Ada May Heslet Yocum Barney Folsom

1886 - 1980  (93 years)

• Name	Ada May Heslet Yocum Barney Folsom
  Born	11 May 1886	Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Gender	Female
  Died	14 Apr 1980	Manhattan, Riley County, Kansas
  Buried	16 Apr 1980	Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I3685	Rossville
  Last Modified	18 May 2018

  
  

  Father	John T Heslet,   b. 1853,   d. 22 Dec 1920, Evanston, Uinta County, Wyoming  (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Nancy Arminda Osborn Heslet,   b. 18 Apr 1849, Fairfield, Jefferson County, Iowa ,   d. 4 Aug 1937, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 88 years)
  Married	27 Nov 1873	Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Family ID	F2550	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Claude William Yocum,   b. 1884
  Children	1. Naomi Olive Yocum Lockwood Massey,   b. 15 Aug 1908, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 21 Jun 1992, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 83 years)   2. Clare Mae Yocum Farley,   b. 18 Jul 1914, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 24 Oct 1986, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 72 years)   3. Fern Elizabeth Yocum DeGraff Gilland,   b. 22 Jun 1918, Evanston, Uinta County, Wyoming ,   d. 2 Sep 1995, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 77 years)
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2017 14:19:30
  Family ID	F2747	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Gilbert L Folsom,   d. 26 Oct 1955
  Married	13 Jul 1933	Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Documents		Marriage- Barney, Ada-Folsom, Gilbert 1 Barney-Folsom Mrs. Ada M. Barney of this city, and Mr. Gilbert L. Folsom, of St. Marys, were married this afternoon at 5:30 at the Methodist parsonage by Rev. Wright Horton.
  		Marriage- Barney, Ada-Folsom, Gilbert 2 Mr. and Mrs. L. Farley entertained at a wedding dinner, Sunday in honor of Mr. and Mrs. G.L. Folsom of St. Marys. Other guests were Mr. and Mrs. Lowell DeGraff, and Mrs. J.T. Heslet. Mrs. Folsom is the mother of Mrs. Farley and Mrs. DeGraff, and before her marriage last Thursday was Mrs. Ada Barney.
  Last Modified	11 Aug 2017 15:38:25
  Family ID	F3158	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Died - 14 Apr 1980 - Manhattan, Riley County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Folsom, Ada Ada May Folsom Mrs. Ada May Folsom, 93, died at St. Mary’s Hospital in Manhattan, Ks., on Monday morning, April 14, 1980. Known as Aunt Ada to relatives and friends, Mrs. Folsom had been a long-time resident in Manhattan before moving to Alta Vista with a daughter in 1972. She was born in Rossville on May 11, 1886, to John T. and Nancy A. Osborn Heslet. Mrs. Folsom was a member of the United Methodist Church, St. Marys, and the Eagles Auxiliary. She was a homemaker all her married life. She was married to Gilbert L. Folsom. He died on October 26, 1955. In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by one brother and one sister. Surviving her are three daughters, Mrs. Lawrence Farley and Mrs. Fern Gilliland, Alta Vista, and Mrs. Naomi Massey, Wamego; one granddaughter, Mrs. Ethel Mae DeGraft, Topeka; and three nieces. The family will receive friends at the Cowan-Edwards-Yorgensen Funeral Home in Topeka from 7:00 to 8:30 Tuesday evening. Services will be in the funeral home chapel on Wednesday at 1 p.m., with interment to follow in the Rossville Cemetery. The Reverend Roy Brown will be the officiating minister. The Eagles Auxiliary will have graveside services.