Jess Lemon

O n Monday, November 29, 2021, Jessica Lemon passed away at home in Hershey surrounded by her family. She was 41 years old.

Jess was born to Craig and Terry Lemon on July 31, 1980, in Watertown, SD. They moved to North Platte in '86 and Jess went on to graduate from NPHS then continued her education learning new skills throughout her life.

Jess married Brandt Taylor and they had two sons, Jason and Shawn. She later married Daniel Schilmoeller and they had a son, Derek. Jess loved her kids very much!

She had the biggest heart and never met a stranger and was always willing to help others. Children had a special place in Jess's heart. She was an amazing daycare provider and sculptor. In 2008 she had a great idea to start Special Needs Baseball and with help from Nikki Barker, Bambino Buddy-Ball was created so everyone, regardless of their needs, could play and enjoy baseball.

Jess was also very community minded. She was active with Junior Chamber of Commerce, Little League Baseball, and participated in the Cemetery Tours and Buffalo Bill reenactments.

Jess had heart, passion and a love for life. She enjoyed doing sculpting and making Christmas ornaments which she sold at craft shows. Jess was known to others by many names, 'Momma Jess', 'Miss Jess', 'Dress' (for those who couldn't say Jess), 'Clay Lady', 'Coach' and most importantly she was 'Mom', 'Daughter' and 'Sister'.

She was preceded in death by her father, Craig Lemon.

Jess was awesome and to her everyone was her family so she leaves behind many family and friends. She is survived by her mother, Terry (Mark) Woods, and sons, Jason Taylor, Shawn Taylor and Derek Schilmoeller, and stepdaughters, Brianne and Emily Schilmoeller, all of North Platte; her fiancé, Shaun Weekly, and his children, Issac, Eli and Alice Weekly, all of Hershey; siblings, Mark (Brandi) Lemon and Joni (Chad) Todd, of North Platte, Katie Woods, of Lady Lake, FL, Matt Woods, of North Platte, Chris Woods, of Parker, CO, and honorary big brother, Roger Sears, of Gothenburg.

Celebration of Life will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, December 4, 2021, at Odean Colonial Chapel and in keeping with Jess's style, wear your favorite hoodie or casual clothes. For those unable to attend, services will be recorded and posted to odeanchapel.com.

The memorial book may be signed at odeanchapel.com or prior to the service at Odean Colonial Chapel at C & Sycamore, which is in charge of arrangements. In lieu of flowers, memorials are to the family for her son's future education.