Meredith Gaudreau Reveals that she's Pregnant during her speech
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Eleven days after their sudden and tragic deaths, the funeral for Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau is underway at St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church in Media, Pa.
Widows Meredith and Madeline Gaudreau described their husbands as attached at the hip throughout their lives. John was 31 and Matthew 29.
"Everything was always John and Matty," said Meredith, John's wife, who revealed she was pregnant with the couple's third child. "I know John would not have been able to live a day without his brother."
Meredith Gaudreau singled out two of John's closest friends, Sean Monahan and Kevin Hayes, in her eulogy of more than 30 minutes.
"You helped shape him into the man I fell in love with," she said. "He looked up to you both on and off the ice. You were his brothers, which means you are my brothers, too."
The Rev. Tony Penna, the director of campus ministry at Boston College, asked those inside the church to look around at how many people made the trip to the Philadelphia suburbs to pay their respects, calling it a source of comfort for parents Guy and Jane.
"By the overwhelming presence and overwhelming number of people here today, they're sending a message to you loud and clear that John and Matthew's lives mattered, that they were noticed on this earth, they were loved on this earth and they were valued on this earth," Penna said. "This robust crowd wants you to know that they're here to tell you, all of you, that they love you, too, and they have your back and they're here to support you in our loss."
The Gaudreau brothers were cycling on a road in Oldmans Township at about 8 p.m. on Aug. 29 when a man driving an SUV in the same direction attempted to pass two other vehicles and struck them from behind, according to New Jersey State Police. They were pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver, who drove the brothers down faces two counts of death by auto, along with reckless driving, possession of an open container and consuming alcohol in a motor vehicle, has been jailed pending a hearing Friday.
"I urge everyone to not drink and drive," said Madeline Gaudreau, Matthew's wife. "Find a ride. Please don't put another family through this torture."
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