Daughter of Dr. Roy Lee Grogan and Verna Lee Clark Grogan. Married Meade Ballard Crane. They had two daughters.
Laura Lee Crane was a visionary educator who devoted her career to meeting the needs of children with learning differences. Before learning disabilities were widely understood, she led the way in informing educators about these conditions, and she developed a nationally recognized reading program for learning-disabled students. She trained a generation of teachers to work with children with special needs, preparing them to teach and to make a positive impact on children's lives.
To many, Laura Lee Crane personified Starpoint School and, as its principal for two decades, she set the bar for achievement high - for the children, for the teachers and for herself. She recognized the potential of the children. She gave them the tools with which to succeed. She taught teachers how to reach struggling students. She counseled and encouraged parents. She always saw the worth in a child, and - as a parent noted - "She could get children to do things no one else could get them to do." In the words of a colleague, "For Laura Lee, the children always came first."
Crane, 77, went missing on January 30, 2004, when she went on an errand to the Tom Thumb grocery store at 3050 S. Hulen in Fort Worth and was kidnapped by Fort Worth residents Edward Lee Busby, Jr., 31, and Kathleen Latimer, 39. The abduction led to her death. Busby and Latimer were tried, and Busby was sentenced to death, while Latimer was sentenced to life in prison. After several delays in 2020 due to the coronavirus epidemic, Busby was scheduled to be executed on February 10, 2021. On February 3, the execution was stayed for further review.
Laura Lee Crane was a visionary educator who devoted her career to meeting the needs of children with learning differences. Before learning disabilities were widely understood, she led the way in informing educators about these conditions, and she developed a nationally recognized reading program for learning-disabled students. She trained a generation of teachers to work with children with special needs, preparing them to teach and to make a positive impact on children's lives.
To many, Laura Lee Crane personified Starpoint School and, as its principal for two decades, she set the bar for achievement high - for the children, for the teachers and for herself. She recognized the potential of the children. She gave them the tools with which to succeed. She taught teachers how to reach struggling students. She counseled and encouraged parents. She always saw the worth in a child, and - as a parent noted - "She could get children to do things no one else could get them to do." In the words of a colleague, "For Laura Lee, the children always came first."
Crane, 77, went missing on January 30, 2004, when she went on an errand to the Tom Thumb grocery store at 3050 S. Hulen in Fort Worth and was kidnapped by Fort Worth residents Edward Lee Busby, Jr., 31, and Kathleen Latimer, 39. The abduction led to her death. Busby and Latimer were tried, and Busby was sentenced to death, while Latimer was sentenced to life in prison. After several delays in 2020 due to the coronavirus epidemic, Busby was scheduled to be executed on February 10, 2021. On February 3, the execution was stayed for further review.
Daughter of Dr. Roy Lee Grogan and Verna Lee Clark Grogan. Married Meade Ballard Crane. They had two daughters.
Laura Lee Crane was a visionary educator who devoted her career to meeting the needs of children with learning differences. Before learning disabilities were widely understood, she led the way in informing educators about these conditions, and she developed a nationally recognized reading program for learning-disabled students. She trained a generation of teachers to work with children with special needs, preparing them to teach and to make a positive impact on children's lives.
To many, Laura Lee Crane personified Starpoint School and, as its principal for two decades, she set the bar for achievement high - for the children, for the teachers and for herself. She recognized the potential of the children. She gave them the tools with which to succeed. She taught teachers how to reach struggling students. She counseled and encouraged parents. She always saw the worth in a child, and - as a parent noted - "She could get children to do things no one else could get them to do." In the words of a colleague, "For Laura Lee, the children always came first."
Crane, 77, went missing on January 30, 2004, when she went on an errand to the Tom Thumb grocery store at 3050 S. Hulen in Fort Worth and was kidnapped by Fort Worth residents Edward Lee Busby, Jr., 31, and Kathleen Latimer, 39. The abduction led to her death. Busby and Latimer were tried, and Busby was sentenced to death, while Latimer was sentenced to life in prison. After several delays in 2020 due to the coronavirus epidemic, Busby was scheduled to be executed on February 10, 2021. On February 3, the execution was stayed for further review.
Laura Lee Crane was a visionary educator who devoted her career to meeting the needs of children with learning differences. Before learning disabilities were widely understood, she led the way in informing educators about these conditions, and she developed a nationally recognized reading program for learning-disabled students. She trained a generation of teachers to work with children with special needs, preparing them to teach and to make a positive impact on children's lives.
To many, Laura Lee Crane personified Starpoint School and, as its principal for two decades, she set the bar for achievement high - for the children, for the teachers and for herself. She recognized the potential of the children. She gave them the tools with which to succeed. She taught teachers how to reach struggling students. She counseled and encouraged parents. She always saw the worth in a child, and - as a parent noted - "She could get children to do things no one else could get them to do." In the words of a colleague, "For Laura Lee, the children always came first."
Crane, 77, went missing on January 30, 2004, when she went on an errand to the Tom Thumb grocery store at 3050 S. Hulen in Fort Worth and was kidnapped by Fort Worth residents Edward Lee Busby, Jr., 31, and Kathleen Latimer, 39. The abduction led to her death. Busby and Latimer were tried, and Busby was sentenced to death, while Latimer was sentenced to life in prison. After several delays in 2020 due to the coronavirus epidemic, Busby was scheduled to be executed on February 10, 2021. On February 3, the execution was stayed for further review.
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