Ronald Howard Mccloud

Let Us Pause to Honor the Memory of Mr. Ronald Howard McCloud Mr. Ronald Howard McCloud, age 90, of Hanover, Indiana entered this life on July 30, 1922 in Putnam County, Indiana. He was the son of the late, Ernest C. and Mary Alice Frodrill McCloud. He was raised in the Bedford, Indiana community and was a 1940 graduate of Mooresville High School. He attended Earlham College in Richmond where he ran cross country and was inducted into the Hall of Fame. Ron was inducted into the United States Army on October 30, 1942 at Patterson Field in Ohio. He rose to the rank of Private First Class, serving Battery B, 215th Field Artillery Battalion during World War II. He was honorably discharged on January 3, 1946 at Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania receiving the Good Conduct Medal, American Theater Service Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, the EAME Theater Service Medal with Three Bronze Stars. Ron was united in marriage to Shirley D. Dalhover on April 2, 1965 in Jeffersonville, Indiana. This happy union was blessed with two sons and a daughter. Ron retired after forty plus years of service with the Social Security Administration and had served as manager of the Madison office. Ron was a member of the Quaker Church and was a charter member of the Hanover Optimist Club. He enjoyed gardening, being with his children, grandchildren and planting trees on his farm. Ron died Friday, May 31, 2013 at 6:15 a.m. at the Norton Hosparus Inpatient in Louisville, Kentucky. A LOVING FAMILY Ron will be missed by his wife: Shirley Dalhover McCloud of Hanover, Indiana; his daughter: Lisa McCloud Barnett and her husband, Thomas of Batesville, Indiana; his sons: Colonel Mark H. McCloud USAF and his wife, Karmen of Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, Scott Joseph McCloud of Scottsburg, Indiana; his brother: Herbert C. McCloud and his wife, Shirley of Greenwood, Indiana; his sister in law: Mary Jo Armstrong of Louisville, Kentucky; his brother in law: Louis Dalhover and his wife, Betty of Girard, Georgia; his grandchildren: Karsen Rebara McCloud, Dacie Adella McCloud, Trent Thomas Barnett, Mary Catherine Anne Barnett; several nieces, nephews and other relatives. He was preceded in death by his parents, Ernest C. and Mary Alice Frodrill McCloud; his infant sisters, Sarah Lucille and Virginia Ruth McCloud; his brothers, Calvin and Virgil McCloud. PRIVATE FUNERAL CEREMONY Private funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, June 4, 2013 at 11:00 a.m., by Pastor Scott Elston at the Indiana Veterans Memorial Cemetery Chapel, 1415 North Gate Road in Madison, Indiana. Interment will follow in the Indiana Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Madison, Indiana. VISITATION Visitation will be private. MILITARY SERVICES Full Military Honors will be conducted at the Indiana Veterans Memorial Cemetery Chapel by Jefferson Post 9, of the American Legion.

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