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'''Born: '''February 2, 1921

'''Died: '''December 5, 2012

'''Married:''' Clarence Fred Eshelman

'''Children: '''Bonita O'Connor, Fred Eshelman

Born in Alder Brook, N.Y.,''' Teresa R. Eshelman '''served as the Historian for the Town of Franklin. She published a series of annual compendiums of history titled ''They Told Me So . .''
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''Adirondack Daily Enterprise'', December 7, 2012

WEST MILFORD, N.J.--Teresa R. Eshelman, 91, formerly of [[Alder%20Brook|Alder Brook]] and currently of West Milford, N.J., died Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2021, at her home.

Born in Alder Brook on February 2, 1921, she was the daughter of John and Marguerite (Buckley) Ryan. She married <span style="">Clarence Fred Eshelman on March 15, 1942, in Gouverneur. He predeceased her on April 27, 2000.

Teresa was a resident of <span style="">Alder Brook from 1977 through 2007, moving there from Union, N.J. She moved to the Chelsea at Bald Eagle in <span style="">West Milford, N.J., in 2007. After World War II, she spent a number of years in post-war Germany with her husband who was serving in the U.S. military at the time as a part of the effort to rebuild Germany. She served on the Board of Trustees for the [[St.%20Rose%20Cemetery|St. Rose Cemetery]] in Alder Brook and  volunteered at the Franklin Food Co-op. She also served as town Historian for the town of Franklin and worked for the Franklin Town Court for many years.

She is survived by one daughter, <span style="">Bonita O'Connor of Pompton Plains, N.J.; one son, Fred Eshelman of Schroon Lake; two brothers: Raymond Ryan of Cazenovia and Bernard Ryan of Queensbury; three sisters: <span style="">Marguerite Zerrer of Naples, Fla., Barbara Jean Burns of Atlanta, Ga., and Joan Oderkirk of Batavia; five grandchildren: Heather <span style="">Eshelman McCusker of Pennington, N.J., Scott <span style="">Eshelman of Chevelry, Md., John Hankin of Morristown, N.J., Pamela Hankin of <span style="">Pompton Plains, N.J., and Walter Hankin of <span style="">Pompton Plains, N.J.; two great <span style="">grandchildren: Logan and Ezra Hankin; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her father, mother, and seven brothers and sisters. 

A Mass of Christian Burial took place at [[St.%20Bernard's%20Church|St. Bernard's Church]] in Saranac Lake. Burial was in <span style="">[[St.%20Rose%20Cemetery|St. Rose Cemetery]] in Alder Brook.