Lemon Effort Raises Over $1 Million to Fight Cancer
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Photo courtesy of Doc Wierwill
Kate, Max and Jim Lemon.
The surname Lemon raises considerable awareness, especially among those of us "of a certain age" with roots in Green County. Elmer Lemon, a proud 1961 graduate of Monticello High School, founder of the Monticello Foundation and driving force of the Elmer Lemon Gym at his alma mater, needs no introduction. Elmer passed away from cancer in 2018. His son Jim, the focus of this article, passed away in August of 2021, regrettably also from cancer, at age 43.
It is to that end that Jim's wife, Kate Lemon (nee Wierwill), has taken the reins and become active in fundraising for the UW Carbone Ca...
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