Anna was born on May 28th, 1987 in Wichita, Kansas. She was adopted the same day by Ruth and Leslie Hindman. Anna attended schools in Salina, Kansas. She was a happy child and liked to play with the children in Ruth's Home Day Care. She was a good student and loved to read. She also liked to sing and draw pictures of animals (especially dogs). She had dogs and a guinea pig at home as pets. She also attended dancing school and liked to play the piano. Collecting Beanie Babies and traveling with Mom and Dad were hobbies of hers.
As school progressed, she had problems with her vision and growth. She was tested by a variety of medical doctors. It was determined she had Retinitis Pigmentosa which would lead to blindness. She would also have Kearns-Sayre Syndrome and experience muscle weakness, deafness, kidney problems, cardiac problems, short stature and dementia.
Anna continued school at the Kansas School for the Blind in Kansas City. She learned to manage her handicap by learning Braille and how to get around with a walking cane. She graduated high school in 2005. She went to the KSDS Assistance Dog program to learn how to manage her service dog, Kovu.
Anna returned to Salina to attend classes at K-State Salina and Kansas Wesleyan University and received her Bachelor’s Degree in 2010. As her disease progressed, she worked with her dad who had a computer business in the home. She spent the rest of her time at home until her health declined. Anna's father passed away in 2017. She lived at home with her mom until entering Smokey Hill in September 2024.
Survivors include her mother, Ruth Hindman; aunts and uncles, Rebecca Behrends (Bill), Dale Janzen (Della), Steve Janzen (Toni), Ed Hindman (Cindy), and Debbie Hindman-Zook.
She is also survived by many cousins and friends.
Anna is preceded in death by her father, Les Hindman; brother, Paul David Hindman; grandparents, Paul and Marian Hindman, Frank and Irma Janzen; and uncle, David Hindman.
In lieu of flowers the family requests donations to Kansas School for the Blind in Kansas City, Kansas. Or to KSDS Assistance Dogs, Inc. in Washington, Kansas.
Cremation has been chosen and a memorial gathering will be held from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM on Saturday, March 15th, 2025 at Carlson-Geisendorf Funeral home in Salina, Kansas.