When Josh Fiedler died unexpectedly of a cardiac event at age 39, his wife Liz discovered she was pregnant with their second child the very next day. Because the couple had recently purchased additional life insurance, Liz was able to take a leave of absence from her nursing career to grieve and care for her young daughter and newborn, rather than being forced back to work immediately.
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Liz Fiedler Mergen is a Minnesota flower farmer and author whose first husband, Josh, passed away unexpectedly in December 2020 at age 31 from a sudden cardiac event while running. Widowed and pregnant with their second child, she later found love again with Brent Mergen, a friend of her late husband.
Key Details Regarding Her Life and Late Husband (Josh):
- Late Husband (Josh): Passed away in late 2020 shortly after a clean bill of health; he was a sales team leader at Compeer Financial.
- Family Farm: Liz and Josh purchased his family farm in St. Joseph, Minnesota, in 2016.
- Grief to Growth: Following his death, she continued running their flower farm, Sunny Mary Meadow, and wrote a memoir, Flowers Bloom Anyway: Rebuilding a Life You Didn’t Choose, about her journey.
- New Beginning: Liz married Brent Mergen, navigating the complexities of blending families and finding love after loss.
She now runs the farm, works as a virtual family nurse practitioner at CentraCare, and is a author.