William John "Bill" Hindman was born 12 December 1945 at Syracuse Memorial Hospital, Syracuse, New York, son of Boyden William Hindman and Barbara Frances Rice. He died on 10 August 2025 in Fountain Hills, Maricopa County, Arizona. Married three times: to Janice Barnes (mother of Brant Hindman), then to Pam Mathis (mother of Jason and Shawna Hindman), then to Kathy. No funeral or obituary was arranged at the time of his death per family wishes.
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William John Hindman
also: Bill Hindman · William J. Hindman
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Bill Hindman, 1945 Syracuse to 2025 Fountain Hills
1945 to 2025
William John 'Bill' Hindman was born 12 December 1945 at Syracuse Memorial Hospital, Onondaga County, NY. His father Boyden William was a Precision Casting Co. engineer; his mother Barbara F Rice traced back through 12 generations of the Rice line to Edmund Rice, Sudbury 1638. Middle of three siblings: Bob (1940 Connecticut), Bill (1945 Syracuse), Brenda. Bill grew up, lived a life, raised his own family, and ended his days in Fountain Hills, Arizona. He died in 2025. Brant Hindman, his son, is the spearhead of this memorial site, the documented endpoint of the line that runs from a Reverend John Hindman in Ireland around 1720, through Pennsylvania, Illinois, Connecticut, New York, and Arizona, and from Edmund Rice in Sudbury in 1638, through Massachusetts, Pittsfield, Manhattan, Virginia, Oak Park, and the same Arizona endpoint. This site was started in June 2026 to hold all of it in one place.
Source: Brant Hindman spearhead attestations during the 2026-06-04 site-build session
Documents and artifacts
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Certificate of Birth, William John Hindman, Syracuse, NY
Current location: Brant Hindman's family papers