Chester “Chet” Martel

Chet is a native of Pembroke, attending St John the Baptist Grammar School and graduating from Pembroke Academy in 1962. He later received an A.S. in Business from Southwestern Community College in Chula Vista Ca. Upon graduation he entered the United States Air Force where he was introduced into the “new” field of Data processing which eventually morphed into Information Technology (IT). He retired as an IT Support Specialist from the State of New Hampshire in 2011 and began working at the funeral homes the following year. Chet married Shirley, his grade school sweetheart in 1964 and they had three children, Debra, Robert and Denise which yielded 6 grandchildren. Sadly, Shirley passed away in 2009. Chet later met and married his current wife, Helen. He is a Lieutenant in the Pembroke Fire Department, a Fourth Degree Knight in the Knights of Columbus and a Pembroke Water Works Supervisor. He is also a sports official for high school and youth softball and volleyball.