This memorial website was created to remember our dearest PETER NDUMBE who was born in Cameroon on December 1, 1954 and passed away on May 14, 2013. You will live forever in our memories and hearts.
OFFICIAL OBITUARY
MESSE DE REQUIEM - REQUIEM MASS:
PR. PETER MARTINS NDUMBE
Chers collègues,
Nous voulons vous informer que l’ASA vient de demander une Messe de requiem pour le repos de l’âme de notre ancien collègue, le Pr. Peter NDUMBE.
Celle-ci aura lieu demain le vendredi 05 juillet 2013 à 12h00 à la Paroisse St Pie X, à l’OMS.
Salutations
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Dear Colleagues
We would like to advise that the AFRO Staff Association has requested for a mass to be conducted in memory of our former colleague, the Late Pr. Peter NDUMBE.
This mass will be celebrated tomorrow, Friday 05 July 2013 at 13.00 hours at the Roman Catholic Church, Paroisse St Pie X near the WHO entrance.
Regards
Secretariat
FUNERAL PROGRAMME, CAMEROON
Monday 3rd June 2013:
Mortal Remains arrived in Cameroon from South Africa.
Thursday 4th July 2013:
- 7:30 a.m-8:45 a.m: Removal of Corpse from the Buea Mortuary and Viewing.
- 9 a.m - 12 noon: Academic Honours at University Of Buea.
- 12 noon - 1 p.m: Departure to Limbe.
- 1pm - 3:30 p.m: Church service at Presbyterian Church Bota, Middle Farms.
- 3:30 p.m-4 p.m: -Departure to his Limbe Residence (opposite CDC Head Office, Bota)
- Laying in State
- Viewing
- Prayers and Songs of Praise
- 6 p.m: Return of body to Mortuary
Friday 5th July 2013:
- 7 a.m: - Departure to Ofrikpabi village (Nguti Sub-Division)
- 2 p. m: - Arrival at Ofrikpabi
- Laying in State
- All-night vigil
Saturday 6th July 2013:
- 8 a.m: - Church Service
- 11 a.m:- Burial
- 1 p.m: - Reception
CONTACTS
- Mr Jackson Babiene Kepe
C/O Cameroon Embassy, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Email: jcksnkepe@yahoo.com
Tel: (251) 911 969445
(237) 99-98-52-74
(237) 76-69-11-43
. Ms Lucella Kepe
429 Idaho Ave W # 35
Saint Paul, MN 55117 (U. S. A)
Email: lucellak@yahoo.co.uk
Cell: 651-431-8421
(237) 75-21-52-25
WAKE AND CELEBRATION OF LIFE
MARYLAND - USA
DATE: SATURDAY JUNE 29, 2013
TIME: 4:00 P.M.
PLACE: FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF HOWARD COUNTY
9325 PRESBYTERIAN CIRCLE, COLUMBIA, MD 21045
ANNOUNCEMENT
Dr. Morton HARRIS of the First Presbyterian Church of Howard County, MD wishes to inform all Friends, Family and Loved Ones that the MEMORIAL SERVICE in Remembrance and Thanksgiving for the Life of:
LATE PROFESSOR PETER MARTINS NDUMBE,
(Former Dean of Faculty of Medicine, Univ. of Yaounde & Univ. of Buea, Cameroon)
Who died on May 14, 2013 in Pretoria, South Africa following a brief illness at the age of 58, will start PROMPTLY ON TIME. RECEPTION WILL ALSO FOLLOW IMMEDIATELY AFTER SERVICE.
DATE: SATURDAY JUNE 29, 2013
TIME: 4:00 P.M.
PLACE: FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF HOWARD COUNTY
9325 PRESBYTERIAN CIRCLE, COLUMBIA, MD 21045
(Please use Church Main Entrance for both Church Service and Reception.)
Professor Ndumbe was a world-recognized Physician and Researcher who held several positions in in Cameroon and Internationally in the field of Medicine. Professor Ndumbe will be laid to rest on July 06, 2013 in Ofrikpabi, Nguti Sub-Division, Cameroon.
WAKE & CELEBRATION OF LIFE
NORTHAMPTON - ENGLAND (U.K.)
DATE: SATURDAY, JUNE 22 2013
LOCATION: 67 BRIDGEWATER DRIVE, NN3 3AF
WAKE & CELEBRATION OF LIFE
MINNESOTA - U.S.A.
DATE: Friday June 21, 2013
TIME: 8:00 p.m. - 2 a.m.
VENUE:
Higher Ground Academy
1381 Marshall Avenue
Saint Paul, MN 55104
CONTACTS:
Lucella Kepe (sister) 651-431-8421
Emilia Effiom (cousin) 651-755-8679
Esther Tako (niece) 612-223-3086
BRIEF BIOGRAPHY
(A more exhaustive and detailed narrative of the Milestones, Events and Extraordinary Accomplishments that marked the Venerable Professor's Life & Career are chronicled in the LIFE STORY page of this website.)
DECEMBER 1 1954: Born to Papa Martin Ndumbe Kepe and Mama Fanny Fese Kepe née Nkumbason.
1958 – 1965: Attended the Cameroon Development Corporation (CDC) primary school, (later changed to Council School).
1965 - 1970: Attended the Cameroon Protestant College (CPC), Bali. (Obtained his “O” Levels)
1970 – 1972: Attended the Cameroon College of Arts Science and Technology (CCAST) Bambili. (Obtained his “A” Levels)
1973 – 1979: Attended the Cameroon University Center for Health Sciences (CUSS). Obtained Doctor of Medicine Degree with a "mention très honorable".
September 1980 - August 1981: Served as Divisional Chief of Preventive Medicine and Rural Health Services in Donga - Mantung Division of the North West Province of Cameroon.
1981 – 1985: Studied at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, the Royal Postgraduate Medical School and the Institute of Child Health - University of London, and obtained Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees, in Medical Microbiology and Immunology, respectively.
1984: Became an Associate Member of the Royal College of Pathologists, UK.
1990: Became a Chartered Biologist and Member of the Institute of Biology, (IOB) London.
Between 1987 and 1996: Appointed to and held the position of Chairman of the Research Section at the National AIDS Commission, Yaoundé. Later became the Chairman of that Commission.
Between 1989 and 1994: Served as the Hepatitis B Vaccine Project Manager at the Ministry of Health, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
1991 to 2001: Deputy Director, Institute of Medical Research and Studies on Medicinal Plants.
Between 1992 and 2007: Headed the Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé I.
1995: Became the Founding Director of Camdiagnostix, a production unit for a rapid test for the detection of antibodies against the HIV virus, a position he held till 2000.
Between 1988 and 1999: He held the following academic positions:
1) Member, Vice Chancellor's research sub-committee in the Faculty of Medicine;
2) Coordinator, University of Alberta-CUSS (University of Yaoundé) Projects
3) Technology Officer, Clinical Epidemiology Unit, FMBS, University of Yaoundé;
4) Vice-Dean, Research; Faculty of Medicine, University of Yaoundé I.
1999 – 2006: Served as Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University of Yaoundé I
2006: Relocated to open the Medical Faculty at the University of Buea.
May 2011 until his demise on May 14, 2013: Programme Manager for Research, Publications and Library Services, at the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa, in Congo Brazzaville.
