I Woke Up A Widow…Now What?!
Amy & T.J.
iHeartPodcasts
4.4 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 9 July 2026
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
No one really thinks about what life will be like when their spouse passes away. …But what about when your husband is in the funeral business, and he passes away?!
Jennie Garth chats with author Dee Branch Oliver about her book “The Undertaker’s Wife,” her grief process, and how she found love again in her chapter two.
Plus, Dee explains why it’s important to slow down after losing a spouse instead of rushing through the arrangements.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed human. |
| 0:40.8 | Hey, I do part two. It's your host, Jenny Garth. And today I'm so honored, I get to chat with a woman who is in her chapter two, has found love after loss and is sharing her experience with others. She's the author of going out in style and it's the 10th anniversary of her book The Undertaker's Wife, which has been |
| 0:48.1 | re-released. Please welcome Dee Branch Oliver to the podcast. |
| 0:55.5 | Hello there. |
| 0:56.7 | Hi. |
| 0:57.8 | How are you? |
| 0:58.7 | So good. |
| 1:00.1 | Thank you so much. |
| 1:02.2 | Oh, it's such a pleasure to meet you. |
| 1:04.1 | Very nice to meet you, too. |
| 1:06.7 | First of all, thank you for the book and the little note. |
| 1:08.3 | I've been reading it. |
| 1:09.2 | My mom read it. |
| 1:12.4 | So we've loved your first book, that is, the one, |
| 1:18.8 | the Undertaker's wife that's getting re-released. Oh yes. Yeah. Congrats on that. Thank you. |
| 1:24.7 | And as you know, this podcast is I do part two. And it's all about the journey that happens for us in love, either after loss of a spouse or a divorce. |
| 1:30.3 | But before we get to that, I just want to start with your chapter one because you write about it so beautifully in your book. |
| 1:38.3 | Tell us how you met your late husband, Johnny. |
| 1:43.3 | Well, actually, I met him at my grandmother's funeral. |
| 1:48.5 | And so I was out there, and he noticed me and evidently mentioned it to a cousin of mine |
| 1:55.8 | that he was very interested in me and liked my legs. Oh, yes, legs for days. |
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