Viktor “Vitalik” Voloboi Obituary (1972 - 2025)

Viktor "Vitalik" Voloboi passed away unexpectedly on Friday, September 5th, 2025 in his home in Ashby, Massachusetts while playing the piano. His kindness, intelligence, and humility will be remembered by all who had the privilege of knowing him. Viktor was born in Povlohrad, Ukraine to Valentyna and Ivan Voloboi on June 11, 1972 and lived 53 happy years. From a young age, he possessed an innate curiosity for understanding the world around him, building telescopes, and conducting chemistry experiments in his childhood bedroom. He had an insatiable hunger for knowledge and a love for natural sciences that followed him through his life. After school Viktor attended Dnipro National University, where he got his masters degree in theoretical physics and started his career as a software engineer. It was there that he met his wife and best friend, Maryna Voloboi, whom he married in 1995. He deeply cherished the time he spent backpacking the Crimean Mountains of Ukraine with his friends and family. Viktor immigrated to the United States with his wife, son, and daughter in 2010. His professional career spanned work at AMC Bridge, Microsoft, OnShape and Oracle, where he reached the principal engineer level. Out of his many hobbies, aikido was his greatest passion. Through countless hours of practice in the New England Aikikai, he reached the black belt Shodan level. He will be remembered for his commitment to his students, driving to Cambridge at 5 AM twice a week. He was a lifelong learner. This manifested in his interest in travel, musical instruments, books, and his Duolingo streak. He dreamt of traveling the country in an RV, sailing the Great Loop, and embarking on a transcontinental voyage. He even dreamt of flying a spaceship. Viktor is survived by his wife of 30 years, Maryna Voloboi; son and daughter-in-law, Kostya and Kathryn Voloboi; daughter, Sonya Voloboi; mother, Valentyna Voloboi; brother, Dmytro Voloboy; niece, Natasha Voloboy as well as many other family and friends. He is deeply loved by all - a heart of gold, an angel. A memorial service will take place from 12 noon to 2 p.m. on Saturday, September 13th at the Blake Chelmsford Funeral Home, 24 Worthen Street, Chelmsford. Viktor > Voloboi skoropostizhno umer v piatnitsu, 5 sentiabria 2025 goda, v svoem dome v Eshbi, shtat Massachusets, kogda igral na pianino. Ego dobrota, intellekt i skromnost' zapomniatsia vsem, kto imel chest' znat' ego. Viktor rodilsia v gorode Pavlograd v Ukraine v sem'e Valentiny i Ivana Voloboi 11 iiunia 1972 goda i prozhil 53 schastlivykh goda. S iunykh let on obladal vrozhdennym liubopytstvom k okruzhaiushchemu miru, liubil stroit' teleskopy i provodit' khimicheskie eksperimenty v svoei detskoi komnate. U nego vsegda byla zhazhda znanii i liubov' k estestvennym naukam, kotorye byli s nim na protiazhenii vsei ego zhizni. Posle shkoly Viktor postupil v Dneprovskii Natsional'nyi Universitet, gde on poluchil stepen' magistra po teoreticheskoi fizike i nachal svoiu kar'eru inzhenera-programmista. Tam on vstretil svoego luchshego druga Marinu Voloboi, na kotoroi zhenilsia v 1995 godu. On ochen' tsenil vremia, provedennoe v pokhodakh po Krymskim goram Ukrainy, so svoimi blizkimi druz'iami i sem'ei. Viktor immigriroval v Soedinennye Shtaty so svoei zhenoi, synom i docher'iu v 2010 godu. Ego professional'naia kar'era byla v AMC Bridge, Microsoft, OnShape i Oracle, gde on dostig urovnia glavnogo inzhenera. Iz ego mnogochislennykh khobbi aikido bylo ego samoi bol'shoi strast'iu. Za beschislennye chasy praktiki v New England Aikikai, on dostig urovnia chernogo poiasa Shodana. Ego zapomniat za ego predannost' svoim studentam; on ezdil v Kembridzh v 5 utra dva raza v nedeliu. On uchilsia vsiu zhizn'. Eto proiavilos' v ego interese k puteshestviiam, muzykal'nym instrumentam, knigam i izucheniiu iazykov na Duolingo. On mechtal puteshestvovat' po strane na avtomobile, plyt' po Velikoi petle i otpravit'sia v transkontinental'noe puteshestvie. On dazhe mechtal letat' na kosmicheskom korable. U Viktora ostalis' zhena Marina Voloboi; syn i nevestka Kostia i Ekaterina Voloboi; doch', Sonia Voloboi; mat', Valentina Voloboi; brat, Dmitrii Voloboi; plemiannitsa, Natasha Voloboi, a takzhe mnogie drugie chleny sem'i i druz'ia. Ego gluboko liubili vse: >. Pominal'naia sluzhba sostoitsia s 12:00 do 14:00 v subbotu, 13 sentiabria, v pokhoronnom biuro Blake Funeral Home v Chelmsford, MA.