Jennifer Folsom; Her AIDS Drove Husband to Suicide

Jennifer Folsom, 29, whose husband committed suicide last June rather than watch her die of AIDS, which she contracted from a blood transfusion in 1979. Mrs. Folsom, whose 3-year-old daughter also has the disease, told her story in national interviews, saying she wanted to “live with dignity and not have people whispering behind (her) back.” On Wednesday in Montpelier, Vt., of AIDS.