Katie Gaudreau Says Late Brothers Johnny and Matthew Will Be 'Dancing and Celebrating' at Her Postponed Wedding

Mar. 15, 2025

Katie Gaudreau poses with brothers Matt and John.Photo:Katie Gaudreau/Instagram

Katie Gaudreau/Instagram

Katie Gaudreau, the sister of the lateJohnny and Matthew Gaudreau, knows that her brothers will be “dancing and celebrating” from beyond when her postponed wedding eventually takes place.

On Tuesday, Sept. 3, Katie reshared a post from Joyce about how much his soon-to-be brother-in-laws meant to him, and added her own words.

“My brothers loved Devin more than he will ever know. They were so excited for us to get married,” she wrote on her Instagram Stories.

Her post continued, adding “When the day comes they are going to be dancing and celebrating more than anyone.”

Katie Gaudreau, Late Brothers Johnny and Matthew.Katie Gaudreau/Instagram

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Joyce’spost, meanwhile, included emotional words for Johnny and Matthew on his own Instagram page with a family photo.

“They say when you find the one, you’re not just marrying them but their family too. I know I never said it but I loved you guys so much," he wrote. “I’m so lucky to have called you two my brothers for as long as I did.”

In an Instagrampost, she spoke of the immoveable “bond” between their close-knit family.

“To know these two was to love these two,” she wrote. “There are absolutely no words I have to express the bond my family shared. The entire world knows there would never have been a John without Matty or Matty without John. The absolute best big brothers a little girl could have asked for.”

Katie also included sweet photos of the three of them through the years, plus their parents and older sister, from them as kids in a family kitchen to celebrating her engagement and Johnny and Matthew’s weddings.

Matthew and NHL star Johnny, who played for the Columbus Blue Jackets, were killed around 8 p.m. on Thursday when a driversuspected of being under the influence of alcoholfatally hit both brothers, New Jersey State Police told PEOPLE. They were biking in their hometown the night before they were set to serve as groomsmen for Katie’s wedding.

source: people.com