John Fielder Wife: Was John Fielder Married?

Virginia Fielder was the wife of John Fielder, an American landscape photographer, nature writer.

Fielder married his wife, Virginia, in 1978. The couple were parents of three children. John lost his wife Virginia to Alzheimer’s disease in 2005 and their son J.T. to suicide in 2006

John Fielder died from pancreatic cancer on August 11, 2023, at the age of 73. His death was reported by the Summit Daily News on Saturday.

Fielder’s daughter confirmed the news to CBS News Colorado on Saturday saying the photographer, “left this world very peacefully, looking out at his beloved Gore Range with our family by his side.”

Since 1973, Fielder worked to become a premier landscape photographer, snapping more than 200,000 photos of Colorado’s varied ecosystems and terrains.

He donated his life’s work to Colorado in January 2023. History Colorado is responsible for the collection, which includes more than 5,000 of Fielder’s photographs from every county in the state.