We regret to advise of the death of Corporal Dermot O'Toole, CD (Ret’d) on 15 January 2021 in Renews NL after battling a long and complicated illness. Derm served in both the Royal Canadian Artillery and the Canadian Military Engineers.

Derm was a merchant seaman at age 17 and started his military with the Royal Canadian Artillery – following in the footsteps of his father. After his recruit training in Cornwallis, his career as a Gunner saw him posted to Canadian Forces Base Shilo MB and in Germany for several postings.

Derm remustered to the Refrigeration and Mechanical  Systems Technician trade with the Canadian Military Engineers in the early 1980s. After training in Chilliwack BC at the Canadian Forces School of Military Engineering, he was posted to Canadian Forces Station Barrington NS. He later served at CFB Chatham NB. When Derm took his release from the Canadian Forces shortly after completing his Level 5 training, he moved back to Newfoundland and worked in Alberta.

A celebration of Derm's life will take place on Monday, 18 January from 6 to 9 pm at Fahey's Funeral Home in Fermeuse NL. Funeral mass will be on Tuesday at 11:30 am on Tuesday at Holy Apostles Church in Renews, followed by a burial. Online condolences can be sent to the funeral home.