Malia Kao, SDS

Sister of the Divine Savior Malia Kao, SDS was born Rosa Kao on November 7, 1919 in Kwangtseh, Fukien, China, daughter of Kao Givin Gu and Malia Chin.  She entered the Congregation of the Sisters of the Divine Savior in 1943, and made her first profession of vows in 1948 in Shaowu, China.  When the Communists took over mainland China in 1949, all foreign missionaries were forced to leave.  Sister Malia, along with four other sisters came to the United States.  She made her final vows in Milwaukee in 1954.  Sister Malia served as a certified medical lab technician at Divine Savior Hospital, Portage, Wisconsin for several years.  In 1961 she became an American citizen.  In 1965 Sister Malia was missioned to Taiwan, where she taught kindergarten and did pastoral work.  Because of diminishing health, Sister Malia returned to the states in 1996.  She resided at St. Anne’s Salvatorian Campus for the past 15 years, where she remained happy, grateful and loveable in spite of her health issues. Sister Malia died peacefully on Sunday, July 31, preceded in death by her parents.  She is survived by several nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews, and the Salvatorian Family.

Visitation on Friday, August 5 will begin at 12:30 p.m. at St. Anne’s Salvatorian Campus Chapel, 3800 North 92nd Street in Milwaukee.  Mass of Christian Burial will follow at 1:00 p.m.  Burial: Holy Cross Cemetery, Milwaukee, Monday, August 8.

Memorials to Sister Malia may be sent to: Sisters of the Divine Savior, 4311 N. 100th Street, Milwaukee, WI 53222.