Jill Duggar Dillard grieves the ‘heartbreaking’ loss of a friend… after finishing recording the audio version of her upcoming tell-all book

19 Kids and Counting alum Jill Duggar Dillard attended the funeral of close friend – PassionForSavings.com founder Heather Schisler – at Cross Church in Springdale, AR last Friday.

‘Cannot believe she’s gone,’ the 32-year-old Arkansas native – who boasts 2.5M social media followers – wrote via Instastory.

‘The service and the reception were so beautiful [in] honoring who Heather was and [it] totally had the all-in Heather flare!’

Heather – whom Jill called ‘the sweetest’ – tragically died, age 39, on July 30 ‘after a hard-fought battle’ with stage 4 metastatic cancer which spread to her lungs and liver.

‘We have [known] each other for years and were in the same small group at church for several years,’ Dillard wrote after her death.

‘We were pregnant together last year and had our babes just a couple weeks apart. Please join us in praying for their entire family.’

Schisler is survived by her husband of 17 years, Jonathan Schisler, and their four children – Zachary, Hailey, Madden, and Breelyn.

Last month, the Counting On alum finished recording the audio version of her second book Counting the Cost, which she co-wrote with author Craig Borlase and her husband of nine years, Derick Dillard.

Jill’s 288-page tell-all – hitting shelves September 12 – is about how she found the courage to stop ignoring the red flags and secrets surrounding her famous family and detail what really happened behind the scenes.

TLC canceled the reality show 19 Kids and Counting in 2015 after the Duggars’ eldest son Josh confessed to ‘improperly touching’ five minors (including two of his sisters).

In 2015, Dillard confessed on The Kelly File that her parents – former Republican congressman Jim Bob Duggar and housemaker Michelle Duggar – told her she was one of the two sisters Josh had molested as a teen while asleep.

The homeschooled mother-of-three previously spoke about the 57-year-old patriarch’s close ties to Christian fundamentalist group the Institute in Basic Life Principles (IBLP) in Amazon four-episode docuseries called Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets.

Among its many strict teachings, IBLP dictates that men be the head of their households and that women generally are not to have power or be involved in much beyond child-rearing and other domestic duties.

The 32-year-old Arkansas native wrote via Instastory: ‘Cannot believe she’s gone. The service and the reception were so beautiful [in] honoring who Heather was and [it] totally had the all-in Heather flare!’

‘Heartbreaking’: Heather – whom Jill called ‘the sweetest’ – tragically died, age 39, on July 30 ‘after a hard-fought battle’ with stage 4 metastatic cancer which spread to her lungs and liver

‘We were pregnant together last year’: Schisler (pictured July 17) is survived by her husband of 17 years, Jonathan Schisler, and their four children – Zachary, Hailey, Madden, and Breelyn

All done! Last month, Dillard finished recording the audio version of her second book Counting the Cost, which she co-wrote with author Craig Borlase and her husband of nine years, Derick Dillard (pictured July 29)

Hitting shelves September 12! The Counting On alum’s 288-page tell-all is about how she found the courage to stop ignoring the red flags and secrets surrounding her famous family and detail what really happened behind the scenes

Scandal: TLC canceled the reality show 19 Kids and Counting in 2015 after the Duggars’ eldest son Josh confessed to ‘improperly touching’ five minors (including Jill) 

Spilling the T! Dillard previously spoke about her father Jim Bob Duggar’s close ties to Christian fundamentalist group the Institute in Basic Life Principles (IBLP) in Amazon four-episode docuseries called Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets 

‘The best chance to repair damaged relationships is through love in a private setting’: On June 1, the 57-year-old former Republican congressman and his wife Michelle blasted the ‘derogatory and sensationalized’ docuseries and said the creators had ‘ill intentions hurting people we love’ (pictured in 2021)

Still going strong! It was Jim Bob who first introduced his daughter to the 34-year-old Oklahoma District 27 Assistant District Attorney (M, pictured July 12) with whom she has three sons – Israel, 8; Samuel, 5; and Frederick, 13 months

On June 1, Jim Bob and Michelle released an official statement blasting the ‘derogatory and sensationalized’ docuseries and said the creators had ‘ill intentions hurting people we love.’

‘We have always believed that the best chance to repair damaged relationships, or to reconcile differences, is through love in a private setting,’ the married couple of 38 years wrote on the Duggar Family website.

‘We love every member of our family and will continue to do all we can to have a good relationship with each one. Through both the triumphs and the trials we have clung to our faith all the more and discovered that through the love and grace of Jesus, we find strength, comfort, and purpose.’

It was Jim Bob who first introduced Jill to the 34-year-old Oklahoma District 27 Assistant District Attorney with whom she has three sons – Israel, 8; Samuel, 5; and Frederick, 13 months.