Our Valued Staff

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  Buddy Fletcher, Managing Partner

  Buddy joined the staff at Rader Funeral Home in January 2010. He has been active in funeral service since 1981. He comes to Daleville from Bloomington, Indiana. He enjoys being involved in the community. Some of his previous involvement has been serving on the Board of Directors for the Chamber of Commerce, serving on the Advisory Board for the local Hospice as well as chairing their Bio-ethics committee. He has also served in leadership postions in the Rotary Club and the Lions Club. He is currently a member of the Roanoke-Hollins Rotary Club.

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  Sharon K. Sproles, Bereavement and Aftercare Coordinator

  Sharon began working at Rader Funeral Home in 2005. She was born in Corpus Christi, Texas and moved to Southern California at age nine, where she lived until she moved to Virginia in 1985 when her husband retired. Her first job, at age 18 as a Psychiatric nurses aid, led her into the medical profession.
  
  She is a graduate of the Psychiatric Technician Program at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut, California and the Medical/nursing/phlebotomy program at Riverside College in Riverside, California. She worked in various areas of the medical field for over 20 years. In 1986, Sharon volunteered for Lewis Gale Hospital, The Red Cross and at a later time, she volunteered for the Bradley Free Clinic of Roanoke. Sharon is a Certified Grief Counselor and member of the American Academy of Grief Counselors. She received the Death and Grief Studies accredited certification from the internationally recognized Center For Loss and Life Transition in Fort Collins, Colorado. Sharon's interest in this field began during her many years as a family support volunteer for Good Samaritan Hospice. Sharon is a member of The Church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Roanoke and has served as past Board Member. She is passionate about traveling and enjoys walking, reading, old movies and being a member of The Big Springs Garden Club. Sharon believes that your journey into grief and healing begins with finding a person who will "listen with their heart and be present to another person's pain. It's not about taking away the pain." Sharon feels honored to work at Rader Funeral Home as Bereavement and Aftercare Coordinator. she realizes, as we serve others , we only have one chance to get it right and Rader Funeral Home truly does treat every family as if they were our very own.

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  Larry L. Crawford, Funeral Assistant

  Larry is a lifelong resident of Botetourt County. He is married to Lois Caldwell Crawford. Larry has one son, L. Lewis Crawford, and his wife, Cindy and two grandsons, Jeremiah and Jacob Crawford. In addition to his work at Rader Funeral Home, Larry is a Notary Public for the Commonwealth at large. Larry enjoys helping people in their time of need. Larry is an active member of the Troutville Church of the Brethren and a life and charter member of theTroutville Rescue Squad and Fire Department. For 42 years, he has been a member of Boy Scout Troop #137 at Troutville Church of the Brethren where he served as Scout Master, Assistant Scout Master, Commissioner, Committee Member, District Committee Member and is presently serving as Committee Member of Troop #137. Larry is also a member of Boone Masonic Lodge #247. Larry spent 6 years in the U.S. Army and is now a member of VFW Post #1841 at Trinity Botetourt County, VA.

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  Dana Gibson, Funeral Assistant

  Before coming to work at Rader Funeral Home, Dana owned Commonwealth Audio and Visual. He is married to Lena Gibson and has one daughter, Mary Westmoreland and her husband, Ted. Dana and Lena have one grand daughter, Michelle R. West and one great grand daughter, Casi.
  Dana is a member of the Williamson Road Masonic Lodge and the Melrose Masonic Lodge, as well as the Scottish Rites, Shrine Center, VFW Post #1841, the Woodmen of the World and Troutville Baptist Church.

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  Lois Caldwell Crawford, Funeral Assistant

  Lois joined the staff at Rader Funeral Home in the fall of 2007. She retired after more than forty years as a registered nurse. She was educated at Medical College of Virginia, Medical College of Georgia and East Tennessee State University. Most of her career involved registered nurse education. For 28 years, she served as Director of Virginia Appalachian Tricollege Nursing Program, a consortium of three community colleges in far southwest Virginia, headquartered at Virginia Highlands Community College in Abingdon, Virginia. Following retirement in 2005, Lois moved back to the family home in Mill Creek. She is a member of the Mill Creek Baptist Church where she belongs to the Sanctuary Choir, the Business Womens Circle and several committees. She also serves as an election official for Botetourt County. Some of her favorite things are, her family, travel, singing and reading. She finds her work at Rader Funeral Home humbling and yet very satisfying.

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  Robin Stiltner, Administrative Assistant

  Robin grew up in Botetourt County and graduated from James River High School in 1987. After graduation, she worked briefly at Rader Funeral Home in Troutville, where she met her husband of 11 years, Danny Stiltner, Jr.. In 1999, Robin graduated from National Business College, majoring in Medical Assisting, where she earned an Associates in Science Degree.
  
  Danny and Robin have one daughter, Mikayla Danielle, who is 9 years old and attends Breckinridge Elementary School.
  
  Robin re-joined the Rader staff in February 2008. She also volunteers at her daughter's school.

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  Roger L. Firebaugh, Funeral Assistant

  Roger was born October 22, 1945 in Roanoke and was raised and has lived in Botetourt County all of his life. He attended Troutville Elementary School and graduated from Lord Botetourt High School in 1964 where he played football, basketball, baseball and ran track.
  He worked for Roanoke Gas Co. for 43 years before retiring in November 2009. He spent 30 years in the Virginia Army National Guard and the Army Reserve.
  He has been married to Reba for 45 years and they have one daughter, Amanda as well as one granddaughter, Brennan, 22 months old. Roger has been employed with Rader Funeral Home since May 2010.

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  Rev. Irving R. Glover, Funeral Assistant and Chaplain

  The Rev. Irving R. Glover joined the Rader staff as a Funeral Assistant in 1996 while Raders was still at the old location in Troutville. Irving is retired from congregational ministry in the Church of the Brethren, but is currently serving the church's Virlina District as their Pastor to Pastors. Carol and Irving Glover live in Daleville a short distance from the funeral home. They moved to Virginia in 1979, having served 11 years in Illinois. The Glovers are a blended family with 9 children and 6+ grandchildren living all around the United States. Irving was educated at Gettysburg College and Elizabethtown College, both in Pennsylvania, and then at Bethany Biblical Seminary in Chicago, Illinois. He was ordained in 1962 at his home church near Hershey, Pennsylvania. Irving enjoys singing barbershop harmony, puttering in his workshop and occasionally doing counted cross stitch.
  

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  Gail C. Blanchard, Funeral Assistant

  Gail Blanchard lives on a farm in Troutville with her husband, Ronnie. They have a daughter who is an excellent hairdresser, and she has two boys who are very special to Gail and Ronnie. They also have a son, Kevin, who is in the Marines. He went to Iraq and was injured in June 2005 when his Humvee ran over an IED. He has come through it all with a wonderful outlook on life; and attends George Washington University. Gail works at Greenfield Elementary with Special Education students. She also enjoys working at Rader Funeral Home part-time. Gail and Ronnie have been members of Hollins Road Baptist Church for the last 25 years. Gail says that her hobby would be going to yard sales.