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eith McClellan, 85, of
Oak Park, died Nov. 25,
2022. His wife, Marian,
is the mayor of Oak Park.
He was born in Iowa
City, Iowa, Dec.
17, 1936. His
great-grandparents
moved to Iowa
from Indiana in
1852. Keith grad-
uated from Tipton
High School in
1955, where he was an Honor
Society student, captain of the
football team, thespian and a
State Science Fair winner.
In January 1959, he gradu-
ated from the State College of
Iowa, now the University of
Northern Iowa. He taught his-
tory at Morton High School and
was head union negotiator for
Hammond, Indiana, teachers
1959-64; a John Hay Fellow at
Williams College; and a grad-
uate student on scholarship at
University of Chicago 1959-67.
Keith was on the staff of
the Center for Urban Studies;
an assistant director of the
Metropolitan Housing and
Planning Council of Chicago; an
area director at Abt Associates, a
think tank; on the executive staff
of the United Way in Cleveland;
director of the United Labor
Agency’s Leo Perlis Center; and
a presidential appointee to the
IRG for NIAAA 1976-81.
As a community organizer,
he helped create the Greater
Roseland Organization (GRO);
Employee Assistance Society of
North America (EASNA) and
the Detroit Track and Field Old
Timers. He edited a scholarly
journal, Employee Assistance
Quarterly, for 20 years; wrote
a monthly column in the U.S.
Journal of Drug and Alcohol
Abuse for five years; wrote
several dozen articles on sport
history and authored five books
including The Sunday Game,
sold at the NFL Hall of Fame.
He was politically active from
1960, the first year he could
vote, when he worked for Jack
Kennedy. He played signif-
icant roles in the election of
Gary, Indiana, Mayor Richard
Hatcher and the presidential
primary of Robert Kennedy. He
ran for city council in Chicago
1960-61. He helped organize the
50th anniversary of Alcoholics
Anonymous in 1986 and helped
make Dr. Bob’s house a national
historic monument.
Gratefully, Keith was the
beneficiary of a kidney trans-
plant that extended his life by
three decades. His beloved wife,
Marian, has been his loving
partner and the twinkle in his
eye for more than 30 years. She
has been head-over-heels in love
with him since the day she met
him. She is a retired elementary
school teacher and, humbly, has
served as mayor of Oak Park,
Michigan, for 12 years.
Mr. McClellan was married
to Barbara Miller 1958-1989
and Marian Meisner 1991-2022.
He has three children, Michael
Keith (Roxanna) McClellan,
Bethany Alice (Kevin Brennan)
McClellan, and TyKeith
(Kristie) McClellan; two
stepchildren; Andy Edward
(Sara) Meisner, and Michelle
Ann (Jeffrey Welch) McIver;
and eight grandchildren;
Katie Mashburn, Rowan and
Cameron McClellan, Jessie
and Evander McIver, Asher,
Levi and Jonah Meisner; two
great-grandchildren, Walker
and Essie Mashburn. They are
the joys of his life and his favor-
ite people.
Contributions can be made
to Oak Park Youth Assistance
or to a charity of one’s choice.
Arrangements by Dorfman
Chapel.
An Active Politico
Keith
McClellan
and her companion, Robert
Levenson; sons and daughter-
in-law, Bruce and Pam
Miller, and Stuart Miller;
grandchildren, Cathy and
Dr. Charlie Schwartz, Tony
Sosnick, Karen and Jeff
Schoenberg, Jordan and Bri
Miller, and Jason and Monica
Miller; great-grandchildren,
Claire, Joey, Cooper, Jordyn,
Dylan, Ethan, Lucas, Maddie,
Max, Sloane and Devon.
Mrs. Miller was the beloved
wife of the late Max “Mike”
Miller; the dear mother-in-law
of the late Robert Sosnick; the
loving sister of the late George
Agree, the late Evelyn Nover,
and the late Melba Wish.
Interment was at Clover Hill
Park Cemetery. Contributions
may be made to Temple
Israel, Robert Sosnick Family
Life Center, 5725 Walnut
Lake Road, West Bloomfield,
MI 48323, temple-israel.
org/tributes; or Shriner’s
Hospital for Children, Attn:
Processing Center, P.O. Box
947765, Atlanta, GA 30394,
shrinershospitalsforchildren.
org/donate. Arrangements by
Ira Kaufman Chapel.
DAVID OLESHANSKY, 65,
of Nashville, Tenn., died Nov.
22, 2022.
He was a passionately
dedicated and loving husband,
father, brother, uncle, friend,
community member and
citizen. David was a graduate
of Cranbrook High School,
University of Michigan and
American University.
David loved nothing more
than being with his family,
preferably near water. He was
an avid leader in the Knoxville
community, spending time
as president of the Arnstein
Jewish Community Center and
as a board member of the Love
Kitchen, a local food kitchen
that supported the entire
Knoxville community. He was
part of the Detroit Oleshansky
family. His memory is a
blessing.
Mr. Oleshansky is survived
by his beloved wife of 36 years,
Deborah; son and daughter-
in-law, Ben and Christine
Oleshansky; daughter and
son-in-law, Bryna Oleshansky
Mody and Perceus Mody;
daughter, Raeruth Oleshansky;
brother and sister-in-law,
William and Marlene
Oleshansky and family; family
of Marvin Oleshansky; and a
loving community of family
and friends
He was predeceased by his
father and mother, Nathan
and Ruth Oleshansky; sister,
Barbara Oleshansky; brother,
Marvin Oleshansky.
Interment was at Machpelah
Cemetery. Contributions
may be made to Planned
Parenthood Federation of
America Inc., Attn: Online
Services, P.O. Box 97166,
Washington, DC 20090,
plannedparenthood.org,
(Please include our name and
address so that the family is
notified about your memorial
gift: Oleshansky Family, 200
Hicks Road, Nashville, TN
37221); or the Nashville Food
Project Inc., 5904 California
Ave., Nashville, TN 37209,
thenashvillefoodproject.org,
(Please include our name and
address). Arrangements by Ira
Kaufman Chapel.
MARC
ROSENBERG, 70
of Henderson (Las
Vegas), Nev., died
Nov. 19, 2022.
Marc was a
director for more than 15
years at Elan School in Maine,