The Dickinson press., 1915-06-12
MRS, A P.
FOLSOM is
CALLED HOME
WIFE Or JQGE1CE FOLSOM Sue
CUMBS AFEER AN ILLNESS
OF SEVERAL WEEKS. A
MOST PATIENT SUF-
EERER.

etery at st. Cloud, Nlinn. Be-
reavcd Husband and Children
Return to Dickinson Last
OF Week.
After an illness of several weeks
Mrs. A. p. Folsom died at her home
in this city Monday, June 7, at H:45
p. M, of cerebral hemorrhagc.
About the middle of April MIR. and
Mrs. Folsom returned from a delight
full six weeks trip through the west
ern states. They spent some time at
the Panama exposition and visited
all Of Mrs. Folsom's children.
Soon after they returned, Mrs.
Folsom contracted a severe cold.
She had never been strong and suf-
fered much from heart trouble and
excessive blood pressure, and she
gradually grew worse, at times un-
conscious, until the cerebral hemor-
rhage occurred, from which she never
rallied.
In addition to the tender care
administered by the family, two
trained nurses were in attendance
during the last weeks of her illness.
Tuesday afternoon at half past one
Rev. A. c. Hacke, in Dr.. Morrison's
absence, conducted a short service
at the Folsom residence. After brief
scripture reading and prayer, the cas-
ket was taken to the depot and sent
on No. 2 to Mrs. Folsom's longtime
home in St. Cloud, Minnesota. Walter
Sterland, w. T. Nickel, C. N. Barker
and M. L. Ayers acted as pail bearers.
Mr.. Folsom, Mr.. and MRS. II. #.
Beidler and Miss Alison Beidler ac
companied tho remains east. At the
depot quite company of Masons
and Eastern Stars gathered to ex-
press their sympathy and the latter
ordered flowers put on the train at
Fargo.
Funeral services were held in St.
Cloud, Wednesday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. Folsom's brother, j. L..
Stephens. Rev. f. V. Campbell, pas
tor of the First Presbyterian church
of that city, Of which Mrs. Folsom
was a member at the time Of her
death, spoke from the text: ut is l,
Be Not Afraid" and the choir sang
her favorite hymns: abide With
Me-" LEAD Kindly Light" and "Face
to Face" The interment was in St.
Cloud where her first husband and
a son lie buried.
Agnes Nelson Stephens was born
at Hopewell, Chester County, Pennsyl
vania, September 20, 1849, and
would have been sixty-six years old
next September. Her early life was
spent there; then she married Joseph
Beidler, there six of her seven chill
dren were born.
In 1884 the Beidlers moved to Min
neapo]is and twelve years later to st.
Cloud, Minnesota, which was after
wards their home. From there Mr..
and Mrs. Beidler came to visit their
son in this city, shortly before Mr..
Beidler's death, which occurred ten
years ago in April. There the family
had a large circle Of friends and it
was there that a son, Ray Nelson, was
laid to rest, dying at the age OF
twenty-five.
Mrs. Folsom's living children are:
Francis Walker Beidlcr, Methodist
minister in Blanca, Colorado; Joseph
Herman Beidler Of Tacoma; Harry
Freeman BeiGaer Of this city; Mary
Alison Beidler of Minneapolis; Mrs.
Edith Osmond Rutledge Of Kent,
Washington, for several years
teacher in Dickinson; Mrs. Virginia
May Orr of Ash Grove, Mo-, also at
one time a teacher in Stark county.
A sister, Mrs. Arthur Watts, residing
in Minneapolis, two other sisters liv-
ing in Pennsylvania and the brother
in St. Cloud, survive her.
At the home of her brother in St.
Cloud, June 20, 1914, a little less than
a year ago, deceased was married to
A. P. Folsom Of this city by Rev. E.
V. Campbell, who conducted the funer-
al service on Wednesday.
Mrs. Folsom, although always frail
in body, made up in spirituality what
she lacked in physical strength and al
ways found a bright side to every
thing. She was an earnest Christian,
a member Of the Presbyterian church,
as are all her children, and an en-
thusiastic missionary worker.
Mr.. Folsom, MIR. and Mrs. Beidler
and Miss Alison Beidler returned the
last of the week from St. Cloud. Miss
Alison will remain in Dickinson, for a
few months. Eventually Mr.. Folsom
will make his home with his daughter,
Mrs. III. F. Beidler. Mr.. and Mrs. C.
r. Pendergast Of Hettinger, who were
up during the early days Of Mrs. Fol-
som's illness, were unable to come
Tuesday ON account Of the muddy con-
dtion of the roads but were here
when their father and sister returned
from Minnesota and planned to re-
main for few days.
We quote two stanzas Of one of
Mrs. Folsomis favorite hymns:
''He Knoweth ALP
The twilight falls, the night is near;
I fold my work away, -
And Meel to One who bends to hear