On October 17, 2018 at 3:48 pm during the first month of her seventy-fourth year, Diane Chesnel-Cox - Wife, Mom, Grandma, Aunt, Great Aunt and Great-Great Aunt – peacefully passed away in the loving and caring arms of her husband of 54 years, Robert Lucien Cox, her two boys, Derek and Robert, Jr., and in the presence of her two remaining sisters, Evelyn Daignault (née Chesnel) and Bernice Plante (Lionel Plante), at the Jewish General Hospital (JGH) in Montreal, Quebec. She is greeted in heaven by the awaiting and open arms of her parents, Hilda Myles and Noe Chesnel and seven of her siblings, Nora (Louis Delorme), Theresa, Gabrielle (Normand Henderson), Leo (Nelly Gibson), Marguerite (Robert Gleason), Tommy (Denise Frereault) and Claire. Other than her husband and two boys, Diane also leaves in sorrowful mourning, her three precious grandchildren, Rachel, Olivia and Derek, her sister-in-law Jeannette Luther-Cox, her brothers-in-law Thomas Cox (Diane Delorme) and Michael Cox (Gail Diamond), Marcel Belisle (Theresa), Jean-Marie Roy (Claire), and all of her nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews - by whom Diane’s life will be honoured and celebrated through their steadfast devotion to her values and traditions. Diane (a.k.a. Mom, Ma, Mother, Grandma and Didi) will be sadly missed by her many close friends from Verdun and the West Island, as well as from the Douglas Hospital where she worked in the Social Work Department for more than 25 years. The family and friends of Diane wish to extend their gratitude and eternal indebtedness for the professional devotion and the gracious care and treatment Diane received from her family physician, Dr. Joseph Yermus, her Hematologist-Oncologist and “guardian angel”, Dr. Stephen Caplan, her Pulmonary Oncology Specialist, Dr. David Small and the always compassionate nurses of the JGH 8th floor Oncology Unit. A special heartfelt thank you and expression of sincere gratefulness is also extended to Dr. Andrew Hirsch and his dedicated and thoughtful team of Residents (Dr. Rima, Dr. Kilal, Dr. Sophie and Dr. Tom, to name but a few) as well as the nurses, the PABs (Junior, Greg, Marjorie) and all of the staff and team members of the JGH K7 Unit, all of whom, tirelessly and graciously, cared for our Diane during her last days. The family will receive visitation at St. Thomas More Parish, 980 Moffat Avenue (corner of Bannantyne Avenue), Verdun, Quebec H4H 1Y9 from 10:00-11:30 a.m. on Friday, November 2, 2018. A Funeral Mass will be delivered by Father George Oakes at 11:30 a.m. with a reception to follow to celebrate Diane’s life at the Funeral Home of Feron – Urgel Bourgie located at 1275 Dollard Boulevard, Lasalle, Quebec H8N 2J1. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that you respect and honour Diane’s last wishes that donations be made to either or both of her two most cherished charitable foundations: The Jewish General Hospital Oncology Department and/or Dans La Rue. “LIVE WELL and BE TRUE”!!