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Register of Wills of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
PETITION FOR GRANT OF LETTERS
Estate of JOHN E. BRENNEMAN
also known as JOHN E. BRENNEMAN, JR.
No. 21-- dOo/ ~ /5
, Deceased
Social Security No. 205-16-5324
M&T BANK
Petitioner(s), who is/are 18 years of age or older, appl(ies) for:
(COMPLETE 'A' or'S' BELOW)
1RI A. Probate and Grant of Letters Testamentary and aver that Petitioner(s) is/are the EXECUTOR named in the last Will of
the Decedent, dated 08/30/1984 and codicils dated
PETITIONER, M&T BANK, IS THE SUCCESSOR BY VIRTUE OF MERGERS OF FARMERS TRUST COMPANY OF
CARLISLE, PA, THE DESIGNATED EXECUTOR IN ITEM VII OF SAID WILL.
State relevant circumstances, e.g., renunciation, death of executor, etc.
Except as follows, Decedent did not marry, was not divorced, and did not have a child born or adopted after execution of the documents
offered for probate; was not the victim of a killing and was never adjudicated incompetent:
NONE
o S. Grant of Letters of Administration
(c.t.a; d.b.n.c.t.a; pedente lite; durante absentia; durante minoritate)
Petitioner(s) after a proper search has/have ascertained that Decedent left no Will and was survived by the following spouse (if any) and heirs:
Name
Relationship
Residence
(COMPLETE IN ALL CASES:) Attach additional sheets if necessary.
Decedent was domiciled at death in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania with his/her family
or principal residence at 17 SHIRLEY LANE, SOUTH MIDDLETON TOWNSHIP. BOILING SPRINGS, PA
(list street, number, and municipality)
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Decedent, then 80
years of age, died 01/10/2007
at CARLISLE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
Decedent at death owned property with estimated values as follows:
(If domiciled in PAl All personal property
(If not domiciled in PAl Personal property in Pennsylvania
(If not domiciled in PAl Personal property in County
Value of real estate in Pennsylvania
situated as follows: SOUTH MIDDLETON TOWNSHIP, CUMBERLAND COUNTY
(Location)
$ I. <t'?O I 000-
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Wherefore, Petitioner(s) respectfully request(s) the probate of the last Will and Codicil(s) presented with this Petition and the grant
of letters in the appropnate form to the undersigned:
Signature Typed or printed name and residence
JANE BURKE M& T BANK,1 WEST HIGH STREET
Carlisle, PA 17013
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Prepared by the Pennsylvania Bar Association
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Form RW-1 (1991)
Oath of Personal Representative
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
County of Cumberland
The Petitioner(s) above-named swear(s) or affirm(s) that the statements in the foregoing Petition are true and correct
to the best of the knowledge and belief of Petitioner(s) and that, as personal representative(s) of the Decedent, Petitioner(s) will
well and truly administer the estate according to law.
Sworn to or affirmed and(ubscribed
before me this~~ day of
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Estate of JOHN E. BRENNEMAN
also known as JOHN E. BRENNEMAN, JR.
Social Security No: 205-16-5324 Date of Death:
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of the Petition on the reverse side hereon, satisfactory proof having been presented before me,
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IT IS DECREED that Letters 00 Testamentary Dof Administration
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(c.I.a.; d.b.n.c.t.a.: pendente lite; durante absentia; durante minoritate)
are hereby granted to M& T BANK, EXECUTOR
in the above estate and that the instrument(s) dated 8/30/1984
described in the Petition be admitted to probate and filled of record as the last Will of Decedent.
FEES
Letters.......................................... $
Short Certificate(S)......./2....... $
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Attorney:
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I.D. No: 10264
Zullinger-Davis, PC
Address: P.O. BOX 40
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Codicil........................... ............... $
JCP Fee.......................................$
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Shippensburg, PA 17257-0040
Telephone: 717-532-5713
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This is to certify that the information here given is correctly copied from an original certificate of death duly filed with me as
Local Registrar~ The original certificate will be forwarded to the Slate Vital Records Office for permanent filing.
WARNING: It is illegal to duplicate this copy by photostat or photograph. D 7 -IS
Fee for this certificate. $6.00
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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH' VITAL RECORDS
CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
(See instructions and examples on reverse)
STATE FILE NUMBER
5. Age (last_y)
7. Birthplace ( aoostateOf
4. Date of Death (Month, day, year)
Jan. 10, 2007
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10. Race: American Indian, Black, 'vVhIte, ele.
(Specify!
White
Bb. County of Death
Cumberland
Twp. Carlisle Regional Medical Center
12. Was Decedent ever in the 13. Decedent's Educatlon (SpecIfy only highesl grade completed)
U.S. Anned Forces? Elementary I Secondary (0-12) Coltege (1-4 or 5+)
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14. Marital Status: Manied, Never Married,
W_Dlvon:ed(Speci(j1
Wido.ved
11. Decedenfs Usual
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17d.D No, OecedenlliYed within
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19. Mothers Name (Fks~ mIcille, maiden surname)
Edythe Moyer
2(1). Inlom1anfs MaIflg Address (Slreet, city I klwn, slate, 41 code)
PO Box 40, Shippensburg, PA 17257
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21c. Place of DlaposIUon (Name of cemetery, CIllI'IIlIloryorolherplaoa)
21d localion (CIIy / town, state, ~ code)
Newville Carete
Newville PA
22c. Name and .Address of Faclly
'a..>ing Brothers Funeral Hane, Inc., Carlisle, PA 17013
23b. License Number
23c. Date Signed (Month, day, year)
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CAUSE OF DEATH (See Instruction. .nd eXllmples)
hem 21. Part I: EnJ.1he ~ - diseases, Injuries, Of complications - thaI drectly caused the death. DO NOT enter tennlnal events such as cardiac arrest,
respiJalory arrest, or V9fItricuIarflbrllalioo wtlhout showing the etiology. Usl:onIyonecauseoneadlllne.
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26. Was Case Referred to Medical Examiner I Coroner lor a Reason Other Ihan Cremalloo or Donation?
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24. Time of Death
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Due 10 (or as a consequence of):
Approximate Inlervel: Pert II: Enter 04her siMifanl COI'IltIinM conl1hJtioo to dBalh, 28. Did Tobacco Use ContrbJte to Death?
Onset 10 Death butnolresultlnglnlhetJldertylngC8USlllJveninParll. 0 Yes DProbab/y
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32<:. Place of Injury: Home, Farm, Street. Factory,
Office Building, etc. (SpecHy)
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HAMILTON C. DAVIS
ATTORNEY AT LAW
NEWVILLE & SHIPPENSBURG
PENNA.
LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
I, JOHN E. BRENNEMAN, of South Middleton Township, Cumberland County,
Pennsylvania, declare this to be my Last Will and Testament and revoke any
will or codicil previously made by me.
ITEM I: I direct that all my just debts and funeral expenses, including
my gravemarker and all expenses of my last illness, shall be paid from my
residuary estate as soon as practicable after my decease as a part of the
administration of my estate.
ITEM II: I devise and bequeath all of my estate of every nature and
wherever situate to my trustee hereinafter named, IN TRUST, nevertheless, to
be administered and distributed in accordance with the following provisions:
A. To pay the net income therefrom to my mother, EDYTHE BRENNEMAN, for
and during her lifetime.
B. As much of the principal of this trust as my trustee, in its sole
discretion, may from time to time, think it advisable for the support of my
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said mother and for the protection and preservation of her property, In:'
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during illness or emergency, shall either be paid to her or elsea,ppl~3d
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directly for her benefit by my trustee after taking into account her ~her
readily available assets and sources of income.
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C. My trustee may apply the net income of this trust for the suppcrrt of
my said mother should she by reason of age, illness or other cause in the
opinion of my trustee be incapable of disbursing it.
D. Upon the death of my said mother or upon my death, providing my
mother shall predecease me, the then remaining principal and any
undistributed income shall be distributed to the Mississippi University for
Women located in Columbus, Mississippi, to be held IN TRUST as an endowment
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ATTDRNEY AT LAW
NEWVILLE & SHIPPENSBURG
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with the income therefrom to be used for scholarship purposes in memory of
my beloved wife, HARRIET BRENNEMAN.
ITEM III: I direct that all taxes that may be assessed in eonsequence
of my death, of whatever nature and by whatever jurisdiction imposed, shall
be paid from my residuary estate as part of the expenses of the
administration of my estate.
ITEM IV: My executor, trustee and guardian shall have the following
powers in addition to those vested in them by law and by other provisions of
my will applicable to all property, whether principal or income, including
property held for minors, exercisable without court approval, and effective
until actual distribution of all property:
A. To retain any or all of the assets of my estate, real or personal,
including stock of my corporate fiduciary, without regard to any principal
of diversification or risk.
B. To invest in all forms of property, including stock, common trust
funds, and mortgage investment funds whether operated by my corporate
fiduciary or others, without restriction to investments authorized for
Pennsylvania Fiduciaries, as they deem proper, without regard to any
principle of diversification or risk.
C. To sell at public or private sale, to exchange, or to lease for any
period of time, any real or personal property and to give options for
sales, exchanges or leases, for such prices and upon such terms or
conditions as they deem proper.
D. To allocate receipts and expenses to principal or income or partly
to each as they from time to time think proper in their sole discretion.
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To borrow from or to sell to my trustee even though such trustee may
be my executor.
F. To pay from the principal of the trust created under ITEM II the
funeral and administrative expenses of my estate, the inheritance,
succesion and estate taxes imposed thereon or payable thereby, and the
debts thereof, including any mortgage indebtedness.
G. To cause the title to any property held hereunder to stand in the
name of a nominee or nominees.
H. To repair, alter or improve any real or personal property; to borrow
money, including the right to borrow money from any fiduciary hereunder,
and to pledge, mortgage, or create a security interest in any property held
by them as security therefor, and to make loans, secured or unsecured, for
such purposes and upon such terms and conditions as th~ trustee may deem
advisable, including loans to my estate, with or without interest, for any
purpose whatsoever, and to exercise options of any kind.
I. To subscribe for or to exercise options for stocks, bonds or other
investments; to join in any plan of lease, mortgage, merger, consolidation,
reorganization, foreclosure or voting trust and to deposit securities
thereunder; to vote securities in person or by proxy, in such connection to
delegate discretionary powers; and generally to exercise all the rights of
security holders or employees of any corporation.
J. To compromise, submit to arbitration or release any claim of my
estate or any trust hereunder against others and to pay, compromise, or
submit to arbitration any claim of others against my estate or any trust
hereunder.
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HAMILTON C. DAVIS
ATTORNEY AT LAW
NEWVILLE & SHIPPENSBURG
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K. To continue the operation of any business in which I may be
interested or engaged at the time of my death (regardless of the form or
organization of any such business), which business or an interest in which
shall be received by my fiduciary. This authorization shall include the
right to change the form of any such business by the reorganization or
incorporation thereof, or the formation of a general or limited partnership
with respect thereto, and shall also include the right to invest in any
such business including the right to invest in any business the property of
any trust hereunder for such periods of time and upon such terms and
conditions as my fiduciary shall deem advisable. No fiduciary shall be
liable for any loss resulting from continuing any such business, but my
fiduciary may, in my fiduciary's discretion, sell, liquidate or otherwise
discontinue any such business at such time or upon such terms and
conditions as my fiduciary shall deem advisable.
L. To pay from the income of the trust created under ITEM II hereof,
monthly payments on any mortgage on real estate owned by me individually or
jointly with another person at the time of my death, if my trustee deems it
advisable not to prepay any such mortgage.
M. My trustee, generally, shall have full power and authority to
exercise all rights and privileges appurtenant to any property held by my
trustee, and to execute and deliver any and all instruments which may be
necessary or expedient in the exercise of the powers granted herein.
N. In making distribution of my estate, my executor (and in making
distribution of any trust, my trustee) is hereby granted the power to make
nonprorata distribution of assets in kind.
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ATTORNEY AT LAW
NEWVILLE & SHIPPENSBURG
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My trustee in addition to other powers granted shall have the
authority to purchase life insurance on the lives of any or all
beneficiaries of the trust. In addition, specific authority or power is
granted to pay premiums on existing policies as well as those purchased
after the creation of the trust even though said policies may not: be owned
by or payable to the trustee as beneficiary. Premiums may be paid from the
income of the trust estate or, if necessary, from principal.
P. To exercise any law-given option to pay death taxes in installments,
the payment of interest due on such installments to be a charge against
principal.
Q. To exercise any law-given option to treat administrative expenses
either as income tax or as estate tax deductions, without regard to whether
the expenses were paid from principal or income.
R. Should the principal of any trust herein provided for be or become
too small in the Trustee's discretion so as to make establishment or
continuance of trust inadvisable, my Trustee or my personal representative
may make immediate distribution of the then remaining principal and any
accumulated or undistributed income outright to the person or persons and
in the proportions they are then entitled to. If any such person is then a
minor, distribution may be made to that person's guardian, or to a person
selected by the trustee to be custodian for such person until the age of
twenty-one (21) years under the Pennsylvania Uniform Gifts to Minors Act.
ITEM V: I appoint FARMERS TRUST COMPANY, of Carlisle, Pennsylvania,
Trustee of any trusts created by this my last will.
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ITEM VI: My corporate fiduciary shall be entitled to compensation
based upon its regular schedule of fees for such services in effect from
time to time during the period over which its services are performed.
ITEM VII: I appoint FARMERS TRUST COMPANY, of Carlisle, Pennsy1vania,"Exec tor'
of this my last will.
ITEM VIII: I direct that my executor, trustee or guardian or their
successors shall not be required to give bond for the faithful performance
of their duties in any jurisdiction.
ITEM IX: The interests of the beneficiaries hereunder shall not be
subject to anticipation or to voluntary or involuntary alienation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and seal to this
and
Testament, written
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sheets of paper, dated this
my Last Will
30 il day
of
, 1984.
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: John E. Brenneman
(SEAL)
The preceding instrument, consisting of this and six (6) other
typewritten pages, each identified by the signature of the testator, was on
the day and date thereof signed, published and declared by the testator
therein named, as and for his Last Will, in the presence of us, who, at his
request, in his presence, and in the presence of each other have subscribed
our n mes as witnes s hereto.
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HAMILTON G. DAVIS
ATTORNEY AT LAW
NEWVILLE & SHIPPEN58URG
PENNA.
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HAMILTON G, DAVIS
ATTORNEY AT LAW
NEWVILLE & SHIPPENS8URG
PENNA.
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
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COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND
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I, JOHN E. BRENNEMAN, the testator whose name is signed to the
attached instrument, having been duly qualified according to law, do hereby
acknowledge that I signed and executed the instrument as my Last Will; that
I signed it willingly; and that I signed it as my free and voluntary act
for the purposes therein expressed.
Sworn or affi
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J n E. Brenneman
(SEAL)
COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND
We, I~,' J l C' DAv;\ and ~ I&&'- i1A.~,,-s~ .' the witness s
whose names are signed to the attached instrument, being duly qualified
according to law, do depose and say that we were present and saw the testator
sign and execute the instrument as his Last Will; that he signed willingly
and that he executed it as his free and voluntary act for the purposes
therein expressed; that each of us in the hearing and sight of the testator
signed the Will as witnesses; and that to the best of our knowledge the
testator was at that time eighteen (18) or more years of age and of sound
mind and under no constraint or undue influence. (!
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otary Public
ELIZABETH B. FETZER, 'lOWlY PUB
WEST PEHNSBORO TWP., CU.vSrrUAHD COUNTY
MY COMMISSION EXPIRES SEPT. 12, 1987
Member, Pennsylvania Associltion of Noteries
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