Audrey Johnson

1938 - 2025

Audrey Johnson

January 28, 1938 - December 8, 2025

Audrey Jean Toyne Johnson, 88, passed peacefully on December 8th, 2025 at Sienna

Meadows Memory Care in DeForest, WI.

A Visitation will be held at at Henderson-Barker Funeral Home in West Liberty, IA from

11:00 a.m to 1:00 p.m., Friday, December 12th with funeral services immediatley

following. Internement will be at Memorial Park Cemetery, Muscatine.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations to Alzheimer's research would be most

appreciated. You can donate at alz.org or alzfdn.org

Audrey was born in Muscatine, IA on January 28th, 1937 to Arthur and Frances Toyne.

She loved her childhood and has said that, while poor in wealth, they were rich in family.

As a teen, Audrey worked as a waitress at Cole's Drive In in Muscatine and would say

down through the years that waitressing there was the one job she loved most.

After graduation from Muscatine High School, Audrey embarked on her second favorite

past time as a farm wife outside of West Liberty which she enjoyed for 39 years.

Departing for a new, solo adventure she moved back to Muscatine before settling in

Wilton to be a full time caregiver for her parents, which she excelled at. After their

deaths, she moved to Sun Prairie, WI, to be near her oldest daughter, Barbara.

The highlight of her life, her calling, her aspiration, however was motherhood. On a

questionnaire, when asked what her greatest achievement was, she simply replied:

Mother and Grandmother. No vocation came higher for her than the care of others,

whether in was her own children (or others that wandered onto the farm), her

grandchildren or her parents. Her spirit soared when helping others.

Survivors include two daughters; Barbara (Dick) Kaalberg, LeAnn (Rick) Smith, siblings;

Linda (Robert) Claussen, brother Richard (Shirley) Toyne, grandchildren; Kristin

Johnson, Shannen (Cody) Johnson, Andrea (John) Franklin, Joshua (Brittany)

Kaalberg, Lindsay Mills, Alyssa (Devan) Warnstaff, Tiffany (Will) Lacina, Dustin (Jessica)

Smith, Jay Smith and great grandchildren; Dylan and Winry Warnstaff, Amber Corrick,

Trey Slater, Kaylee, Cruz, & Ryker Lacina, John, Calib, and Halie Lilly and great-great

grandchildren; Addilyn Kruger, Everett Corrick, Emberlyn Lacina and Nova Rose

Stanley.

Audrey was preceded in death by her parents, two siblings, Shirley Windus and Kenny

Toyne, her granddaughter, Lindsey Smith and her beloved son, David Johnson.

Henderson-Barker Funeral Home

205 E. Third St.

West Liberty, Iowa 52776

319-627-2151