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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,