70 year old Robert Allen Drake of Smithville died Wednesday at DeKalb Community Hospital. He was a truck driver for the Sussex County, New Jersey Road Department and a member of the Church of the Nazarene. The funeral will be Friday at 11:00 a.m. at the Chapel of Love-Cantrell Funeral Home. Shane Smith will officiate and burial will be in DeKalb Cemetery. Visitation will be Thursday from 11:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. and Friday from 9:00 a.m. until the service at 11:00 a.m. He was preceded in death by his parents, Orville and Marion Henion Drake; three brothers, Donald, Thomas, and Fredrick Drake; and a sister, Janet Drake. Survivors include his wife of 48 years, Arlene Gery Drake of Smithville. One son, Joey Drake of Illinois. Two sisters, Betty Ricker of Washington and Evelyn Looney of Nebraska. Love-Cantrell Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
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