Seva B. Pike

Seva Bernice Pike age 71, beloved mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, friend and retired teacher. Seva joined her beloved late husband, Lt. Colonel James C. Pike of Navarre, Fl., her parents Delores and Roger E. Dennis, and her beloved Aunt Jennie Bernice Dennis in heaven on Saturday November 2,2019.

Seva was born in Charleston, West Virginia on October 5, 1948, she was the first of three born to Delores and Roger Dennis. She graduated from Dunbar High School in West Virginia in 1966.

After graduating from High School, she pursued her dream of becoming a teacher. She loved her life with her two daughters, Denise and Jennifer. Between helping the girls with schoolwork, activities like gymnastics and horses, she also maintained her home and a career.

She wanted to make a difference in a young child’s life so in 1986 Seva graduated from Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Fl. with an Education Degree. She taught 2nd grade at Pines Lakes Elementary in Pembroke Pines, Fl. from 1987 to1996. She relocated to Navarre, Fl where she taught 3rd grade at Holley Navarre Intermediate School until her retirement in 2012.

Seva was a 3rd grade teacher who loved teaching. She fostered and inspired the self-esteem of every child in her classroom and every child whose life she touched. She gave her students responsibilities, insured their achievements by instilling in them a feeling of contribution and achievements. She empowered each student with a feeling of self-worth, helped their creativity shine while teaching them the building blocks to succeed in school and life. Seva understood the importance of education. Every vacation she took became a learning opportunity to teach her granddaughters a little bit of history that she saw through her eyes with post cards, books, and phone calls.

Seva died of complications from Huntington’s Disease while in hospice care at the Legacy Home in Ocala, Florida

We will terribly miss our mom, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend. Seva will continue to live on through all of us with her funny stories, and the beautiful memories she left in our hearts.

Seva is survived by her daughter Denise Jacques, her husband Tim and their daughter Ashley Rose of Saint Augustine, Fl., daughter Jennifer Chancey, her daughter Amber Kaestner of Ocala, Fl., brother Roger L. Dennis his wife Karen and their daughter Megan Phillips, of Lakeland, Fl., brother Scott Dennis his wife Anne of St. Cloud and their son Trevor Dennis of New York, niece Danielle Graczyk of Auburn, Al., nephews John and Joe Graczyk of Navarre, Fl.

Later Seva will be interred at Barrancas National Cemetery in Pensacola, Fl. alongside her husband Lt. Colonel James C. Pike.

Instead of flowers, we greatly appreciate contributions be made for study and research of Huntington’s Disease to WWW.HDSA.Org the Huntington’s Disease Society of America