Elden "Cowboy" Steve Reynolds

Steve "Cowboy" Reynolds, passed away Saturday, March 29, 2014, surrounded by family from natural causes.
He was born Elden J. Reynolds, March 27, 1930 to Alma C. Reynolds and Velma B. Reynolds in Driggs, Idaho where he resided in his early years. They later moved to Pocatello where he attended grade school and high school. During his summers he went to stay with his grandmother where he worked at different jobs and developed a love for horses and the cowboy lifestyle. He adopted the name "Steve", which almost everyone knew him by.
He moved back to Pocatello and continued his school. He played guitar and had a beautiful singing voice. During his high school years at Pocatello High, he and his friend Nyle Ward had a 15 minute radio program at K.W.I.K. Radio out of the Whitman Hotel.
His family moved to Malad for his last year of high school where he was known as "Tex". He graduated from Malad High School in 1949. He then spent some time working ranches in Wyoming as a cowhand and pack guide for hunters.
He proudly served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict in both Korea and Japan. After the Army, he traveled to Nevada and California where he worked on a dude ranch that catered to movie stars where he met many famous stars and entertainers.
In 1954, while working on a ranch in Salmon, Idaho, he met and later married Georgia M. Davis. Together they had a son and two daughters. He moved his family to Malad for a while and later to Vernal, Utah where he worked on the Flaming Gorge Dam. He finally settled in Pocatello in 1965 where he went to work for the Simplot Gay Mine in Fort Hall and was known as "Cowboy". He worked there until his retirement in 1995.
Dad was the best horse-shoer in the area and people from all over the southern part of the state called him to shoe their horses. He also loved to rope and ride and was a calf roper in his younger days. He later went on to team roping. He participated in several Simplot roping events. He loved horses and being a cowboy and enjoyed playing his guitar and singing.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Alma and Velma Reynolds, one brother, Wesley R. Reynolds and a baby daughter.
He is survived by: his wife, Georgia Reynolds, son, Kelly Reynolds, daughters, Gay Reynolds and Jan Savard, four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
As per his wishes he was cremated and the family will hold a Celebration of his life at a later time. Arrangements have been made under the care and direction of Wilks Funeral Home, 211 W. Chubbuck Rd., Chubbuck, Id. Condolences may be sent to his family online at www.wilksfuneralhome.com