Twyla Johnson

Twyla Johnson, 78, of Creston died Jan. 14, 2015, at Mercy Hospice in Johnston.

Celebration of life services will be 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 17, at Powers Funeral Home, junction of highways 34 and 25. The Rev. Jim Morris will officiate. Burial will be in Atlantic Cemetery at approximately 3 p.m. Open visitation will be 2 to 7 p.m. Friday with family present 5 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorials may be given to the Twyla Johnson Memorial, P.O. Box 431, Creston, IA 50801. Online condolences may be left at www.powersfh.com.

Twyla Rae (Wohlhutter) Johnson, daughter of Velma (Bristol) and Leonard Arthur Wohlhutter, was born Sept. 4, 1936, in Corley.

Twyla graduated from Harlan High School in 1955 and went on to Commercial Extension Business School in Omaha, Neb. In Omaha, she worked at Mutual of Omaha in health and accidental accounting for 2 1/2 years, before moving to Atlantic.

On Jan. 25, 1963, Twyla married Duane Edward Johnson in Atlantic at the Methodist Church.

In Atlantic, she worked at Walnut Grove Federal Company in accounting from 1958 to 1964. She moved to Creston in 1972 and worked as a homemaker. She later worked at M&M Motors as the acounting bookkeeper from November 1975 to 1995, retiring because of health problems.

Twyla was a member at the United Methodist Church in Creston, and was formerly involved in two bridge clubs.

Twyla is survived by her husband Duane of Creston; sons, Joel (wife Mary) Johnson of Lee Summit, Mo., and Martin and Mark Johnson, both of Des Moines; sisters, Janelle Mein of Johnston and Sharon Hartvigsen of Harlan; three grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Twyla was preceded in death by her parents.