A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated for Sister Gilbert Martin, DC, on Feb. 11, at the Seton Residence Chapel in Evansville, Indiana. Sister Gilbert died at Seton Residence in Evansville Feb. 8 at the age of 89.
Martha Velma Martin, a native of Rayne, Louisiana, was born on June 13, 1935, one of four children of Gilbert Bertrand and Mabel Marie (David) Martin. She entered the Daughters of Charity in St. Louis in June 1957.
She received a bachelor’s in nursing from Marillac College in St. Louis in 1960 and orientation to supervision at Mary’s Help Hospital in San Francisco. She served as nursing supervisor at O’Connor Hospital in San Jose, California. She became assistant director of nursing service at DePaul Hospital in St. Louis (1964-70) and Seton Medical Center in Austin, Texas.
Sister Gilbert served in pastoral care at St. Joseph Hospital in Denver, St. Paul Medical Center in Dallas, Hotel Dieu Hospital in New Orleans, DePaul Health Center in Bridgeton and Seton Medical Center and Holy Cross Hospital in Austin.
She was also ministry coordinator to the momebound at Our Lady of Presentation Parish in Lee Summit, Missouri, bereavement coordinator at University Hospice Hospital in New Orleans and coordinator of ministry to the sick and homebound at St. James Major Parish in New Orleans.
She was sent to assist the senior Sisters at The Sarah Community in Bridgeton (2005-12), and then to Evansville, Indiana, where she served in pastoral care at VNA PLUS John and Betty Charlier Hospice Center and St. Anthony Parish until 2017, when she came to Seton Residence. Sister then entered the ministry of prayer, a ministry she served in until the time of her death.
Sister Gilbert was preceded in death by her parents and her sister, Carita McClatchey, and she is survived by her sisters Heloise Cassidy and Yvonne Menard, other loving family members, many friends and her Sisters in community.
Burial was in St. Joseph Cemetery.
