Patricia Ann McClellan

Patricia Ann McClellan, 91, passed away December 23, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, December 27, 2016 at St John's United Methodist Church in Richmond, with Pastor Jeff Gantz officiating. Burial at Greenlawn Memorial Park in Rosenberg. The family will receive friends 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m., Monday, December 26, 2016 in the Chapel of Davis-Greenlawn Funeral Home in Rosenberg. Patricia was born and raised in Dallas and married W. C. (Bill) McClellan in Dallas, Texas on June 4, 1947. They lived the first three years in Hawaii after the war, where they had their first two children before moving to Austin. They had a third child there, and then relocated to Richmond, followed by the birth of 4 more children before finally settling on a farm outside of Rosenberg. Pat had a lifelong commitment to education. She received a BA from SMU in 1946 and was a Special Education teacher for Lamar CISD starting in the early 1960's. While still teaching, she attended University of Houston, earned a PHD in Special Education and eventually became Chief Administrator for LCISD Special Education Services in the mid 1970's. After retiring from that position, she returned to LCISD several years later as an elementary teacher, and then continued as a substitute teacher until finally leaving the classroom at age 78 to care for her husband full-time. Between her stint as an administrator and her return to teaching, she designed and built several houses on homesites in small rural subdivisions developed by her husband, Bill. She also founded You Opportunities Unlimited in Richmond, a non-profit agency that helped underprivileged youth in the Rosenberg-Richmond area. Pat McClellan has been a member of St. John's since the early 1950's and she was especially happy when she was able to sing in the choir. Two sons, William Morrison McClellan II and Philip Evan McClellan, predeceased her in 1986 and 2001, respectively. She is survived by brothers Tom and Leon Cole; two daughters, Marian Latham and Lorene "Renie" McClellan; eldest son Cole McClellan; the two youngest, twins Clark and Casey McClellan; two grandchildren, Catherine Latham Ricketson and William Clark McClellan II; and one great-grand child, Ainsley Ireland Ricketson. Tributes and words of condolence may be left for the family of Patricia McClellan at www.davisgreenlawnfh.com. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Davis-Greenlawn Funeral Home, 3900 B. F. Terry Blvd. in Rosenberg, 281-341-8800.

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Patricia Ann McClellan

October 17, 1925 - December 23, 2016