Joanna Aubel Johnson

Joanna Aubel Johnson

Joanna Aubel Johnson, 78, Hays, died Friday, Nov. 28, 2014 at Via Christi St. Francis Hospital in Wichita. 
She was born March 3, 1936 in Uniontown, Kan., 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 Sept. 26, 2008. She married Toby Johnson on Aug. 7, 2010 in Colorado Springs, Colo. 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, Okla., a step son James Aubel and wife Mara of Lawrence, Kan., two brothers, Donald Typer of Hesston, Kan., and James Typer and wife Leigh of Oklahoma City, two granddaughters, Leah Fiore and husband Andrew of Prescott, Ariz., 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 were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014 at the First Presbyterian Church, 2900 Hall Street in Hays. Private family inurnment was in the Mt. Allen Cemetery, Hays. Visitation was Tuesday, Dec. 2, at the Hays Memorial Chapel Funeral Home, 1906 Pine Street, and on Wednesday, Dec. 3, at the church. A recitation of the rosary was at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 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.