William J. Brotherton
November 22, 1947 - May 28, 2001

William Brotherton TERRE HAUTE, Ind. #45;- William J. Brotherton, 53, of Terre Haute, formerly of Nashville, Ind., died Monday, May 28, 2001, at Union Hospital in Terre Haute. Services are 7 p.m. Thursday at the DeBaun Funeral Homes Springhill Chapel. Graveside services are 1 p.m. Friday at Greenlawn Cemetery in Nashville. Visitation is 4-7 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, Midwest Affiliate and the Memorial and Tributes Program. Mr. Brotherton was born Nov. 22, 1947, in Keokuk, the son of Walter Boley and Marlene Horn Brotherton. He married Rita Shapiro Jan. 1, 1972. He received bachelor's of arts degrees in biology from Culver Stockton University in Canton, Mo. and Indiana University. He received a doctorate in optometry from Indiana University in 1974. He was a member of A.F.M. Local No. 25, Stonehenge Jazz Band, T.H. Concert Band, Terre Haute Tennis Club, Indiana Optometric Association, collector of Indiana Art and American Impressionistic Art of the 19th Century, ISU Concert Band and Wabash Valley Bottle Club. He was an optometrist for Eye Mart in Terre Haute. Survivors include his wife, Rita Shapiro Brotherton of Terre Haute; a son, James M. Brotherton of Charleston, S.C.; a sister, Amy Brotherton of South Bend, Ind.; a brother, Alan Brotherton and his wife, Judy, of Muscatine; a brother-in-law, Paul Shapiro, of Nashville; a mother-in-law, Zelda Shapiro, of South Bend; two nieces, Rachel Brotherton and Sarah Farebrother and her husband, Clay. He was preceded in death by his parents.

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