Joe and Bertha McKeever are acquainted with grief.  Grief 101 is their gift to others who have faced the death of someone loved.

Thirteen months after Margaret died and twenty-one months after Gary died, Bertha Fagan and Joe met for the first time.  Eleven months later, they married.  

Bertha Pepper Fagan was married to Dr. Gary Fagan, a preacher of the gospel and a seminary classmate of Joe’s, for over 52 years.  Gary and Bertha pastored churches across the country, and then went as missionaries to Malawi and Brazil.  

This book represents their grief journey as each of them faced life without their life companion. Grief 101: How to get back up when blindsided by the death of someone you love is a simple guide for others who are experiencing a profound confrontation with loss and grief.    

Cover photography by Stegall Imagery.