Bobbi McCaughey Obituary: Patricia Frustaci, an educator who conceived an offspring in 1985 to the first septuplets known to have been conceived in the United States, a function that put her in the glare of the worldwide news media, passed on Feb. 10 at a medical clinic close to her home in San Diego. She was 63.

The reason was complexities of pneumonic fibrosis, said her child Joseph, who was brought into the world somewhat more than a year prior to his seven kin.

Ms. Frustaci and her significant other, Sam, battled with barrenness for quite a long time before she brought forth Joseph in March 1984 with the assistance of the medication Pergonal. They were anxious to extend their family, so they proceeded with treatment with the medication, and by that November Ms. Frustaci was pregnant once more.

A ultrasound method the next January uncovered seven babies, and Ms. Frustaci’s obstetrician recommended a few strategies, among them premature birth. That was utter horror to the Frustacis, who were individuals from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which is against fetus removal in practically all cases.