CONTINUED ON PAGE 18 Cloyd Funeral Home The Cloyd Funeral Home opened Oct. 1, 1961, to serve central Montana. The building, built in the early 1950s, was the former home of the Georgian Theatre, owned by the Weidman Brothers. In the mid-1950s, it became the Fergus Theatre until its closing in 1960. Jerry Cloyd then purchased the building and began the remodeling project, transforming a theatre into a funeral home. On Oct. 1, 1961, Cloyd Funeral Home opened; Jerry and his Uncle Wesley Cloyd operated the business with chapels in Stanford and Denton. Jerry graduated from the California College of Mortuary Science in Los Angeles in 1947. Wesley graduated from Worsham College of Embalming in Chicago in 1935. They operated the business with part-time help until Wesley retired in 1973. Jerry’s mother, Nell, helped in the business for several years, then Jerry’s son Rick began as office manager. In 1976, R.J. (Dick) Brown graduated from the San Francisco College of Mortuary Science and returned to work with Jerry. In 1990, Dick purchased the business A History of Service Pub. 1 Issue 4, 2022 17
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