OBIT: J. M. NIES, 1916, of interest in Somerset County, PA

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FOUND DEAD IN HOTEL
Berks County Man on Business Trip Here Has Life Suddenly Ended, Was Connected 
With Bedford Firm.

  J. M. Nies, aged 66 years, a stock insurance agent, was found dead in his bed 
on Monday morning about 7 o'clock at the Central Hotel in this place. Mr. Nies, 
whose home is at Hamburg, Berks County, this state, came here on May 28 to 
engage in the livestock insurance business. He had made several trips into the 
country with Mr. Luke Hay of this place and was doing some writing up of 
policies. He was connected with the well-known large firm of Gambert's, in 
Bedford. On Friday he was not feeling well and he called in a physician who 
after having examined him told him he had hardening of the arteries and that he 
had better go home as his stay of life was very uncertain. The advice was 
disregarded. Mr. Nies was not known to have taken a drink during his stay of 
several weeks. The remains were given over to Undertaker J. L. Tressler who on 
Wednesday morning at 1:04 shipped them to his home, accompanied by a son of the 
deceased, E. L. Nies who is the American Express Agent at Pittsburg; another son 
C. L. Nies is the agent for the same company at Reading. A daughter, Miss Mary 
L. Nies, is matron of the hospital at Frederick, Md. His wife survives and is at 
the family home. Letters found in the possession of the deceased man from his 
sons show marked filial solicitude regarding the welfare and condition of their 
father. One of the sons had sent him a suit of clothes he had received last 
week.

Meyersdale Commercial, June 22, 1916