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BROWN -- Teri Shelby Brown. On November 17, 2009, Teri Shelby Brown (57) died as she lived her life, with grace and dignity. Her loving children, Shelby, Jeremy and his wife, Naomi, accompanied and cared for her through the challenges of ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) and were with her during her final peaceful moments. Teri was happily married to Scott J. Brown for 32 years until he preceded her in death in 2006. Throughout the marriage they were faithfully involved with the Grace Church family, they delighted in their children and their activities, and, oh yes, Lobo basketball. Teri graduated from Manzano and received her BA and MA from UNM. During a 25 year career with APS she taught at Truman and Inez. Her leadership ability inspired others and she became an APS District Math Leader and an Instructional Coach at Mark Twain. In 2003, she won the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics. Along the way she played softball, made posole, led Bible studies, and shared her husband's joy in nature. She is also survived by her father, Joe Shelby and his wife, Marge, her sisters and their husbands, Janice and Lucky Sells, Lynn and Chuck Colberg as well as caring nephews, nieces, and extended family. A celebration of Teri's life will be held on Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. at Grace Church, 6901 San Antonio Dr. NE. Memorial contributions may be made to Young Life - Albuquerque and sent to Grace Church or to A.P.S. Foundation-TLS Math Fund, 6400 Uptown NE Ste. 420 W., Albuquerque, NM 87110. Flowers may be sent to Grace Church. French 1111 University Blvd. NE (505) 843-6333
        Published on: Sat November 21, 2009