Our Staff

Rush "Bud" Eichholtz

A native of Bellefontaine, Bud graduated from Bellefontaine High School in 1962, attended the Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio, and was a 1975 graduate of the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science. Upon his graduation from C.C.M.S. he joined the family funeral business in Bellefontaine, where he became a third generation funeral director/embalmer. Married to the former Mona Brown, also a Logan County native, they are the parents of two children, Rush III, and Krista Adelsberger, and have four grandchildren. Bud is active in many community clubs and events, and is a member of the First United Presbyterian Church in Bellefontaine and the Ohio Funeral Directors Association.

Jeffrey L. Smith

Jeff is the co-owner and vice-president of the Eichholtz Funeral Homes. A native of Luckey, Ohio, Jeff graduated from the Eastwood High School in 1971, attended the University of Maryland and the University of Tennessee prior to his graduation from the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science in 1976. Jeff and his wife Eve reside in Bellefontaine, and have three sons, one daughter, and two grandchildren.

Jeff attends the Calvary Baptist Church, is a member of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association, Lions International, Kiwanis International, Bellefontaine Masonic Lodge # 209 Free and Accepted Masons, Elks Lodge #132, Indian Lake Moose Lodge #1533, and is a Veteran of the United States Air Force. He is a licensed funeral director and embalmer in Ohio and North Carolina.

David L. Seeley

A native of Bellefontaine, Dave attended school in Bellefontaine and after moving, graduated from the Indian Lake High School in 1975. He attended the Ohio State University for two years prior to attending the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science, where he graduated in 1978. He joined the Eichholtz Funeral Home staff in 1981 as a licensed funeral director and embalmer. David and his wife Glenna have three children, Kyle, Kristin, and Kurt. He is a member of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association and is very active in the Logan County 4-H program.

Jackie K. Circle

Originally from Clark County, Jackie graduated from Northwestern High School, Springfield, Ohio, in 1969. Following graduation she attended Frederick�s Beauty Academy, graduating as a licensed cosmetologist in 1971. In 1985 Jackie decided to make a career change and entered Clark State Community College in Springfield, Ohio. After meeting requirements Jackie then attended the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science, where she graduated in 1989. A member of the Eichholtz Funeral Home staff since 1995, Jackie is both a licensed funeral director and embalmer and serves as the pre-arrangement counselor for all Eichholtz Funeral Home locations. Jackie enjoys the scenery, history of the hills, and the people of Logan County area.

Jackie is the mother of two children, Troy Circle and Belinda Emory, and has four grandchildren. A member of the North Hampton United Church of Christ, North Hampton, Ohio and the Ohio Funeral Directors Association, she is very active in several Logan County functions.

Trey F. Daring

A native of Bellefontaine, Trey is a 1997 graduate of Bellefontaine Senior High School and a 2001 graduate of the University of Cincinnati. In 2002 he graduated from the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science and became an Ohio licensed funeral director and embalmer in 2003. He joined the Eichholtz Funeral Home staff in 2006, after working in Loudonville for four years.

Trey is active with the Ohio Funeral Directors Association where he currently serves on the Young Funeral Director's Committee. He also belongs to the Bellefontaine Elks Lodge and the Bellefontaine Exchange Club. He is currently serving on the Logan County Residential Homes board and formally served on the Hilliker Y.M.C.A. Board of Directors. He and his wife, Kyle, whom is a fifth-grade teacher at Western Intermediate School in Bellefontaine, are parishioners of the St. Patrick Catholic Church in Bellefontaine, where Trey serves on the Diakonia Team. They enjoy golfing and following The Ohio State University Athletic programs.

Trey and Kyle have a son, Sutton, who was born in January of 2009.

Dennis J. Sanford

A native of Logan County, Dennis grew up in DeGraff, Ohio, graduating valedictorian from Riverside High School in 1992. In 1998, Dennis earned his Associates of Applied Science Degree in Registered Nursing from Edison State Community College in Piqua, Ohio. In 2000, he graduated Summa Cum Laude from the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science, receiving both the Dr. A.J. Nunnamaker Memorial Award for graduating valedictorian as well as the Charles O. Dhonau Memorial Embalming Award for demonstrating excellence in embalming.

An active member of Boggs Masonic Lodge # 292 Free & Accepted Masons in DeGraff, Dennis also volunteers much of his time coaching youth soccer, baseball and softball in West Liberty, Ohio. In 2009, he began volunteering as assistant basketball coach for the Riverside Lady Pirates Varsity Basketball Team in DeGraff. He also currently serves as a trustee and organizes the annual wiffle ball tournament for the DeGraff Country Fair Committee. On November 28, 1998, Dennis married his wife Tara (Hostetler). Tara is a registered nurse at Mary Rutan Hospital�s Family Birth Center. They reside in West Liberty with their two children, Madelyn and Hayden. Their family attends the Bethel Church in West Liberty.

Unlicensed Staff Members

Susan O'Rielley, John Engle, Rush Eichholtz III, Janet Devine, Karla Haas,

Brian Kennedy, Ben Kennedy, Rick Nelson, Connie Reynolds,

Ryan Brown, Brenda Stengel, Lee Harbour

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