Madeline Gaudreau Says She ‘Can't Do Life Without' Sister-in-Law Meredith Ahead of Katie's Wedding

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Meredith and Madeline Gaudreau stayed close at sister-in-law Katie Gaudreau's wedding.
'Can't do life without you,' Madeline wrote via her Instagram Stories on Friday, July 11, sharing a photo with Meredith ahead of the ceremony.
Meredith and Madeline were married to brothers Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau until their tragic and sudden deaths in an August 2024 car accident. They were 31 and 29, respectively.
The siblings' younger sister got married to her high school sweetheart, Devin Joyce, on Friday. The pair were due to get married the weekend of Johnny and Matthew's accident, but postponed their plans in the wake of their deaths.
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Both Madeline and Meredith were in Katie's wedding party and wore matching champagne-colored halter dresses. Their children were also included in the ceremony.
'My forever date,' Madeline gushed on Friday of son Tripp, who was born months after Matthew's death.
Meredith and Johnny's daughter, Noa, was a flower girl in the ceremony and wore a poofy white dress. The couple's young sons, Johnny Jr. and Carter, twinned in blue seersucker suits. Meredith carried them down the aisle before Katie's entrance.
Katie and her now-husband made sure both Johnny and Matthew were honored when they finally said 'I do.'
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'I am making the most special video for our wedding featuring the boys and their best dance moves and I found these amazing videos in Kristen's wedding video,' Katie previously wrote via Instagram in April, referring to her older sister. 'I hope one day my future children have a bond exactly like us four. On the lookout for all videos anyone has of them busting it down on the dance floor, kitchen, country concerts, or them just being them.'
As for Meredith and Madeline, they have both been candid about losing their husbands and moving forward as single parents.
'I feel numb, angry, sad, blessed all at once. Some days, the thought of this new reality is debilitating, but mostly I just miss Matt,' Madeline said during the September 2024 funeral. 'Matt will surround his son for the rest of his life. I'm so thankful God gave us a child, a little Matty, to run around for life, to carry on his legacy. Tripp will know how much his father loved him, and I promise to do all the things with him we talked about.'
She teamed up with Meredith earlier this year to launch a nonprofit foundation in Johnny and Matthew's names to 'make a positive impact' on the hockey world.