Clayton L. McCloud

Clayton L. McCloud, 74 of Devils Lake, ND passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, October 20, 2024, at CHI, St. Alexius Health, Devils Lake Hospital.

Clayton Leo McCloud was born in Bottineau, North Dakota on August 26, 1950, the son of Collin and Mable (Houle) McCloud. He attended schools in the Bottineau area. 

In 1972, Clayton moved to the Devils Lake area. He was employed at Sioux Manufacturing for about 30 years, and it was there he met the love of his life, Marilynn Tandeski, whom he spent the rest of his life with. 

Clayton and Marilynn worked together at K-Mart for several years and for the past 5 years, Clayton has been the happy, friendly, smiling face at the Gas Depot. A job he truly loved. He loved the customers, the daily visitors, the people he worked for and with. 

In Clayton’s free time, he was a daily morning card player at Pop’s and enjoyed playing in the afternoons with Marilynn and their neighbor Adam Hager. He loved all sports and was a strong supporter of NDSU Bison and the Minnesota Twins, recently enjoying the baseball playoffs. In his younger years he enjoyed playing baseball, bowling, hunting, fishing and golf as pastimes. 

Clayton and Marilynn made sure to enjoy life together too. They planned trips every summer, their favorites were the Oregon Coast, Vegas, Laughlin and the National Parks. 

Clayton loved people. He treasured his family; they brought him so much joy. He treasured friendships, old and new. 

Left to mourn his passing are his son Chris McCloud (Devin Yankton) of St. Michael, ND, his precious love Marilynn of Devils Lake; brothers and sisters Ernie McCloud, Atlanta GA, Donna (Swede) Johnson, Rollag, MN, Peter McCloud, Dunseith ND, Byron (Lynn) McCloud, Belcourt ND, J.R. (Germaine) McCloud, Grand Forks, ND, Colleen (Art) Cartwright, Flandreau, SD, Bonnie McCloud, Dunseith, ND, Ann Cartwright, Kevin (Luella) McCloud and Dale McCloud all of St. John, ND; many nieces, nephews, and cousins. 

Preceding him in death were his parents, sisters Shirley McCloud, Sylvia Haakenson and Viola McCloud, his twin brother Clint McCloud and brothers Kenny McCloud and Leland McCloud. 

We can’t imagine life without Clayton. We will miss that smile, that special interaction shared each day with family and friends. But those memories will be cherished and remembered always. 

There will be visitation at the Gilbertson Funeral Home, Devils Lake on Monday, October 28, 2024, from 2:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. The funeral service for Clayton will be on Tuesday, October 29, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. also at the Gilbertson Funeral Home. The burial will be in Stony Lake Cemetery, rural Minnewaukan, ND. There will be a time of fellowship at the Roosevelt Park Event Center following the funeral service. 

Urn Bearers will be Gary Geske, Mike Brown, Jim LaMotte and special nephew Skip Longie. Honorary Bearers are his god children Aaron Ironheart Sr., Lacey McKay, Denita (Fredricks) Johnson, friends Duane Jackson Sr., Roger Brown, Gigi Duciaume, Duke Winnegge, Richard LaRoque, his special cousins, the Odden Girls, Laurie Schwan and family, Co-Workers at the Gas Depot. If we forgot to mention anyone, it was not intentional. Please forgive us as we do our best during this very difficult time.