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Agnes ‘Nessie’ Bale, 82 

Agnes “Nessie” Bale, a longtime resident of Ossining, New York, passed away on Thursday, Aug. 22 at her home surrounded by her loving family.

Nessie was born in Glascow, Scotland on July 7, 1942, and was the daughter of the late Thomas and Mary (Lee) Mc Lean.

She was a former secretary for NBC and 30 Rockefeller Center. She then went on to be president of McLean Rebar in Elmsford. She was a communicant of St. Augustine’s church in Ossining and Lady of the Mountain in Killington.

Nessie was well known as an avid skier in Vermont for 40 years, she enjoyed golfing, Lindy Dancing and the twist.

She is survived by her husband, Walter; her two children, Wally (Stephanie), Tom (Leighann); her two grandchildren Stella and Owen; her siblings Ann McKiell, Margaret Gallacher,  and Tom McLean; sister-in-law Carol Bale, and predeceased by her sister Josephine Dougans and Brother-in-law, Gerald Bale.

A celebration of Nessie’s life  is TBA.

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