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Home My WebLink About05-03-07 PETITION FOR PROBATE and GRANT OF L~RS Estate of MILDRED E. KEEFER No. 21 - 07 - tf,.:?; a/so known as To: , Deceased Register of Wills for the County of CUMBERLAND Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the Social Security No. 191182944 The petition of the undersigned respectfully represents that: Your petitioner( s), who is/are 18 years of age or older and the execut rix in the last will of the above decedent, dated OCTOBER 25. 2006 and codicil(s) dated 0" c'S:.:.:,') I W '___--1 \. .', . ._:.:;: 1; ""1:1 J. (state relevant circumstances, e.g. renunciation, death of executor, etc.) .." .:~;j ::: Decedent was domiciled at death in CUMBERLAND County, Pennsyl~~a, with:-) h er last family or principal residence at 103 8.M.En SHIPPENSBURG. ;; CUMBERLAND COUNTY. PENNSYLVANIA 17013. (list street, number and municipality) Decedent, then 85 years of age, died 4/20/2007 at SHIPPENSBURG HEALTH CARE CENTER. SHIPPENSBURG. PA Except as follows, decedent did not marry, was not divorced and did not have a child born or adopted after execution of the will offered for probate; was not the victim of a killing and was never adjudicated incompetent: Decedent at death owned property with estimated values as follows: (If domiciled in Pa) All personal property $ 1.000.000.00 (lfnot domiciled in Pa.) Personal property in Pennsylvania $ (lf not domiciled in Pa.) Personal property in County $ Value of real estate in Pennsylvania $ situated as follows: WHEREFORE, petitioner(s) respectfully request(s) the probate of the last will and codicil(s) presented herewith and the grant of letters testamentarY ffuereont~.k~e:1 ~ (-~~;~:;:~~~=~D::'D:::57 11I- ~~ u -0= ;.g ~..g u~ ~~ Iii Gb in OATH OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA } 58 COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND The petitioner(s) above-named swear(s) or affmn(s) that the statements in the foregoing petition are true and correct to the best of the knowledge and belief ofpetitioner(s) and that as personal represen- tative(s) of the above decedent petitioner(s) will well and truly a inister e tate accor' to law. Sworn to or affmned and subscribed before me this ~ day of { ~~.~}.' ~-v.7a~ No. 21 - 07 ,-If;2 g Estate of MILDRED E. KEEFER , Deceased DECREE OF PROBATE AND GRANT OF LETTERS AND NOW MA Y ~ . 2007 , in consideration of the petition on the reverse side hereof, satisfactory proof having been presented before me, IT IS DECREED that the instrument(s) dated 10/25/2006 described therein be admitted to probate and filed of record as the last will of f MILDRED E. KEEFER and Letters TESTAMENTARY are hereby granted to LESLIE T. KEEFER / I.L.il C{) Probate, Letters, Etc.. . . . . . .. $ Short Certificates ~ 6~ . . . . . . ~O ()O R .. $ ,-- enuncIation. . 'f' . . . . . . . . tp; It [e..;' $ /S ~ /L L /()fJO TOTAL~ ~ Filed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . '1/0)ri) FEES HAROLD S. IRWIN. III. ESe #29920 ATTORNEY (Sup. Ct. I.D. No.) 64 SOUTH PITT STREET CARLISLE PA 17013 ADDRESS 717 -243-6090 PHONE (-) (-;~~3\ ~.... :.1' , .-~ '~ _4~ \ <:-,) -v ~ ", , \ .L:- , LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT 0'1-1$ I, MILDRED E. KEEFER, of 104 SME, Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania 17257-9533, do hereby make, publish and declare this to be my last will and testament, hereby revoking all wills heretofore made by me. I'~) 0::::::> = -..I ~C) "1; . ="1'"' I direct my personal representative to pay all of my debts, funeral anA F~2 -.. ," ~ r['l I administrative expenses as soon as convenient after my decease. I direcr~ all <..V '; .,' "") J::-," inheritance taxes imposed or payable by reason of my death and interest~d'penalties , _I,) v::l" . thereon with respect to all property, whether or not such property passeS~llntler thi~Will, ~ shall be paid by my personal representative out of my estate. 1. 2. I authorize and empower my personal representative to sell any realty and/or personalty owned by me at my death and not specifically devised or bequeathed herein, at public or private sale or sales and to give good and sufficient deeds and/or bills of sale therefore, in fee simple, as I could do if living. My representative is authorized and empowered to engage in any business in which I may be engaged at my death, for such period of time after my death as seems expedient to said representative. 3. I give, devise and bequeath all of my estate of whatever nature and wherever situate as follows: A. 250/0 to the Memorial Lutheran Church, Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, for general purposes; and all the B. Rest, residue and remainder of my estate to my brother-in-law, Leslie T. Keefer. 4. I nominate and appoint Leslie T. Keefer to be the personal representative of my estate, to serve without bond. If he cannot or does not serve, then I appoint Jane E. Adams, Esquire, to be the substitute personal representative, with the same powers and also without bond. 5. I suggest that my personal representative retain the services of Jane E. Adams, Esquire, Carlisle, Pennsylvania in the settlement of my estate. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 25th day of October, 2006. 'mif~(!..,c;~ MIL RED E. EFER (SEAL) Signed, sealed, published and declared by the above-named person as and for a last will and testament, in our presence, who at said person's request, in said person's presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto set our names as subscribing witnesses. -BzA11div_i ~ r~~ ~tlrKrt . -. ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AFFIDA VIT WE, MILDRED E. KEEFER, RHONDA S. IRWIN and SARAH A. HARDESTY, the testatrix and witnesses respectively, whose names are signed to the foregoing instrument, being first duly sworn, do hereby declare to the undersigned authority that the testatrix signed and executed the instrument as her last will and that she had signed willingly, and that she executed it as her free and voluntary act for the purpose herein expressed, and that each of the witnesses, in the presence and hearing of the testatrix, signed the will as a witness and that to the best of their knowledge the testatrix was, at that time, eighteen years of age or older, of sound mind and under no constraint or undue influence. ~~<~~ MIL RED E. KEEFER Vhm!JV . J. ~u:r, RHONDA S. IRWIN ~*~ SARA{} A. HARDE. -- COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA :ss: COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND Subscribed, sworn to and acknowledged before me by MILDRED E. KEEFER, the testator herein, and subscribed and sworn to before me by RHONDA S. IRWIN and SARAH A. HARDESTY, witnesses, this 25th day of Octobe , 2006. COMMONWEALnJ PENNSYLVANIA Notarial Seal ~ane Adams, Notary Public Carbsle Born, Cumberland County My Commission Expires Sept. 6, 2098 '5.805 REV 1/05 This is to certify that the information here given is correctly copied fro~ an original certificate of death duly. filed with me as Local Registrar. The original certificate will be forwarded to the State Vital Records Office for permanent fil6. 7- f:l If WARNING: It is illegal to duplicate this copy by photostat or photograph. No. ~ ~ Fee for this certificate, $6.00 p 13236702 ~:64 HM7 Date r,._, c). 5.:: c.::; C) -....I - -~-., I W -< -n HIOIH431lEV 1112006 TYPE / PRIfT IN PEFMANENT Ill.ACK INK COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA · DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. VITAL RECORDS CERTIRCATE OF DEATH (See Instructions and examples on reverse) _l__1 ---1 1') x .~ "( 11.1lecodenfs UIuoI IQnd ofWlll1t Homemaker 16. DecedInh MllngAdlhll (SIrMI, dly /!oIIn,", zip codt) 104 Shippensburg Mobile Estates Shippensburg, PA 17257 16. F....... 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