Montgomery County OhArchives Obituaries.....Thies, Jonn, Bernard January 16, 1934
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Gary Evans gle.fam.gen@cox.net and Susan (Thies) Evans  March 21, 2006, 2:46 am

Dayton Daliy News
John B. Thies, 82, widely known retired architect, died Tuesday morning at the 
Good Samaritan hospital, after an illness of a week. He suffered from heart 
disease.
 An architect and engineer for 35 years, he was in business with his sons 
under the firm name of Thies and Thies up to 1928. He helped direct the 
construction of the Troy-Pearl Laundry building, the Joyce-Cridland Co., the 
Santa Clara Avenue Church of Christ, the Holden hotel, the McCormick 
Manufacturing Co. building, the new buildings of the St. Elizabeth hospital, 
the Fenwick club in Cincinnati and various other edifices.
 For many years he resided at 3131 N. Main st. and was beloved of the children 
of the neighborhood who called him "Grandpa".
 He was born just off the Brandt pike and was the son of Theodore Thies a 
native of Germany.
 He belonged to Sacred Heart church, and the Knights of St. John, St. Martin 
Commandery.
 Surviving him are two daughters, Mrs. Eleanore M. Kilcoyne, Mrs. Garfield 
Puls; two sons Urban C. and Walter J. Thies; nine grandchildren; four 
brothers, William, Henry, Charles, and Frank Thies and a sister Mrs. Elizabeth 
Hochwalt.
 Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 8:30 a.m. from the residence, 
followed by requiem high mass at Sacred Heart church at 9 a.m. Burial will be 
in Calvary cemetery.

Additional Comments:
John Bernard is the son of John Theodore and Elizabeth Ann (Brabdenburg) Thies.

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