North Central Bancshares (FFFD) 10-K 2011 FY Annual report

Exhibit 32.2     Section 1350 Certification

CERTIFICATE PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of North Central Bancshares, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the year ending December 31, 2011, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Jane M. Funk, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as adopted pursuant to §906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m(a) or 78o(d)); and

2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company as of the dates and for the periods covered by the Report.

March 9, 2012                                                                             /s/ Jane M. Funk

Jane M. Funk

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

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