One week of classes have concluded here at Montana State University, and a feeling of hope and anticipation live inside each attending student. These feelings are the same for the Alpha Gamma Rho men coming back to school, but all of that excitement for a new semester is masked by a cloud of longing despair for a fallen brother, Mr. Clay McDonald ‘1171’. Clay, son of Dennis and Sharron McDonald, was taken from this world to be with the Lord on August 21, 2011 in a motor vehicle accident near his home of Melville, Montana.
There was a Memorial service for Clay here in Bozeman on August 27th with a reception following at the AGR house where food, community, and stories of clay were abundant. All of the stories had a commonality and that was that clay was a considerate, fun-loving, son of a gun who cared most about his family and friends and that everyone around him was having as much fun as he was. As an AGR Clay was extremely active having held three major offices in VNR of Finance, Noble Ruler, and VNR of Activities. Clay managed to cram more living into his 24 short years here on earth then most people do in a lifetime. He will be dearly missed by all of us lucky enough to know him and his memory will live on.
So as we here at the AGR continue to plan for events and the busy schedule ahead we are reminded of what truly matters in life. The memories we make, the friends we keep, and the people we love are the necessities of a good life.
