Our deepest sympathies to Meredith's family and extended family. We have been so impressed by Meredith's courage and determination during her long illness. Her newsletters always expressed optimism and an ability to find joy in life despite all her challenges. We will all remember her love for family, friends and life and may we reflect that love in our own lives when we face challenges of our own.

My deepest condolences to Meredith's family and friends. I knew Meredith through her work at APTEA. She was always a welcoming presence and creative organizer for every event I attended. APTEA members truly benefited from Meredith’s skills and dedication. I am so very sorry for your loss and I hope your happy memories bring you comfort during this difficult time.

I knew Meredith for many years through APTEA. She was the best ‘organizer’ ever, and would always take care of everything and all of us. She always had a smile and kind words to say. Condolences to her family and friends, she will be missed. Keep her memories close and she’ll always be there.

Dear Ted and family,

Very sorry to hear of the loss of your wife and mother. Hopefully the memory of the good times that you shared together will help to ease the loss for you all.

Sincerely,

Ed Reuther

Calgary ARB

I’ve met Meredith shortly after she started with APTEA, and I believe it was at Association’s Christmas Party that Meredith had planed.

From there on, she would plan many other APTEA’s gatherings, meetings and Annual Golf Tournaments. She loved doing it, and she truly had a gift for it.

Meredith’s contribution to APTEA was unprecedented, and I’m sure it was appreciated by all members.

We’ll all miss you Meredith.

God bless.

Dragan and Val Vasic

I met Meredith in high school and we became good friends. We stayed in touch over the years through the ups and downs of our lives. Always envied and enjoyed her positive outlook. Her love of words had me heading to a dictionary from time to time. So happy she got to do the east coast adventure and family reunion.

Meredith put up a good battle the last few years with such amazing attitude and praise, which I'm sure helped to keep her here on earth longer than expected. Condolences to the family. She will be lovingly missed. So glad to have had her as a friend all these years.

Ah Meredith, my dear friend, I have so many good memories of the times we spent together. Of course, those times were wrapped up with talking, cutting, measuring, and caressing fabric. We both loved fabric and quilting and Meredith loved teaching quilting especially. She was always generous and enthusiastic in sharing her extensive knowledge about fabrics, colours, patterns and putting it all together. She kept track of an amazing number of 'gals' by email from all over Canada and the States.

I don't know how many 'bundles' we enjoyed making together. I helped her with one of her sales and she helped me with two of mine, including my big moving sale when I left Calgary to move to the Okanagan. She was a blessing to me and to many others.

My condolences to Ted and the rest of Meredith's family. Meredith was a friend from the minute I met her even though that was not that long ago. She was talented, kind, intelligent, and generous. Her "missives" displayed her endless sense of humour that stayed with her in spite of incredible struggles with a disease that would have given a weaker person reason to cower with self-pity. Although distance separated us, I will miss knowing that she is no longer in this world.

I had the good fortune of spending time in Meredith's company while my wife and I were attending school in Calgary - many hours were spent visiting in the backyard, or drinking tea out of her vast collection of vintage china at her table, or picking the Nanking cherries that grew in the font yard. We talked about art, history, politics, or the semi-domesticated squirrels that lived in their yard, and I always appreciated her frankness and the breadth of her knowledge. Meredith was a good friend, and a steadfast source of support and encouragement, and I will miss her dry sense of humor and witty observations. I think the highest compliment you can pay another person is to say that you have been made better by having known them, and Meredith was one of those influences for me.

Meredith was my friend for over 25 years and she always made me laugh no matter what. I will deeply miss her.

Heather Chambers

When I told Ted that Meredith had passed he didn’t believe it, he said, “I thought she beat it!” And then he said, “But I loved her!”, as though that was enough to keep her alive. One thing’s for certain, Meredith was deeply loved by a good man. January 22nd would’ve been their 44th wedding anniversary.

Meredith taught me my very first quilting class. It was her infectious and supportive teaching style that helped me to develop an ongoing love affair with fabric and quilting. I remember her saying how sometimes she just liked to go and iron pieces of her fabric stash- a quirk I found totally relatable! She was a warm and friendly soul,always ready with a heartfelt “ Hi,how are you” when we would run into each other.My deepest sympathies to her family. Thank you for sharing this remarkable woman with the rest of us.

Kathy Fioritti

My deepest condolences to Meredith’s family. She was a wonderful person, very kind and helpful. I will treasure the Super Ted dish set and book she gifted to my Teddy a few years back. Meredith will missed. May she Rest In Peace.

I am so sorry for your loss. I'll forever remember Meredith as a lover of squirrels and of life. I will miss her terribly and remember her fondly. I saw a squirrel this morning and I thought of Meredith

I am very sorry for your loss. Meredith was such a kind lady. She offered to meet with me and my mom who also had cancer to try to help her in some way, even if it was just to talk about it. We didn't end up meeting but it was the thought that really counted, we knew we were not alone.