Adjuc/CWO Guy Chenel, CD (Ret'd)

    • CWO Guy Chenel, CD (Ret'd)
    • CME Badge

    We regret to advise of the death of Chief Warrant Officer Guy Chenel, CD (Ret'd), peacefully at his residence in St-Jacques-Le-Majeur QC on 16 June 2022 at the age of 67 years. 

    Guy joined the Canadian Forces in 1972 as a Stoker in the Navy and transitioned to the Stationary Engineer occupation with the Canadian Military Engineers. He served in the heating plants at Canadian Forces Stations Penhold AB and Moisie QC as well as Canadian Forces Base Ottawa in this occupation. Guy then worked in National Defence Headquarters with the former Directorate of Base Maintenance (DBM) where he was involved in the life cycle replacement of boilers on Canadian Forces facilities. This was followed by a tour as an instructor at the Canadian Forces School of Military Engineering (1988-93). Guy then returned to Ottawa to work on the North Warning System project.

    Guy was seconded to the Department of Foreign Affairs as Property Officer with the Canadian Embassy in Ukraine in 1996. He was then posted to 3 Wing in Bagotville QC in 1998 and back to Ottawa NDHQ in 1999 for his final posting before his retirement from the Canadian Forces in 2001. Guy was greatly involved in the Mechanical System Occupation throughout his career within the Canadian Military Engineers.

    For his second career of service, Guy joined Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) as a Regional Maintenance Officer. While with DFAIT he was part of the original team of Canadians that was sent to Kabul in Afghanistan in 2006 for two years to reopen the embassy. This was followed by two-year posting in Algeria after which he retired from DFAIT in 2011. Guy settled in Saint Jacques Le Majeur upon his retirement with his wife Adele.

    A memorial service will be held on July 9, 2022 at the Maison Funéraire Audet Ltée [496 ave. Jacques-Cartier, Disraeli, QC]. A Military Funeral at Beechwood Military Cemetery in Ottawa will take place on 11 July 2022 at 11:00 hrs. n lieu of flowers, donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation  would be appreciated. Online condolences can be sent to the funeral home.