Amendeep Singh Lalli

October 8th,1974 - September 9th, 2021

It is with heavy hearts we announce the sudden passing of Amendeep Singh Lalli, a loving father, husband, son, brother, uncle, cousin and friend. Amen is survived by his loving wife Navneet “Nina” Lalli, adoring young children, Jordan and Athena; his parents Kewal and Lakhwinder Lalli; Brothers, Pawan (Gurjit) and Rajan (Siaya) in addition to his nieces and nephews Gavan, Meera-Bella and Sahana.

Amen was predeceased by all his grandparents, which included his Grandfather Sohan Singh Lalli of Miranpur. Sohan Singh Lalli and his brothers were one of the first Punjabi Pioneer families into the Beautiful Nicola Valley.

Amen grew up in the small town of Merritt. After graduating highschool he moved to the Lower Mainland for post secondary education where he completed his BSc in Computer Science and various other technical accreditations, which landed him as an Enterprise Architect for Health IT Strategy at the Ministry of Health. He accomplished a lot with the Ministry over the last 15 years notably the implementation of the Nurses 811 hotline. Amen could never sit still and when he put his mind to something he went full throttle, recently in his spare time he developed an Online App called Wild Game Sports, an interactive hunting gaming platform. In the past, he created the first Indian online dating app called desidates.com, only to be followed by popular sites like Shaadi.com. I don’t know if he actually slept!

Amen loved his family and friends dearly and he was in his element when his loved ones were around him. He was the type of guy that could meet a stranger on the street, and after striking up a conversation would leave with a new lifelong friend. Many times, to his wife’s surprise, he would have a table full of family over for dinner without any notice. Amen was the centre of attention and always ready with a memorable story to share that no one would soon forget. Amen was intelligent and a voracious collector of ideas and knowledge and had many opinions that he was always willing to share.

Amen was very active in Ball Hockey on many levels while in the Lower Mainland; from league play with various teams during the 2000-2015 span. He also won a Championship with the Merritt BoilerMakerz in 2003 which included his 2 brothers Pawan & Rajan and his cousins. He also represented the 2005 Team India Ball Hockey Team at the World Championships against nations like Canada, USA, and Russia

In 2018, Amen moved back to the Nicola Valley to be closer to his Mom , Dad and Brothers. He recently finished his beautiful home on Veale Rd and was planning to start his Garlic Farm. Amen loved the outdoors hiking, camping, dirt biking and most of all hunting. He spent the last few weeks of his life scouting for deer every night with his son, Jordan. He was just so excited for hunting season to open. He was adamant that he was going to bring a deer home to celebrate his 47th birthday with a deer roast for all his local family members. Hosting his loved ones with fresh game meat was what he was very passionate about.

We will miss his infectious smile, big bear hugs, sense of humour, delicious moose roasts and most of all his unconditional love. We will miss you BIG ONE BROTHER.

A private family funeral will be held in Merritt followed by a prayer service at the Merritt Sikh Temple at 2399 Chapman St.

At this time the family is requesting no visitors at their home due to Covid. If you wish to pay your respects please attend the prayer service at the Merritt Sikh Temple.