Staff

ROB RUE, Certified Life Celebrant, CCO, graduated from Springfield North High School, Class of 1988. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from Heidelberg University, a Bachelor of Mortuary Science from The Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science, and an Associate of Arts in Practical Ministry from the Fellowship for International Revival and Evangelism School of Ministry. Although Rob has been working at the funeral home since the age of 13 washing the fleet of cars, he began his professional career as a Funeral Director with Littleton & Rue in 1995. 

Rob is a Springfield City Commissioner. He serves as liaison for the city to the following: Historic Landmarks Commission, Clark County Fairgrounds Board, Civil Service Commission, Clark County Children and Family First Council, National Trail Parks and Recreation District, Military and Veterans Groups, and Convention Facilities Authority.  He also represents the city as a voting board member on the Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Joint Economic Development District.

Rob is a Certified Life Celebrant and member of Rotary International, graduate and Past President of Leadership Clark County. 

Rob married his best friend Jenny (McNamara) Rue. They are members to of Champion City Church in Springfield. Rob and Jenny homeschool their five children: Zach, Lydia, Brock, Rachel and John Luke.

ROBERT F. "Rob" KAMPMAN, was born and raised in Springfield, Ohio, graduated from Catholic Central High School, attended Wright State University, and completed his degree at the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science. He has been helping Springfield families in funeral service for over 30 years and joined Littleton & Rue in 1997.

Rob is active in a variety of civic organizations, including Past-President of the Rotary Club of Springfield and past board member of Catholic Central Schools and serves on the board of directors for the Springfield Y and the Clark County Mental Health Foundation  He is a member of St. Bernard Catholic Church, Knights of Columbus Council #624, the Springfield Country Club, and The Springfield Y.

He and his wife Missy (Lawson) have two daughters, Lauren and Emily, and two sons, Casey and Joseph.

JOHN P. DETLING, Certified Life Celebrant, is a graduate from Northwestern High School, Class of 1996. He began working at Littleton & Rue in March of 1997 as an assistant and has worked in every part of the funeral home operation. He later graduated from Clark State Community College and then graduated from Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science in 2003 with a Bachelor of Mortuary Science. John has served families in Clark County as a funeral director for Littleton & Rue since 2004. In 2017 John was ranked in the top ten nationally by Graystone Associates for his excellent care and service to families.

John is a lifelong Springfield resident and the grandson of the late Judge Glenn E. Detling. He was named Head Coach of the Catholic Central boys basketball team. He is married to Autumn Detling and together they have twin boys, Dominick and Dawson and two daughters, Kayla and Hannah. John serves the bereaved with great attention to detail. We are proud and grateful to have him a part of our team.

Marty Isaacs is a 1979 graduate of Portsmouth High School and received his Bachelor’s degree from Southeastern University as a Bible Major & Christian Education minor. He began his career at Littleton & Rue in 2001 as the Manager of the PreNeed program, as well as managing over 20 other Firms throughout Ohio. In 2003, Marty came on board fulltime and is the only Licensed Funeral director in Clark county who works full time in Pre-planning exclusively. Marty brings over 20 years experience and is recognized as one of the industry leaders nationally in Advanced Funeral planning. He has handled over 3,000 Medicaid cases in his service, has spoken at nearly 100 churches, senior groups, as well as Lunch and Learn Seminars, and is available through our speakers bureau to speak to your group as a free community service!

Prior to working in funeral service, Marty and his wife Dawn served in various roles in fulltime Ministry over 15 years. Marty also coached Varsity Soccer at Xenia Christian High School 8 years. They are blessed with 4 beautiful children: Daniel - working with a Masters degree in Athletic Training, Mariah - a Licensed Physician’s Assistant, Blake - a Senior Mechanical Engineering student in Wright State’s Honors program, and Natalie – a freshman Nursing student at Clark State.

STACY ( Norman) NEWELL , Funeral Director, graduated from Greenon High School, Class of 1990.  She attended and graduated from Clark State Community College with an Associates Degree in Business Management.  She worked in management for several years and after the passing of her grandparents felt called into funeral service.  She graduated from Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science in 1998 with a Bachelor of Mortuary Science.  While attending mortuary school she worked weekends at Littleton & Rue, returning as a funeral director/embalmer after serving her apprenticeship.  In December of 2001 she married Brian Newell and focused the last thirteen years as a wife and mother to their children, Abby and Adam.  She  served and worked in many roles within the community.  Stacy and Brian are members of First Church of Christ in Xenia and keep busy with all their children's activities. 

Cory Knox, a native of South Charleston, joined Littleton & Rue in February of 2015 as a funeral assistant, working in all aspects of funeral service. He is a 2015 graduate of Southeastern High School and a 2018 graduate of the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science. Cory began his Funeral Director Apprenticeship in January of 2019 and will become a fully licensed Funeral Director and Embalmer in early 2020. He is a certified life celebrant and is also an Ohio licensed crematory operator. Cory is recently married to Erika (Warsitz), and together they make their home in Springfield. Outside of the funeral home, Cory and Erika enjoy biking area trails, thrift shopping, and spending time with their families. He is honored to call Littleton & Rue his home, devoting his career to serving area families during their time of need.

AMY E. CULTICE, Office Administrator, was born and raised in Springfield, Ohio and is a graduate from Northwestern High School, Class of 1995. She has been working at Littleton & Rue Funeral Home since August of 2014.

She is married to Scott Cultice and together they have three boys, Samuel, Spencer and Sawyer. Amy and her family attend First Christian Church.

In her spare time, Amy enjoys spending time with her family, photography and watching her sons play soccer and baseball.

TOM RUE is a native of Fairborn, Ohio attending Fairborn Public Schools, Urbana University, University of Cincinnati and is a 1965 graduate of Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science. He has been an Ohio-Licensed Funeral Director and Embalmer since 1966. He has been employed in funeral homes in five different cities throughout central Ohio and since 1966 has been with the Littleton Funeral Home in Springfield. In 1973 he acquired part ownership in the company and in 1989, became sole owner and later changed the name to the Littleton & Rue Funeral Home. He is married to the love of his life, Lorann Rue for over 50 years. In 2015, Tom transitioned ownership of the funeral home to his son Rob Rue and longtime Springfield Funeral Director Robert F. Kampman. He and Lorann enjoy wintering in Florida and spending time with their family and seven grandchildren.

In 2016 Tom was awarded with the Richard L. Kuss Lifetime Achievement Award from the Greater Springfield Chamber.