Mrs. Laura Belle Roberts Brown died Sept. 8, 2007, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital, Lawrence, Kan.She was the daughter of Mary Patie Willett Roberts and Augustus Dalton Roberts. She was born in Tuscumbia, Ala., on Sept. 29, 1912.She graduated from Florence State Teachers College, Florence, Ala., and began her teaching career in Florence at age 17. Later, at age 45, she earned a bachelor's degree in biology from the University of Montevallo, Montevallo, Ala., and then her master's degree in education from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Ala.She and her late husband, Robert C. Brown Sr., lived in Centreville, Ala., for more than 50 years, where she taught in the public school system until her retirement. In addition, she served the community in several ways. Her favorite contribution was that of librarian at Brent-Centreville Public Library.In 1998, she moved to Florence, Ala., where she lived until 2006 when she moved to Lawrence, Kan. She is survived by her three children, Robert C. Brown Jr., PhD, of Atlanta, Ga., Mary C. Murphy, of Windmill Hill, East Sussex, England, and John C. Brown, PhD, of Lawrence, Kan.; nine grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren, with another due in October.Her life was filled with travel, curiosity, production and kindness. She was a renowned quilter; her work being shown in Australia in art exhibitions. Her handiwork is scattered around the globe to relatives and friends as well as are her knowledge, affection and wisdom.She was like a butterfly bush to those who met her. Once asked, "What is it about you that makes people fall in love with you?", she replied, "I think it could be that I listen."Much beloved, she will be greatly missed by all the butterflies.