Clay Garrett Nygaard, 30, of Wolf Point, went home to our Lord and Savior on the 19 th of June, 2024 as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident. His family is heartbroken and devastated over the loss of such a hard-working, loving, sweet, kindhearted soul.
Clay was born May 2 nd , 1994 to Cheryl Lee Culbertson and Raymond P. Nygaard. From a young age, he was a dyed-in-the-wool cowboy. He grew up on a farm on the Beck Ranch riding horse and moving cows. At the tender age of two, he was bucked off a horse, dusted himself off, and got right back on. He had a cowboy’s work ethic too, always lending a helping hand, feeding animals, and doing chores around the farm and helping the community with their brandings.
Being from Wolf Point, Clay was a natural outdoorsman. His passions were hunting and fishing, starting with gopher hunting, and eventually growing into buck and coyote hunting. He also loved listening to music, working on his truck, and most of all spending time with his son, Toby. On August 21 st , 2013, Clay Nygaard and Selena Agosto brought Toby Garrett Nygaard into this world. Toby was Clay’s pride and joy. There was nothing that could come between the two of them. Inseparable, they never spent a day apart, and Clay ensured he taught Toby how to hunt and fish and everything that entails being a man.
In Clay’s last couple of years, he moved to Scobey and started to work with his brother Tyler in construction. In this work he found another passion in helping build someone’s dream into reality. There wasn’t anything he wouldn’t do to get the job done.
Clay is survived by his son, Toby Garrett Nygaard; mother, Cheryl Lee Culbertson; father, Raymond P. Nygaard; brothers, Tyler Nygaard and Michael Kelsey; sisters, Lainey and Bree Nygaard and Becky Stensland; nieces, Hannah Nygaard and Madison Stensland; grandparents, Roger and Ruby Nygaard; aunts, Carla (Kenny) Damon, Evelyn (Pete) Arosamina, Royal (Dusty) Steidl, Rene (Tad) Torgerson; and many, many cousins. Clay had a huge family on both sides and loved them all dearly.
Clay was preceded in death by Toby’s mother, Selena Agosto; grandparents, Gene and Nola Culbertson; aunt, Gennette Culbertson; great grandparents, Kidd and Dona Nygaard, and Bud and Frieda MacDonald, Samuel Culbertson, Margie Weeks, Ascension Culbertson, Jeannie Culbertson, Dale Culbertson, and Margaret Willey.
He is sorely missed by his family but remembered in love, because it’s never goodbye, just see you again.
A prayer service will be held 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 26, 2024 at the Assembly of God Church in Wolf Point. A funeral service will be held 11 a.m. Thursday, June 27, 2024 at the Assembly of God Church in Wolf Point. Interment will follow at the Nygaard Family Ranch, North of Wolf Point. Clayton Stevenson Memorial Chapel of Wolf Point has been entrusted with the arrangements.