{"id":968,"date":"2012-08-20T03:24:15","date_gmt":"2012-08-20T09:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/?post_type=case&#038;p=968"},"modified":"2012-08-20T03:24:15","modified_gmt":"2012-08-20T09:24:15","slug":"donna-kathleen-porter","status":"publish","type":"case","link":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/obituaries\/donna-kathleen-porter\/","title":{"rendered":"Donna Kathleen Porter"},"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","class_list":{"0":"post-968","1":"case","2":"type-case","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"acf":[],"fields":{"event_title1":"","event_date1":"","start_time1":"","end_time1":"","location1":"","address1":"","city1":"","state1":"","zipcode1":"","event_title2":"","event_date2":"","start_time2":"","end_time2":"","location2":"","address2":"","city2":"","state2":"","zipcode2":"","event_title3":"","event_date3":"","start_time3":"","end_time3":"","location3":"","address3":"","city3":"","state3":"","zipcode3":"","event_title4":"","event_date4":"","start_time4":"","end_time4":"","location4":"","address4":"","city4":"","state4":"","zipcode4":"","service_status":"public","first_name":"Donna","middle_name":"Kathleen","last_name":"Porter","date_born":"1\/7\/1940","date_died":"10\/27\/2011","age":"","city":"","state":"","full_obituary_text":"<p>Donna Kathleen Porter, 71 of Helena passed away on October 27th, 2011 after a courageous battle with lung cancer. Donna was born in Helena, Montana on January 7th, 1940, to William Dickgraber and Rita Teets Dickgraber. <\/p>\n<p>Donna attended Helena area schools and received her undergraduate degree from Carroll College and later earned a Master\u2019s degree in Communications with an emphasis in Theology from the University of Denver. Donna had a productive and influential career in which she was able to teach and provide for the community. She worked for the Dioceses of Helena and was one of the founders of Career Training Institute (CTI). <\/p>\n<p>Donna was a loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister and friend. She is survived by her husband Perry Fisher and their adopted grandchildren, Tori, Kyle and Jeremiah Fisher; her children by Glenn A. Porter: Jeff Porter, Theresa (Andy) Aye, Michelle (Chris) Griffin and Paul (Janet) Porter; her grandchildren Kerry Ann, Thomas, Rochelle, Tara, Kaiden and Korissa (Jeff), Cooper, Spencer and Waverly (Theresa), Levi and Andrameda (Michelle), Jaden and Sawyere (Paul); her great grandchild Elaina (Rochelle); and her siblings Bill (Elcye) Dickgraber, Wayne Dykgreve, Diana Olsen and Ron (Shannon) Dykgreve. <\/p>\n<p>Donna enjoyed having many outdoor adventures including hiking, camping, boating, and rock hounding. She was able to travel abroad to Egypt and Ireland and fulfill a life-long dream. She loved her circle of friends where she was able to experience a deeper sense of spirituality. She will be forever loved and missed. God bless you Donna! <\/p>\n<p>The family will begin receiving friends at 1:00 p.m. Saturday November 5th with funeral services celebrating Donna\u2019s life to be held at 3:00 p.m. at Retz Funeral Home Chapel. A reception will be held at Jorgenson\u2019s Restaurant immediately following the service. (Due to construction at Anderson Stevenson Wilke chapel, the funeral service will be held at Retz Funeral Home). Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting: www.aswfuneralhome.com <\/p>\n<p>Please sign the guestbook and let the family know you stopped by!<\/p>\n","photo":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/500496_profile_pic.jpg","youtube_video_url":"","family_email":"","family_first_name":"","family_last_name":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case\/968","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=968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}