Rosalind Ann Braun Wildes, noted watercolorist, died  in Plymouth on Saturday, Jan. 15 at the age of 87.  She was born on Jan. 7, 1924, in New York City to Rosalind Elizabeth Braun and Frank F. Braun.  Raised in New York with her twin sister, Marie Williams and younger sister Patricia Felter, she developed an interest in the arts and attended the Pratt Institute of Art in Brooklyn, New York.  In 1944, she married Sydney G. Vickers.  Their three sons and daughter, Sydney, Jeffrey, Peter and Carole, were born in New York, before the family moved to Massachusetts in 1956.  Mrs. Wildes pursued a career in fashion illustration, as well as her own painting, while raising her children.
In 1964, she married Eugene A. Wildes, Jr., and the couple shared 35 years together, living in recent years in North Palm Beach, Fla.  Throughout this time she exhibited her art at several galleries and in exhibitions on Cape Cod and in Florida.  She taught at the Lighthouse Gallery and School of Art in Tequesta, Fla. until 2004.  Mr. Wildes predeceased his wife in 1999.
Mrs. Wildes leaves her children, Sydney G. Vickers of Florida, Carole V. White of San Francisco, Jeffrey P. Vickers of Duxbury and Peter C. Vickers of Florida; six grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and her son and daughters-in-law, Robert White, Nina Vickers and Sandra M. Vickers.  A memorial service will be held in the spring.  Please call a family member for time and location.  Donations may be made in memory of Mrs. Wildes to the Cape Cod Art Association in Barnstable at                                 capecodartassoc.org.