Our Staff
| The Rodenberger Funeral Home has been owned and operated by the Rodenberger family since 1958. Over the years, C.C. “Bud” Rodenberger and his wife, Evelyn have gathered around them a staff of caring, compassionate funeral professionals, dedicated to serving local families in their time of need. | ||
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Jerrie Rodenberger Gray Jerrie strongly believes in giving back to the community that has made her the woman she is today. Although most of her time is spent with the family business, she is dedicated to her community. She is on the CASA Symphony of the Tree's board, National Funeral Director Association and the Ohio Funeral Director Association. She graduated from Napoleon High School and Findlay College . She is married to Kenny Gray, who retired from at GM Powertrain in Defiance . Together they have two children, Brent and Brooke. Brooke is involved in the current operation of the funeral homes, and Brent works for a construction company out of Toledo. She spends most of her free time with her three grandsons and family. |
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Brooke Gray Brooke began working with his mother in 1995, and became a licensed Funeral Director in 1999. He has lived in Henry County all his life, graduating from Napoleon High School and receiving his degree in Mortuary Science from Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science in 1998. Active in the community and in his profession, Brooke is a member of the National Funeral Directors Association, Ohio Funeral Director's Association, and the National Embalmer's Association. He was a former member of the Rotary Club of Napoleon and the Henry County United Way . Brooke has been involved in the funeral business since he was in college, when he worked with his mother, Jerrie, part-time. It was during this time that he became interested in the business as a possible career for himself. As he continued to work he realized that working with families and ministering to people in need was very rewarding for him personally and he has been here ever since. He considers working with the people of Henry County to be a family tradition, and one he is proud to continue…and looks forward to many generations of his family serving this community. Brooke was married in April '06 to Cathy, who is a Science teacher at Holgate Local Schools, and they reside in McClure, Ohio with there children, Jaxson and Lilah. |
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Mark Feehan Mark Feehan is a native of Custar, Ohio and a 1992 graduate of Bowling Green High School. He attended the Bowling Green State University and graduated Cum Laude from the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science in 1995 with an Associate Degree in Applied Science and a Bachelor Degree of Mortuary Science. At graduation he received the Ohio Embalmers Association Lester W. Wakeham Award for demonstrated excellence in the combined theory and practice of embalming. While in college, Mark served as a class representative and also obtained his Ohio Insurance license to serve families with pre-arranged funeral plans. In 1997 he joined the Rodenberger Funeral Home as a licensed funeral director and embalmer. He is a member of the Ohio Embalmers Association; Ohio Funeral Directors Association; National Funeral Directors Association; member and past president of the Deshler Chamber of Commerce; past member of the Henry County Relay for Life Committee; past Board Member of the Henry County United Way and a lifelong member of St. Louis Catholic Church, Custar, Ohio. His hobbies include playing golf and staying in touch with his family and friends. Mark has worked in funeral service since he was 16 years old and has always felt the most important thing is to serve families as if they were your own. The friendships he has made has been the biggest rewards. He feels very fortunate to be able to serve so many families and knows Rodenberger Funeral Home will continue to strive to earn the opportunity to serve them in the future. Mark and his wife Raechel, live in Deshler, Ohio with their son, Clayton and daugther, Faith. |
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Rev. Ron Claussen or at his website:www.ramblingsfromron.com Ron has been with the funeral home for 4 years, just after we opened our doors at our newest funeral home in Napoleon. Having known the Rodenberger family before his days at the front door, Ron wanted to help introduce the community to our family and staff. His kind smile and gentle words have been a great addition to the funeral home, as well as his keen memory of friends and families. There are not to many people from the surrounding counties Ron doesn't know, and for some reason if he does not he is always eager to make new friends. Ron is a Nebraska Cornhusker by birth as he was born and raised in Omaha , Nebraska . He graduated with a Speech/Radio TV degree from the University of Omaha (now the University of Nebraska at Omaha ) and a Divinity Degree from Wartburg Theological Seminary in Dubuque , Iowa . He met and married Jane Marten, an Iowa Hawkeye, in her home town of Muscatine , Iowa . Ron was Ordained into the ministry of the American Lutheran Church in 1962 and they have served Nazareth Lutheran, Chatfield, Ohio, Montclair Lutheran, Denver, Colorado and Bethlehem and St. Mark's Lutheran Congregations, Defiance , Ohio . From 1985 until his retirement in 2001, Ron was the Director of Development and Public Relations at the Filling Memorial Home of Mercy, Napoleon, Ohio and hosted weekly Radio Programs for Filling on WNDH, Napoleon, WONW, Defiance. and WBCO, Bucyrus. Jane is a retired teacher having taught High School English at Tinora in Defiance County . They have four children, Marty, Kelley Waisner, Pat and Nick and six grandchildren. He also spends his spare time reading, writing memoirs, and his monthly article "Ramblings From Ron". Ron has recently finished a book and a CD that we carry at the funeral home to help spread his ministry. |
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Ruth Ann (Schuette) Gray is more than a Greeter, she is family! Ruth Ann was married to Charles "Chuck" Gray, who died on May 30, 2000. Chuck was a one of eleven Gray boy's and is a brother to Ken. Ruth Ann worked for 21 years in the Farm Service Agency in Napoleon, retiring in 1998. She has three boys, Tom (Charlene), Jerry, and Tim; and 2 grandson's, Chad & Jacob. She is a member of Emanuel Lutheran Church in Napoleon and is the Treasurer for Fulton-Henry NARFE. Ruth Ann can always be found at the front door with a smile on her face! |
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McClure310 Depot Street |
Napoleon1010 Westmoreland Avenue |
Deshler133 East Maple Street |