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A6 Rutland Daily Herald Obituaries Wednesday, March 25, 2015 March 28, 2015, at Grace Congregational United Church of Christ. The Rev. John C. Weath-erhogg, senior minister, will officiate. Tossing Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements.

Thomas E. Frostick MONTPELIER Anthony J. Flory AnthonyJ. "Tony" Flory, 80, of Rutland Town, died Monday, March 23, 2015, at Rutland Regional Medical Center. Friends may call from 4 until 7 p.m.

Friday at Aldous Funeral Home, 44 North Main Rutland, VT. Funeral services are pending for Friday at St. Peter's Church. A full obituary will be published in Thursday's edition. Phyllis J.

Harvey BUXTON, ME Phyl Thomas E. Frostick, 72, of Upper Elm Street, passed away Saturday morning, March 21, 2015, was a 1996 graduate of Mill River Union High School. Mr. Bagley served four years in the U.S. Marine Corps.

He was employed by Ca-sella Waste Management, Trees Inc. and Vaillancourt Tree Service. He enjoyed, hunting, fishing and outdoor activities. He was a fan of the Boston Red Sox. Surviving are his mother, Cassandra Nicklaw of Pembroke, his companion, Sarah Kaminski of Plymouth; a son, Hunter J.

Bagley and a stepson, Nicholas Champine, both of Plymouth; two brothers, Justin Bagley of Rutland and Cory Bagley of Benson; a stepbrother, Jeremy Nick-law of Myrtle Beach, S.C.; nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his father and a sister, Miranda Bagley. A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 1, 2015, at Calvary Bible Church in Rutland. A reception will follow in Fellowship Hall at the church.

Mabel V. Davis BENNINGTON Ma lis J. Harvey, 75, passed away Friday, March 13, 2015, at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice University of Vermont. He and his first wife, Tina Cunningham, bought land in Fairfield, Vermont, and raised two sons there. He resided for the past 32 years in Avon, NY, returning to Vermont for maple sugaring each spring.

Peter inspired many during his rich life with his array of talents, including turning stoneware pottery and creating metalwork and sculpture on his homemade forge; haying, logging and sugaring with draft horses; fine woodworking and carpentry; boatbuilding and sailing; playing the banjo and bagpipes, and identifying trees. He loved skiing and hiking in the Adirondack and Green Mountains. He once raced a train on his favorite pony, built a sailing dory, drove from Vermont to Tierra del Fuego, worked on Nelson Rockefeller's cattle ranch in Venezuela, shaved off his beard, and played the bagpipes on the shores of Loch Ness in Scotland. Peter's large extended family was a source of strength and joy to him. His enthusiasm, patience, humor and compassion for everyone he met, his curiosity and spirituality, and the distinct twinkle in his eye will remain with the multitude who loved him.

Peter leaves his wife, Clara Mulligan; his children Alexander and wife Wendy Raymond, and Peter Jr. and wife Molly Sevareid, all of Fairfield, VT, Holly Watson of Geneseo, NY, and Forrest Watson of Honeoye Falls, NY; siblings Wendy Watson of Phoenix, AZ, Clyde Watson and husband Denis Devlin of Etna, NH, Linda Watson of Monkton, VT, Ann Watson of New Haven, VT, N. Cameron Watson of Truro, MA, Caidin McLeod of Santa Cruz, CA, and Thomas Watson and wife Francie Randolph of Truro, MA; four grandchildren and many nieces, nephews, cousins and dear friends. Peter was buried on his family's property in Vermont. A celebration of his life will be held in Avon at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to NOFA Vermont. Barbara C. Weakley MANCHESTER CEN of Ohio; many nieces and nephews and good friends Jack and Carol Sweeney of Montpelier and the entire Sweeney family; and the Bolduc family of Middlesex. His sister, Janet Lee Booth, predeceased Tom. We invite people to remember Tom at 6:30 p.m.

on Saturday, March 28, 2015, at the Unitarian Church on Main Street in Montpelier in the function room. If you wish, in lieu of flowers, you may donate to the Montpelier Food Shelf at 137 Main Street, Montpelier, VT 05602 or the Non-game Wildlife Fund, Vermont Fish Wildlife 1 National Life Drive, Davis 2, Montpelier, VT 05602-3702. Kevin M. McDermott PLYMOUTH Kevin Michael McDermott, 61, of Plymouth, died March 20, 2015, with his family by his side. He was born Dec.

4, 1953, son of Frederick and Grace (Murcott) McDermott in Jersey City, N.J. Mr. McDermott attended schools in Jersey City and Stamford, Conn. He grew up in Stamford. He later moved to the Kil-lington and Rutland areas, where he most recently worked for the Val Rock Motel and Whit Montgomery Management Co.

in Kil-lington. He liked camping, fishing, fun parks, flower gardens and bingo. Survivors include his long-time girlfriend and mother of two children, Tammy Alexander of Plymouth; his three daughters Jennifer and Sharon McDermott of Stamford, and Crystal Hayes of Plymouth; his son Brian Hayes of Plymouth; his two brothers Edward and Joey Piene of Stamford, nieces, nephews and grandchildren. He was predeceased by his parents and his wife Eula McDermott. Calling hours will be held from 5 to 7 p.m.

Monday March 30, 2015, at Aldous Funeral Home. Donations made be made to Tammy Alexander, 178 Town Office Road, Plymouth, VT 05051 to help with expenses. Peter N. Watson AVON, NY. Peter Nor bel V.

Davis, 89, of Bennington, died Sunday, March 22, 2015. She was born Oct. 19, 1925. ating from the College of Fine Arts in 1949. She was an accomplished watercolor artist.

Her pen-and-ink drawings would later appear in the Arlington Garden Club yearbooks. In 1954, while on vacation sketching in Yellowstone National Park, she met Tom Weakley, a fellow Syracuse alumnus in the dining car of the train. They married Oct. 15, 1955, and settled in Hol-lis, N.Y. They returned to Vermont in 1958 to start a family and open a candle-making business.

Mrs. Weakley was a devoted flower gardener and longtime member of the Arlington Garden Club, acquiring many blue ribbons. She was a congregant of Federated Church of East Arlington. She is survived by her husband; a son, Christopher Weakley; a daughter, Margaret Oceanna; a brother, John Bruce Campbell of Sudbury, three grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m.

Sunday, April 19, 2015, East Arlington Federated Church. The Rev. Kathleen S. Clark will officiate. Memorial contributions may be made to the Martha Canfield Fisher Library in Arlington through Mahar Son Funeral Home, 628 Main Bennington, VT 05201.

Guestbook condolences may be made at www.maha-randsonfuneralhome.net. Paul E. Wiskoski FAIR HAVEN Paul E. Wiskoski, 75, of Fair Haven, died Tuesday, March 24, 2015, at Rutland Regional Medical Center. Arrangements are pending with Durfee Funeral Home.

Joan E. West DANBY Joan Edith West, 78, died March 23, 2015, at her home after a long illness. She was born on March 27, 1936, in Danby Four Corners, the daughter of Raymond and Edith (Harrington) McLellan. She is survived by her son, Norman West; her daughters Esther Bushee of Danby and Vickie Cole of Manchester; her two sisters Audrey Patch of Mount Holly and Reba Hathaway of West Winfield, N.Y.; a brother, Richard McLellan of West Rutland; and seven grandchildren. Memorial service will be held at 1 1 a.m.

Friday, March 27, 2015, atWallingford-Al-dous Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may be made to Manchester Community Library, P.O. Box 1105, Manchester Center, VT 05255. House in Scarborough, Maine. She was born on August 25, 1939, to Donald and Clarice Parker in Rutland and graduated from Fair Haven Union High School.

Phyllis married John Everett Harvey and moved with her family to Buxton, Maine, in 1968. Phyllis was predeceased by her husband John, her parents Donald and Clarice, brother Donald Parker, and granddaughter Morgan DiCiccio. She is survived by her five children Carmine "Chip" DiCiccio and his wife Jean-nie of Limington, Jeffrey Harvey and his wife Darlene of Limington, Maine, Denise Williams of Windham, Maine, Lisa Harvey of Windham, Maine, and Robert Harvey and his wife Melanie of Poland, Maine. She is also survived by 12 grandchildren, 5 greatgrandchildren, sister Gail Shaw and husband Russell of Bomoseen, brother Alan Parker and wife Sharon of Middletown Springs, and sister-in-law Nancy Parkerof Fair Haven. The family has chosen to hold a memorial service at a later date.

Memorial donations may be made in Phyllis' name to the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House, 180 U.S. Route One, Scarborough, ME 04074. Michael E. Bagley Jr. PLYMOUTH Michael after a brief illness.

Born in Neptune, New Jersey, on July 5, 1942, he was the son of the late Thomas and Mary Ann (Crowley) Frostick. He grew up in Brielle, New Jersey. Tom attended Manasquan High School, Manasquan, New Jersey. As a student in the Vocational Agriculture Program, he learned many hands-on skills that served him well throughout his life. He graduated in 1960.

In 1961 he married his high school sweetheart, Veronica M. Nolan, and together they raised three children. In 1975, Tom and his family moved to Montpe-lier, Vermont. For twenty years, he was the Service Manager at Lyons Pontiac-Cadillac. He then worked for fifteen years at Casella Waste Management, first as the Fleet Manager and then as a roll-off driver.

Recently, he worked for Bolduc Salvage. Tom loved nature and the outdoors. He enjoyed canoeing, observing wildlife, hunting and especially snowmobiling. He was a member and past president of the Montpelier Track-makers. He enjoyed trail maintenance, bridge building and grooming trails for the club.

Tom enjoyed going out with a friend, his wife or a grandson to groom and spent the day before he became ill doing what he loved. He also loved spending time with his family and friends, especially the annual camping trip to Cape Cod. Fishing, going over sand to Race Point and watching his grandchildren play and surf in the ocean made him happy. He loved children and animals and was a quiet man who was a friend to many. Tom is loved and mourned by his wife of 53 years, Veronica, and their children: Michele Lapp and her husband Phil of Ira; Janine Walton and her husband Joe of Easton, MA; and Thomas Frostick of Berlin; his seven grandchildren Katherine Lapp, Caroline Lapp, Sophie Walton, Sadie Walton, Josie Walton, Colby Frostick and Drew Frostick; his sister Mary Ann Johnson and her husband Richard She worked as a seamstress.

She enjoyed sewing, knitting, crocheting, fishing and Mrs. Davis is survived by her husband of 46 years, William H. Davis; her children, David Robinson, Norman Robinson, Janice Wright, William Robinson, Alton Robinson, Wanda Sweet, Pamela Hebert and Alice Jonte; great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. She is also survived by her sisters, Wilma Martindale, Helen Montgomery, Lena Shattuck, Gloria Alden, Linda Dorman; a brother, Edgar Corey; and many cousins, nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by three sisters and a brother.

The funeral service will be held at 1 1 a.m. Saturday, March 28, at the Church of Christ, 524 South St. in Bennington, with a reception following. Donations can be made to the Vermont Veterans Home in Bennington, Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home, P.O. Box 957, Bennington, VT 05201 To send the family email condolences, visit www.shea-funeralhomes.com.

Peter D. Hanson A service to celebrate the life of Peter Day Hanson, 85, of Rutland Town, who died March 8, 2015, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, E. Bagley 36, died March, 22, 2015 at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center as a result of a TER Barbara Campbell Weakley, 86, died Sunday, March 22, 2015, at Equinox Ter man Dingman Watson departed peacefully from this life in his beloved Vermont snowmobile accident. was born in East race.

She was born Oct. 17, 1928, in Brooklyn, N.Y., the daughter of Eleanor Aldridge Campbell and C. Bruce Campbell. She grew up in Long Island, N.Y. She graduated from Packer Junior College in Brooklyn and attended sugarwoods on March 6, 2015, at age 70.

The son of artist Aldren A. Watson and writer Nancy Dingman, he was born in Paterson, NJ, on Sept. 7, Strouds-burg, on May 13, 1978, the son of Michael E. and Cassandra (Simmons) Bagley Sr. He attended Otter Valley Union High School and 1944.

Peter graduated from The Putney School and the Syracuse University, gradu Homeland Security No. 2 accused of improper influence was head of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, said in a statement that he disagreed with the inspector general's findings but that "I will certainly learn from it and from this process." Mayorkas added: "There was erroneous decision-making and insufficient security vetting of cases. I could not and did not turn my back on my responsibility to address those grave problems. I made improving the program a priority and I did so in a hands-on manner." The U.S.

government's investor-visa program, known as EB-5, allows foreigners to obtain visas to live permanently in the U.S. with their spouse and children if they invest $500,000 to $1 million in projects or businesses that create jobs for American citizens. Approved investors can become legal permanent residents after two years and later can become U.S. citizens. The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, Rep.

Michael McCaul, R-Texas, said the findings were "extremely concerning" and that he will conduct a congressional hearing about them Thursday. Roth was expected to testify. The Associated Press first internal files the AP had sought under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act as part of its own investigation nearly two years ago and instead released records that indicated no wrongdoing. The AP in July 2013 requested all emails to or from Mayorkas over the preceding seven months that contained specific words or names, including Rodham.

The government eventually sent AP more than 200 pages, mostly censored, including emails in which Mayorkas told investors and agency staff that he would not become involved in internal deliberations. access and caused resentment among career government employees, managers and lawyers. The agency's inspector general, John Roth, said he could not suggest a motive for Mayorkas, a longtime Democrat who served on President Barack Obama's transition team after his 2008 election and was U.S. attorney in California under President Bill Clinton. Roth did not accuse Mayorkas of violating any laws, and acknowledged that Mayorkas sometimes declined to become involved in cases because he said he did not think it would be appropriate.

Mayorkas, who at the time reported in July 2013 as Mayorkas was being considered for the No. 2 job at the Homeland Security Department allegations that he had improperly intervened in the investor case involving a financing company run by Anthony Rodham, brother of Mrs. Clinton. Mayorkas told senators at his confirmation hearing that the allegations were "unequivocally false" and said he oversaw the program "based on the law and the facts, and nothing else." The inspector general's new conclusions also cast doubt on whether the Department of Homeland Security withheld embarrassing By ALICIA A. CALDWELL THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON The No.

2 official at the Department of Homeland Security improperly intervened on behalf of foreign investors seeking U.S. visas in three cases involving prominent Democrats, including a company run by the youngest brother of likely Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton, the agency's inspector general said Tuesday. Investigators said Homeland Security Deputy Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas helped efforts to secure the visas in ways that created the appearance of favoritism and special economy and protect our most vulnerable." neal.goswami rutlandherald.com committed to making sure this budget responsibly spends our limited resources to advance our Center Continued from Page A1 Johnson said the committee heard from many people, particularly in the Rutland and Derby areas, who are concerned that emergency dispatch services will suffer under the administration's consolidation plan. The committee deferred to the Government Operations Committee on safety concerns, but heeded requests to allow those the Appropriations Committee plan and will not comment on each component. Shumlin issued a statement Monday after the House approved its plan on a bipartisan, 11-0 vote.

"My budget team will take a close look at the specifics in the bill passed this afternoon, and will continue to work closely with the Legislature as the budget makes its way through the next steps in the House and on to the Senate later this session," Shumlin said in the statement. "I remain services could be funded. "I think there were enough questions raised, and there were enough possible alternatives raised, the fact that there are potentially viable, home-grown alternatives out there, is reason enough to say, 'Is there a different way to do things? Johnson said. "There are places all over government where we're asking for a different way to do things." Shumlin spokesman Scott Coriell said the administration is reviewing communities time to explore options to maintain local dispatch services. "It gives time for local entities to try to come up with an alternative or a transition plan," Johnson said.

"They asked for some time to come up with a local alternative, so that's what we're offering." The committee included legislative language in its budget plan calling for Public Safety Commissioner Keith Flynn to meet with first responders in the Rutland and Derby areas about how dispatch TOWN OF RUTLAND SELECT BOARD The Town of Rutland Select Board seeks Rutland Town residents interested in serving on one or more of the following organizations: Solid Waste Alliance Community Representative and Alternate, Transportation Council Alternate, Town Planning Commission Two members and two alternates. Please submit a letter of interest to Joe Dicton, Chairman 1 81 Business RT 4, Center Rutland, VT. 05736 or email to rutlandtown comcast.net Application deadline is April 17, 2015 For the Board Joe Dicton, Chairman.