Neola Johnston Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Funeral services for Neola M. Johnston, 92, will be held at 2 p.m., Wednesday, April 1, 2015 at Bethel Baptist Church with Pastor Daniel Russell officiating. Burial will follow in the Valley View Cemetery. Neola died March 26, 2015 at the Goshen Care Center. Memorials may be made to the family for a memorial to be determined later. Visitation will be Tuesday from 3 to 5pm at the funeral home and the casket will be open prior to services at the church. Arrangements are under the direction of the Colyer Funeral Home and friends may send condolences to the family at www.colyerfuneralhome.com. Neola was born May 25, 1922 in Melbourne, the daughter of Allen and Carrie (Hutchins) Clarke. The family moved to Blair, where she attended school through the tenth grade. The family then moved to Henry and she attended school at and graduated from Torrington High School in 1940. She married John "Jack" Johnston on Dec. 23, 1940 in Clarinda, Iowa. They lived in Torrington, Wyo., until 1945 when they moved to a home on the west highway. Jack died on Oct. 25, 1972. After his death Neola worked for the Green Thumb Program and the Senior Companion Program. Neola was a member of the Baptist Church, a fifty year member of the VFW Auxiliary, a member of the American Legion Auxiliary, the Rebecca Lodge, and was an avid Rockies fan. Neola is survived by two sons Tom Johnston of Mooresville, North Carolina and Floyd Johnston of Afton, Okla.; three daughters Alice Whitmore of Cheyenne, Wyo., Linda Heil of Torrington, Wyo., and Shirley Stangle of Gordon; twenty-one grandchildren; thirty-two great grandchildren; and seven great-great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; three daughters Georgia Heil, Sarah Hester, and Margaret Davis; four grandchildren; one great grandchild; and six brothers Joel, Floyd, Delbert, Dale, Harold and Eldon.

Neola Johnston

May 25, 1922 - March 26, 2015