March 28, 1923 - April 1, 2017

Lillian Cecelia Ullom, 94, of Shell Lake died Saturday, April 1, 2017 at Indianhead Medical Center in Shell Lake. She was born March 28, 1923 in Barronett Twp, WI to Magnus and Gena (Christiansen) Mortensen.  She was the seventh child of 15.  Lillian attended grade school at Woodyard School and then attended Shell Lake High School.  She was married in Minneapolis, MN on January 8, 1941 to Wesley Ullom who preceded her in death in November of 1996.  Over the years, Lillian worked at various places including, Spooner Sports Wear, Shell Lake Boat Company, Stokley Bean Factory, Quick Stop, Classic Cafe and her last job at Ain Dah Ing Inc.  Ain Dah Ing Inc was her favorite job because of all the wonderful people from different walks of life that she met. 

Lillian is survived by her daughter: Donna (Norman) Ness of Barronett; sons: Howard (Deb) Ullom of Minong, Mark (Judy) Ullom of Barronett and David (Sherrie) Ullom of Barronett; 7 grandchildren; 10 great grandchildren; 18 great-great grandchildren; brothers: William (Eunice) Mortensen of AZ and Frank Mortensen of Shell Lake and sisters:  Margaret Jones of Sommerset and Louise Schade of Circle Pines, MN.  She was preceded in death by granddaughter; Tammy Friermood, 4 sisters: Katherine Mortensen, Jane Briggs, Lorraine Olson and Florence Carlson and 6 brothers: Martin, Raymond, Lester, Henry, Kenneth and Marvin.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Thursday, April 6, 2017 at Salem Lutheran Church, Shell Lake, WI with Rev. Sue Odegard officiating.  Burial will be in Shell Lake Cemetery.  Pallbearers are Dewey Butterfield, Scott Butterfield, Brian Ullom, Trevor LeVine, Brian Horton, Kyle Friermood and Kevin Friermood.  Visitation will be from 10:00-11:00 AM on Thursday at the church.

Last Update: Dec 16, 2018 5:41 pm CST