Michael Patrick Cloud Sr. passed away on July 3, 2011, while on a family outing on the Beartooth Highway outside of Red Lodge.<\/p>\n
Mike was born July 17, 1940, to Marjorie Curran and Charles Monroe Cloud. He attended St Mary\u2019s Catholic School, Bryant School and graduated from Helena High in 1959, where he lettered and earned all-state honors in football, wrestling and track. He then went to the University of Montana to play football and later attended school at Carroll College. He was a proud product of the Sixth Ward.<\/p>\n
Mike married Theresa Fox of Helena on Dec. 18, 1959. To that union four sons were born. He worked for several years bartending and pouring concrete. He retired in 1993 after working for 30 years for the state of Montana as a lab tech in the geology department, testing materials for roads and hillsides.<\/p>\n
Mike was an avid sports fan; he played baseball for the American Legion\u00a0 and for the Helena Wranglers. His love of sports brought him into the coaching world where he coached Pony League baseball, umpired Babe Ruth league and started youth AAU wrestling programs in Augusta, Boulder, Deer Lodge, Helena, Townsend and Whitehall. This love then began his 22-year career of refereeing. He refereed football and wrestling and umpired baseball. He was inducted into the Montana Officials Hall of Fame in 1988. His many hobbies included bird hunting, fishing and attending Montana Grizzlies football games. Mike and Terry also traveled many miles following their children\u2019s athletic activities, whether it be as a participant or coach. He dearly loved his grandchildren and the activities they participated in, even if it was basketball, cheerleading or soccer. Mike was also a member of the Cathedral of St. Helena Parish.<\/p>\n
Mike is preceded in death by his parents; his brother, John Cloud; and his son, Kenneth Cloud.<\/p>\n
He is survived by his wife, Terry; his children, Michael Cloud Jr. and Edie of Missoula and their children Kelci and Michael III, Mark Cloud and Sarah of Laurel and their children Colleen and Connor, Kevin Cloud and Lori of Black Diamond, Wash., and their children, Tyler, Courtney and Morgan; granddaughter, Stephanie Cloud of Henderson, Nev., and her boyfriend, Kyle Kendig; daughter-in-law, Tammy Cloud of Helena and her children Jamie and Cody; sister, Gerry Mae Oatman of Helena; sister-in-law, Margaret and Sterling Dowdy of Bedford, Texas; brother-in-law, Dan and Darlene Berube of Butte; sister-in-law, Perrie and Mac White of Helena; cousins, Jerry Cloud of Denver, Don Cloud of Montana City, Jack Sasek of East Helena and Terrie Dean of Oregon; and many nieces and nephews.<\/p>\n
Honorary pallbearers are his many friends, you know who you are. He truly valued your friendship.<\/p>\n
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the charity or organization of donor\u2019s choice. Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.aswfuneralhome.com.<\/p>\n","photo":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/412548_profile_pic.jpg","youtube_video_url":"","family_email":"","family_first_name":"","family_last_name":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case\/877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/case"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}