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Jen Kipphut is trying to raise $891,806.01 for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society in memory of her late husband Chris Kipphut, who died from a rare type of lymphoma.

Kipphut said the extra cent at the end of the amount would give her the record for the most money ever raised by a ‘Woman of the Year’ candidate.

Kipphut describes her late husband Chris as someone who was quick-witted with a sense of humor. She said he was calm, level-headed, easy to get along with, and was friends with everyone he met.

Most importantly though, Kipphut said Chris was a great dad. He was the picture of health to her in his 30s as he raced to keep up with their twin boys, Aiden and Riley, and ran marathons to stay active.

“In the 20-plus years that I was with him, I might have known him to go to the doctor a hand full of times,” Kipphut said, “like literally a hand full of times, and usually I would force him to do it.”

But after Chris came home from a trip in 2017 with a small insect-looking bite on his shin, he did go to the doctor, finding out he had a rare type of lymphoma called cutaneous T-cell lymphoma.

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