Although she lived only five years and could never speak, see or walk, tiny Sarah Brown touched the lives of those she met. Born with severe disabilities after a failed late-term abortion attempt, she was adopted by a Wichita-area family. Their story told at local rallies and church meetings helped energize the pro-life movement here. "Without a doubt, she was part of the symbolism of the pro-life movement just from what she had gone through at birth and through hat her family went through in giving her a name and home," said the Rev. Donald Lacy, minister at Calvary Baptist Church in Valley Center and a close family friend. Sarah, born July 15, 1993, was adopted a day later by Bill and Marykay Brown of Valley Center. She died Monday, and services were held Wednesday and Thursday. "Sarah was a little stranger that came into our lives," said Marykay Brown. "She was literally a throw-away child that nobody wanted. God chose us to be her parents, and it was a great honor because she was such an easy child to love." Friends and family members say Sarah spent much of her life just battling to live. She was hospitalized at least a dozen times in the five years she was alive, relatives said. "One thing I know about her is that she changed people´s hearts," Marykay Brown said. "It was very easy to love her. We´d go out on speaking engagements, and people would look and say, ´I´ve got to rethink this issue.´ " Sarah loved music. Family members say she would smile and turn her head at the sounds of Bach, country music and old-time gospels. "Her hearing was acute," Marykay Brown said. "She couldn´t hold things so she really didn´t have favorite toys. The best thing about her is that she loved people. You could tell from her mannerisms. She was the closest thing to a saint I will ever know." Always plagued with respiratory and other health problems, Sarah died Monday morning as her mother came into her bedroom to give her a breathing treatment. "She smiled at me and then her heart stopped _ it was just that fast," Marykay Brown said. Since then, the Brown family says they have been touched by an outpouring of support and love from the community. Memorials have been established with Kansans For Life Open Doors, 2501 E. Central, Wichita, Kan. 67214.