The man who created a spectacular rose garden for his ailing wife has died. Bill Clemens died Wednesday night at the St. Benedict's Senior Community in St. Cloud.
When a plot of land came up for sale across the street from the home of Bill and Virginia Clemens, they purchased and donated the land to the City of St. Cloud Park Department. July 20, 1989 is the date of the approved motion for the rose garden to be name for Virginia Clemens, its muse.