But the couple will not be celebrating a belated Thanksgiving.
A fall in their Ephrata home last year sent Eshelmanâs wife to the Denver Borough facility to recover from ankle surgery. Diagnosed with COVID-19 five weeks after her transfer, Sue Eshelman died on Dec. 2.
She was 69.
âI promised her Iâd have Thanksgiving with her when she got out,â said Eshelman, 55. Sue had diabetes and kidney cancer, but she was sent to the nursing home to recover from her ankle surgery and was expected to recover and come home, Don said, asking, âHow do you go from falling down and breaking your ankle to passing away?â