FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Bill and Esther Ilnisky spent nearly seven decades together as Christian ministers and missionaries, including stints in the Caribbean and Middle East before preaching for 40 years in Florida.
They complemented each other — he the bookworm, she outgoing and charismatic. One without the other seemed unthinkable. So when they died minutes apart of COVID-19 this month at a Palm Beach County hospice, it may have been a hidden blessing, their only child, Sarah Milewski, said — even if it was a devastating double loss for her.
Her father was 88, her mom 92. Their 67th wedding anniversary would have been this weekend. “It is so precious, so wonderful, such a heartwarming feeling to know they went together,” Milewski said,