In remembrance of our dear friend, Lindsey Engle

The entire Ruckart Real Estate family, past and present, is deeply saddened by the passing of our dear friend, Lindsey Engle. If you knew Lindsey, then you also knew her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. They were inseparable. Guided by His Word, she faithfully followed His path. Lindsey was a conduit for His light and love in this world, and we find comfort in our faith that she will be celebrating for eternity alongside her Creator in Heaven.

The void with which we are left is truly immeasurable.

How is it that Lindsey, someone who was in such great demand at home and throughout her communities, could be taken from us so suddenly and unexpectedly? The hows and whys race through our minds like the ticker scrolling across Times Square. It’s the kind of news that hits like an explosion and leaves us trapped beneath the rubble.

Painful as it may be, we know that in her passing, the last thing Lindsey would want is for us to doubt our faith on her account. She would encourage us to pray, to bring our pain and our questions to the altar, and to nail them to the Cross. Lindsey believed with unwavering conviction that Jesus Christ is the only way, and her hope for each of us would be to know that truth as well.

Lindsey was a once-in-a-lifetime talent. A multidimensional force for good in our crazy world of real estate sales.

If you’ve bought or sold a home with us in the past six years, you’ve experienced a standard of care that Lindsey helped create and perfect. While she knew homeownership to be a smart investment, it was much more meaningful to her than that.

It’s where you bring your babies home, raise a family, and build a life.

Aside from her faith, nothing compared to her desire to be present—to be where her feet were, especially when she was home with Cody and their babies.

Because she believed so deeply in what a home could mean for a family, Lindsey somehow managed to make the otherwise stressful process of buying one enjoyable and memorable.

Then the pandemic hit, and real estate, like so many things, changed overnight. Demand skyrocketed, and Lindsey’s unique brand of customer care became an invaluable asset. As the market surged, so did the demands on her time.

By the end of the pandemic, she bet on herself and launched her own management company to better serve the agents she loved. Then she recruited and trained a special group of ladies in her craft.

The lessons she taught and the care she modeled will continue to ripple outward through their work for years to come.

At a lunch meeting not long after the birth of her third child, Lindsey said that she was going to step away from the business to focus on being a more present wife and momma! She wasn’t going to settle for the ever-present distractions and interruptions inherent to the gig. Being fully engaged was her aim. She had her priorities in line, and while she loved her work and the people that went along with it, she felt called to make a change.

The sounds of the kids playing brought her hope for the future and joy for the present. When talking with her during those times at home, you could literally hear the smile on her face and the joy in her heart.

Losing Lindsey, an irreplaceable member of the team, was tough. Even so, we knew that focusing on home was the right call for her, and we celebrated that decision together.

Funny enough, that meeting was called to gauge her interest in hiring a bunch of mini Lindseys to handle more of our client-facing work! Ironic as it was, any effort to get her to engage further would have been an exercise in futility and would have ended with one of the rare scoldings she would give us when we were off base. In truth, we usually deserved it! We’re grateful she decided to take that time to be home. In hindsight, it feels like divine intervention.

In the winter of 2019, when Lindsey first interviewed with us, we knew within minutes she would change us and the way we did business forever. She was a brand-new momma (as she would say), and her husband, Cody, and newborn son waited in the multipurpose room during the interview.

She wasted no time asking deep questions to understand exactly who she would be in business with.

Lindsey wanted a collaborative family vibe, a culture of respect and kindness built on a foundation of faith and service.

While she was specific in expressing her needs in the workplace, she was equally forthcoming in what she could not be involved with. She didn’t just want to know why we were successful. She needed to know our hearts.

By the time our marathon interviews had concluded, Lindsey knew us almost as well as we knew ourselves.

She had an uncanny ability to read people. She identified the gaps that were holding us back from becoming great and knew how she would position herself to fill those gaps and push us toward becoming the best versions of ourselves. She knew we weren’t perfect, and we all knew that by adding her to the crew, we were a better company overnight.

It was like adding a Michael Jordan to the Bulls in ’84.

She interviewed us!

What the heck!

Who does that?

Lindsey Engle did that.

Nevertheless, she was our girl and always will be.

Everything Lindsey set her mind to was done with excellence.

When she assumed her role as a transaction coordinator, she revolutionized the position by weaving her special attention to detail and love into every relationship.

Although she served in a supporting role to our agents, reviews on Google and Zillow were often filled with gratitude for Lindsey and all she had done to serve them. Somewhere along the way, she stopped being their transaction coordinator and became their friend.

At client appreciation events, we would step back and watch her move through the room, engaging everyone with her genuine smile and her patented greeting:

“Hey, maaaan! It’s good to see you!”

Followed by an earnest hug.

It was never for show either. She meant it. She really meant it.

She once had us buy a couch for a client who had spent more than a year sleeping on one with her child while saving to buy her home. Lindsey insisted it be the best couch we could find. To her, it was a trophy for her momma friend’s hard-earned victory.

That wasn’t an isolated act of kindness. Loving on people was simply who Lindsey was.

Over a holiday weekend, when no one was around, Lindsey redecorated the admin office on her own dime simply because she wanted the girls to feel special and appreciated. She added a cozy chair, a rug, a floor lamp, and a table.

These are just two small examples among an endless number of thoughtful acts of kindness. It’s who she was and what she did every day of her life. Undoubtedly, those who knew her well will be sharing their own versions, and we look forward to hearing them all.

Lindsey was the best of us.

We’ve often said that all of our employees and agents are part of a special Ruckart tapestry woven together by a shared vision and drive to serve and succeed. Looking back, Lindsey was showing us all along what that really means.

To serve one another.

To lift each other up.

To advocate for those in need.

To be fair and kind.

To display gratitude for the specific little things.

And most of all, to be love and light in the world.

The tapestry was never ours to weave.

We each contribute our own unique color, but the tapestry itself is woven according to God’s instruction.

In His infinite wisdom, He sent Lindsey.

Though Lindsey is no longer with us, her fingerprints remain all over this company—in our work, our service, and the way we care for people.

Lindsey, thank you for your creativity, wisdom, thoughtful feedback, encouragement, and love.

Most importantly, thank you for living your faith in both word and deed.

May you rest peacefully in Heaven in the arms of your Creator.

For a life lived in faithful service to others, we can only imagine the welcome you received upon your arrival.

While we’ll miss you every day, we find comfort in knowing that our time in this life is but a dot on the timeline of eternity, and we have the rest of it to look forward to together.

Service Information:

Visitation

Friday, June 5, 2026

4:00 PM – 8:00 PM

E. Alvin Small Funeral Homes & Crematory

Colonial Heights, VA 23834

Celebration of Life

Saturday, June 6, 2026

10:30 AM

LIFE CO. Church

12501 Life Trail Chester, VA 23831

And as Cody, Conway, Oli and Charlie continue to navigate this loss for months to come, here is a way to donate to their family directly: Engle Go Fund Me