Meet Our Caring Staff
Meet our staff, members of the local community who make everything that happens possible.
Kimberly O'Madden (Nee: Jump) grew up in West Chester, Ohio. She was the youngest of six children. She graduated Lakota High School 1989 and continued to work in retail, Phillips Van Heusen as a Regional Assistant, while attending and later graduating from Miami University, Oxford with her Bachelors of Psychology.
Her "Why the Funeral Industry"?
Her "cousin Sandy" passed away at the age of 50 years old, after battling cancer. Her cousin and mother went to go make arrangements at the funeral home her family had always used. After a large amount of money and an overall bad experience, Kim promised her mother this wouldn't happen to her family again. She entered Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science and graduated with her Associates in Mortuary Science. She teases and says her mother took her up on her offer and passed away after she became a licensed Funeral Director and Embalmer. She was able to give her her last gift and that was to make sure it didn't happen to them again. She worked in Lebanon for her apprenticeship, Milford for many years and at Montgomery County Morgue. She received her Master Funeral Director and Embalmer Certificate and looks forward to many years here in Portsmouth. She has three children, Isabella (18), Isaiah (14) and Elisha (10). She feels very blessed to be a part of the Daehler Family and looks forward to helping your family.
Kimberly O'Madden (Nee: Jump) grew up in West Chester, Ohio. She was the youngest of six children. She graduated Lakota High School 1989 and continued to work in retail, Phillips Van Heusen as a Regional Assistant, while attending and later graduating from Miami University, Oxford with her Bachelors of Psychology.
Her "Why the Funeral Industry"?
Her "cousin Sandy" passed away at the age of 50 years old, after battling cancer. Her cousin and mother went to go make arrangements at the funeral home her family had always used. After a large amount of money and an overall bad experience, Kim promised her mother this wouldn't happen to her family again. She entered Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science and graduated with her Associates in Mortuary Science. She teases and says her mother took her up on her offer and passed away after she became a licensed Funeral Director and Embalmer. She was able to give her her last gift and that was to make sure it didn't happen to them again. She worked in Lebanon for her apprenticeship, Milford for many years and at Montgomery County Morgue. She received her Master Funeral Director and Embalmer Certificate and looks forward to many years here in Portsmouth. She has three children, Isabella (18), Isaiah (14) and Elisha (10). She feels very blessed to be a part of the Daehler Family and looks forward to helping your family.
Amy Cox grew up in McDermott, Ohio, with her parents, 2 sisters, and 1 brother. She attended Northwest High School and SCCTC, class of 1992.
She worked in the medical field as a scribe for 25 years until accepting a position with the Scioto County Coroner, where she continues to work. She started at F.C. Daehler Mortuary in January 2023 as the Accountant and Office Manager. She provides care and compassion to the families she encounters at F.C. Daehler Mortuary.
She is the mother of 2 boys, Travis who passed away in 2016 at the age of 24, and Ryan who is now 24.
Amy Cox grew up in McDermott, Ohio, with her parents, 2 sisters, and 1 brother. She attended Northwest High School and SCCTC, class of 1992.
She worked in the medical field as a scribe for 25 years until accepting a position with the Scioto County Coroner, where she continues to work. She started at F.C. Daehler Mortuary in January 2023 as the Accountant and Office Manager. She provides care and compassion to the families she encounters at F.C. Daehler Mortuary.
She is the mother of 2 boys, Travis who passed away in 2016 at the age of 24, and Ryan who is now 24.
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