Elisabeth Linde never dreamed of her wedding like most little girls growing up.
She didn’t fantasize about saying “I Do” in a big poofy dress. She didn’t get lost in thoughts about riding off into happily ever after in a horse-drawn carriage.
The Long Island resident did, however, always envision her father, Stuart, at her side on the big day.
So when a mesothelioma diagnosis rendered him bedridden at Manhattan’s Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center just days before her June 4, 2023 nuptials, the bride-to-be made sure her one wedding wish came true.
“I canceled my wedding and got married in my dad’s hospital room on June 3,” Linde, 31, told The Post. “My dad was one of my biggest supporters. He had to be there.”
Stuart, a family man and Wall Street executive, who served as the Head of Equity Research at Lehman Brothers and Barclays, died at age 56.
He passed away on June 5 — just two days after her wedding.
Still processing the loss of her dad months later, Linde shared videos from the emotional day — including visuals of the tearful, yet glowing bride walking down a hospital hallway as her aisle and meeting groom, Devin, 33, and son Gabriel, 8, at Stuart’s bedside — online as a crucial step in her grieving process.
Footage of the sentimental ceremony immediately went viral, with over 53 million TikTok views since she shared them this week.
“It was surreal,” the newlywed told The Post. “My dad and I held hands.”
“I told him how much I loved him and thanked him for everything he’s done for me and my husband.”
Linde credits Stuart, as well as her mother Eileen, with saving both her and Devin’s lives.
“My husband and I were drug addicts,“ explained the brunette. “My dad helped us get clean and stay clean.”
“He and my mom took us in, he motivated me to go back to nursing school and pursue my nurse practitioner certification,” added Linde. “He always made sure my son, who called him Deeda, had a good life.”
The day before Stuart passed, she and Devin made a grand gesture as an expression of their eternal gratitude.
“My dad has three daughters but he always wanted a son to carry on our last name,” said Linde. “So, on June 4, we asked his permission to take the last name ‘Linde’ so that our son can be the person to do that.”
