LEBOLD-SMITH FUNERAL HOME - Key Persons
Aaron is a graduate of Waynedale High School, a 2020 graduate of the College of Wooster where he was a member of the baseball team, and a graduate of the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science. He and his wife, Lydia, and their daughter, reside in Mount Eaton and are members of Stanwood Community Church.
Cindy is a 1975 graduate of Fairless High School and attended the Tuscarawas Campus of Kent State University. She is a licensed Funeral Director, member of the Tri County Funeral Directors Association, Sugarcreek Lioness Club, Sugarcreek Business Association and attends the Sugarcreek United Methodist Church.
Job Titles:
- Hospitality Manager / Funeral Associate
Deloris helps manage our family center and assists with funeral services such as helping family members during visitation.
Job Titles:
- Funeral Director / Livery Manager
Jeff is the Livery Manager for Smith Ambulance Service, Inc. and a Funeral Associate with Smith Funerals Homes, Inc.
A 1979 graduate of Dover High School, Jeff received his Associate of Applied Science degree in Fire Science from Stark Technical College in 1985. Since 1985, he has worked in the environmental laboratory industry primarily in project management and quality assurance fields. Jeff began working part-time for the livery service in June of 2006. In March of 2013, Jeff assumed the full-time position of managing the Livery division of Smith Ambulance while also in a support role of Smith Funeral Homes in Sugarcreek and Bolivar.
Jeff is married to the former Mary Ann Berndt, they are members of the First United Methodist Church of Dover. They have two children Brandon, wife Tessa, of Columbus and Matt of Dover.
Job Titles:
- Funeral Director / Embalmer
John graduated from Fairless High School, attended Kent State University and graduated from the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science. He is a life long Navarre area resident and worked for many years at the Atkinson-Feucht Funeral Homes in Navarre and Massillon. He and his wife, Beverly, have three grown children and five grandchildren.
Job Titles:
- Funeral Director / Embalmer
Lee is a 1973 graduate of Fairless High School and a 1976 graduate of the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science. He is also a member of the Tri County Funeral Directors Association, the Garaway Lions Club and the Sugarcreek Business Association. He attends the Sugarcreek United Methodist Church and is a retired member of the Sugarcreek Volunteer Fire Department.
Job Titles:
- Funeral Director / Embalmer / Advance Funeral Planner
Matt is a 2005 graduate of Marion Harding High School, and received his Bachelors of Science degree from Wilmington College in 2009 and graduated from the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science in 2013. He and his wife, Shelby, have a daughter, Emersyn, along with two dogs, Milo and Hazel.
Job Titles:
- Funeral Director / Embalmer
Robert L. Smith purchased the former Lingler Funeral Home on North Broadway Street in Sugarcreek in 1983. He operated as Smith Funeral Home until he purchased the former Butler-Varns Funeral Home, also in Sugarcreek in 2008. He consolidated the two businesses and moved to the Butler-Varns building on W. Main Street. The name of the funeral home changed to Smith-Varns.
Bob is a 1969 graduate of Dover High School and a 1974 graduate of the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science. He is the secretary-treasurer of the Tri County Funeral Director's Association and a member of the Ohio and National Funeral Directors Association.
Job Titles:
- Funeral Director / Embalmer
Scott graduated from Waynedale High School, attended The University of Akron and graduated from the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science in 1991 with a Bachelor of Mortuary Science degree. He and his wife, Jill, have two sons and reside in Mount Eaton.