{{Short description|American politician (1932–2019)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder |name =Joan Hester |image = |image_size=180px |state_house=Iowa | district = 82nd |term_start = January 11, 1993 |term_end =January 8, 1995 |predecessor = Dorothy Carpenter |successor = Donna Barry |state_house2=Iowa | district2 = 98th |term_start2=January 14, 1985 |term_end2= January 10, 1993 |predecessor2= Laverne Schroeder |successor2= Philip Wise |birth_name= |birth_date = {{Birth date|1932|11|20}} |birth_place = Persia, Iowa, United States |death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|11|19|1932|11|20}} |death_place = Honey Creek, Pottawattamie County, Iowa |party = Republican |occupation=homemaker |spouse =Jack W. Hester |children = six |relations= |alma_mater= }} '''Joan L. Hester''' (née '''Goshorn'''; November 20, 1932 – November 19, 2019) was an American politician in the state of Iowa. Hester was born in Persia, Iowa. She was married to Jack W. Hester, who served in the Iowa State Senate. A Republican, she served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1985 to 1995 (98th district from 1985 to 1993 and 82nd district from 1993 to 1995).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator/legislatorAllYears?personID=1211|title=State Representative|author=Iowa Legislative Services Agency|publisher=|accessdate=16 October 2015}}</ref>
She died on November 19, 2019, in Honey Creek, Pottawattamie County, Iowa at age 86.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nonpareilonline.com/obituaries/former-state-rep-hester-remembered-for-family-involvement-service-to-state/article_63f2eeb2-bd09-55e7-a56f-627ffc08a233.html |title=Former state Rep. Hester remembered for family involvement, service to state |publisher=Nonpareilonline.com |date=2019-11-23 |accessdate=2020-01-11}}</ref>
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