Jerry Page Carter

Jerry Page Carter traveled peacefully through the gates of Heaven after a long battle with Alzeimers, on Wednesday, September 18, 2024. He was born on September 12, 1935 to Ethel M. (Carpenter) Carter and Lester O. Carter in Pine Bluffs, WY. He graduated from Cheyenne High School in 1953. He attended the University of Wyoming where he gained the valuable knowledge that led him to his career path as a printing specialist with the Wyoming Highway Department, State of Wyoming Department of Fiscal Control (DAFC) and the Bureau of Land Management.

He was a Life Time member of the B.P.O.E. Elks Lodge 660 in Cheyenne where he served as a Lodge Officer as well as Lodge Trustee.

Jerry was a Sergeant First Class in the Wyoming National Guard, where he served in the Engineering Corps. and was honorably discharged in September 1962. 

Jerry Participated in Cheyenne Frontier Days from a young age, serving as a volunteer for multiple committees, for over 50 years. He was a long-time member of the Public Relations Committee, Silver HEEL member, member of the Buckle Club and at the time of his death, still served as a PR volunteer on its sponsor host sub-committee. 

Jerry started as a volunteer in 1973 on the Tickets Committee and transferred to the Publicity Committee, bringing along the Information Wagons, or “Howdy Wagons “, from Tickets. As a Publicity Assistant, he worked primarily with the media. In 1980 Jerry designed the Miss Frontier buckle in memory of Sandy Hirsig which is used today.

In 1982, Jerry was selected to the General Committee and at his suggestion, the Publicity Committee was renamed the Public Relations Committee. After finishing his term on the General Committee, he was named to the CFD Old West Museum Board. He served on the Museum’s Building Committee for the design and construction of the Museum’s Vandewark Wing and the remodel of the current building’s south side.

From the Museum, he volunteered with the Indian Committee until 1998 hosting visiting queens. In the most recent years, he worked as a volunteer on the PR Committee in the Sponsor Deck Bar serving visiting sponsors and dignitaries. 

Jerry was inducted in to the Cheyenne Frontier Days Hall of Fame Class of 2017. He will always be remembered as a person who, “Rode for the Brand.”

He was featured in a picture on the Wyoming road map while Slalom skiing on the Guernsey Reservoir. Anyone that joined him in a game of Crochet had better beware because he derived great pleasure in sending your ball to the far end of the back yard. He was an amazing man that valued family, CFD, Elks, God and his Country. He always said that any job worth doing was a job worth doing well.

He was proceeded in death by his parents, his younger brother Tom Carter, his nephew Barry Carter, his wife Mauree Pratt Carter, former spouse Marion Clymer, his Mother-in-Law Jean Renzema and his Sister-in Law, Tina Carroll.

He is survived by his wife of 31 years, Victoria (Vicci) Carter. His children Kim (Alan) Lamb, Kent Carter, Kelli (David) Henry. His blended family children, Carol (David) O’Dell, Roxie (Angelo) Gonzalez, Von Maul, Katrina (Chip), Suter, Sister-in-Law Susan Young Carter, his Sister and Brother-in-Law, Retta and Don Judy and numerous Grandchildren, Great Grandchildren Nieces, Nephews and Cousins. His memorial service with a celebration of his life to follow, will be held May 3, 2025, at the Buckle Club at Frontier Park. In lieu of flowers, a donation in Jerry’s honor may be made to the Old West Museum Hall of Fame Exhibit. Send to: Old West Museum, 4610 Carey Ave, Cheyenne, WY 82001.