“He was very tired after that, and went to lie down,” said Ms. Richards, beginning to cry. “But he never really got up again.”

The next morning, Dr. Richards died.

“It was an incredible rush of emotions, absolutely insane,” Ms. Richards said. “But in the end, my dad got his wish, and that’s all we really wanted.”

She decided to wait to have the legal ceremony. “It’s been very hard,” she said. “But I kept getting stronger, both mentally and emotionally, until I was strong enough to move forward again.”

They were officially married on June 3, when Rabbi Kamrass returned to officiate in what was a black-tie affair. The bride’s mother, Cathy Richards, who walked her daughter down the aisle, said she felt as though her husband had not missed the second ceremony either.

“I could feel his presence,” she said.

So could Ms. Richards.

“I feel my dad’s presence every day,” she said. “When I walked down the aisle, I was thinking, ‘Be strong,’ and how much I wish he could have been there. He would have been proud and overjoyed for us.”