Amy Gamble Lannan, described as “one of the last grande dames of Hilo,” died June 13 at home of natural causes. She was 95.
She was born Sept. 3, 1916, in McKeesport, a daughter of the late Dr. Guy Paden Gamble and Lucile Richey Gamble. Amy often spoke fondly of her memories of growing up and flying with her close in age aunt, Helen Richey, McKeesport's famed aviatrix. She and her late husband, Louis E. Lannan Jr., moved to Elizabeth Township in the mid-1940s and established the Fallen Timber Farm, raising registered Black Angus cattle. Amy was an active member in many associations. She was a former member of Mt. Vernon Community Presbyterian Church, active with the Girl Scouts of America and served a term on the Elizabeth Township school board. In 1975, she donated four acres of ground to help establish the Fallen Timber Shelter operated by the Western Pennsylvania Humane Society.
Amy moved to Hilo in the early 1970s where she co-founded the Tasha Ohana Animal Sanctuary in Hilo and operated Lannan’s Lihi Kai B & B on Hilo Bay . She was also an active volunteer for numerous organizations, including the American Cancer Society and the American Heart Association.
“She was a really outgoing woman,” said Lannan’s daughter, Laurie, who continues to run the animal sanctuary. “She became very active with the Humane Society here".
"She met Kapua Heuer (a descendant of the Wall ranching family of Kona and a relative of famed paniolo Ikua Purdy) and Tommy Lindsey, who was, at the time, manager of the Shipman Ranch in Keaau.”
Laurie Lannan said that her mother “moved here at Christmastime and fell in love” with the Big Island. She quickly befriended many of Hilo’s elite, including the Shipmans, Blackshears and Mebanes. She was a lifetime member of the Hilo Yacht Club became close friends with its then-manager, Yoshiko “Charlie” Nakaoka, who died in 1997 at age 80.
“They called her and Charlie ‘the two old ladies,’” Lannan said and laughed.
Lannan said her mother started the bed-and-breakfast on Kahoa Street in Paukaa in the 1980s and ran it “until a year or two ago.”
“She had heart surgery about four years ago and came through that just fine,” she said.
In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by her eldest son, Louis E. Lannan III; and her youngest daughter, Lisa Lannan. She is survived by daughters, Lucile (Michael) Rosin, of San Francisco, Calif., and Laurie Lannan, of Hilo; son, Lance Patrick (Jackie) Lannan, of Alberta, Canada; brother, Guy Paden Gamble, of Ross Mountain; six grandchildren, four stepgrandchildren, two great-grandchildren and one stepgreat-grandchild; nieces and nephews. Private services were held both in Hilo and Elizabeth Township
Memorial donations may be made to the Tasha Ohana Animal Sanctuary, 374 Alaloa Road, Hilo, HI 96720.
She was born Sept. 3, 1916, in McKeesport, a daughter of the late Dr. Guy Paden Gamble and Lucile Richey Gamble. Amy often spoke fondly of her memories of growing up and flying with her close in age aunt, Helen Richey, McKeesport's famed aviatrix. She and her late husband, Louis E. Lannan Jr., moved to Elizabeth Township in the mid-1940s and established the Fallen Timber Farm, raising registered Black Angus cattle. Amy was an active member in many associations. She was a former member of Mt. Vernon Community Presbyterian Church, active with the Girl Scouts of America and served a term on the Elizabeth Township school board. In 1975, she donated four acres of ground to help establish the Fallen Timber Shelter operated by the Western Pennsylvania Humane Society.
Amy moved to Hilo in the early 1970s where she co-founded the Tasha Ohana Animal Sanctuary in Hilo and operated Lannan’s Lihi Kai B & B on Hilo Bay . She was also an active volunteer for numerous organizations, including the American Cancer Society and the American Heart Association.
“She was a really outgoing woman,” said Lannan’s daughter, Laurie, who continues to run the animal sanctuary. “She became very active with the Humane Society here".
"She met Kapua Heuer (a descendant of the Wall ranching family of Kona and a relative of famed paniolo Ikua Purdy) and Tommy Lindsey, who was, at the time, manager of the Shipman Ranch in Keaau.”
Laurie Lannan said that her mother “moved here at Christmastime and fell in love” with the Big Island. She quickly befriended many of Hilo’s elite, including the Shipmans, Blackshears and Mebanes. She was a lifetime member of the Hilo Yacht Club became close friends with its then-manager, Yoshiko “Charlie” Nakaoka, who died in 1997 at age 80.
“They called her and Charlie ‘the two old ladies,’” Lannan said and laughed.
Lannan said her mother started the bed-and-breakfast on Kahoa Street in Paukaa in the 1980s and ran it “until a year or two ago.”
“She had heart surgery about four years ago and came through that just fine,” she said.
In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by her eldest son, Louis E. Lannan III; and her youngest daughter, Lisa Lannan. She is survived by daughters, Lucile (Michael) Rosin, of San Francisco, Calif., and Laurie Lannan, of Hilo; son, Lance Patrick (Jackie) Lannan, of Alberta, Canada; brother, Guy Paden Gamble, of Ross Mountain; six grandchildren, four stepgrandchildren, two great-grandchildren and one stepgreat-grandchild; nieces and nephews. Private services were held both in Hilo and Elizabeth Township
Memorial donations may be made to the Tasha Ohana Animal Sanctuary, 374 Alaloa Road, Hilo, HI 96720.
Amy Gamble Lannan, described as “one of the last grande dames of Hilo,” died June 13 at home of natural causes. She was 95.
She was born Sept. 3, 1916, in McKeesport, a daughter of the late Dr. Guy Paden Gamble and Lucile Richey Gamble. Amy often spoke fondly of her memories of growing up and flying with her close in age aunt, Helen Richey, McKeesport's famed aviatrix. She and her late husband, Louis E. Lannan Jr., moved to Elizabeth Township in the mid-1940s and established the Fallen Timber Farm, raising registered Black Angus cattle. Amy was an active member in many associations. She was a former member of Mt. Vernon Community Presbyterian Church, active with the Girl Scouts of America and served a term on the Elizabeth Township school board. In 1975, she donated four acres of ground to help establish the Fallen Timber Shelter operated by the Western Pennsylvania Humane Society.
Amy moved to Hilo in the early 1970s where she co-founded the Tasha Ohana Animal Sanctuary in Hilo and operated Lannan’s Lihi Kai B & B on Hilo Bay . She was also an active volunteer for numerous organizations, including the American Cancer Society and the American Heart Association.
“She was a really outgoing woman,” said Lannan’s daughter, Laurie, who continues to run the animal sanctuary. “She became very active with the Humane Society here".
"She met Kapua Heuer (a descendant of the Wall ranching family of Kona and a relative of famed paniolo Ikua Purdy) and Tommy Lindsey, who was, at the time, manager of the Shipman Ranch in Keaau.”
Laurie Lannan said that her mother “moved here at Christmastime and fell in love” with the Big Island. She quickly befriended many of Hilo’s elite, including the Shipmans, Blackshears and Mebanes. She was a lifetime member of the Hilo Yacht Club became close friends with its then-manager, Yoshiko “Charlie” Nakaoka, who died in 1997 at age 80.
“They called her and Charlie ‘the two old ladies,’” Lannan said and laughed.
Lannan said her mother started the bed-and-breakfast on Kahoa Street in Paukaa in the 1980s and ran it “until a year or two ago.”
“She had heart surgery about four years ago and came through that just fine,” she said.
In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by her eldest son, Louis E. Lannan III; and her youngest daughter, Lisa Lannan. She is survived by daughters, Lucile (Michael) Rosin, of San Francisco, Calif., and Laurie Lannan, of Hilo; son, Lance Patrick (Jackie) Lannan, of Alberta, Canada; brother, Guy Paden Gamble, of Ross Mountain; six grandchildren, four stepgrandchildren, two great-grandchildren and one stepgreat-grandchild; nieces and nephews. Private services were held both in Hilo and Elizabeth Township
Memorial donations may be made to the Tasha Ohana Animal Sanctuary, 374 Alaloa Road, Hilo, HI 96720.
She was born Sept. 3, 1916, in McKeesport, a daughter of the late Dr. Guy Paden Gamble and Lucile Richey Gamble. Amy often spoke fondly of her memories of growing up and flying with her close in age aunt, Helen Richey, McKeesport's famed aviatrix. She and her late husband, Louis E. Lannan Jr., moved to Elizabeth Township in the mid-1940s and established the Fallen Timber Farm, raising registered Black Angus cattle. Amy was an active member in many associations. She was a former member of Mt. Vernon Community Presbyterian Church, active with the Girl Scouts of America and served a term on the Elizabeth Township school board. In 1975, she donated four acres of ground to help establish the Fallen Timber Shelter operated by the Western Pennsylvania Humane Society.
Amy moved to Hilo in the early 1970s where she co-founded the Tasha Ohana Animal Sanctuary in Hilo and operated Lannan’s Lihi Kai B & B on Hilo Bay . She was also an active volunteer for numerous organizations, including the American Cancer Society and the American Heart Association.
“She was a really outgoing woman,” said Lannan’s daughter, Laurie, who continues to run the animal sanctuary. “She became very active with the Humane Society here".
"She met Kapua Heuer (a descendant of the Wall ranching family of Kona and a relative of famed paniolo Ikua Purdy) and Tommy Lindsey, who was, at the time, manager of the Shipman Ranch in Keaau.”
Laurie Lannan said that her mother “moved here at Christmastime and fell in love” with the Big Island. She quickly befriended many of Hilo’s elite, including the Shipmans, Blackshears and Mebanes. She was a lifetime member of the Hilo Yacht Club became close friends with its then-manager, Yoshiko “Charlie” Nakaoka, who died in 1997 at age 80.
“They called her and Charlie ‘the two old ladies,’” Lannan said and laughed.
Lannan said her mother started the bed-and-breakfast on Kahoa Street in Paukaa in the 1980s and ran it “until a year or two ago.”
“She had heart surgery about four years ago and came through that just fine,” she said.
In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by her eldest son, Louis E. Lannan III; and her youngest daughter, Lisa Lannan. She is survived by daughters, Lucile (Michael) Rosin, of San Francisco, Calif., and Laurie Lannan, of Hilo; son, Lance Patrick (Jackie) Lannan, of Alberta, Canada; brother, Guy Paden Gamble, of Ross Mountain; six grandchildren, four stepgrandchildren, two great-grandchildren and one stepgreat-grandchild; nieces and nephews. Private services were held both in Hilo and Elizabeth Township
Memorial donations may be made to the Tasha Ohana Animal Sanctuary, 374 Alaloa Road, Hilo, HI 96720.
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