Phyllis Pond

{{short description|American politician}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Phyllis Pond

|image =

|state_house1 = Indiana

|state1 = Indiana

|district1 = 85th

|term_start1 = November 4, 1992

|term_end1 = September 22, 2013

|predecessor1 = Constituency established{{Cite web|url=http://www.capitolandwashington.com/offices/all-offices/185/|title=List of All Offices and Office Holders|date=5 March 2015}}

|successor1 = Casey Cox

|state_house2 = Indiana

|state2 = Indiana

|district2 = 20th

|term_start2 = November 3, 1982

|term_end2 = November 4, 1992

|predecessor2 = Jim Jontz{{Cite web|url=http://www.capitolandwashington.com/offices/all-offices/120/|title=List of All Offices and Office Holders|date=5 March 2015}}

|successor2 = Mary Kay McMahon Budak

|state_house3 =Indiana

|state3 =Indiana

|district3 =15th

|term_start3 = November 8, 1978

|term_end3 = November 3, 1982

|preceded3 = Arthur Chester Hayes{{Cite web|url=http://www.capitolandwashington.com/offices/all-offices/115/|title=List of All Offices and Office Holders|date=5 March 2015}}

|succeeded3 = Esther Lillian Harper Fifield

|birth_date = October 25, 1930

|birth_place =

|death_date = {{Death date and age|2013|09|22|1930|10|25}}

|death_place =

|party = Republican

|spouse = {{marriage|George Walter Pond|1951|2022|reason=died}}{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/fortwayne/name/george-pond-obituary?id=36117364|title=George Walter Pond|publisher=legacy.com|access-date=September 27, 2024}}

|children = 3

|alma_mater = Ball State University
Indiana State University

|religion =

}}

Phyllis Joan Ruble Pond (October 25, 1930 – September 22, 2013) was an American educator and politician.

Born in Warren, Indiana, Pond grew up on a farm near there and graduated from Warren High School; she then received her degrees in education from Ball State University and Indiana State University. Pond then taught school in different places and then in New Haven, Indiana, where she lived. Pond served in the Indiana House of Representatives as a Republican from 1978 until her death in 2013. Pond died in New Haven, Indiana just before her retirement from the Indiana House of Representatives took effect.[http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/indystar/obituary.aspx?pid=167143860 Phyllis Pond-obituary][http://www.wthr.com/story/23500559/former-rep-phyllis-pond-dies-at-age-82 Rep. Phyllis Pond dies at age 82][http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20130927/LOCAL/130929456 Rep. Phyllis Pond remembered as servant teacher]