Johanna Dandro passed away May 6, 2011 with her family at her side.<\/p>\n
She is preceded in death by her husband, Warren \u201cRed\u201d Dandro, her son David Dandro, and her daughter Donna Wenger.<\/p>\n
She went by many names \u2013 Johanna, Jo, Mrs. Dandro, Mom and Granny. All of which she would respond to with her signature smile, chuckle and twinkle in her eyes.<\/p>\n
She was born to Fred and Anne Herold on January 30, 1918 in Little Buffalo Creek near Clancy (delivered by her own father). She saw and experienced many things during her 93 years \u2013 attending a board school in Missoula to allow her to continue her education, surviving the earthquake in 1935, attending classes in railroad boxcars, graduating as valedictorian of Helena High School in 1937. She received a scholarship to a Montana university, something rare and exceptional for a woman during that time. She married her soul mate Warren Dandro. They had five wonderful children: David (Mary Lee) Dandro, Douglas (Andee) Dandro, Delores Lehman, Darlene (Neil) Horne, and Donna Wenger.<\/p>\n
While being the mother to the \u201cDandro kids\u201d she enjoyed feeding the neighbor kids that always managed to show up for dinner. In her spare time, she also baked pies for the RB Drive In and sold encyclopedias. She was especially proud of her daughters\u2019 dance and musical abilities, attending many dance and music recitals over the years. Granny continued to support the family as they grew, attending more motocross races and o-mok-sees than you could count. As her children grew, she added to her many accomplishments by working at the USDA Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service for over twenty years until her retirement.<\/p>\n
Her most prized possessions were her family, which grew to include ten grandchildren \u2013 Dianne (Tom) Biekke, Darla Dandro (Ron Diaz), Doug Dandro, Linda Lehman, Mark (JoLinda) Lehman, Paul (Justine) Lehman, Dean (Diane) Olsen, Angie (Jeff) Petrosky, Lisa Wenger, Lance (Wendy) Wenger and twelve great-grandchildren \u2013 Claire, Michelle, Dani, Sidney, Jayce, Jay, Brad, Maddi, Mandi, Tyler, Katylin, and Ashley. Throughout her life she blessed the lives of many; she was caring, selfless and loving. While her family will miss her dearly we are happy she gets to spend from now until forever with the love of her life.<\/p>\n
The family would like to thank the staff at the Waterford and the St. Peter\u2019s medical floor nurses for taking such wonderful care of Granny. There will be a memorial reception at the Waterford (Forum) on Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 1:30 pm for family and friends.<\/p>\n
To share a condolence or share a memory of Johanna, please visit: www.retzfuneralhome.com.<\/p>\n","photo":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/1153512.jpg","youtube_video_url":"","family_email":"","family_first_name":"","family_last_name":"","event_title5":"","event_date5":"","start_time5":"","end_time5":"","location5":"","address5":"","city5":"","state5":"","zipcode5":"","event_title6":"","event_date":"","start_time6":"","end_time6":"","location6":"","address6":"","city6":"","state6":"","zipcode6":"","event_title7":"","event_date7":"","start_time7":"","end_time7":"","location7":"","address7":"","city7":"","state7":"","zipcode7":"","event_title8":"","event_date8":"","start_time8":"","end_time8":"","location8":"","address8":"","city8":"","state8":"","zipcode8":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case\/23322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/case"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}