ROBERT BONEBRAKE SR.

DEXTER, Mo. -- Funeral for Robert Dean Bonebrake Sr. of Dexter will be held at noon today at Rainey Funeral Home. The Rev. Dennis Ward will officiate.

Friends may call at the funeral home from 10 a.m. until time of service.

Bonebrake, 63, died Friday, July 27, 2001, at Southern Missouri Healthcare.

He was born Feb. 28,1938, in Barrington, Ill., son of Noah Dean and Letha Perry Bonebrake.

Bonebrake was a former tow truck driver.

Survivors include five sons, Danny Bonebrake and Robert Bonebrake Jr. of Carpentersville, Ill., Brian Poe of Bernie, Mo., John Poe of Dexter, Samuel Poe of the home; six daughters, Patty Bonebrake, Terri Waite and Laura Bonebrake of Carpentersville, Cristine Buchanan and Mary Poe of Dexter, and Jenny Bonebrake of Elgin, Ill.

Also surviving are two brothers, Glen Bonebrake of Barrington, Jack Bonebrake of Bluff City, Iowa; five sisters, Mic Parrish of Show Low, Ariz., Mabel Morris, Maryann Olveras and Betty Smith, all of Elgin, Pearl Dzadula of Palatine, Ill.; a friend, Pansy Poe of the home; and 13 grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents.