Speed McCloud

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Speed McCloud, 85, of Highmore, passed away Monday, March 14, 2016 at the Avera Hand County Memorial Hospital in Miller.

Funeral Mass was held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, March 19, 2016 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Highmore with Father Chester Murtha, celebrant.  Burial followed at St. Mary’s Cemetery, Highmore.  Visitation began at 5:00 p.m. Friday, March 18, 2016 with a 6:30 p.m. rosary service followed by a 7:00 p.m. prayer service, all at the church.

Speed O. McCloud was born on March 11, 1931 in Faulkton, SD to John and Katherine McCloud.  Speed attended school in Gettysburg, SD.  He worked for Moses Aesoph for several years; during this time, he met Patricia Aesoph, who later became his wife.  Speed and Pat were married in the Catholic Church in Orient, SD on June 14, 1955. To this union six children were born.

Working alongside his older brother Jack McCloud and younger brother Stanley McCloud for several years, Speed’s passion was farming and ranching. This led him to purchase a small farm north of Highmore, SD in 1961. Working as a team with Leo, his father in- law and Bobby his brother in- law to ensure all three farms would prosper.  This grew quickly into a successful business that continues to support multiple families.

Speed was a member of the ASC county board, Illinois township board, and Knights of Columbus. Speed was known by many people far and wide, after a livestock sale he was always the one to buy the first and sometimes last round of drinks.

Grateful to have shared in his life are his wife of sixty plus years, Patricia McCloud; his children: Bonnie (the late Gary Wahlen), Bruce (Jane), Jim, Carol (Carol Ganske), Tim (Jodi), and Mark (Colette); and many grandchildren; great-grandchildren; four half-brothers: Stanley (Jeanette), Wade (Doris), Dick (Sandi), and Lee (Charlotte); one half sister, Shirley Bounds; and sisters-in-law: Cindy McCloud and Zoa Burton.

He was preceded in death by his parents Jack Sr. and Katherine McCloud; three brothers: Jack Jr.(Geraldine), Gary, and Jerry McCloud; one sister Evelyn (Danny) Shields.

Luze Funeral Home of Highmore has been entrusted with Speed’s arrangements.