Comments on: Peter S. Carter, 1943-2013

By: Jeeper

Jeeper — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 12:43:38 +0000

:-(

By: cunneenmachine

cunneenmachine — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 12:36:26 +0000

My heart aches today. Peter helped so many of us get elected, opening his home many times for me, Tom Campbell, Becky Morgan and a slew of others. Dennise and Peter have been a tremendous force of good in our community. I love the photo credit on the San Jose Inside site.

By: Gloria Duffy

Gloria Duffy — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 01:09:20 +0000

So shocking. I was teasing Peter at the Rotary Gala Saturday night, calling him “Piotr Veliki” - which in Russian means Peter the Great. He gave me a big smile and laughed. And he dispensed lots of hugs all evening and took many photos.

Peter was great - a great friend, a great host, a great community supporter, a great needler and polemicist, a great, spirited personality.

Rod and I will miss him so much and are so sad for Dennise and their families.

By: r gómez

r gómez — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 11:45:33 +0000

My thoughts and prayers are with the family. Peter was one of my favorite political and business leaders and yes photographers. RIP. The greater valley will miss you.

By: Paul J. Masquelier, Jr.

Paul J. Masquelier, Jr. — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 10:47:46 +0000

I remember well my first meeting with Peter, in his office, shortly after my arrival in San Jose in 1981.

We soon discovered that we were both wine enthusiasts. Peter lamented that he could no longer enjoy his favorite red wines, because drinking red wines gave him terrible headaches. I told him that I had read that the headaches are often caused by histamines found in red wines, and that taking an antihistamine tablet before drinking red wine might eliminate the.

A week later Peter told him that he tried it and that it worked, so he then could enjoy red wine.

It means so much that the photo at the head of the article is one of Peter savoring a glass of red wine.
He will really be missed.

By: Rich Robinson

Rich Robinson — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 10:20:50 +0000

Devastating. He was a lot of fun and could be a bit over-the-top. He always referred to me as his “communist” friend.

His laughter was infectious and his irreverance for any type of political correctness was legendary. A conservative soul who adapted to many a democrat out of sheer necessity, he will be missed.

By: Clarence Stone

Clarence Stone — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 10:04:18 +0000

My heart is so heavy today learning of the tragic loss of our dear friend Peter. I exchanged emails with him yesterday and he graciously took our picture and many others Saturday night at Rotary’s annual event—as he did every year. I hope Dennise, Scott, Shawn and his other family members can take solace knowing that Peter was loved by his many friends and he will be deeply missed by all of us. Clarence Stone