A husband went to visit his wife with flowers as she lay dying in hospital of terminal cancer…only to be killed in a car crash as he drove home.
Joeldir da Silva, 69, spent Sunday night with his longtime partner, Marineide da Silva, 60, at a hospital in Epia Sul, Brazil.
On Monday morning, Joeldir picked a floral arrangement and returned to the room where Marineide, who had been battling cancer for four years, was resting in her bed.
Joeldir held the bouquet up high and had some touching words for his wife of many years.
He then leaned forward for a hug and kissed her on the forehead before their lips locked.
The business owner left the medical facility and was traveling to their residence in Gama when the driver of a Honda City invaded Joeldir’s lane and struck his Renault Kwid and a police vehicle head-on at 6:30 am, police said.
Joeldir’s daughter and a priest were traveling to the hospital when she recognized his wrecked car.
She remained on the scene and asked the priest to perform the last rites on her father.
Joeldir da Silva (left) and his wife Marineide da Silva (right) died two days apart this week in Brazil. Joeldir was killed in a car accident Monday morning, hours after he left the hospital where he had spent the night with Marineide, who was battling cancer and died during the early hours of Wednesday, according to the couple’s daughter
Joeldir (right) and Marineide (left) share a kiss moments after he returned to her hospital room Monday to present her a bouquet of floors. Shortly after leaving the medical facility, Joeldir was killed in an accident after the driver of a vehicle invade his lane and crashed head-on with his car and a police vehicle
Joeldir was confirmed dead at the site of the accident.
Paramedics rescued the driver of the Honda as well as the police officer and rushed both to an area hospital.
Marineide succumbed to her illness and died Wednesday.
It is unclear if she was made aware of her husband’s death before her own passing.
‘My mother is at rest!’ the couple’s daughter wrote in a social media post.
‘At 3:45 a.m., she took her last breath and went to find my father. God welcomed them with open arms, I’m sure!’
Joeldir da Silva went viral Monday morning when he presented his wife, who was battling cancer, with a bouquet of flowers. The 69-year-old business owner had spent the previous night with his longtime partner at the hospital in Epia Sul, Brazil and was killed in a car crash after leaving the medical facility
Joeldir da Silva’s Renault Kwid was found upside down next to a police vehicle after both were slammed into head-on by a Honda City
The couple’s passing was felt by members of the Gama community, where they set up the town’s first pamonharia, an eatery that specialized in making corn-based meals.
‘You were the true example of a couple — of partnership in life, in love, in work and in faith,’ wrote Esmeralda Faria. ‘Loyal friends, tireless businessmen, dedicated patriots and human beings of rare and precious values.’
‘I knew this couple very well. I loved the pie she made, I would always go there to buy it,’ Fernanda Barros said. ‘
‘The pamonhas were delicious and he was always kind,’ she added. ‘They were two wonderful people. May God give strength to this daughter and the whole family, and may you be sure that they will be happy together in eternity.’
