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[Photo
courtesy of Brian Kelly - Aug 2001]
Bev in the Kelly's backyard in Napa (which used to be her
backyard for almost 30 years) - Aug 2001
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August 2001 Bios
 | Beverly
Jean (Bev) (Beall) Kempkey, born 9-23-1926 in Oakland,
CA, Alameda county.
As
a teacher she helped children learn for 28 years.
Retired and became a volunteer visitor to the sick in our local
hospital. After Ed’s death (1990) these experiences lead her to
chaplaincy as the way to express her gratitude for all the blessings
in her life. She needed a
masters of divinity to become certified.
While in the seminary she took chaplain training in the summer
and learned massage to use with the homeless women and the HIV center
in Oakland. She did her
residency at Stanford Medical Center and the Lucille Packard
Children’s Hospital. She
is a certified chaplain by Association of Protestant Chaplains and
a member of the National Association of Catholic Chaplains.
She went to Texas to the Covenant Medical Center in 1997.
Because of her teaching skills, 500 hours of massage, and
chaplain training, she was sent to a German school in Florida for 8
weeks to become a lymph edema therapist.
She developed the lymph edema department in the cancer center
and then after 2 years she went full time ministry in the 1400 bed
hospital. Yes,
she is an active chaplain and plans to be in either hospital or
hospice ministry.
Bev's credentials are now: Administrative credential in education,
M.A. in reading and an M.A. in Divinity |
| Edwin
Karl II (Ed) Kempkey |
| Edwin
Karl III (Ed) Kempkey born 7-18-1948 |
| Margaret (Maggie) Kempkey born
11-18-50 in Marysville, CA. |
| John Kempkey born 11-6-51 |
Bev met Ed through Sterling, who was a fraternity buddy. They
married on June 14, 1947. They both taught school. Ed taught
shop and Bev taught reading. |
Bev's 75th Birthday card that she
received from the J.E. Colthurst Family on September 22, 2001
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