a:27:{s:9:"weblog_id";s:1:"4";s:8:"entry_id";s:3:"275";s:6:"sticky";s:1:"n";s:14:"allow_comments";s:1:"n";s:16:"allow_trackbacks";s:1:"n";s:10:"entry_date";s:19:"2008-10-14 07:29 PM";s:15:"expiration_date";s:0:"";s:23:"comment_expiration_date";s:0:"";s:8:"category";a:2:{i:0;s:1:"4";i:1;s:2:"25";}s:9:"author_id";s:1:"2";s:10:"new_weblog";s:1:"4";s:6:"status";s:4:"open";s:14:"trackback_urls";s:0:"";s:18:"versioning_enabled";s:1:"y";s:5:"title";s:29:"Timothy R. McCarthy, 83, Dies";s:9:"url_title";s:26:"timothy_r_mccarthy_83_dies";s:6:"submit";s:6:"Update";s:11:"field_id_26";s:29:"Timothy R. McCarthy, 83, Dies";s:11:"field_ft_26";s:4:"none";s:11:"field_id_31";s:0:"";s:11:"field_id_44";s:149:"Timothy R. McCarthy, 83, a member of the family that founded the  140-year-old St. Louis construction firm McCarthy Building Companies, died Monday. ";s:11:"field_ft_44";s:4:"none";s:11:"field_id_28";s:54:"Timothy R. McCarthy, McCarthy Building Companies, died";s:11:"field_ft_28";s:4:"none";s:11:"field_id_29";s:1753:"<p>Timothy R. McCarthy, 83, a member of the family that founded and established the 144-year-old St. Louis construction firm McCarthy Building Companies, died Oct. 13.</p>
<p>He suffered a heart attack Oct. 7 in his sleep and has been in the hospital since then.&nbsp;</p>
<p>McCarthy was part of a family construction dynasty that began in 1864 when an Irish immigrant named, also named Timothy McCarthy, began a lumber business in Ann Arbor, MI building farmhouses and barns. The company he founded in 1864 is now a billion dollar construction firm with offices nationwide. <br /><br />The first Timothy McCarthy had 10 children, and taught carpentry to two sons, John W. and Timothy Jr. His son Charles became a bricklayer. John W. moved the business to Farmington, MO. It moved to St. Louis in&nbsp; 1917, where it was renamed McCarthy Brothers Construction&nbsp; Co. <br /><br />Completion in 1961 of the Priory Chapel helped establish the company\'s reputation as a significant force in St. Louis construction.</p>
<p>As the company slowly expanded, so did the McCarthy family &mdash; with many members filling leadership positions within the firm. Timothy R. McCarthy,Merryl L. McCarthy,&nbsp; John E. McCarthy, J. Melvin McCarthy and Francis F. McCarthy are credited with much of the company\'s success from the 1940s to the 1970s.<br /><br />In&nbsp; 2002 the&nbsp; company, now called McCarthy Building Companies, completed the&nbsp; transition to employee ownership. Sales last year were $2.3 billion.</p>
<p>Mr. McCarthy served as the AGC of St. Louis President of the Board of Directors in 1973.</p>
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<p>The family asks that that memorial contributions be made to a charity of the donor\'s choice, in lieu of flowers.&nbsp;</p>";s:10:"category_0";s:1:"4";s:10:"category_1";s:2:"25";}