Alma Lee (Eslinger) Keith, 90, of El Dorado Springs, Missouri passed away peacefully at her home on Thursday morning, April 6, 2023. Alma
was born the daughter of Clyde Paris Eslinger and Gertrude Elizabeth (Reynolds) Myers on March 16, 1933, in Osceola, Missouri. Alma was a devoted wife and a loving stay-at-home mom who loved cooking, gardening, cross stitching, quilt making, and listening to country music.
Alma and Alden married 71 years ago on June 12, 1951, in Clinton, Missouri. They were married for 60 years before his passing on October 8, 2011. They moved to Kansas City, Kansas where they raised their family. In the summer of 1978, they moved back to El Dorado Springs, Missouri to enjoy their retirement years.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Alden Lavern Keith, and son Leslie Allen Keith, sister Darlene Scott, and one brothers, Richard Lee Eslinger, and three half brothers Herbert Melvin McCoy, Jess Elton Eslinger and Kenneth Carl Eslinger.
She is survived by her children, daughters Deloris Jean Keith, Kansas City, Kansas, Teresa Ann Coale, El Dorado Springs, Missouri, son James Dale Keith, wife Debbie, Harrison, Arkansas, six grandchildren, 19 great grandchildren, four great-great grandchildren with a fifth one on the way, and many nieces and nephews.