It's been a few years since Marcy and Courtney Angelo sat in a classroom with Amy Ramey, watching her inspire students through literature and her personal battle with cancer.

"I think that people remember her as a teacher and that it wasn't a job for her. It was something that she really loved," said Marcy Angelo.

The news of her death on Sunday afternoon was hard to swallow.

"It was shocking. It wasn't fair. She was such a good person," said Courtney.

Ramey had been teaching at Hubbard High School for more than a decade when she was diagnosed with leukemia while pregnant.

"She was not able to start treatment right away, but they did do treatments. Her daughter will turn four this year," said Marcy.

"You look at Amy and you know she was such a good mom. She had to be. Look how she was with us. We were 17-years-old and it's not fair to her family. She should still be here," said Courtney.

But she wasn't in it alone.

The community rallied around her for years, and hosted events including a bone marrow donor drive in December of 2014.

"I saw teachers rally together and students come together," said Marcy.

"When we first found out she was diagnosed, we wanted to find a way to raise money. Everybody loves t-shirts. It's a quick here's a ten give me a t-shirt. We sold hundreds," said Courtney.

Her former students say they'll remember the way the Hubbard teacher pushed them to their potential in high school English classes.

"I think they'll remember her smile and her laugh and the way she was always positive," said Marcy.

"I'm actually a teacher now and she's the one who got me to that point. She kind of brought that out of me, the 'hey, you can do this' and I'll never forget that about her," said Courtney.

Amy Ramey's funeral arrangements have not been released.