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Dr. Robert M. Wilson, 80, of Lockport, a former Chief of Staff at Lockport Memorial Hospital and Associate Professor of Medicine at U.B., died July 3, 2008 at Lockport Memorial Hospital.
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He was former chief resident in medicine and associate chief of the renal section at E.J. Meyer Memorial Hospital, now ECMC.
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Dr. Wilson was a research fellow for the National Institute for Health at UB/Meyer Hospital and a fellow at Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C., both in renal medicine specializing in kidney dialysis.� He helped to establish the dialysis center at Niagara Falls Memorial Hospital.
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Dr. Wilson was a diplomat for the National Board of Examiners and the American Board of Internal Medicine.
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For many years, he was a physician for the Royal Canadian Henley Regatta in St. Catherines, Ont.
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He had a private practice in internal medicine in Lockport for 40 years, retiring in 2006.� He was a Captain in the Army Medical Corps in Korea and Japan in the 1950's.
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Dr. Wilson was a graduate of Amherst Central High School, attended the University of Arizona, where he played on the basketball team, and graduated from UB School of Medicine.
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An avid runner, he started the Lockport Runners Club and placed several years in the Buffalo News year-long runners standings.� He ran his first marathon, the Marine Corps Marathon in Washington, D.C., at age 65, and ran several marathons after that.� He was a long-time runner in Buffalo's annual Turkey Trot.
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Son of the late Dr. Robert J. and Helen Wilson, he is survived by his wife, Margaret (Ross); six sons, Robert M. Jr. (Nancy), William R., Richard D., Thomas M. (Nancy), Daniel M. (Julie) and Andrew M. (Jennifer); three brothers, Thomas M., Kevin D. and Terence M.; two sisters, Joanne M. (George) Vossler, Joyce Wilson; seven grandchildren.
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Visiting is 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 PM Friday, at Prudden and Kandt Funeral Home, 242 Genesee Street, Lockport.� A Memorial Mass will be offered at 10 AM Saturday at All Saints R.C. Church (former St. Patrick's), 76 Church Street, Lockport.� Memorials to Roswell Park Alliance Foundation, P.O. Box 631, Buffalo, NY 14240 would be appreciated by the family.
<h3>Visitation</h3>
Friday, July 11, 2008 2-4 and 7-9 PM
<h3>Services</h3>
Saturday, July 12, 2008 at 10 AM
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