Obituary for Louise Marie Lanting
Louise Marie (Bandy) Lanting, 72 of Hollister passed away after courageously battling multiple myeloma surrounded by her family on Thursday December 9, 2021. Louise was born on April 26th, 1949, to Robert and Leora (Cahoon) Bandy in Spokane Washington where she was raised on her family’s beautiful ranch in the Hoodoo Valley of Priest River, Idaho.
Louise attended school in Sandpoint and loved sharing all her memories of playing sports while they still had to wear their dresses to all their “neighborhood baseball games” while all the parents participated in grange meetings. She loved the farm/ranch life and all it taught her. Following graduating from Sandpoint HS in 1967, she headed to be a Vandal at the University of Idaho where she met her first love.
Norman (Bud) Trost stole her heart and was the man who changed her name in 1969. Together they had three children (Justin, Julie and Jared). They moved to Ronan, Montana and spent just a couple years there before moving back to the ranch in Priest River where her parents were when Bud got sick with cancer and quickly passed away. Although her life became very difficult as a single mother, Louise never faltered in taking care of her three children. Louise later remarried and the best thing out of that marriage was having Annie. She continued to work hard on the family’s Diamond B Ranch and during that time started a 10-acre raspberry operation which shipped raspberries across the world.
Following that marriage, Louise reunited with a man she’d gone on a single date with 15 some years previously and this time there were sparks. The timing was right. This southern Idaho farmer and rancher swept her off her feet and they married in 1995. James “Jim” Lanting loaded up Louise and Annie and their belongings which also included 4H steers, a horse and a momma cat and kittens and relocated them to the ranch south of Hollister, Idaho. Jim and Louise celebrated 26 years of marriage this past June. The two of them enjoyed jeeping and razor riding when they weren’t chasing their local grandson’s to various activities. Louise can be easily recalled cheering them on at every local and sometimes not local games. She was always so proud of all of her grandchildren and would brag about them all to anyone who would listen.
Louise worked at the Salmon River Canal Company as the office manager for 22 years. She loved her time there getting to chat with all the farmers and made some amazing friends while working there. When she retired the end of 2017, she headed back to the family farm to help Jim. Back on the farm there wasn’t a harder working woman than Louise. It was not uncommon to see her right along side the men or doing the jobs no one else would do like being in the back of the corrals pushing cows, power washing the livestock trailers or swather after they were done being used. She went out prepared with her rain gear and got the job done.
Louise was very active in her community and never met a stranger! She was Clerk of the Session for the Hollister Community Presbyterian Church, member of numerous groups such as the Twin Falls Soil Conservation, Chicks N Chaps, Twin Falls Fair Foundation, and Southern Idaho Republican Women to name just a few. She was so excited when she was elected to the Twin Falls County Fair Board. Louise always loved the fairs, both in Bonner and Twin Falls counties with such passion. In her younger days she was the beef ring master at the Bonner County fair. She loved everything about 4h and the fairs even when her grandchildren decided to be in the pig barns instead of the beef barns. The fairs always made her so happy. Her goal this year was to still be able to do her fair board duties during the fair. By golly she did. She was seen every day running around in her golf cart zigging and zagging around people to get her duties done. She loved crafting and sewing. She was always making something. It warmed her heart making blankets for children who were in need. Her large craft room generally looked like a bomb went off, but she knew where everything was.
Louise was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in February. With the help of Dr Jared Manning and his amazing staff we were able to get her cancer well managed. She was bound and determined that she would overcome this obstacle just as she did so many others in her life.
Louise is survived by her husband Jim; four children Justin (Melanie) Trost of Priest River, Julie (Dale) Behrens of Priest River, Jared (Alysa) of Coeur d Alene and Annie (Zack) Blass of Filer; two step daughters Heather (Kelly) Burrell of Wendell and Shawna Lanting of Jerome ; numerous loved grandchildren Amber (Greg), Melissa, Tommy, Robbie, Gavin, Cody, Wesley, Wyatt, Boone and Jake; and one great granddaughter Emmerson and many extended family.
Louise was preceded in death by her parents Robert and Leora Bandy and first husband Bud Trost.
A special thanks to her sister-in-law Carolyn Lanting for being… well you, Dr Jared Manning & Chad Hurd P.A. at MSTI and Dr Dan Preucil for their excellent care over this past year.
Open viewing will be Monday, December 20th at 10 am followed by the service at 11 am at White-Reynolds Funeral Chapel. Following the cemetery service, a luncheon to gather as friends and family will be at the Twin Falls County Fair merchant building. The funeral service will be live streamed for those who cannot physically make it to the service.
In leu of flowers, donations can be name to the Hollister Community Presbyterian Church or the Twin Falls County Fair Foundation in Louise’s name.
Louise attended school in Sandpoint and loved sharing all her memories of playing sports while they still had to wear their dresses to all their “neighborhood baseball games” while all the parents participated in grange meetings. She loved the farm/ranch life and all it taught her. Following graduating from Sandpoint HS in 1967, she headed to be a Vandal at the University of Idaho where she met her first love.
Norman (Bud) Trost stole her heart and was the man who changed her name in 1969. Together they had three children (Justin, Julie and Jared). They moved to Ronan, Montana and spent just a couple years there before moving back to the ranch in Priest River where her parents were when Bud got sick with cancer and quickly passed away. Although her life became very difficult as a single mother, Louise never faltered in taking care of her three children. Louise later remarried and the best thing out of that marriage was having Annie. She continued to work hard on the family’s Diamond B Ranch and during that time started a 10-acre raspberry operation which shipped raspberries across the world.
Following that marriage, Louise reunited with a man she’d gone on a single date with 15 some years previously and this time there were sparks. The timing was right. This southern Idaho farmer and rancher swept her off her feet and they married in 1995. James “Jim” Lanting loaded up Louise and Annie and their belongings which also included 4H steers, a horse and a momma cat and kittens and relocated them to the ranch south of Hollister, Idaho. Jim and Louise celebrated 26 years of marriage this past June. The two of them enjoyed jeeping and razor riding when they weren’t chasing their local grandson’s to various activities. Louise can be easily recalled cheering them on at every local and sometimes not local games. She was always so proud of all of her grandchildren and would brag about them all to anyone who would listen.
Louise worked at the Salmon River Canal Company as the office manager for 22 years. She loved her time there getting to chat with all the farmers and made some amazing friends while working there. When she retired the end of 2017, she headed back to the family farm to help Jim. Back on the farm there wasn’t a harder working woman than Louise. It was not uncommon to see her right along side the men or doing the jobs no one else would do like being in the back of the corrals pushing cows, power washing the livestock trailers or swather after they were done being used. She went out prepared with her rain gear and got the job done.
Louise was very active in her community and never met a stranger! She was Clerk of the Session for the Hollister Community Presbyterian Church, member of numerous groups such as the Twin Falls Soil Conservation, Chicks N Chaps, Twin Falls Fair Foundation, and Southern Idaho Republican Women to name just a few. She was so excited when she was elected to the Twin Falls County Fair Board. Louise always loved the fairs, both in Bonner and Twin Falls counties with such passion. In her younger days she was the beef ring master at the Bonner County fair. She loved everything about 4h and the fairs even when her grandchildren decided to be in the pig barns instead of the beef barns. The fairs always made her so happy. Her goal this year was to still be able to do her fair board duties during the fair. By golly she did. She was seen every day running around in her golf cart zigging and zagging around people to get her duties done. She loved crafting and sewing. She was always making something. It warmed her heart making blankets for children who were in need. Her large craft room generally looked like a bomb went off, but she knew where everything was.
Louise was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in February. With the help of Dr Jared Manning and his amazing staff we were able to get her cancer well managed. She was bound and determined that she would overcome this obstacle just as she did so many others in her life.
Louise is survived by her husband Jim; four children Justin (Melanie) Trost of Priest River, Julie (Dale) Behrens of Priest River, Jared (Alysa) of Coeur d Alene and Annie (Zack) Blass of Filer; two step daughters Heather (Kelly) Burrell of Wendell and Shawna Lanting of Jerome ; numerous loved grandchildren Amber (Greg), Melissa, Tommy, Robbie, Gavin, Cody, Wesley, Wyatt, Boone and Jake; and one great granddaughter Emmerson and many extended family.
Louise was preceded in death by her parents Robert and Leora Bandy and first husband Bud Trost.
A special thanks to her sister-in-law Carolyn Lanting for being… well you, Dr Jared Manning & Chad Hurd P.A. at MSTI and Dr Dan Preucil for their excellent care over this past year.
Open viewing will be Monday, December 20th at 10 am followed by the service at 11 am at White-Reynolds Funeral Chapel. Following the cemetery service, a luncheon to gather as friends and family will be at the Twin Falls County Fair merchant building. The funeral service will be live streamed for those who cannot physically make it to the service.
In leu of flowers, donations can be name to the Hollister Community Presbyterian Church or the Twin Falls County Fair Foundation in Louise’s name.