THIES, Royal Fredrick

THIES, CHRISTOPHERSON, AXELSEN, WOOD

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 9/16/2014 at 03:10:52

Obituary - Royal Fredrick Thies
July 29, 1908 ~ April 14, 1960

The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Thursday, April 14, 1960, Page 27

Royal Thies, Lake farmer, dies from gun accident

CLEAR LAKE - Royal F. Thies, 51, Route 2, Clear Lake, died at 7:55 Thursday morning at his home when a .22 caliber rile accidentlly discharged.

He kept the gun loaded in his basement for use in killing rats about the farm, Coroner J. E. Christopherson reported. Thies was found at the bottom of the basement stairs and Dr. Christopherson believes that he might have stumbled on the stairs while carrying the gun.

His mother, Julia Thies, who made her home with him, said he had been out last night shooting. She was on the first floor of the house when the accient occurred. He had dressed his young son who was ready to leave for school when the accident occurred.

The coroner reported there was no evidence of suicide tendencies and ruled the case accidental.

In Mrs. Thies' anxiety over the accident she called the fire-phone a the police station and asked them to come at once. The fire department answered the call and then called the police.

Royal Fredrick Thies was born July 29, 1908, the son of Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Thies. He was graduated from Clear Lake High School in 1927, and on Feb. 15, 1941, was married to Constance Mae Axelsen. She died in 1957. He had farmred most of his life.

Surviving are his mother, one son, Ronald, 6, and one sister, Mrs. Leo (Phyllis) Wood, Clear Lake.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete at the Wilcox Funeral Home.

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The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Friday, April 15, 1960

DEATH NOTICES

THIES, Roy F., 51, Route 2, Clear Lake, died Thursday morning of an accidental gun shot. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Zion Lutheran Church. Pastors Richard Ellingson and I. A. Lavik will officiate. Burial will be in the Clear Lake Cemetery. The Wilcox Funeral Home is in charge.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, September of 2014