Robert Charles George Disney

Major-General Robert Charles George Disney, Army of the United States, of Rotonda, Florida, died on November 6, 2015 of complications surrounding brain cancer. He is survived by his wife, Sheila, his daughters Kathryn, Barbara, Patricia and Kimberly; their mother, Yvette, their 8 grandchildren, Christopher, Elizabeth, Andrew, Connor, Ryan, Charlotte, Sophie, and Logan, his step-son Jason, his sons-in-law, Jack and Shane, nephews Paul and Mark and brother, Christopher.

General Disney was born in British India in 1936. He was the son of Robert and Evelyn Disney. His father was a Superintendent of the British Colonial Police in India. In 1947, when ethnic rioting and killings consumed India as it split into Muslim Pakistan and Hindu India, Robert, his mother and brother left for England. In 1954, Robert left the UK for Canada and the US. At 19 he joined the US Army as a private.

Bob served a full career and was a highly decorated Vietnam Veteran. He was a paratroop officer with both the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions and later, as an Army Ranger and Green Beret. His decorations include the Silver Star, numerous Bronze Stars and Purple Hearts. The Silver Star was awarded for gallantry when he single-handedly crawled into a Viet Cong tunnel and convinced five VC to surrender.

His Army career, included several years as a NY Army National Guard officer.

He entered the private security industry and held the CSO positions at a variety of companies in New York, to include ITT, Drexel-Burnham-Lambert and Chase.

In 2002 Bob and Sheila moved to Rotonda West, FL where he founded Sigma International Holdings, Inc., an International Private Security Advisory Company.

Bob joined the Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem, August 5th, 1995. He was later elected to the Office of Prior of St. Bernard de Clairvaux in New Orleans, LA. Bob went on to become the Grand Prior of the USA and the Grand Commander of the Order.

General Disney was devoted to his family and a deeply spiritual man. When told of the malignant nature of the cancer that would ultimately take his life, he said, �"I can’t fix this; the doctors can’t; the only way to deal with it is to leave it in God’s hands”. May he Rest in Peace.