Avenue, Union, N.J.  Memories and condolences may be shared at unionfuneralhome.com.