Nell Folkman

NELL FOLKMAN has a B.S. in psychology from the University of Utah and a M.Ed, from the University of Washington in special education. A retired teacher, she lives in Walnut Creek, California, and is a grandmother and ward nursery leader.

“No More Strangers and Foreigners”

Articles/Essays – Volume 20, No. 2

As I look back on more than sixty years in the Church, two changes stand out as being most significant: I have seen my church permit all worthy male members to hold the priesthood, and…

“Cast Me Not Off in the Time of Old Age”

Articles/Essays – Volume 22, No. 1

Growing old in the last part of the twentieth century is unlike anything that has gone before. The population of older people in the United States has increased dramatically, rising from 18 million in 1965 to more than 29 million in 1987 (U.S. Bureau of the Census 1988, 15). By the year 2020, those over sixty-five will comprise 20 percent of the population (Holden 1987, 272). Those over eighty make up the fastest growing group, and the number of 100-year-olds will triple by the turn of the century (Maxwell 1987, 710).