Josephine Lucille Eslinger, 92 of Canton, died April 3, 2022 at The Cedars, McPherson. She was a retired bookkeeper and had been a resident of Canton since 1994, moving from Newton.
She was born August 1, 1929 in Hillsboro, the daughter of Peter H. and Justina (Pankratz) Frantz. On December 12, 1952 she married Glen Holdeman at Newton. He died in 1986. She later married Everett Eslinger in June of 1993 in Newton. He died June 28, 2020.
Survivors include her two daughters, Glenna Coleman of Independence, Missouri and Susan (John) Gordon, Nebraska City, Nebraska; two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by five brothers and two sisters.
Interment in Restlawn Gardens of Memory in Newton will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, April 7, 2022, with a memorial service following at 11:30 a.m. at Olson's Mortuary, Canton.
Memorials have been established with Kindred Hospice or the Canton Senior Center, in care of the mortuary.