After her father’s serious injury, Lindsey Boeshart stayed home to help her family and found a new path in education finance
You might expect at least a hint of disappointment in Lindsey Boeshart’s voice, but you won’t hear any.
The 2022 Fredericktown High School graduate put family first when she decided to forego the opportunity to play collegiate volleyball. It’s a decision she has never regretted.
Three years ago it appeared that volleyball would play a major role in shaping Boeshart’s future. She was a standout player in middle school and high school. As a senior she was named to the All-District and All-Knox Morrow Athletic Conference first teams.
During her high school career she recorded 1,000 “kills,” spiking the ball over the net in an offensive attack that could not be returned by the opposing team and scoring a point or side out for the Freddies.
Colleges noticed. Boeshart received athletic scholarship offers from the University of Findlay, Ashland University and Mount Vernon Nazarene University. She was on the verge of considering a major course of study and deciding which school to choose.
That’s when fate stepped in. Just weeks after graduation, her father Trent, owner of Boeshart Home Repair and Remodeling, was seriously injured in a construction accident while building Boeshart’s sister’s house, which led to eye, sinus and brain surgery.
“Mom took dad to the hospital, which saved his life,” Boeshart said. “The surgeons warned us of the high risks involved in a surgery that probably would last most of the day.”
Days later, Trent went home.
“I decided to forget college and stay home to help mom take care of dad,” Boeshart recalled. “Dad’s recovery was slow but he was able to walk my sister Kelsey down the aisle in November 2022. He has since returned to work.”
While helping to care for her father Boeshart began working at Park National Bank in Fredericktown. She spent three years there before being named assistant treasurer at the Knox Educational Service Center in May.
The ESC operates the Knox Learning Center, a K-12 alternative school in Mount Vernon, and preschools in Mount Vernon, Centerburg, East Knox and Fredericktown. The office also vets and hires nearly 200 classroom aides who work in districts throughout the county. In her role as assistant treasurer, Boeshart is responsible for accounts payable, payroll assistance and employee attendance records.
“Lindsey is a proficient, hard worker whose work is accurate. And she has such a bright, bubbly spirit,” said ESC Treasurer Melissa Carpenter.
Regarding her work at the bank and now at the ESC, Boeshart jokes that “there must be a math gene in our family.” Her family of educators includes grandmother Paula Boeshart, who was a math teacher. Her father, an uncle and an aunt were teachers. Aunt Jeannette McCann is principal of Danville Junior-Senior High School and grandfather Ken Boeshart, former Danville Local Schools superintendent, is president of the ESC board.
Boeshart’s role at the bank included daily contact with the public. As in all businesses, most customers were pleasant, a few others not so much.
“I believe in being nice to everyone. You never know what’s going on in their lives,” she said.
Boeshart still plays recreational volleyball. And she enjoys walks with Opal, her miniature golden doodle.
“You never know where life will take you,” she said. “I don’t regret my decision not to go to college. Everything happens for a reason. I am completely comfortable where I am.”
Boeshart’s philosophy is reflected in the words on a small plaque on her desk: “I still remember the days I prayed for the things I have now.”