Dr. Roberta (Bobbie) Croddy

I moved to Phoenix in 1971 along with a husband, 3 children, 2 dogs, and a station wagon overflowing with our belongings. We settled in Scottsdale and began a new life.

My professional background is in nursing and I went to work in surgery at St. Luke’s Hospital holding positions as Director of Education and Assistant Director of Surgery where I specialized in open heart surgery helping develop this specialty in Phoenix and teaching others. Today things that are commonplace in medicine were all new in the 1970’s and I was on the forefront. I created several multimedia presentations on cardiovascular surgery; one is a video still in use today as a teaching tool. I presented this at the national meeting of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons in 1980. As Director of Education, I taught nursing students surgery and was a visiting speaker at ASU College of Nursing for many years. I retired from St. Luke’s in 1989 to begin a second career.

For the last 15 years I have worked as a nurse case manager for Hospice of the Valley. Here I mentor nursing students, physicians and employees on hospice care and the Spiritual care of the dying.

Following a divorce in 1982, I discovered Religious Science and it saved my life. I became a Licensed Professional Practitioner in 1988, continued my studies becoming a minister in 1990 and receiving a Doctor of Divinity in 1999. I married Dr. Robert Croddy in 1991.

I have been with CLF since 1998 and know that this is my Spiritual home. I have been Director of Practitioners and now serve as the Director of Education. My passion is developing curriculum and teaching the principles that guide my life today.