Days after being released from hospital, pastor Ian Wilkinson looked frail and used a walking frame to enter the memorial service for wife Heather, who has been remembered as a community stalwart.
The survivor of the Leongatha mushroom poisoning lunch, Ian Wilkinson, has arrived with hundreds of other mourners at a service to farewell his wife and community stalwart, Heather.Korumburra pastor Ian Wilkinson with his wife Heather, who died from mushroom poisoning.
A former secondary school teacher, Heather was a well-respected member of the Korumburra community, who volunteered her time teaching English to newly arrived migrants. The Wilkinson family has asked mourners to donate to the Austin Hospital and Galmi Hospital in Niger, West Africa, through a “It’s a shout for joy, hallelujah, it’s what it is,” Korumburra Baptist Church congregation member Trevor Shaw toldIn a statement to the media released following his discharge from the hospital, the Wilkinson family said the milestone marked “a moment of immense relief and gratitude”.
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