My Journey of Faith, Hope & Health

About the Book

This book is a journal made up of 111 articles that were published in our local paper. The woman who wrote the journal was diagnosed with Lung Cancer in December of 2006 and her goal was to help people understand what it was like living and coping with the disease on a daily basis. She wrote about her everyday life, her Chemo and Radiation treatments, her trip to Seattle for Cyber Knife treatment.
She wanted people to know that it was possible to lead a somewhat normal life even though the prognosis wasn’t good. She tried to give people an insight into thought process that a person with Lung Cancer goes through. The author bared her soul in these articles in order help others with cancer or who had loved ones with the disease.
Ann Keefe was my wife, she passed away on April 15th 2009 and I had her Journey of Faith, Hope & Health published in her memory.      

About the Author

Doris “Ann” Keefe Doris “Ann” Keefe, age 68, passed away Wednesday, April 15, 2009 in St. George, Utah. She was born in Richmond, Virginia, to Franklin and Gladys Batkins Bradshaw on December 15, 1940. Ann Married Thomas Keefe on September 1, 1990, in Federal Way Washington. Ann lived many places and did many things in her life. She lived in Richmond before moving with her family to Washington. In Washington she lived in the tri-City area and Seattle. She moved to Mesquite, Nevada in 2003. She was an entrepreneur who started a tax consulting business, ran for the House of Representatives in Washington, created a non-profit organization called The Hand Up Foundation whose motto was “A Hand Up Not A Hand Out” and then opened a flower shop & Native Art gallery in Mesquite. Ann was a member of the Mesquite United Methodist Church, the Sunrise Rotary, and Mesquite Chamber of Commerce where she served on the board. She served as secretary of the board of commissioners in King County Fire District 1 in Washington. She loved to help people and enjoyed salmon fishing, flowers and spending time with Tom. Ann is survived by her husband Tom Keefe of Mesquite, NV, four children, Patricia (Mark) Tomlinson of Sammamish, WA., Doug Leadbetter of Redmond, WA. Mike (Kim) Leadbetter of Sammamish, WA. and Randy (Sonya) Leadbetter of Marysville, WA.