Dolores Alvina Lemon, of Litchfield, formerly of Butler, died on Sunday, May 5, 2024, at St. John’s Hospital in Springfield.
Funeral services were held on Wednesday, May 8, at Hough & Sons Funeral Home in Hillsboro. Burial will be in Cedar Ridge Cemetery in Honey Bend.
Born March 8, 1935, in Litchfield, she was a daughter of the late Arthur and Alvina Schmidt Werner. She was a farm wife who worked side by side with her husband. She married Frank Leroy Lemon on June 23, 1951 and he preceded her on Dec. 22, 2007.
She is survived by her daughter, Sharon Archer of Litchfield; two grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; two brothers, Larry Werner of Litchfield and Bud Werner of Wisconsin and three sisters, Judith (Karl) Hardt of Litchfield, Linda Billehus of Missouri and Anna Marie Hill.
In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by a son, Darrell Lee Lemon; sister, Florence and a brother, Clarence, both in infancy and sisters, Roberta Requath and Shirley Crawford.
Memorials are suggested to the Montgomery County Cancer Association.
Condolences may be left at houghfuneralhome.com.
