because there are plenty of beds, but nothing is like your bed and your sheets at home.” While working in Phoenix, Good Wrench Auto Body offered Lecher a job. “The first thing I did was call my dad,” Lecher said. “My dad has always been protective and didn’t even want me to move to Omaha because that is a ‘big, bad, city, but he told me to do it. And so I did.” Good Wrench Auto Body taught Lecher how to weld and do body work. She said that everything she has learned about auto body work has always been hands-on. “That is the best way to do it is just on the job training,” Lecher said. “Though, part of me would have loved to have gone to school for it, the other part of me knows that I never could have realistically taken off the time to do it.” Lecher said that every car is like a puzzle to her, making her job the best job ever. “Mentally I’m a puzzler,” Lecher said. “I love puzzles. So when I am taking a car apart and putting it back together there is just that satisfaction there.” Lecher said she also gets satisfaction from the customer’s faces when they see their vehicle in good condition again. “When you take a vehicle that is broken - that somebody has invested money and feelings in - and you give it back to them shiny, washed and detailed, I wouldn’t trade the feeling for the world,” she said. “That look that those people get on their face when they see their ‘baby’ who has been hurt, and who is now all better is priceless.” It wasn’t until a big hailstorm hit Yankton three years ago that Lecher moved to the Midwest. “I fixed a bunch of the cars and just never left,” she said. “I like small towns. It’s nice to be in a place where someone might pick you up if you fell. It wasn’t like that in Phoenix.” It was in Yankton that Lecher met Cy Hohnbach and Wayne Buss, co-owners of Yankton Auto Body. “We met at a shop and ended up going out on our own in our own shop,” Lecher said. “It is the best thing that has ever happened in my career.” Lecher and the other co-owners are able to provide services such as glass replacement, paint and refinishing, fiberglass repair and many other kinds of bodywork. It was also in Yankton that she met her husband Karll Lecher. “He moved here from Phoenix six months after I did and we had never met,” Lecher laughed. “It’s the strangest thing. It was like he was stalking me and he didn’t even know it.” When Lecher’s now husband first heard that she did auto body work he thought it was awesome. “He is not a car buff,” Lecher said. “I have fixed probably seven different things on his vehicle since we have been together. So he thinks that I’m the coolest thing that has ever happened to him. He has got all of his car help right at home.” The Lechers had a son Gage Lecher just three month ago. “I was here the same day I had him,” Lecher said smiling. “Who’d have thought I would be a mom? But I love it.” Those who come into Yankton Auto Body on a Friday, may get to catch a glimpse of the little grease monkey. “Karll watches him over the week and works weekends so I bring him in,” Lecher laughed. “Why not? He is such a good baby.” Though being a part owner of an auto body shop and a mommy is a hard job, Lecher said she wouldn’t trade it for the world. Lecher said that ten years ago, she would have never seen herself being what she is today. “This is all because a friend reached out to help me,” she said. “If you are unhappy, take any opportunity that you can get. Because you never know what it may lead to.” --For more information about Yankton Auto Body go to facebook.com/yanktonautobody. Follow Jordynne Hart on Twitter at twitter.com/hartjordynne. Discuss this story at yankton.net. vBy Jordynne Hart WE CAN TEACH YOU HOW TO ROLL OVER. YOUR 401(k), THAT IS. You’ve moved on to a new job. Your retirement assets should, too. Consolidating those funds into an IRA can help you simplify your inancial life and build a solid foundation for retirement. Plus, you’ll be able to choose from a broader range of investment options, giving you greater control over your inancial future. LIFE WELL PLANNED. Kathy Greeneway Certiied Financial PlannerTM 225 Cedar Street, Yankton (605)665-4940 First Dakota Brokerage Services, Inc. A subsidiary of First Dakota National Bank. Securities offered through Raymond James Financial Services, Inc. Member FINRA/SIPC an independent broker/dealer. Securities are offered through Raymond James Financial Services, Inc., member FINRA/SIPC, and are not deposits; not insured by FDIC or any other governmental agency; not guaranteed by the inancial institution; subject to risk & may lose value. First Dakota National Bank and First Dakota Brokerage Services are independent of RJFS. HERVOICE MARCH/APRIL 2015v7