Melvin McCloy (1940-2012)

MCCLOY, MANNING, LITTY

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 3/15/2012 at 08:21:05

Maquoketa Sentinel Press, March 14, 2012

Melvin A. McCloy, 72, of Baldwin, Iowa, died on Sunday morning, March 11, 2012, at the Crestridge Nursing Home in Maquoketa, Iowa.

Public graveside services and burial celebrating Melvin's life will be held at 11 A.M., Thursday, March 15, 2012, from the Union Cemetery, rural Maquoketa, Iowa. There is no visitation. The Carson Celebration of Life Center in Maquoketa is caring for the family.

Melvin Alfred McCloy was born on February 7, 1940 in Jackson County, Iowa, to William and Berniece (Risden) McCloy. He was educated in Jackson County country schools and then attended Elwood High School. He never married.

He first worked at the Buckhorn Creamery for ten years and then for Dubuque Bi-Products for four years. He then worked as a farmhand for the Tabor family for 33 years until retirement.

Melvin enjoyed mushroom hunting, loved kids and the outdoors. He always enjoyed having a few cocktails with friends at the local pubs. He was known in the area for living in the "car with a stove in it" for 28 years. He was additionally known as the "50 cents guy" because he always bought 50 cents worth of gas.

Melvin is survived by his siblings, Albert McCloy of Oxford Junction, IA, Billy McCloy of Baldwin, IA, Rita Manning of Maquoketa, IA, Allen (Charlotte) McCloy of Monmouth, IA, Larry (Liz) McCloy of Maquoketa, IA, and Rachel Litty of DeWitt, IA. He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother, Wayne, and a sister, Betty Edwards.