Robin Aitken Gatlin

Robin Aitken Gatlin entered peacefully into eternal rest on Saturday, July 14, 2012, at the age of 44. Lifelong resident of Metairie, Louisiana. Loving mother of Maggie Robin and Charles Frank Gatlin, Jr. (daughter and son of Charles Frank Gatlin, Sr.) and Ava Marie (daughter of Victor SanMiguel) and half sister of Dominick SanMiguel. Daughter of William H. Aitken, Sr. and preceded in death by her mother Gloria Stevens Aitken. Survived by her siblings William H. Aitken, Jr. (Barbara), Gerrie Lillie, Barbara A. Lamy (Patrick), Michael P. Aitken (Robin) and James H. Aitken, II (Karen). Will be sadly missed by a host of nieces and nephews: Michael James Lillie, Michael Patrick Aitken (Aimee), Matthew Michael Lillie (Olga), Kate O'Neal Aitken, Anna Marie Aitken, James H. Aitken III, Jon Christopher Fletcher, Jamie Leigh Aitken, and will be forever remembered by her great nieces Madison Lynn Aitken and Jackelyn Marie Aitken and great nephew Luke William Lillie. Special thanks to her dedicated lifelong friends Dean Merceron, Bridget Procell, Regina May and Karen Keefe, and a very special thank you to her Guardian Angels Tom and Angelique Bello and daughters (Claudia and Claire.) Most importantly she will be sadly missed by the family pet, Trixie. She went to grammar school at St. Catherine of Siena and graduated from Archbishop Chapelle High School in 1986. Special thanks from the Aitken family to the doctors, nurses and staff of Ochsner Foundation Hospital for their faithful and continual care during Robin's battle with cancer. Special thanks for their prayers and support from the faculty, staff and parishioners of St. Francis Xavier Parish, the Daughters of Isabella, the staff and prayer partners of St. Mary Magdalen, Loretta Keane and Patsy Laiche Radecker and all the others not mentioned above, who interceded with their prayers. Employees and clients of Salon Dante and Hats Off are invited to attend the services.