Joyce Hindman

Joyce Hindman, age 59, of Carroll, Iowa, died Friday, January 29, 2010, at her residence of an apparent heart condition. Mass of the Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 A.M., Tuesday, February 2, 2010, at St. Anthony Catholic Church in Knoxville, Iowa. The Celebrant will be Father Steve Ebel. The casket will be taken to the church at 9 A.M. Tuesday to lie in state until the time of the funeral mass. Lector will be Ron Plum. Gift Bearers will be nieces, Sarah Zovistoski, Kellie Staiert, Kristen Staiert, and Kate Staiert. Casket Bearers will be Mike Staiert, Michael Zovistoski, Keith Lawyer, Steve Wieland, Pat Wieland, and Reggy Rohrbeck. Burial will be at Graceland Cemetery in Knoxville. Friends may call at the Sharp Funeral Home in Carroll after 4 P.M. Sunday. There will be a Christian wake service at 6 P.M. Sunday by Holy Spirit Parish. Miss Hindman will be taken to the Williams Funeral Home, 702 E. Robinson St., Knoxville, Iowa, where friends may call beginning at 5 P.M. Monday with a rosary being prayed at 7 P.M. Monday. Joyce Hindman was born on October 1, 1950, at Oskaloosa, Iowa, the daughter of James and Mary (Beary) Hindman. She spent her younger years in the Pleasantville, Iowa, community and graduated from Pleasantville High School in 1968. She then attended Simpson College in Indianola and graduated in 1972 with a degree in Education. In the fall of 1972 she began her career as an elementary teacher for the Carroll Community Schools in Carroll. She was a member of Holy Spirit Parish in Carroll and a member of the Iowa State Education Association. Joyce enjoyed her family, teaching, spending time at Black Hawk Lake, high school athletics, and Iowa Hawkeye athletics. Survivors include her mother, Mary Hindman of Pleasantville; her sisters, Harriett Hindman of Phoenix, Arizona, Margaret Hindman of Pleasantville, and Jeanne Staiert and her husband Dave of Carroll; a special friend, Tom “Tank” Wieland of Carroll; a nephew, Mike Staiert of West Des Moines; and nieces, Sarah Zovistoski and her husband Michael of Mundelein, Illinois, Kellie Staiert of Chicago, Illinois, Kristen Staiert of Council Bluffs, and Kate Staiert of Storm Lake. She was preceded in death by her father, James Hindman.

Joyce Hindman

October 1, 1950 - January 29, 2010