Guest guest Posted September 22, 2004 Report Share Posted September 22, 2004 God rest his soul. May God bless him greatly for his important work. Cindi Every action of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity. E Chapin -----Original Message-----From: F. Kippley Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 6:39 PMTo: nfpprofessionals Subject: The late Dr. F. Keefe Dr. F. Keefe, a pioneer in the NFP movement, died in the late evening of Monday, September 20 at the age of 94 and three months. In 1948 he invented the Ovulindex thermometer with high standards of accuracy and ease of reading. By 1949 he was advising his patients to observe cervical mucus and to use this sign in conjunction with the temperature sign. He taught his patients to observe the mucus at the cervical os where he, as a physician, would observe it. When his patients told him that the cervix seemed to change during the fertile time of the cycle, he took them seriously. He took photographs of the cyclic changes of the cervix and published his findings in the 1962. It is because of his work that we can say that the fundamentals of the sympto-thermal method were in place a half dozen years before Humanae Vitae was published (July 25, 1968). Dr. Keefe remained sharp almost to the end. He will be missed. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 am at St. 's Church on Greenwich Avenue in Greenwich, Ct. -- F. Kippley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 23, 2004 Report Share Posted September 23, 2004 , Thank you so much for telling us about Dr. Keefe. He would periodically call me just to "touch base" with the NFP community that he loved. I was always amazed at how "on top of every thing" he was! With your permission, I'd like to run your memoriam in our newsletter. Would that be ok? Theresa Notare>>> jfkippley@... 9/22/2004 6:38:43 PM >>> Dr. F. Keefe, a pioneer in the NFP movement, died in the late evening of Monday, September 20 at the age of 94 and three months. In 1948 he invented the Ovulindex thermometer with high standards of accuracy and ease of reading. By 1949 he was advising his patients to observe cervical mucus and to use this sign in conjunction with the temperature sign. He taught his patients to observe the mucus at the cervical os where he, as a physician, would observe it. When his patients told him that the cervix seemed to change during the fertile time of the cycle, he took them seriously. He took photographs of the cyclic changes of the cervix and published his findings in the 1962. It is because of his work that we can say that the fundamentals of the sympto-thermal method were in place a half dozen years before Humanae Vitae was published (July 25, 1968). Dr. Keefe remained sharp almost to the end. He will be missed. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 am at St. 's Church on Greenwich Avenue in Greenwich, Ct. -- F. Kippley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 23, 2004 Report Share Posted September 23, 2004 Theresa, You certainly have my permission. If you would like to run a much longer piece, check the CCL Family Foundations for Sept-Oct 2003. Owen (a new member of the NFPList) wrote a two or three page short biography. I am sure that both he and CCL would be delighted to have you run that longer piece, but you would have to contact them directly. Owen's work address is the following: owen@... I need to get after Owen to write bio-sketches of Dr. who is probably near Keefe's age, and Dr. Konald A. Prem who will be 84 in November. Dr. was very big on breastfeeding. Hope to see you at the Fellowship meeting this weekend in Pittsburgh. If you haven't joined yet, you should. You can find info on how to apply at their website www.catholicscholars.org . -- K. Re: The late Dr. F. Keefe , Thank you so much for telling us about Dr. Keefe. He would periodically call me just to "touch base" with the NFP community that he loved. I was always amazed at how "on top of every thing" he was! With your permission, I'd like to run your memoriam in our newsletter. Would that be ok? Theresa Notare>>> jfkippley@... 9/22/2004 6:38:43 PM >>> Dr. F. Keefe, a pioneer in the NFP movement, died in the late evening of Monday, September 20 at the age of 94 and three months. In 1948 he invented the Ovulindex thermometer with high standards of accuracy and ease of reading. By 1949 he was advising his patients to observe cervical mucus and to use this sign in conjunction with the temperature sign. He taught his patients to observe the mucus at the cervical os where he, as a physician, would observe it. When his patients told him that the cervix seemed to change during the fertile time of the cycle, he took them seriously. He took photographs of the cyclic changes of the cervix and published his findings in the 1962. It is because of his work that we can say that the fundamentals of the sympto-thermal method were in place a half dozen years before Humanae Vitae was published (July 25, 1968). Dr. Keefe remained sharp almost to the end. He will be missed. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 am at St. 's Church on Greenwich Avenue in Greenwich, Ct. -- F. Kippley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 23, 2004 Report Share Posted September 23, 2004 Thanks so much for the information. Owen must do bio-sketches of these men. We can't let their contributions go unrecorded. I need to take a look at the length of the newsletter. I would prefer a longer article on Dr. Keefe, but, in case I can't do that, it's good to know that I can use your text. I did join the Catholic Scholars, but won't be able to make the conference. I hope they publish the papers. Regards — Tn >>> jfkippley@... 9/23/2004 2:01:24 PM >>> Theresa, You certainly have my permission If you would like to run a much longer piece, check the CCL Family Foundations for Sept-Oct 2003. Owen (a new member of the NFPList) wrote a two or three page short biography. I am sure that both he and CCL would be delighted to have you run that longer piece, but you would have to contact them directly. Owen's work address is the following: owen@... I need to get after Owen to write bio-sketches of Dr. who is probably near Keefe's age, and Dr. Konald A. Prem who will be 84 in November. Dr. was very big on breastfeeding. Hope to see you at the Fellowship meeting this weekend in Pittsburgh. If you haven't joined yet, you should. You can find info on how to apply at their website www.catholicscholars.org . -- K. Re: The late Dr. F. Keefe , Thank you so much for telling us about Dr. Keefe. He would periodically call me just to "touch base" with the NFP community that he loved. I was always amazed at how "on top of every thing" he was! With your permission, I'd like to run your memoriam in our newsletter. Would that be ok? Theresa Notare>>> jfkippley@... 9/22/2004 6:38:43 PM >>> Dr. F. Keefe, a pioneer in the NFP movement, died in the late evening of Monday, September 20 at the age of 94 and three months. In 1948 he invented the Ovulindex thermometer with high standards of accuracy and ease of reading. By 1949 he was advising his patients to observe cervical mucus and to use this sign in conjunction with the temperature sign. He taught his patients to observe the mucus at the cervical os where he, as a physician, would observe it. When his patients told him that the cervix seemed to change during the fertile time of the cycle, he took them seriously. He took photographs of the cyclic changes of the cervix and published his findings in the 1962. It is because of his work that we can say that the fundamentals of the sympto-thermal method were in place a half dozen years before Humanae Vitae was published (July 25, 1968). Dr. Keefe remained sharp almost to the end. He will be missed. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 am at St. 's Church on Greenwich Avenue in Greenwich, Ct. -- F. Kippley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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