Pat Brophy, a nurse practictioner at Children’s Hopsital of Philadelphia who cared for charity founder Alex Scott, died Feb. 12.

Brophy died from a long battle with colon cancer. She was the nurse who helped treat Alexandra Scott, the 8-year-old cancer patient who began a lemonade stand in her front yard to raise money for pediatric cancer research. Scott passed away in 2004.

Brophy was featured on CBS3’s “A Stand for Hope” in June 2007, a day-long fundraiser for Alex’s Lemonade Stand. In an interview, she said she didn’t like being called a hero to child patients and their families. The best rarely do.

The Aston, Pa.-native is survived by her husband, Robert, two children and five grandchildren.