The Farm Hand<br>Mildred took over the farm when her husband died. She was very old and inexperienced. She hired a farmhand named Mark. He turned the farm around and saved her business. Mildred was so grateful!
The farm business was in danger of failure after Mildred's husband died.
It is clear from the writing that the her business was failing. It states that Mark "saved her business" and thus if it had not been for Mark her business would have failed. The context must be taken at face value and  these events happened after her husband died. 
( z1 endanger :ARG0 ( z2 fail :ARG1 ( z3 business :mod ( z4 farm ) ) ) :time ( z5 after :op ( z6 die :ARG1 ( z7 person :ARG0-of ( z8 have-rel-role :ARG1 ( z9 person :name ( z10 name :op "Mildred" ) ) :ARG2 ( z11 husband ) ) ) ) ) )