Obituary for Dylan Pryce Meredith
To our family and friends,
An obituary for a much-loved 41-year-old father of three shows that life, while mostly beautiful,
is also profoundly unfair. Today, our family mourns Dylan Pryce Meredith. We also celebrate
what he was to us; a son, a brother, and a friend, an uncle, a husband, and a father. It is no
small thing to say that while Dylan purposefully embraced every one of these roles, he was
especially good at being a partner to Randi Lynn, and a father to Jack, Henry, and Kate.
Dylan was born in Macklin, Saskatchewan on September 20, 1981. He was the third son of
Robert and Linda Meredith, and a little brother to Evan and James. Dylan had only fond
memories of his life on the farm. He loved eating meals in the field, playing with his brothers
and cousins, and jumping on stacks of bales. No stranger to hard work, he also liked cutting
grass, riding in tractors, and learning to operate all of the farm machinery. Dylan’s fondest
memories of childhood included summer camping trips to Dillberry Lake with his mom and
brothers. He also loved the time his dad took to teach him about farming, caring for cattle,
building, and fixing. No wonder Dylan pursued work as a millwright, a job that’s defined by
working with complicated industrial and mechanical projects.
As a kid, Dylan cherished the time he got to spend with Grandma and Grandpa Meredith. He
went to their place after school—and it wasn’t just the snacks and card games he loved. Dylan
also got to go to town for Grandma’s Weight Watchers meetings. When Dylan talked about his
grandparents, he’d say how much he loved Grandma Clara’s gravy. He also loved seeing all of
his cousins when the Clarke family gathered at Unity.
Dylan began playing hockey at a young age. And from a young age, he knew his team: the
Toronto Maple Leafs. As a teenager and into his early 20s, Dylan spent a lot of time working on
the farm and in the oil patch. He also spent a great deal of time with friends. They played
hockey and golfed, and many of the people he worked with also became friends. If Dylan had a
super power, it was probably his ability to bring people closer by making them laugh. Were his
jokes appropriate? No. But they were funny, and people liked that. There was always lots of
laughter when Dylan was around.
Dylan met Randi Lynn Gregory through mutual friends on New Year’s Eve 2005. It didn’t take
him long to know that he wanted Randi in his life, forever.
In late 2005, Dylan moved to Edmonton, where he started working at Enerflex to pursue his Red
Seal Millwright Certificate. Other than a few months with another company, Dylan spent his
entire career at Enerflex. There, he made many good friends. He also got the opportunity to
hone a specialized set of skills. When those skills gave him the opportunity to travel, Dylan
learned how to pack his bags with the same efficiency and care that he used to pack his tools.
Enerflex sent him to Austria, Bahrain, the USA, and across Canada, experiences Dylan treasured
along with knowing that he was good at his job.
Dylan and Randi were married on December 22, 2007. They lived in Edmonton until Dylan was
finished his Millwright Certificate and Randi completed a Bachelor of Science and her Nursing
degrees. In 2010, the couple moved to Cold Lake for a short time before deciding to lay down
roots in Red Deer.
Dylan and Randi Lynn were blessed with three kids, Jack, Henry and Kate. From the beginning,
Dylan was a hands-on father who showed how much he loved his kids by how he took care of
them. Dylan changed diapers. He fed and cuddled his children. He told Randi Lynn and their
friends and family that he loved getting up with babies in the middle of the night. As the kids
grew, so did Dylan’s role as Chief Play Maker. He loved getting down on the floor to play with
his kids—and it didn’t matter if their energy bowled him over as he walked in the door after a
long stretch of working away. In many ways, that time away exemplifies Dylan’s understanding
of what he was prepared to do in order to be the dad he wanted to be. Dylan knew why he’d
been away—and he knew exactly why he loved coming home.
Dylan was so proud to be Jack, Henry, and Kate’s dad. He loved to watch Jack and Henry learn
to skate and to play hockey and golf. Kate was always Daddy’s Little Girl and while the two of
them shared special cuddles and kisses, Dylan also made sure that Kate learned how to skate
and how to swing a club. When Dylan learned his terminal diagnosis, he told Randi he didn’t
want to spend a single night away from his family.
Dylan always made Randi and the kids his priority. He worked hard to provide a beautiful life for
them, and when he was home from work, his focus was on family time. Dylan loved cooking
and helping in the kitchen. He also liked a clean house—and Randi Lynn, who managed the fort
while Dylan was away, always appreciated that.
Dylan and Randi loved travelling as a couple and as a family. They took the kids to Europe,
California, Mexico, and on many little adventures around Alberta. Dylan, Randi, and the kids
also treasured their time at Marie Lake, where fishing, boating, swimming, having campfires,
stargazing, and exploring beaches and forests were always on the agenda.
Dylan was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer just before Christmas in 2021. That diagnosis
rocked his world. Since he and Randi Lynn had always prioritized their family, the two of them
worked hard to set their own grief aside to love, love, love, their kids.
Anyone who knows Dylan, knows these last 10 months were very hard, physically and
emotionally. They also know that Dylan went to as many of the kids’ hockey games as he could.
He went to swimming lessons and even to the driving range. Jack, Henry, Kate, and Randi loved
having Dylan home with them. They made time for movie nights. They had LOTS of family hugs
and cuddles.
Dylan was so thankful to get one last summer to spend with his family. They spent a fair bit of
time up at Marie Lake; fishing, relaxing on the beach, and watching the kids waterski,
kneeboard, tube, and swim.
Dylan died from pancreatic cancer on Friday, October 14, 2022. He was admitted to hospice the
day he died, fulfilling his commitment to never spend a night away from Randi and the kids.
Dylan is survived by his loving wife Randi Lynn; children Jack, Henry and Kate; parents Robert
and Linda Meredith; brothers Evan (Nikoline Thomson), and James (Anna Volk) and their
children Colton, Corbin and Reed; great-uncle James Reed; parents–in- law Randy and Carol
Gregory; sister-in-law Lyndsay (Klaas Hendrix) and their children Ruby and Josephine; brother-
in-law Nathan (Becky) and their children William and Evelyn; grandmas-in-law Dorothy
Schulmeister and Teresa Gregory; numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins from both Dylan and
Randi’s families; and many friends and colleagues. Dylan was predeceased by his grandparents
Ernest and Clara Meredith, and Melvin and Mary Clarke; and by Randi’s grandpas JohnSchulmeister
and Buck Gregory; and cousin-in-law, Colby.
Thank you to everyone who has offered support, love, well wishes, kind words, prayers, meals,
baking for the kids’ lunches, and gifts for our family during this time. A big thank you to all our
neighbourhood friends who have had open doors for our kids over the last 10 months. We are
also grateful for our hockey family, which has been and is amazing. Your love and support
sustain us.
Thank you to our family doctor Dr. Myburgh, Dr. Mairs from the Central Alberta Cancer Center,
and Janelle, Shannon and Rebecca from the palliative care team, all of whom have taken such
good care of Dylan over the last 10 months. We also appreciate the EMS team that helped us
on October 14 and the staff at the Red Deer Hospice who showed such kindness and respect for
our family. When we needed them, Dream Sleep Respiratory came to our home with oxygen.
Their efficient service was duly noted and valued.
We also appreciated the dignified service offered by Dave, Nash, and Gord at Parkland Funeral
Home.
As per Dylan’s wishes, there will be no funeral. If anyone has pictures or memories of Dylan
they would like to share, please send them to Dylan’s email address:
dylanmeredith17@hotmail.com We would really appreciate them.
Memorial Donations in Dylan's honor may be made directly to the Red Deer Hospice Society
at www.reddeerhospice.com.
Randi Lynn, Jack, Henry and Kate Meredith
Dylan was a piece of our puzzle. And we will miss him forever.
An obituary for a much-loved 41-year-old father of three shows that life, while mostly beautiful,
is also profoundly unfair. Today, our family mourns Dylan Pryce Meredith. We also celebrate
what he was to us; a son, a brother, and a friend, an uncle, a husband, and a father. It is no
small thing to say that while Dylan purposefully embraced every one of these roles, he was
especially good at being a partner to Randi Lynn, and a father to Jack, Henry, and Kate.
Dylan was born in Macklin, Saskatchewan on September 20, 1981. He was the third son of
Robert and Linda Meredith, and a little brother to Evan and James. Dylan had only fond
memories of his life on the farm. He loved eating meals in the field, playing with his brothers
and cousins, and jumping on stacks of bales. No stranger to hard work, he also liked cutting
grass, riding in tractors, and learning to operate all of the farm machinery. Dylan’s fondest
memories of childhood included summer camping trips to Dillberry Lake with his mom and
brothers. He also loved the time his dad took to teach him about farming, caring for cattle,
building, and fixing. No wonder Dylan pursued work as a millwright, a job that’s defined by
working with complicated industrial and mechanical projects.
As a kid, Dylan cherished the time he got to spend with Grandma and Grandpa Meredith. He
went to their place after school—and it wasn’t just the snacks and card games he loved. Dylan
also got to go to town for Grandma’s Weight Watchers meetings. When Dylan talked about his
grandparents, he’d say how much he loved Grandma Clara’s gravy. He also loved seeing all of
his cousins when the Clarke family gathered at Unity.
Dylan began playing hockey at a young age. And from a young age, he knew his team: the
Toronto Maple Leafs. As a teenager and into his early 20s, Dylan spent a lot of time working on
the farm and in the oil patch. He also spent a great deal of time with friends. They played
hockey and golfed, and many of the people he worked with also became friends. If Dylan had a
super power, it was probably his ability to bring people closer by making them laugh. Were his
jokes appropriate? No. But they were funny, and people liked that. There was always lots of
laughter when Dylan was around.
Dylan met Randi Lynn Gregory through mutual friends on New Year’s Eve 2005. It didn’t take
him long to know that he wanted Randi in his life, forever.
In late 2005, Dylan moved to Edmonton, where he started working at Enerflex to pursue his Red
Seal Millwright Certificate. Other than a few months with another company, Dylan spent his
entire career at Enerflex. There, he made many good friends. He also got the opportunity to
hone a specialized set of skills. When those skills gave him the opportunity to travel, Dylan
learned how to pack his bags with the same efficiency and care that he used to pack his tools.
Enerflex sent him to Austria, Bahrain, the USA, and across Canada, experiences Dylan treasured
along with knowing that he was good at his job.
Dylan and Randi were married on December 22, 2007. They lived in Edmonton until Dylan was
finished his Millwright Certificate and Randi completed a Bachelor of Science and her Nursing
degrees. In 2010, the couple moved to Cold Lake for a short time before deciding to lay down
roots in Red Deer.
Dylan and Randi Lynn were blessed with three kids, Jack, Henry and Kate. From the beginning,
Dylan was a hands-on father who showed how much he loved his kids by how he took care of
them. Dylan changed diapers. He fed and cuddled his children. He told Randi Lynn and their
friends and family that he loved getting up with babies in the middle of the night. As the kids
grew, so did Dylan’s role as Chief Play Maker. He loved getting down on the floor to play with
his kids—and it didn’t matter if their energy bowled him over as he walked in the door after a
long stretch of working away. In many ways, that time away exemplifies Dylan’s understanding
of what he was prepared to do in order to be the dad he wanted to be. Dylan knew why he’d
been away—and he knew exactly why he loved coming home.
Dylan was so proud to be Jack, Henry, and Kate’s dad. He loved to watch Jack and Henry learn
to skate and to play hockey and golf. Kate was always Daddy’s Little Girl and while the two of
them shared special cuddles and kisses, Dylan also made sure that Kate learned how to skate
and how to swing a club. When Dylan learned his terminal diagnosis, he told Randi he didn’t
want to spend a single night away from his family.
Dylan always made Randi and the kids his priority. He worked hard to provide a beautiful life for
them, and when he was home from work, his focus was on family time. Dylan loved cooking
and helping in the kitchen. He also liked a clean house—and Randi Lynn, who managed the fort
while Dylan was away, always appreciated that.
Dylan and Randi loved travelling as a couple and as a family. They took the kids to Europe,
California, Mexico, and on many little adventures around Alberta. Dylan, Randi, and the kids
also treasured their time at Marie Lake, where fishing, boating, swimming, having campfires,
stargazing, and exploring beaches and forests were always on the agenda.
Dylan was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer just before Christmas in 2021. That diagnosis
rocked his world. Since he and Randi Lynn had always prioritized their family, the two of them
worked hard to set their own grief aside to love, love, love, their kids.
Anyone who knows Dylan, knows these last 10 months were very hard, physically and
emotionally. They also know that Dylan went to as many of the kids’ hockey games as he could.
He went to swimming lessons and even to the driving range. Jack, Henry, Kate, and Randi loved
having Dylan home with them. They made time for movie nights. They had LOTS of family hugs
and cuddles.
Dylan was so thankful to get one last summer to spend with his family. They spent a fair bit of
time up at Marie Lake; fishing, relaxing on the beach, and watching the kids waterski,
kneeboard, tube, and swim.
Dylan died from pancreatic cancer on Friday, October 14, 2022. He was admitted to hospice the
day he died, fulfilling his commitment to never spend a night away from Randi and the kids.
Dylan is survived by his loving wife Randi Lynn; children Jack, Henry and Kate; parents Robert
and Linda Meredith; brothers Evan (Nikoline Thomson), and James (Anna Volk) and their
children Colton, Corbin and Reed; great-uncle James Reed; parents–in- law Randy and Carol
Gregory; sister-in-law Lyndsay (Klaas Hendrix) and their children Ruby and Josephine; brother-
in-law Nathan (Becky) and their children William and Evelyn; grandmas-in-law Dorothy
Schulmeister and Teresa Gregory; numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins from both Dylan and
Randi’s families; and many friends and colleagues. Dylan was predeceased by his grandparents
Ernest and Clara Meredith, and Melvin and Mary Clarke; and by Randi’s grandpas JohnSchulmeister
and Buck Gregory; and cousin-in-law, Colby.
Thank you to everyone who has offered support, love, well wishes, kind words, prayers, meals,
baking for the kids’ lunches, and gifts for our family during this time. A big thank you to all our
neighbourhood friends who have had open doors for our kids over the last 10 months. We are
also grateful for our hockey family, which has been and is amazing. Your love and support
sustain us.
Thank you to our family doctor Dr. Myburgh, Dr. Mairs from the Central Alberta Cancer Center,
and Janelle, Shannon and Rebecca from the palliative care team, all of whom have taken such
good care of Dylan over the last 10 months. We also appreciate the EMS team that helped us
on October 14 and the staff at the Red Deer Hospice who showed such kindness and respect for
our family. When we needed them, Dream Sleep Respiratory came to our home with oxygen.
Their efficient service was duly noted and valued.
We also appreciated the dignified service offered by Dave, Nash, and Gord at Parkland Funeral
Home.
As per Dylan’s wishes, there will be no funeral. If anyone has pictures or memories of Dylan
they would like to share, please send them to Dylan’s email address:
dylanmeredith17@hotmail.com We would really appreciate them.
Memorial Donations in Dylan's honor may be made directly to the Red Deer Hospice Society
at www.reddeerhospice.com.
Randi Lynn, Jack, Henry and Kate Meredith
Dylan was a piece of our puzzle. And we will miss him forever.