Elizabeth Betty Jane Folsom

Elizabeth ?Betty? Jane Folsom, 96 of Mason City died Tuesday, April 20, 2004 at Good Shepherd Health Center in Mason City. Funeral services for Betty will be held 1:30 P.M., Tuesday, April 27, 2004 at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 North Pennsylvania Avenue with Rev. Keith Scott of Wesley United Methodist Church officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour prior to services at the funeral home on Tuesday. Memorials may be given to the Elizabeth ?Betty? Jane Folsom Memorial Fund. Betty was born October 17, 1907 the daughter of Ernest Edward and Mary Belle (England) Bardsley in rural Swaledale, Iowa. The family moved to a farm south of Clear Lake in 1911. Betty attended school in Clear Lake and graduated from Clear Lake High School. She also received her two year Normal Training Degree and taught school for five years. On June 24, 1930 Betty was united in marriage to Lawrence J. Folsom at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa. In 1931 Betty and Lawrence moved to Mason City. Betty worked for Younkers and had charge of the men?s and boy?s departments. She retired from Younkers in 1980 after 27 years of service. Betty was a member of First United Methodist Church and the KB Circle. She was also a member of Minerva Study Club, the Camera Club, A.A.R.P., Mason City Woman?s Club and the United Commercial Traveler?s Auxiliary. Betty is survived by her daughters, Mary Jane Fix and husband Robert of Urbandale, Iowa; Larabeth Bader and husband Keith of Dysart, Iowa; Linda Hamilton and husband David of Oskaloosa, Iowa; eight grandchildren: Candace, Shawn, Robert II, Kathryn, Karey, Kent, Matthew and Stacie; and eight great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Lawrence, five brothers and three sisters.

Visitation:
12:00 AM to 1:30 PM at Major Erickson Funeral Home on April 27, 2004 (map/driving directions) 5:00 PM to 5:00 PM at Major Erickson Funeral Home on April 21, 2004 (map/driving directions)

Service:
1:30 PM at Major Erickson Funeral Home on April 27, 2004 (map/driving directions)