Dr. William Frank "Doc" Brandon, 88, formerly of Meadowood in Butler Township, died Friday afternoon at Concordia Lutheran Ministries in Cabot.

Born April 19, 1916, in Trafford, he was the son of Donald C. and Francis M. Taubler Brandon.

He was a chiropractor in Butler for 36 years after graduating from Lincoln Chiropractic College in Indianapolis, Ind., in 1950. He also retired in 1988 as an active stockholder and secretary of the board for radio stations in Indiana and Pennsylvania, including WBUT, WLER FM and WISR in Butler.

After graduating from Butler High School in 1935, he worked as a machinist at Spang & Co., for nearly 10 years. Before entering college, he and his wife, Jean Shanor Brandon, ran a grocery store on Wood Street and Sixth Avenue in Butler.

Dr. Brandon was a 40-year member of the Butler Kiwanis Club and was a past president of the Butler County Chiropractic Society. He wrote and hosted health talks on local radio stations in the early 1960s.

A sports enthusiast, he played baseball and basketball in high school, and bowled and golfed through his retirement. He bowled for years in the Elks League.

He was a Protestant.

He is survived by a daughter, Kathy Jean Rogerson and her husband, Peter, of Butler; two sons, Ronald W. Brandon and his wife, Joyce, and Robert C. Brandon and his wife, Charlotte, all from Butler; five grandchildren, Jenny Lynn Rogerson and Gregory Allen Rogerson, both of Butler, and Deanna Lynn Herrle

, Carla Ann Brandon and Amie Joy Brandon, all of Pittsburgh; and three great-granddaughters, Emma, Ellie and Savannah, the children of James and Deanna Herrle; a sister, Mrs. Martha West and her husband, Joseph, of Butler; five nieces and a nephew.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Elva Jean Brandon, who he married May 22, 1940, and who died October 16, 1995; a brother, Emory, and a sister, Ruth.

BRANDON - Friends of W. Frank Brandon, who died Friday, Dec. 3, 2004, will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday atTHOMPSON-MILLER FUNERAL HOME, 124 E. North St., Butler. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. The Rev. James Dollhopf, pastor of First English Lutheran Church, will afficiate. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery.