Lily Hope Folsom

Lily Hope Folsom passed away on January 27, 2020.  She was born on May 28, 1928, in West Bay, Grand Cayman to Captain Gerald Leigh and Mary A. Ebanks Bodden.

Lily was a teacher at the West Bay Public School in Grand Cayman for eight years, and is fondly remembered by the many children she taught as the sweetest and best teacher they ever had.  She was then transferred to the Cayman Island Government Treasury Department, and as a Civil Servant, worked there for six years.

In 1965, Lily and Jack Douglas Folsom were married and she moved to Walla Walla, Washington where she has since then resided.

Lily was a life-long member of the Presbyterian Church, both in the place of her birth and in Walla Walla.  She was also a Sunday School teacher.  As a young woman, she was a member of the Christian Endeavor Association.

Lily loved children and raised her step-son, Peter Folsom, as her own.  She and Jack also cared for Eric and Kyla Swenson while their parents worked.  To them she is Grandma Lily and they are her grandchildren.

Lily loved flowers and enjoyed gardening, tending the roses which were her favorite flowers.  She also enjoyed traveling and was an avid reader, mostly interested in the biographies of historic people.  For many years, she was a volunteer for the Heart Fund.

Lily is survived by her son Peter (Denice) of Walla Walla; step-daughter Christine (Joe) Guagliano of Idaho; grandchildren Benita Haeggquist, Trina Haeggquist, Michael (Alreen) Haeggquist and Paul (Tara) Haeggquist all of California; great-grandchildren Christopher, Matthew, Kenny, Kya, Kaedren and Maya; great-great-grandson Josiah; and her niece and nephew Dana and Willie Henning of Florida.  Lily is also survived by her extended family Linda Swenson, her children Eric and Kyla and grandchildren Damien, Desmond, Danielle and Aiden to whom she has been grandma.  Lily was preceded in death by her parents, husband Jack, and her sisters Genevieve Bodden, Rose Curtin, Belle Henning and Iris Henning.

A Funeral Service will be held at the Chapel of the Herring Funeral Home on Friday, February 21, 2020 at 12:00 pm with Reverend David Reed officiating.

Memorial Contributions may be made to the American Heart Association through the Herring Funeral Home, 315 W. Alder Street, Walla Walla, WA 99362.