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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-08-07 PETITION FOR PROBATE & GRANT OF LETTERS Estate of Harold A. Wooster also known as Harold A. Wooster Jr.. a/kla Harold Abbott Wooster a/kla H. Abbott Wooster . deceased. Social Security No. 117-03-3564 No. 21-0 I b~~S- To: Register of Wills for the County of Cumberland Commonwealth of Pennsylvania The Petition of the undersigned respectfully represents that: Your Petitioners, who is 18 years of age or older and the Executrix named in the Last Will of the above decedent dated July 1. 2003 , and codicils dated none . The Executor named none died . Renunciations for none attached hereto. Decedent was domiciled at death in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, with his last family or principal residence at 6 Moore Circle. Carlisle. South Middleton Townshio Decedent, then ~ years of age, died May 20 , 2005, at Carlisle Regional Medical Center 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 (If not domiciled in PA) Personal property in PA (If not domiciled in PA) Personal property in County Value of real estate in Pennsylvania, situated as follows: $95.000.00 $ $ $ ,.....-.,. ~~ WHEREFORE, Petitioners respectfully requests the probate of the Last Will and t~dicil(s) p@sented herewith and the grant of letters testamentary thereon. - Signature(s) and Resi ence(s of Petitioner(s): , ,.....,c,_i 6 Moore Circle. Carlisle. PA 17015 (717) 258-3708 ....~ .... . -..... c..-:--. OATH OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA ss 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 of the above decedent, petitioner(s) will well and truly administer ~e es~tee#or~ to law. Sworn to or affirmed and subscribed @ (JJ)j ~ Q.., L '!)in J;i- before me this B day of ti Maifk r1q- Register Alice H. Wooster No. 21-07- 04'+S- Estate of Harold A. Wooster a/k/a Harold A. Wooster, & a/k/a Harold Abbott Wooster a/k/a H. Abbott Wooster, deceased. DECREE OF PROBATE & GRANT OF LETTERS AND NOW, May ~ , 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 July 1. 2003 described therein be admitted to probate and filed of record as the Last Will of Harold A. Wooster a/kla Harold A. Wooster Jr. a/kla Harold Abbott Wooster a/kla H. Abbott Wooster ; and Letters Testamentary are hereby granted to Alice H. Wooster FEES Probate, Letters, Etc. . . . . . . . $ 210.00 Short Certificates(-3-) . . . . . . . $12.00 Renunciation(s) ..... . . . . . . $ JCP .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 10.00 Automation Fee. . . . . . . . . . . $ 5.00 Other Will . . . . $ 15.00 TOTAL: .... $ 252.00 Filed........................... . . Hu es 884 NEY (Sup. Ct. 1.0. No.) 3 Alexander Spring Road, Suite 1 arlisle PA 17015 ADDRESS 717 -249-6333 PHONE H105.805 REV 1/05 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 State Vital Records Office for permanent filing. WARNING: It is illegal to duplicate this copy by photostat or photograph. Fee for this certificate, $6.00 p 11559S75 No. ~/7(~' Loql~Registrar ..:co; --., " ........ .-: ~ --.. - MAY24 20~ Date -,Y', r-~) 0; , 143 Rev. 2187 COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. VITAL RECORDS CERTIFICATE OF DEATH ~\ () ~l\~ NAME OF DECEDENT (F.... Middle. Last) 1. SEX .. Male 86 VIS. Harold A. UNDER 1 DAY Hours I MinuIH BIRTHPLACE (Cily and Stale or Foretgn Country) AGE (La8IBWthday) UNDER 1 YEAR _ DaY" .. COUNTY OF DERH Ie. Carlisle . .... Cumberland DEceDENT'S USUAL OCCUPIa'ION ~~~~=~ . 11.. Chemist 11b. Biomedical DECEDENT'S _UNO ADORESS(Stt.... CftyIlOwn. Slate. Zip Cede) DECEDENT'S 6 Moore Circle ~~:-NCE Carlisle, PA 17013 ~~~ WAS DECEDENT EVER IN U.S. ARMED FORCES? Yes 0 No !Xl ". ... Pennsylvania SWE FIlE NUMBER SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER 3. 117 ~)O RACE. AmorIcan Indian, Black, WhiIo. ole. (Specify) 10. White SURVIViNG SPOUSE (It wife. givematden nam..) MARlTALlmlrUS- _ --,-, ~(Specify) 5+ 14. Married 1.. Alice Hammond 17C.~ Yes,_livodlP South Middleton lwp. 17b. Did -.. IiYolPa Cumberland townahlp? 17d.O ~~=0I MOTHER'S NAME (First, Middle, Maiden Surname) cilylboro. 11. Violet Scriver INFORMANT'S MAlUNG ADDRESS (81<.... CifyllOwn. Slate. Zip~) 2Gb. 6 Moore Circle, Carlisle, PA 17013 PLACE OF DlSP.OSlTION . /j~ 01 Conlelo<v, ~ f LOCArION - CllyllOwn, Slate, Zip ~ OlOlt>orPloco l,;remat:~on ::;oC.LeLY 0 Pennsylvania Crematory Harrisburg, PA 17109 21c. 21d. NAME AND ADDRESS OF FACILITY uer emro a ome on 22<. Services, 1m:.. lIarrisburg, PA 17109 LICENSE NUMBER DATE SIGNED <_.Day. _) V.. 0 No~ . Qb. M, 30e. PLACE OF INJURY - AI home. farm. street, factory, oftice building, etc. (Specify) ao. 28b.... .... CERT1FIEIl (CI>eck only one) -CERTIFYING PHYSICIAN (Physician certitying cause of death when another physician has pronounced death anl1 completed Item 23) To Ihe beet of lilY knowledge, de.thOCCUf'lWCl....tot:hli~.)andmanner..et8Ied.............,......,......... ...... ............,.... 17.. Slate 1.. FATHER'S NAME (Firsl. M;,jdIe. Las!) 1.. INFORMANT'S NAME (Type/P<'nl) Harold Abbott Wooster Alice H. Wooster .... METHOD OF DISPOSITION Burial 0 ClSmation!Xl Rot'novat ""'" SIal. 0 0Ih0r (SpedIyl .... TIME OF DERH ORE PRONOUNCED DEAD (Month, Day, Year) 5-o?D-tJ.5 24. 1d.-::3 3 P M. ... 17. PART I: Enter the diHases. injuries or complications which caused Ihe death. Do not enter the mode 01 dying, such as cardiac or respir.lory arrest, shock or heart failure. Lilt only one cause on each tine. Soquonolally IIaI condiIions If any. '-ding to Immediate _....... UNDERLYING CAUSE (Oise8se or injury . .1hat__ rOSlJlting In doaItl) LAST [ l :- DUE TO (OR AS A CONSEQUENCE 0Fj, WERE AUTOPSV FINDINGS MANNER OF DEIITH -.uBlE PRIOR TO ~. COMPlETION OF CAUse 0 OF DE....H? Hal""" Homicide _nt 0 Pending InvestigaUon 0 v.sO NoKl Suicide 0 Coukt not be determined 0 D....E OF INJURV (Month, Day, Year) -PAOHOUHCtNG AND ceRTlF 'fINQ PHYSICIAN (Physician both pfOnouncing death and certitying 10 cause at death) To....... of...y knowledge. dM.... occ.......... the time. ....Mdpe.ce. and due to tMCIIUM(a) and manner....ted.. ..........,......;...... b'1 J.1.lI.l1 '3b. .... WAS CAse REFERRED TO MEDICAL EXAMINERICOfIONER? ......--. Yes !Xl JL No~ H. I Approximate I interval beIween : 0IlI8I and death I I I PART II: 0Ih0r slgnIficonI condioiOnO i:OidributIng to doath, buI J?~;Jlne=:InPARTl TIME OF INJURV INJURY AT WORK? DESCRIBE HeM' INJURY OCCURRED. Q CMJr' {Z-___ p~ I tra 1 r ..?7/~ &~ d.Ll",r (). \ 0 I (:) 'i~ s- LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT I, HAROLD A. WOOSTER JR. alkla HAROLD ABBOTT WOOSTER alkla H. ABBOTT WOOSTER, of South Middleton Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, being of sound mind, disposing memory and full legal age, do hereby make, publish and declare this to be my Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all Wills and Codicils heretofore made by me. ONE. I direct my Executor or Executrix, as the case may be, to pay all of my debts, funeral and administrative expenses as soon as convenient after my decease. Furthermore, I direct that all stB:te, inheritance, succession and other death taxes imposed or payable by reason of my death and interest and penalties thereon with respect to all property composing of my gross estate for death tax purposes, whether or not such property passes under thisWjll, shallt)e paid _ ~,_.J --.J.. by the Executor or Executrix of my estate. L'-J TWO. My Executor or Executrix may, at his or her discreti~ri,;coIlJPromise claims, borro~ money, retain property for such length of time as he or she may dee~".proper;' I ~::J lease and sell property for such prices, on such terms, at public or private sales, as he or ~he may deem proper; and invest estate property and income without restriction to legal investments unless otherwise provided hereunder. I authorize and empower my Executor or Executrix 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 therefor, in fee simple, as I could do if living. My Executor or Executrix is authorized and ~ )./1Jf( /1' \ 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 Executor or Executrix. THREE. I give, devise and bequeath all of my estate of whatever nature and wherever situate to my spouse, ALICE H. WOOSTER. FOUR. If my spouse, ALICE H. WOOSTER, does not survive me by a period of at least sixty (60) days, I then give, devise and bequeath the rest, residue and remainder of my estate equally tomy children, ANN S. WOOSTER, PAMELA M. WOOSTER, MARTIN M. WOOSTER, per stirpes, which provides that the child or children of any deceased beneficiary shall take the share their parent would have taken if living and KATHARINE V. REYNOLDS, whose share shall be held IN TRUST in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph Five below. FIVE. If my spouse, ALICE H. WOOSTER, has predeceased me or failed to survive me by sixty (60) days, and if my daughter, KATHARINE V. REYNOLDS, is under the age of sixty-five (65) years at the time of my decease, I then hereby give, devise and bequeath her share to be helqIN TRUST by the hereinafter named Trustee according to the following terms and conditions: The Trustee, as well as my Executor or Executrix, as the case may be, is hereby authorized to retain, unconverted, any property, real or personal, that I may own at my death and shall be under no duty to convert it into legal investments. The Trustee shall have the power and authority to sell, transfer, convey, invest and reinvest and to pay over the net income of the trust property, to or for the use of my said daughter, or to accumulate it in the sole discretion of the Trustee. The Trustee is also authorized and empowered to pay over to, or for the use and benefit of my said daughter such portion of or all ofthe principal ofthe trust estate as in the Trustee's sole discretion seems proper for 2 ,) / [if A;V c./' 1 her continued support, maintenance, education, medical care or general welfare. My primary objective is to insure the continued support, maintenance, education and medical care of my said daughter until she reaches the age of sixty-five (65) years. When my daughter reaches the age of sixty-five (65) years, then whatever remains of principal and income under this Trust shall be distributed to my said daughter. In the event that my daughter, KATHARINE V. REYNOLDS, becomes deceased prior to her distribution hereunder, I then give, devise and bequeath whatever remains of principal and income, subject to the same provisions herein, unto my son-in-law, JAMES G. REYNOLDS. If my daughter, KATHARINE V. REYNOLDS and my son-in-law, JAMES G. REYNOLDS, both become deceased prior to distribution of this Trust, I then hereby direct whatever remains of principal and income in this Trust shall be divided equally between the remaining heirs and beneficiaries who are referred to in Paragraph Four herein. If, for whatever reason there are no heirs or beneficiaries remaining, then in that event, the rest, residue and remainder hereof shall be distributed in equal shares to the beneficiaries set forth in Paragraph Six below. SIX. In the event of a common disaster causing the death of myself, my spouse and all of my children, without leaving surviving issue, all within a period of sixty (60) days, then I give, devise and bequeath the rest, residue and remainder of my estate as follows: A. Fifty percent (50%) to the NATURE CONSERVANCY in Arlginton, Virginia, for its general charitable purposes; and B. Fifty percent (50%) to the UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF PHARMACY for a scholarship in the name of Elmer Lionel Hammond. ., I If /7 / 'J(/ I f\/ t./ " 3 SEVEN. I nominate and appoint my spouse, ALICE H. WOOSTER, to be the Executrix of this my Last Will and Testament. In the event she has predeceased me, failed to qualify or is not able or does not serve for whatever reason, I then appoint MARTIN M. WOOSTER to be the substitute Executor of this my Last Will and Testament. In the event he has predeceased me, failed to qualify, or is not able or does not serve for whatever reason, I then appoint ANN S. WOOSTER to serve as substitute Executrix of this my Last Will and Testament, whereby the said substitute personal representatives shall have the same powers as are given to the original Executrix hereunder. EIGHT. I hereby nominate and appoint MARTIN M. WOOSTER, or if he is not able or does not serve for whatever reason, I hereby nominate and appoint JAMES D. HUGHES, to serve as Trustee of the trust created in Paragraph Five hereof. NINE. No person(s) shall benefit hereunder unless such beneficiary shall survive me by sixty (60) days. TEN. No Executrix, Executor or Trustee acting hereunder shall be required to post bond or enter security in this or any other jurisdiction. ELEVEN. No beneficiary may assign, anticipate or pledge his or her interest in any income or principal held or distributable hereunder, and no beneficiary's creditors may levy, attach or otherwise reach any such interest. TWELVE. If any person or institution entitled to share in any distribution under the terms of this my Last Will and Testament becomes an adverse party in any proceeding to contest the probate of this Last Will and Testament, such person or institution shall forfeit his, her or its entire interest inherited hereunder and all provisions in favor of such person or institution shall 9(9K 4 be declared void and of no effect. The share of such person or institution so forfeited shall be distributed as part of the residue pursuant to Paragraph Four hereof except that if such person or institution is entitled to share in the said residue, that interest shall be distributed proportionately to the other residuary distributees. THIRTEEN. The Trustee, as well as my Executor or Executrix, shall have the following powers, in addition to those vested in it by law, for my property held for the benefit of my beneficiaries, whether income or principal, exercisable without court approval and effective until the distribution of all property under the terms of the trusts set forth in Paragraph Five above: The Trustee, at its discretion, may compromise claims, borrow money or retain property for such length of time as it may deem proper, sell lease, pledge, mortgage, transfer, exchange, convert or otherwise dispose of or grant option of all or any portion of trust property for such prices "and on such terms in public or private transactions as it may deem proper; and invest trust property and income without restrictions to legal investments. The determination of the Trustee with respect to the advisability of making payments out of the income or principal to any heir or beneficiary inheriting hereunder shall be conclusive and binding on all persons howsoever interested in the respective trust. Further, the Trustee shall be authorized to receive additions to the respective trust of any kind or any property whatsoever from sources other than my estate and at any time in the sole discretion of the Trustee. [THE REMAINDER OF THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK.] 9(~ 5 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this ~ day of July, 2003. ~C{.ru/~#Y A OLD WOOSTER JR. . ~.~ ~(s4J/~ a HAR LD ABBOTT WOOSTER 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. I 6 ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AFFIDAVIT WE, HAROLD A. WOOSTER, JR., a/kla HAROLD ABBOTT WOOSTER, a.k.a H. ABBOTT WOOSTER, JAMES D. HUGHES and CHERYL L. CLELAND, the testator and witnesses respectively, whose names are signed to the foregoing instrument, being first duly sworn, do hereby declare to the undersigned authority that the testator signed and executed the instrument as his Last Will, and that he had signed willingly, and that he executed it as his free and voluntary act for the purpose herein expressed, and that each of the witnesses, in the presence and hearing of the testator, signed the Will as a witness and that to the best of their knowledge the testator was, at that time, eighteen years of age or older, of sound mind and under no constraint or COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA: : SS: COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND Subscribed, sworn to and acknowledged before me by HAROLD A. WOOSTER, JR., a/kla HAROLD ABBOTT WOOSTER, a.k.a H. ABBOTT WOOSTER, the testator herein, and subscrib~<!. and sworn to before me by JAMES D. HUGHES and CHERYL L. CLELAND, witnesses, this i.A1::- day of July, 2003. ,< Notarial Se I < M~a L. Noel, Now.r',. P:ihiic ^ ,Carhsle ,Bc;wo. Cumherlml(: C>Junty ,,~) CommIssIon ExpIre, :~cp,. 18, 2003 :;::~;~--D;~nn-::.,/:'.':;n' -~~~n of Notaries