Louis J. Ullman

Louis J. Ullman, age 92, passed away on May 31, 2024. He was the beloved son and only child of the late Abraham Ullman and the late Clara née Matava Ullman. He is survived by his wife of a few months short of seventy years, Doris W. Ullman, and is father of the late Barbara Ullman (Harry) Gerla, Alan J. (Marjorie) Ullman and Howard M. (Rimma) Ullman and grandfather to Rachel Gerla Wilson, Zachary S. Ullman, Kenneth Gerla, Michelle Ullman and Thomas Ullman, as well as pet-parent to dogs far too numerous to list here. Louis was a graduate of Walnut Hills High School and the University of Cincinnati. He and Doris met when they were in college, both on blind dates, she to Louis’s best friend. Instead, Lou and Doris instantly fell in love with each other. (That did not prevent his best friend on that date from serving as best man at Lou and Doris’s wedding.) They were married in 1954. They honeymooned in Chicago which may have been a way for Louis, a long-time Cincinnati Reds fan, to catch some World Series games (yes, that famous Willie Mays catch). Louis was in ROTC and after graduation served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army where his first child, Barbara, was born an army brat on base in Pennsylvania. He came up through public accounting but quickly joined Frisch’s Restaurants in 1963 as its treasurer, retiring after thirty-six years as CFO. In between, he found time to join the Isaac M. Wise Temple where he served as president for several years. He also served as president of United Jewish Cemeteries. He owned a houseboat which he docked on the Ohio River. Family lore goes that the only way his wife allowed it was if he named the vessel “Lou’s Folly”, which it was so christened. The boat stayed in the family until the birth of his youngest child, Howard. Lou and Doris delighted in travelling, having visited almost all of the fifty states, including Hawaii when it was then still a territory, and multiple trips overseas. One mode of transportation they never utilized was a motor home, although rumor has it there is a photograph of Lou and Doris in the driver’s and navigator’s seats of a thirty-foot Winnebago. There will be a private service for family. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America or the charity of one’s choice.

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Louis J. Ullman

September 3, 1931 - May 31, 2024