Lillian Worell

Lillian E. Worell, age 101, of Siren, WI, previously of North Riverside, IL., passed away on Wednesday, March 22, 2017 at the Maple Ridge Care Center in Spooner, WI. Lillian was born on April 17, 1915 in Chicago, IL., to parents, Frances (Sichrovsky) and Emil Polansky. She attended elementary and high school in Cicero, IL. After high school, Lillian worked in retail at Troy Department Store in Berwyn for over ten years; she began as a store clerk and advanced to a bookkeeper position. On September 24, 1941, Lillian married Edward Worell and built a house in North Riverside, IL; their daughter, Diane, was born in July of 1952. Lillian started working at the Village Pharmacy on Seventh Avenue in North Riverside in 1962 as a retail clerk and continued there for over 20 years. She is best known and still remembered in the neighborhood as the “nice little lady that worked at the drug store.” In 2012, Lillian relocated to Siren, WI. to live with her daughter. In February 2015, she moved to the Maple Ridge Care Center in Spooner, WI. Lillian was an active church member and a charter member of the North Riverside Community Church and Christ Presbyterian Church, a 50+ year member of the Order of the Eastern Star/LaGrange Chapter and a 70+ year member of the Plzensky Sokol of Chicago (fraternal organization of Bohemian heritage.) Preceding Lillian in death is her parents; loving husband, Edward; brother, Bill (Elsie) Polansky; sister, Sylvia Pardun; brothers-in-law, Ray Pardun, Joe Kovarik and Henry Lamphere. Lillian is survived by her daughter, Diane (Bert) Lund; grandsons, Darren Lund and Nathan (Kayla) Lund; sister, Virginia Lamphere; nieces: Betty (Earl) Steinhoff, Maryann Palm, Judy (Mark) Foote and Nancy (Bob) Anderson; nephews: Bill (Marcia) Lamphere, Larry (Becky) Lamphere and Scott Lamphere; and many other loving friends at Maple Ridge Care Center. The Funeral Service will be held on Monday, March 27, 2017 at 11:00am (visitation from 10-11:00am) at the Bethany Lutheran Church in Siren, WI. Interment will be held on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 at 11:00am at the Woodlawn Memorial Park in Forest Park, IL. Honorary Pallbearers are Darren Lund, Nathan Lund, Mark Foote, Bill Lamphere, Larry Lamphere and Scott Lamphere. Arrangements were entrusted to Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home in Webster, WI. Online condolences may be expressed at www.swedberg-taylor.com