Sr. Aquin Gilles, SDS

Born to eternal life on April 23, 2011 at the age of 87. Sr. Aquin was an elementary teacher and principal as well as a secondary teacher. In Milwaukee she taught at Mother of Good Counsel School and Divine Savior High School. For many years Sr. Aquin served in administrative positions for the Sisters of the Divine Savior (Salvatorians), both at the province level and at the Generalate level, in Rome, Italy. For the past 20 years Sr. Aquin served as Archivist for the American Province. She was preceded in death by her parents John and Alice (Johnson) Gilles, sisters Janet (Herman) Kastel and Dorothy Gilles, brothers George (Doris) Gilles, Sylvester Gilles, John Gilles and brother-in-law Clinton Semanko. She is survived by a sister Violetta Semanko, sister-in-law Edna Gilles, nieces, nephews, cousins, many friends and Salvatorians, sisters, priests, brothers and lay Salvatorians. Visitation is Thursday, April 28, at St. Anne's Salvatorian Campus Chapel, 5:30 " 6:30 p.m. The Mass of Christian Burial will follow at 6:30 p.m. Burial will be Friday, April 29, 9:30 a.m. at Holy Cross cemetery. Please meet at the office. Donations may be made to the Sisters of the Divine Savior in memory of Sister Aquin.