Dr. Frank Eshelman died at his home in Platteville, on Sunday, March 5, 2017, at the age of 89. He loved the Lord and lived a life of service.

Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Thursday, March 9, at the Community Evangelical Free Church, Platteville.  Rev. Dr. Jim Erb will officiate. A time of fellowship will follow immediately after the service. Burial will be 3 p.m. at Rock Lilly Cemetery, Winslow, Illinois, where military rites will be accorded.   Friends may call from 9:30 a.m. until the time of service on Thursday at the church.  The Melby Funeral Home & Crematory, Platteville, is serving the family.  Memorials will be given to Trinity Western University, Camp Timber-lee and missionaries Memduh & Suna Uysal and Paul & Kathy Baum serving in Germany.  Online condolences may be made at www.melbyfh.com.

A complete obituary is in the March 8, 2017 issue of The Platteville Journal.