Sr. Mildred Guillot, C.S.J., 92

Sister of St. Joseph Mildred Guillot, a native of Natchitoches who served for 75 years in religious life, died at Our Lady of the Lake Hospital in Baton Rouge on Nov. 22. She was 92.

She entered the Sisters of St. Joseph in New Orleans on Sept. 8, 1943, after graduating from St. Joseph’s Academy in Baton Rouge. She professed first vows in 1945 and made her final profession in 1948.

From 1945-49, Sister Mildred taught at St. Joseph’s Academy and Sacred Heart in Baton Rouge and at St. Rose de Lima in New Orleans. She attended Hotel Dieu Hospital Nursing School in New Orleans from 1949-1952, where she earned an R.N. and then practiced nursing for the next 20 years at St. Joseph Hospital in New Roads, Terrebonne General Hospital in Houma and Pointe Coupee General Hospital in New Roads.

From 1973-77, she attended Catholic University in Washington, D.C., and earned a B.S. and an M.S. in nursing. She ministered for 15 years in Baton Rouge as a nurse at Our Lady of the Lake Medical Center and at Community Network, Inc.

In 1992, she became director of nursing services at the Sisters of St. Joseph Infirmary in New Orleans, from which she retired the year before Hurricane Katrina.

She is survived by her sisters Betsy G. Roark and Mary Lee Guillot, a nephew and nieces. She was predeceased by her parents and her twin brother, Msgr. Leo Guillot.

Her Funeral Mass was celebrated Dec. 3 at Sacred Heart Church in Baton Rouge.

Memorial contributions in Sister Mildred’s name may be made to the Sisters of St. Joseph, 3134 Hundred Oaks Ave., Baton Rouge, LA 70808.