McCLENAGHAN, David Johnstone

(July 7, 1933 - August 1, 2018) - Passed away at Hospice Wellington, Guelph, on Wednesday, August 1, 2018.
Married for 54 years, Dave was predeceased by his beloved wife and best
friend Mary Lou (nee Grieve). He was the loving father of John of Pike
Bay and Peter (Bernadette) and Lou-Ann (Michael Carere), all of Guelph.
Dave was the loving grandfather of Raechel, Jonathan, Zachary, Patrick,
Michael, Shannon, Jessica and Matthew and great-grandfather of Eva Marie
and Ophelia. Dear brother of the late Pearl Densmore, Robert (Jean) and
Elizabeth (Keith) Street. Survived by his brothers-in-law William (Jean)
Grieve of Lions Head and Win Densmore of Guelph. Predeceased by his
parents David and Kathleen McClenaghan and by his in-laws Jack and Dolly
Bernice Grieve.

David was a lifelong parishioner of the Basilica of Our Lady, Guelph,
where he ushered for over 40 years. He enjoyed sports, especially,
basketball and tennis. Dave played on the 1954 Guelph Intermediate
Basketball Team that won the Ontario Championship and were declared
Canadian Champions by the Canadian Amateur Basketball Association. He
organized and coached the first Minor Basketball Association for boys in
the Separate Schools in the original Bishop MacDonell High School gym.
The love of tennis was a family affair as David and Marylou managed the
Church of Our Lady Tennis Club for over 50 years.

David’s career in assessment spanned almost 40 years, starting with the
City of Guelph and then moving to the Ministry of Revenue. He became the
Regional Assessment Commissioner for the City of Guelph and Wellington and
Dufferin Counties.

David spent the summers at the family cottage on Lake Huron on the Bruce
Peninsula and the winters on Sanibel Island, Florida, where he and Mary
Lou made special friends over their many years there.

A special thank you to the doctors and nurses at the Elliott Community and
at Hospice Wellington, who were so kind and caring to David during his
last years.

Friends are invited to meet with the family at the Gilbert MacIntyre and
Son Funeral Home, Dublin Chapel, 252 Dublin St. N., Guelph, on Friday,
August 3, 2018 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. A Vigil for David will be held at
the funeral home on Friday, August 3, at 3:30 p.m. The Funeral Mass will
be held at the Basilica of Our Lady, 28 Norfolk St., Guelph, on Saturday,
August 4, 2018 at 10 a.m. Interment, Marymount Cemetery, Guelph. As
expressions of sympathy, donation to the Basilica of Our Lady Building
Fund or to Hospice Wellington would be appreciated by the family.