Barbara Afton Johansen, 89, Montesano resident and former bank manager at First Interstate Bank, passed away on Oct. 5, 2018, at Grays Harbor Community Hospital in Aberdeen, Wash.

Barbara was born on Nov. 15, 1928, in Corvallis, Ore., to Robert and Afton (Sharp) Hubbard.

Barbara married Ralph Johansen on June 9, 1948. He passed away on Sept. 6, 1998.

They moved to Montesano and then to Wynooche Valley in 1975.

Barbara went to school to learn banking. She became a loan officer in Montesano, transferred to Hoquiam as the loan officer and then later assistant manager. She would later transfer back to Montesano and became the branch manager.

Barbara was very talented with knitting, crocheting, quilting and loved flowers and gardening. Rhododendrons were her favorite.

Barbara is survived by a son, Robert Johansen of Montesano and a daughter, Marie Hampton of Petersburg, Alaska; sisters: Jean Wetherford of Sacramento, Calif., Lee Trudell of Gilchrest, Ore. and Joyce Buell of Bremerton, Wash.; a brother Gordon Hubbard in Seattle, Wash.; three grandchildren: Kim Downey of Madison Miss., Todd Hampton of Petersburg, Alaska and Jay Horner of Fishers, Ind.; four great-grandchildren: Bailey Downey of Madison, Miss., Ryley Downey with the U.S. Marine Corps, Shylo Horner and Hazel Horner both of Fishers, Ind.; numerous nieces, nephews and their families too.

There will be a time of visitation and viewing for Barbara on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018, from 9 a.m. – Noon at Fern Hill Funeral Home in Aberdeen. Burial will take place at Wynooche Cemetery at 2 p.m.

A message of condolence or of a memory can be sent to the family at www.fernhillfuneral.com.

Arrangements are entrusted to Twibell’s Fern Hill Funeral Home in Aberdeen, Wash.