Just hours after saying her final goodbyes to her husband, a Wisconsin woman died in a car crash.
Sara Nowak, 42, was killed in a crash on April 1, about five hours after attending a funeral for her husband Louis, who died of cancer on Mar. 19, according to CBS affiliate WDJT-TV.
“I don’t think she could be without him,” her mom, Patricia Cartwright, told the outlet. “So, she is with him.”
“It’s really hard because you get done and then five and half hours later, you get a call saying that your daughter was in an accident,” added her father, Randal Cartwright.
As a friend put it in a message on a GoFundMe page set up to support the couple’s family, “Sara went to visit Louis in heaven.“
Deputies responded to the single-vehicle crash on State Highway 106 near Calkins Road in Palmyra on Saturday just before 8:30 p.m., according to ABC affiliate WKOW.
Jefferson County Sheriff Paul Milbrath said that their preliminary investigation found that the driver lost control of the vehicle, which then entered a ditch and overturned, the outlet reported. One occupant was ejected from the vehicle, but both died at the scene.
Sara was identified as the passenger, according to WDJT-TV, which reported the investigation is still ongoing.
Louis was diagnosed with cancer six months before his death, reported WDJT-TV.
In his obituary, the 54-year-old was remembered as somebody who “enjoyed spending time with family and friends, tinkering on engines & motors, going to swap meets, camping, classic cars, and classic rock music.”
“Louie would always be there to lend a helping hand, or to have a great conversation,” his obituary read.
Louis and Sara, who were both previously married and had six children between them, tied the knot in 2017.
They were “a true match,” her mother told WDJT-TV.
Loved ones remembered Sara’s warmth in an obituary that read, “Sara didn’t have friends, everyone was family. She never had a full house because she always had room for more.”
“Most of all,” the notice continued, “Sara loved taking adventures with Louie and the kids making memories that will last a lifetime.”