John Clinton Grethen, age 65, of Oakland Park, Florida, passed away Thursday August 27, 2020 at Holy Cross Hospital, Fort Lauderdale, as a result of cardiac arrest on Saturday August 22, 2020 while working in his back yard.
Clint was born in South Miami February 25, 1955, son of Olive O. and John Peter Grethen. He attended Auburn University and Louisiana State University, receiving Master’s Degree in Landscape Architecture. For many years he has been employed by Broward County as a landscape architect, contributing to many of the beautification projects in the area.
Surviving Clint are his 3 sisters: Dale J. Reid of Montreat, NC; Penny Isop of Mt. Pleasant, SC; and Annchen G. Hartman of Baton Rouge, LA.; his cousins, and his many wonderful friends in the Fort Lauderdale-Miami area.
Clint’s cremated remains will be placed in a plot with his parents in Mountain View Cemetery, Black Mountain, NC later this fall.