Terry Marshall remembered for rodeo legacy
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This article was published 13/01/2015 (4137 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Terry Marshall, well-known in the Brandon area for running horse-drawn sleigh and wagon rides at community events, has died at the age of 64.
A former Wheat King and 1970 draft pick for the St. Louis Blues, the lifelong cowboy was also a regular face on the Westman rodeo circuit, who passed down the tradition to his three daughters.
“One thing my sisters and I promised each other was not to quit rodeo,” said Lacey Marshall, 25, the middle of three daughters. “My dad built his farm by himself and built it into what it is, and we promised we’re not going to let it go.”
Marshall died last week. While a definitive cause has yet to be determined, Lacey said it appeared to be a result of a heart attack. He was found in his Rapid City home.
Lacey, who spoke to her father “10 times a day,” said she knew something was amiss when she never got a call back from him while she was travelling in Moncton last week.
Suffering from diabetes, Lacey said he complained about a tight chest on New Year’s Day, but didn’t think much of it since he often had similar complaints after long hay rides.
Marshall also played in the rugged and now-defunct Eastern Hockey League with the Syracuse Blazers and had the opportunity to channel his experience in the EHL into a stint as a hockey-playing extra in the cult-classic hockey movie “Slap Shot,” released in 1977.
Lacey said his time in New York — and on the silver screen — hasn’t gone without mention as family and friends reminisce about her father.
“It’s really kept us going, knowing how many people cared about him as much as we did,” she said. “There’s a lot of really special moments, it just warms my heart.”
Working out of Brandon, Marshall inspected cattle part time up until his death, which allowed him to travel much of the area’s countryside.
But rodeo was the cornerstone of his life after he hung up his skates.
When Rapid City held its first rodeo in 1997, it was dedicated to Marshall’s son Dane, who died as a result of a farming accident at the age of nine in 1991.
“He was very involved with everything to do with rodeo,” Lacey said.
The impact of Marshall’s death is evident — Lacey said she has had more than 1,000 messages on Facebook and on her phone from people extending condolences.
Along with Lacey, Marshall left behind his other daughters Kelly-Jo and Jerri-Lynn Marshall.
“Silly old bugger,” Lacey joked. “He was supposed to live forever.”
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