Joanna Aubel Johnson, 78, Hays, died Friday, November 28, 2014 at Via Christi St. Francis Hospital in Wichita.
She was born March 3, 1936 in Uniontown, Kansas the daughter of Clifford and Addie (Swink) Typer. She was a real estate broker and owner of Aubel Realty. On March 29, 1986 she married William “Bill” Aubel in Hays. He died September 26, 2008. She married Toby Johnson on August 7, 2010 in Colorado Springs, CO. She was a member of the Hays Board of Realtors, the Hays Arts Council, the Hays Medical Center Foundation, the Wilson Lake Association, the Smoky Hill Country Club, and was a member of the Difference Makers organization at Fort Hays State University. She loved playing bridge, cooking, reading, traveling, and helping others.
Survivors include her husband, of the home in Hays, a son Joel Mollohan of Hays, a daughter Sue Ross and husband Roger of Edmond, OK, a step son James Aubel and wife Mara of Lawrence, KS, two brothers, Donald Typer of Hesston, KS and James Typer and wife Leigh of Oklahoma City, two granddaughters, Leah Fiore and husband Andrew of Prescott, AZ, and Lacey Sudik and husband Cody of Oklahoma City, and four step granddaughters, Vivian Aubel and Gabriella Aubel of Lawrence, Forrest Aubel of Maryland, and Ashley Aubel of Topeka.
Memorial services will be at 2:00 pm on Wednesday, December 3, 2014 at the First Presbyterian Church, 2900 Hall Street in Hays. Private family inurnment will be in the Mt. Allen Cemetery, Hays.
Visitation will be from 5:00 pm until 7:00 pm on Tuesday at the Hays Memorial Chapel Funeral Home, 1906 Pine Street, and on Wednesday from 1:00 pm until service time at the church. A recitation of the rosary will be at 6:00 pm on Tuesday at the funeral home.
Memorials are suggested in Joanna’s memory to the St. Joseph Food Pantry, in care of the funeral home. Condolences may be left for the family at www.haysmemorial.com.