Robert Dupree of 672 Empire Blvd.;Brooklyn;N.Y.;formerly of Arnold City;died Monday;Dec.31;1984;at 10:30 p.m. in Mon Valley Hospital;Carroll Twp.;after a lengthy illness. He was 56. Mr.Dupree was born July 12;1928;in Grindstone;Pa.;a son of the late Purvey and Lenora Dupree. He was employed as a garment factory foreman. A World War II veteran of the U.S.Army;he was a Protestant by faith. Surviving are his wife;Barbara Allen Dupree;two sons;Anthony Dupree of Monessen and David Dupree of Pittsburgh;three daughters;Mrs.Beverly Watson of Pittsburgh and Shelly and Donna Dupree;both of Pittsburgh;a step-mother;Aggie Dupree of Belle Vernon;three brothers;David Dupree of Youngstown;Ohio;and Sylvester and Harding Dupree;both of Arnold City;four sisters;Mrs.Cora Thrasher;Mrs.Rosa McCarthey;Mrs.Mary L.Ross and Mrs.Geneva Calloway;all of Arnold City;and one aunt;Mrs.Blanche Cox of Arnold City. Friends will be received in the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City;Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.;and until 1 p.m. Friday;the hour of service in the funeral home. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery;Belle Vernon;Pa. The Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.