Tara Jane Eshelman went home to be with her Savior on Wednesday, May 23, 2012. She passed away at home surrounded by her family after a lengthy illness.

She was born and raised in Bucks County Pennsylvania where she attended Council Rock High School. She graduated from Penn State University in 1984 and Frostburg State College in 1986. She married Jon Eshelman in 1986 and settled in Westminster, Massachusetts in 1994 when Jon left military service. She began teaching English and literature in 2001 at the First Assembly Christian Academy in Worcestor, MA and in 2007 she started teaching at Bethany Christian Academy in Mendon, MA. Her students were one of her greatest passions and she will be missed by so many who she touched.

She is survived by her husband and their three children, Conor, Lauren and Kyle, her father John Boyle of Holland Pennsylvania, her brother Michael Boyle of Holland and her sister Kathi Dwyer of Fleetwood, Pennsylvania as well as many nieces and nephews.

Relatives and friends are invited to celebrate Tara’s life at a memorial service at Heritage Bible Chapel in Princeton, Massachusetts at 6:30pm on Thursday, May 31, 2012.

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