Background
Clysta Joyce Kinstler was born on September 30, 1931 Iowa, United States, and raised in Nebraska, United States. daughter of Thomas E. and Ethel Loretta (Long) Henry.
Clysta Joyce Kinstler was born on September 30, 1931 Iowa, United States, and raised in Nebraska, United States. daughter of Thomas E. and Ethel Loretta (Long) Henry.
Clysta attended community college and graduated from California State University at Sacramento with a B.A. in art history in 1970 and with a B.A. in philosophy in 1973. She received from the University of California at Davis her M.A. in philosophy in 1976.
Clysta worked at American River College, Sacramento, CA as an instructor in philosophy from 1976 to 1990. She was also a writer.
Clysta married William Henry Michel in 1949, but they divorced in 1964. Thereafter she married John C. Kinstler in 1968. She had seven children from her first marriage.