Of East Windsor (formerly of Bayonne); on Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012; beloved husband of Ann M. (nee: McNelis); devoted father of Patricia A. Marchitto and her husband Richard; Michael Brandon and his wife Denise; Maureen Brandon and Scott Dzierzynski, Nancy Gamba, Carol Orlando and her husband Anthony, John A. Brandon and his friend Caleb McKenzie, and Paul Brandon and his wife Cherion; cherished Pop of Lucia Gamba and her husband Mohamed Amin, Michael Orlando, Nicole Marchitto, Jason and Alexis Brandon, and David Orlando; dear brother of Mary Rangnow of Brooklyn; brother in law of Eileen McNelis and Mary Boyle; also survived by many nieces and nephews. Arrangements were by the G. KEENEN O’BRIEN Funeral Home. Entombment, Holy Cross Chapel Mausoleum, North Arlington.