Vernamae Adee Johnson

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Vernamae Adee Johnson, 82, Aurora, Illinois, died Sunday, June 30th, after a faithful life bringing joy and love to all she met. Her life, as well as her death, is a witness to the grace and goodness of a loving God. Well done, good and faithful servant.

A native of Haddam, Kansas, she attended North Park University in Chicago earning a Bachelor of Arts in Economics. Her career in real estate began in 1976 at Century Realty and continued until she moved to Chicago in 2014. Over many successful years she earned several awards for her work. She was a longtime member of the Evangelical Covenant Church, serving in several roles in the church. Vernamae was most recently a member of First Plymouth Congregational Church.

Her passion was caring for her family and friends. She will be dearly missed by all the people she loved so well.

Survivors: daughter and family, Thais and Kray Kibler, Joshua, Rebekah (Eli) and Rachel, Batavia, IL.; son and family, Aaron and Lenore Johnson, Elijah, Chicago; brother and family Richard and Alice Adee, Bruce, South Dakota; the Lincoln family, many nieces, nephews, and friends. Awaiting Vernamae’s homecoming: beloved husband, Barton; parents, Vernon and Mae Adee; siblings, Stanley, Robert, and Donna; beloved friends, Hildegard Patterson, Phil Johnson, and Ken and Karen Stanley.

Celebration of Life will be held Friday, July 12th at 10am at First Plymouth Congregational Church in Lincoln. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts can be sent to the American Cancer Society in honor of Vernamae Johnson.

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July12

Celebration of Life

10:00 am CST

First Plymouth Congregational Church

2000 D St. Lincoln, NE 68502

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July 6, 2024

I remember spending the 4th of July at her house in Lincoln. She was such a good sport about millions of smoke bombs going off!! Also as we grew, she put up w us riding down her beautiful staircase either on our bottoms or on a mattress w our cousins. I long heard the story that when she met my dad for the first time she kicked him in the shin and said “how’s that for kicks?” and then ran away laughing. Making a lifelong impression of a woman who loved FUN! She made herself family in a family of Johnson boys. I remember always feeling welcome around her. She had a gift for making you feel at once known and new and interesting. She had a beautiful interest in others and posture towards people that made her easy to be around. She was a strong woman with a huge laugh that made everyone laugh with her. She loved, she endured, she survived, she lived, she sought her God and she was herself and comfortable in her skin even when the journey was hard. All gifts. She was a rare combo of beautiful qualities that will each be missed by those who knew and loved her, each and every day. Aunt Vernamae, while we will miss you here, I’m so glad you are reunited w your great love, Uncle Bart, and all the family gone before. Please give my dad a loving kick in the shin for me and keep him laughing. You will be missed.