Thomas Jefferson Giles

GILES - Thomas Jefferson, 79, died on Tuesday evening August 19, 2008. Born in Baltimore, MD and raised there and in Philadelphia, PA, Giles was a respected Senior Project Manager for over three decades at SLCE Architects in NYC. He was a graduate of Penn State, class of 1949, and taught mathematics at Prairie View A & M University in Texas, then moved to NYC where he met and married Dorothy Aileen Dove. They were married for 47 years until her death in 1998. They settled in St. Albans, Queens in 1956, where they raised their seven children who survive him: Leland, of Brooklyn, Lorna, of Marthas Vineyard, MA, Jeffrey, of Manhattan, Dwayne, of Winsted, CT, Nancy, of Weehawken, NJ, Gilbert, of Jersey City, NJ, and Susan, of Hamilton, NJ; sonin-law Kenneth Armstead and daughter-in-law Gail Giles; six grandchildren: Julius and Carmen Lamont, Melora and Emelia Armstead, Jazmin Giles and Guy Guyton IV; one great-grandchild: Olivia Lamont; and dozens of nieces, nephews, friends and colleagues at SLCE, loving family members and dear friends. Viewing will be held this afternoon, Sun. Aug. 24th, at the John J. Barrett & Son Funeral Home, 424 W. 51st St. from 2-5 and 7-9pm. A memorial service will be held on Monday August 25th at 2pm at Christ & St. Stephen's Church, 120 W. 69th St. Burial will be private.