TERRY REITER ~ September 2, 1938 – April 3, 2015
Terry Neil Reiter, of Caldwell, Idaho, peacefully passed away at his home on Friday, April 3, 2015. He was born on September 2, 1938 to Louis & Edith (Peterson) Reiter.~
Terry grew up on his parent’s dairy farm in Deer Park, Washington, the youngest of seven Reiter children. He knew from a very early age that he wanted to be a rodeo cowboy. As a teenager, he cut down trees that grew on the family farm, used them for fence posts and built a calf roping arena. And so began a lifetime of raising and training, winning rodeo horses.~
In May of 1967, Terry married the love of his life, Peggy Daniel, in Moscow, Idaho. The two spent their lives sharing their mutual love for animals and the sport of rodeo; supporting each other in all of their endeavors.~
Terry accomplished a lot in his rodeo career. He won calf roping titles in the NRA in 1968, 1969 & 1970 and was the World Champion Calf Roper in the National Senior Pro Rodeo Association three times. He nearly qualified for the National Finals Rodeo, finishing 20th in the world standings, was inducted in to the Idaho Rodeo Hall of Fame and was a Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association Gold Card member. Terry won titles at countless rodeos over his lifetime, including those at Ellensburg, Calgary and Eldorado Days in Las Vegas, just to name a few. His proudest achievement was the success of the horses he trained and sold to the many cowboys to whom he mentored. Brad Carpenter won the Wilderness Circuit Finals Rodeo and qualified for the Dodge National Circuit Finals Rodeo on ‘Cougar’; Jeff Coelho qualified and competed on ‘Little X’ at the National Finals Rodeo and Jeff Copenhaver was the World Champion Calf Roper on ‘Streak’. Two of his horses placed in the first go-round at the PRCA rodeo in Salinas, California as recently at 2014.~
Terry is survived by his wife Peggy; three children from a previous marriage, Bruce, Cindy and Darryl; brothers, Tom of Tacoma, and Gordon of Yacolt; numerous nieces and nephews; and an extensive family of cowboys and cowgirls that loved him dearly. He was preceded in death by his parents; sisters, Eleanor and Eileen; and brothers, Walter and Howard.~
A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, April 11th at 1:00 at Thurman’s Overtime Arena, located at 2250 Sand Hollow Road in Caldwell. In lieu of flowers, a card/offering basket will be available at the celebration, or cards can be mailed to Peggy Reiter at 28265 Farmway Road, Caldwell, Idaho 83607
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: Traveled a little in the winter with RG back
: in the early 70's.
:
: Rado George (R.G.) Kekich, who qualified for
: the 1976 National Finals Rodeo in steer
: wrestling and was a Gold Card member, passed
: away March 20. He was 78. Kekich joined the
: Rodeo Cowboys Association, the precursor to
: the PRCA, in 1969. In 1976, he finished 10th
: in the PRCA world standings with $14,675 ...
:
: Joel (Jeff) Francis Lemaire, a PRCA Gold
: Card member who competed as a calf roper and
: team roper, passed away March 27 from
: Parkinson’s disease in Peoria, Ariz. He was
: 74. Lemaire joined the Rodeo Cowboys
: Association March 3, 1967. In addition to
: competing in the rodeo arena, Lemaire
: trained calf horses and made bits and spurs
: ...
:
: Darrel L. Radacy, a PRCA tie-down roper,
: steer wrestler and team roper, passed away
: Jan. 23 at the Weatherford (Okla.) Hospital.
: He was 48. In addition to competing in PRCA
: rodeos, Radacy was a horseshoer and he also
: loved roping, riding colts, and training
: horses. Radacy, who also was a member of the
: USTRC and TCRA, remained heavily active in
: many youth rodeo associations ...
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: Terrence (Terry) Neil Reiter, a Rodeo
: Cowboys Association calf roper, passed away
: April 3 in Caldwell, Idaho. He was 76.
: Reiter trained Streak, the calf horse Jeff
: Copenhaver rode when he won the 1975 world
: championship. Reiter joined the RCA in 1963
: ...
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