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CAHILL, MICHAEL ARLAND, 62
CAHILL, MICHAEL ARLAND, 62, of Randolph, died October 9 at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. He was born Nov. 22, 1948, in Newport, the son of Arland H. and Beverly D. (Taylor) Cahill. He was raised in Island Pond, then served as a combat engineer in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. He had worked in construction in Florida, Houston, Tex., and Denver, Colo., before moving to Vermont in the 1980's, settling in Randolph in 1992. He worked as a paralegal for the Vermont State Office of Child Support in Rutland, and as a private investigator in Newport and Philadelphia. For the past 10 years, he worked as a plumber, primarily for the Vermont Center for Independent Living Home Access Program. He married Mary Anne Taggart in Braintree on Aug. 16, 1997. He was a member of Green Mountain Gospel Chapel, Kairos Prison Ministry, Tres Dias, Alcoholics Anonymous, and the Randolph American Legion Post #9. He enjoyed storytelling, target shooting, dancing, reading, cribbage, and traveling to Ireland, and was an avid Boston Red Sox fan. Survivors include his wife, Mary Anne Cahill of Randolph; daughter, Lilia Piette of Morgan; mother, Beverly Person and stepfather, Andrew Person of Belvidere, N.J.; stepson, Josh Howe of Fort Myers, Fla.; stepdaughter, Emily Howe of Colchester; brothers, Patrick Cahill of Denver, Colo., and Timothy Cahill of Philipsburg, N.J.; sisters, Julia Cahill of Mission, S.D., and Suzanne Rippley of Chester Springs, Pa.
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