Mel Schilling’s family – her husband Gareth and daughter Maddie, 10 – have laid her to rest, a month after her sad passing.
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Jasmine Allday Assistant TV and Showbiz Editor
20:54, 25 Apr 2026
Updated 20:54, 25 Apr 2026
Mel Schilling’s family – her husband Gareth and daughter Maddie, 10 – have laid her to rest
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Mel Schilling’s family – her husband Gareth and daughter Maddie, 10 – have laid her to rest(Image: Instagram/ @mel_schilling1)
Mel Schilling’s family have laid her to rest – with her daughter giving a beautiful and emotional speech. The Married At First Sight star sadly died in March, days after announcing her cancer was terminal.
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Mel was surrounded by her husband Gareth and their daughter Maddie when she died. Today, her husband revealed they had laid Mel to rest in a beautiful ceremony, with Maddie giving a sweet speech in honour of her mum.
Taking to Instagram, Gareth said: “Hey everyone. Thanks so much for all the messages of support over the past month since our girl’s passing, Maddie and I have drawn enormous strength from how so very loved she was and is.
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“We laid Mel to rest on the 9th April. It was a lovely private ceremony for family and close friends which we streamed to Mel’s family in Oz. Maddie announced on the morning of the funeral that she had written a little speech which she delivered beautifully. Every inch her mother’s daughter and I couldn’t be prouder.”
Mel was remembered by her family
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Mel was remembered by her family(Image: Instagram/ @mel_schilling1)
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He added that the family had decided to take some of the ashes to his hometown, as was Mel’s wish.
“Last weekend we scattered some of Mel’s ashes at the lighthouse in my hometown of Whitehead, Northern Ireland as was her wish. It’s a special place that really resonated with her, a place where strangers say hello as you pass, and a place we can now come back to to reflect on our incredible 15 years together,” he shared.
Gareth also shared the family’s plan to move to Bail to begin their “next chapter”.
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“In a few short weeks Maddie and I will be welcomed back into the arms of mother Bali where we will begin our next chapter. No better place to heal, a place that we all loved and where we still have some of our dearest friends who had the most wonderful blessing ceremony for Mel at our new villa last weekend,” he said.
“The photo of Mel in white is what we chose as her funeral photo. Equal parts glam, warmth and vulnerability which was her all over. Love and light to you all.”