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Brian Folsom and Bob Folsom
Robert M. Folsom is the fourth generation of the Folsom Family in Funeral Service. Bob is a graduate of Westwood High School, class of 1973, and received his Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management from Southeastern Massachusetts University in 1977. He graduated Summa Cum Laude, and second in his class, from the New England Institute of Anatomy, Sanitary Science and Embalming in 1978.
Bob is a member and past president of the Westwood Rotary Club. He was awarded the Rotary’s Paul Harris Fellowship. He was a member of the Westwood Interfaith Council since its inception and was its charter President. He is a member of the Massachusetts Funeral Director Association and a former member of its Board of Directors. Bob is a member of the First Baptist Church of Westwood and currently serves the congregation as its Moderator. He is a member of the Society in Dedham for the Apprehension of Horse Thieves, and he has bowled for over 35 years with the St. Denis Bowling League. In addition he is a member of the Electronic Funeral Service Association, and the Camping Funeral Directors Association, and a life member of the Good Sam Club. His hobbies include motorhoming, stamp collecting, photography and genealogy. He was awarded the first Roy London Humanitarian Award by the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Westwood. The son of the late Richard J., and the late Jane (Anderson) Folsom, he lives in Islington with his wife of 40+ years Donna L. (Jacobs). His son, Brian Robert Folsom lives in Dedham, with his wife Kaitlin. Bob’s oldest daughter Sarah lives in Walpole with her husband James and their two sons. Sarah was a teacher in Westwood. His youngest daughter Julia lives in Sharon with her husband Owen, their son Simon, and their daughter Alexi, and is a certified speech language pathologist.
Brian Folsom has been working for the family funeral home for over twenty years. He graduated from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst in 2007 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management from the Eisenberg School, and from FINE Institute, an embalming school located in Norwood, MA in 2010. Brian passed the National Board Examination and the Massachusetts State Funeral Examination, and became a licensed funeral director in the Summer of 2011. Brian is the fifth generation of the Folsom family to pursue a career in funeral service. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Funeral Directors Association, and is also the current president of the associations. He recently married Kaitlin (Curran), and they had their first child, Corey, in August 2022.