Christel Gallant
1936 - 2025
Christel Gallant
Visitation Information
Visitation
Pas de visites / No visitation
Service Information
Service Time
Pas de funérailles / No funeral service
Burial Information
Burial Location
Cimetière Elmwood Cemetery, Moncton
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Christel Gallant, 88, passed away in her sleep at the Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre on January 4, 2025.

Born in Germany, she was the only child of the late Alfred and Eva (Söhlmann) Bauer. She is survived by her three beloved children Yves, Janine and Nicole, her four grandchildren Pascal-Emmanuel and Alexandre Lachance and their father Claude Lachance, and Marina and Maxime Gallant and their mother Nora Martirosyan.

After professional training in translation and conference interpreting, and a few years of professional practice in Europe, she followed her husband, the late Melvin Gallant, to Canada and the newly created Université de Moncton in 1964. There, she taught German language courses and, from 1972 until her retirement in 1996, various aspects of translation in the honours bachelor’s program, of which she was the founder and first director. At the same time, she continued her links with European countries through extended study and research stays in Switzerland and France, and the writing of her doctoral thesis on a subject of German literature.

She had the animal world at heart, firmly believed in the importance of individual and collective culture, and pursued a wide range of interests. But the focal point of her life remained her family, who will miss her greatly.

In accordance with her wishes, there will be no visitation and no funeral service. The burial of her ashes will take place privately at a later date at Elmwood Cemetery, Moncton.

Words of comfort may be made at www.frenettefuneralhome.com

Christel Gallant