Wilbur Lee ""Bill"" Bressler, age 90 of Livingston, Texas, passed away on February 11, 2013, at his home. Wilbur was born in Rock Port, Missouri, to parents Lee Bressler and Hannah Cooper Bressler. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a Master Degree and served in the U.S. Navy, during WWII. Wilbur married Marilyn Campbell on September 8, 1944, in Purcell, Oklahoma. He was employed by Dow Chemical, where he did research on high efficiency catalyst to produce polymers. The developed polymers were used in the heat shield for NASA' Apollo Program.

He received an Industrial Research IR-100 Award for the Outstanding Research Accomplishment in U.S.A. in 1978. He left DOW in 1979 as a Global Coordinator of research. He retired to the house he built and had a life of fishing, golfing, and relaxation.

Wilbur is preceded in death by his parents, Lee and Hannah Cooper Bressler; son, Mark Eugene Bressler; and brother, Kenneth ""Bud"" Bressler. He is survived by his beloved wife of 69 years, Marilyn Bressler of Livingston, Texas; son, William ""Bill"" Leland Bressler of Lake Jackson, Texas; two daughters, Suzanne Elizabeth Stevenson of Houston, Texas and Deborah Lynn Graham of Mt. Pleasant, Texas; grandchildren, Christin, Katherine, Christopher, Courtney, Mart, Jr., twins, John and Mark, Stephen and Katelynn; and ten great grandchildren.

Cochran Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Please sign our online guest book at www.cochranfh.com