ST. LOUIS -- Robert L. Crader Sr., 79, died Friday, May 7, 2004, at St. Louis University Medical Center.
Crader was born April 6, 1925, in St. Louis, son of Gifford and Mae Runnels Crader.
He was a member of the Moolah Shrine Temple and Beacon Masonic Lodge No. 3 AF&AM and a former member of the National Tire Dealers and Retreaders Association and Missouri Truck and Bus Association.
Survivors include a son, Robert L. Crader of Cape Girardeau; two daughters, Patricia Crader of Arnold, Mo., and Pamela Crader of St. Louis County, Mo.; a brother, Clifford Crader of Highland, Ill.; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
The funeral was held Monday at the Kutis South County Chapel at Butler Hill, Mo. Burial was in Carson Hills Cemetery in Mill Springs, Mo.
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