MISSISSIPPI – Robert H. Wilson, 75, president and CEO of the former Viplex Corporation, based in Melbourne, Fla., died in a hospital in Mississippi, on Thursday, Oct. 28, with his family by his side.

Born at Mt. Ranier, Md., Oct. 29, 1928, he was educated in Washington, D.C. schools. He was director of Dale Carnegie and Asso. of Maine for 17 years. He was also honorary captain of the Maine State Police and on its academy training staff for several years.

He was a resident of Rhum Cove Community, 5011 Dixie Hwy. NE, A302, Palm Bay, FL 32905. He was a member of the Eau Gallie Yacht Club, the Skippers Club and the Family Motor Coach Assoc.

He enjoyed traveling in his motor coach, boating and spending time with his family.

He is survived by his wife, Cecile Moens-Kilbride, formerly of Brunswick; seven children, Ronald Wilson, Janet Martinez and Barbara Lane, of Douglasville, Ga., Dolores Adkins, of Virginia Beach, Va., Linda Strauss, of Rockville, Md., Stephanie Bragg, of Harpswell and Suzanne Cole, of Belgrade; 16 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; and a brother, Hugh Wilson, of Lake City, Fla.


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