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Home My WebLink About07-20-07 ~ " PETITION FOR PROBATE AND GRANT OF LETTERS REGISTER OF WILLS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYL VANIA Estate of GEORGE C. HOOPY also known as File Number ~ , ~ 0 7 - () iflZ . Deceased Social Security Number 722-09-1370 Petitioner(s), who is/are 18 years of age or older, apply(ies) for: (COMPLETE 'A' or 'B' BELOW:) III A. Probate and Grant of Letters Testamentary and aver that Petitioner(s) is / are the EXECUTOR last Will of the Decedent dated DECEMBER 26, 2006 and codicil(s) dated FEBRUARY 12,2007 (State relevant circumstances, e.g., renunciation, death of executor, etc.) named in the Except as follows, Decedent did not marry, was not divorced, and did not have a child born or adopted after execution of the instrument(s) offered for probate, was not the victim of a killing and was never adjudicated an incapacitated person: o B. Grant of Letters of Administration (If applicable, enter: c.t.a.; d.b.n.c.t.a.; pendente 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: (If Administration, c.t.a. or d.b.n.c.t.a., enter date of Will in Section A above and complete list of heirs.) ~ o c= Name Residenci; :D ::r:O "-7 m ". .~. ...::...- Relationshi ;.", J;:": ') 0." (COMPLETE IN ALL CASES:) Attach additional sheets ifnecessary. '.J~ 'o-l Decedent was domiciled at death in County, Pennsylvania with his / her last principal resi~ce at (List street address, town/city. township, county, state, zip code) Decedent, then 101 years of age, died on JULY 12,2007 at THE WOODS AT CEDAR RUN 824 LISBURN ROAD. LOWER ALLEN TOWNSHIP. CUMBERLAND COUNTY. PA Decedent at death owned property with estimated values as follows: (If domiciled in P A) All personal property (If not domiciled in P A) Personal property in Pennsylvania (If not domiciled in PA) Personal property in County Value of real estate in Pennsylvania $ $ $ $ situated as follows: <- r- N " :x c....> .. n, C) -" -n C') ;T1 en .- 500,00'.00 0.00 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 appropriate form to the undersigned: T ed or rinted name and residence MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY BY: THOMAS E. MORKIN, VICE PRESIDENT ONE WEST HIGH STREET, CARLISLE, PA 170131 Form RW-02 rev. 10.13.06 Page 1 of2 , . . Oath of Personal Representative COMMONWEAL TH OF PENNSYL VANIA 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(s) of the Decedent, Petitioner(s) will well and truly administer the estate according to law. Sworn to or affirmed and subscribed ~H1 BY: Signa ... MJrkin, Vice President Signature of Personal Representative Signature of Personal Representative ('") ~O '- :0 ~o-o J :r (') cc'c! '.I> r- ,.Zgj c; C/) ^ ~'oo O-n c: :0 , Deceas@ ~ ,J> FileNumber:A01- M~ Estate of GEORGE C. HOOPY Date of Death: JULY 12,2007 r--..:> '<:;;;t c:::;) "'-' <- c: e- N c:> ~:;_-.f :-,":~1 ('", 'j (--) ;=:jr1 '-'; f~J <: --- C~) -"1 ~;~ " :.J:: ~ Ul ~ AND NOW, , rlro7 , in consideration of the foregoing Petition, satisfactory proof having been presented before me, IS E E that Letters TESTAMENTARY are hereby granted to MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY in the above estate and that the instrument(s) dated DECEMBER 26,2006 and FEBRUARY 12,2007 described in the Petition be admitted to probate and filed ofrec rd as the last Will (and Codicil(s FEES Letters ............... $-Hlt:D - Short Certificate(s) . . . . . . . . $ 2Z5 - Renunciation(s) .......... $ I c::.. - ... $ :....l. ...$ I~- . . . $----tD--::;- ...$ 15- ... $-JO-- .. . $ .. . $ ... $ ... $ TOTAL .............. $ ,~~ Attorney Signature: Attorney Name: EDMUND G. MYERS Supreme Court I.D. No.: 20558 'rrp- 301 MARKET STREET, P. O. BOX 109 JOHNSON, DUFFIE, STEW ART & WEIDNER Address: LEMOYNE, PA 17043-0109 Telephone: (717) 761-4540 Form RW-02 rev. /0./3.06 Page 2 of2 Hl0-",".Rn~ REV IO]/()7] 8-1-01- LOCAL REGISTRAR'S CERTIFICATION OF DEA'r.i WARNING: It is illegal to duplicate this copy by photostat or photograph, Fee for this certificate, $6.00 This, is to certify that th~ informaton 1ere given is correctly copied from an Jriginal C{ rti'i :ate of Death duly filed with me a~, Local Regis fill. The original certificate will be forwarded to the State Vital Records Office for permanent filing, J UL 1 4 2007 ~/J;~Z:-'l / Local Registrar Date Issued P 13769944 Certification Number REV 1112006 . PRINT IN oIANENT Cl(1NI< COMMONWEALTH OF PE:NNSYLVANIA -DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH - VITAL ~CORDS CERTIFICATE Of DEATH (See In8tructloneend ..ernptH on ...v.....) ("") ~O ~T:l :J:J :YljJ(") _1..J )::; r- ""-7m ~::n ,'-1' ^ --'00 :)QII (..)'-- .:::0 ~t)~ ~~ STATE FILE NU/olBER .._ofDe81hIMonth,doy;~ July 12,2007 7, 101 Camp . 8b. 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ARTICLE II I give and bequeath: A. The sum of Seven Thousand Five Hundred ($7,500.00) Dollars unto DORIS ANGLE OFF, New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, provided she survives me; B. The sum of One Thousand ($1,000.00) Dollars unto the SEA CADETS OF THE HARRISBURG COUNCIL OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY LEAGUE; (-J -, ~:_~ ~ ~~ c/) C) "\-, C. The sum of Seventy-five Thousand ($75000.00) Dollars unto ERNEST B. GARMAN, New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, provided he survives me; D. The sum of Twenty-five Thousand ($25,000.00) Dollars unto JANET ARNOLD, Lemoyne, Pennsylvania, provided she survives me; E. The sum ofTen Thousand ($10,000.00) Dollars unto THE WOODS AT CEDAR RUN, 824 Lisbum Road, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania 17011, for such uses and purposes as suggested by the Independent Residents' Association, particularly for the library, pool table and the exercise room equipment; F. The sum of Thirty Thousand ($30,000.00) Dollars and my automobile unto LEON R. SMITH and SALLY K. SMITH, husband and wife, 545 Hummel Avenue, Lemoyne, Pennsylvania, or the survivor, provided that at least one (1) of these persons survives me; G. The sum of One Thousand ($1,000.00) Dollars unto REV. KENNETH R. ARTHUR, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, provided he survives me; H. The sum of Five Thousand ($5,000.00) Dollars until DAVID FLEMING and JANE FLEMING, husband and wife, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, or the survivor, provided that at least one (1) of these persons survives me; and I. The sum of Five Thousand ($5,000.00) Dollars unto ODYSSEY HEALTH CARE , INC., 4660 Toodle Road, Suite 204, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania 17011. ARTICLE III I give, devise and bequeath all the rest, residue and remainder of my Estate, of whatsoever nature and wheresoever situate, as follows: 2 A. Four-eighths (4/8) thereof I give, devise and bequeath in equal shares unto the following: 1. One share unto HOLY SPIRIT HOSPITAL, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, to fund a memorial in memory of PATRICIA R. and GEORGE C. HOOPY; 2. One share unto HARRISBURG ACADEMY, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, for a scholarship fund in memory of PATRICIA R. and GEORGE C. HOOPY; 3. One share unto THE UNITED METHODIST HOME FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, INC., to be used for the general purposes of the organization. 4. One share unto DUKE UNIVERSITY, Durham, North Carolina, for a scholarship fund in memory of PATRICIA R. and GEORGE C. HOOPY; and 5. One share unto MESSIAH COLLEGE, Grantham, Pennsylvania, for a scholarship fund in the Business School in memory of PATRICIA R. and GEORGE C. HOOPY; B. Three-eighths (3/8) thereof I give, devise and bequeath in equal shares unto the following: 1. One share unto the CAL VARY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 700 Market Street, Lemoyne, Pennsylvania, to be used for the upkeep and maintenance of the church property; 2. One share unto the GOOD SHEPHERD CATHOLIC CHURCH, 3435 Trindle Road, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania; 3. One share unto the HELEN O. KRAUSE ANIMAL FOUNDATION, INC., Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania; 4. One share unto the WEST SHORE COUNTRY CLUB, 100 Brentwater Road, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania; 5. One share unto the WEST SHORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, provided however that this gift shall lapse if, at 3 the time of my death, WEST SHORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE has merged into or with the CAPITAL REGION CHAMBER OF COMMERCE; 6. One share unto the EAST PENNSBORO IDSTORICAL SOCIETY, Enola, Pennsylvania; and 7. One share unto the SIDPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION, Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, for support of the Performing Arts Center. C. One-eighth (118) thereof, I give, devise and bequeath in equal shares unto the following: 1. One share unto the WEST SHORE LODGE No. 681, F & AM, 2215 Market Street, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, to be used exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, literary and/or educational purposes; 2. One share unto the AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY, PENNSYLVANIA DIVISION, INC., Capital Region Unit, P.O. 498, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033-0498; 3. One share unto the AMERICAN RED CROSS OF THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY, P.O. Box 61977, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17106-1977; and 4. One share unto the AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION - PENNSYL VANIA AFFILIATE, 1019 Mumma Road, Wormleysburg, Pennsylvania 17043; ARTICLE IV I direct that all estate, inheritance, transfer, and other taxes of a similar nature, payable by reason of my death, together with any interest and penalties thereon, and imposed with respect to any property, whether or not disposed of by this Will, shall be paid out of the residue of my estate. I further direct that any and all such taxes shall be paid from and deducted from my residuary estate prior to the calculation of the shares of the residuary beneficiaries, so that each residuary beneficiary, charitable or not, shall bear a portion of the burden of such taxes. 4 ARTICLE V I name, constitute and appoint MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY Executor of this my Last Will and Testament. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this 2 t 7'd- day of _J)~e.~J!J~,Iff ,2006. ~ (I. JJ.~ (SEAL) 'GEOR C. HOOPY SIGNED, SEALED, PUBLISHED AND DECLARED by the above-named Testator, as and for his Last Will and Testament, in the presence of us, who at his request, in his presence and in the presence of each other, have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses. 'f.~ A~ ?y~ ~#'/ /' ~ 5 ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AFFIDAVIT COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYL VANIA : SSe COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND C. HOOPV, j\CU\t Wa...( tees and 0' \ , the Testator and the witnesses, respectively, whose names are signed to the attached or foregoing instrument, being first dilly 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 purposes therein expressed, and that each of the witnesses, in the presence and hearing of the Testator, signed the Will as witness and that to the best of his/her knowledge the Testator was at We, that time eighteen years of age or older, of sound mind and under no constraint or undue influence. ~c.~ GEORGE .HOOPV 9f.~ ~..,.JZu... ~ WI, .l'W"itness Subscribed, sworn to and acknowledged before me by GEORGE C. HOOPV, Testator, and subscribed and sworn to before me by -"ar ( W r+L. r EUe....5 and _~a1 ~h lJ ' Wr ~~ /3r, , witnesses, this .1(i11 day of ~ ,2006. ~tJ.~ Edmund G. Myers Attorney I.D. #20558 6 COMMONWEAL TH OF PENNSYLVANIA ss. COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND On this, the ~ day of -:D~ , 2006, before me, the undersigned officer, personally appeared EDMUND G. MYERS, Attorney I.D. #20558, known to me (or satisfactorily proven) to be a member of the bar of the highest court of Pennsylvania and certified that he was personally present when the foregoing acknowledgement and affidavit was signed by the Testator and the witnesses. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and official seal. Jdw-~'~(SEAL) Notary ublic :289089 COMMONWEAlTH OF PENNSYLVANIA NOTARIAL SEAL GAIL J. MAHONEY, Notary Public Lemoyne Bora., Cumberland County My Commission Expires Feb. 19, 2010 ~i 7 Codicil to OF () ~~~ ,U);A: '., )(J" g'=n ~D --I Last Will and Testament ~. -'...., f...... ~.\ , ~ GEORGE C. HOOPY I, GEORGE C. HOOPY, of Lower Allen Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, being of sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding, do hereby make, publish and declare this to be the sole Codicil to my Last Will and Testament dated December 26,2006. Item I. I hereby revoke Paragraph A. and Paragraph F. of Article II, and in lieu thereof provide as follows: A. The sum of Two Thousand ($2,000.00) Dollars unto DORIS ANGELOFF, New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, provided she survives me; F. The sum of Fifty Thousand ($50,000.00) Dollars unto LEON R. SMITH and SALLY K. SMITH, husband and wife, 545 Hummel Avenue, Lemoyne, Pennsylvania, or the survivor, provided that at least one (1) of these persons survives me; Item II. In all other respects, I hereby ratify, confirm and republish my Last Will and Testament dated December 26, 2006, together with this Codicil as and for my Last Will. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal on this the J..a!!! day of _f.~'(u..a._ry ,2007. 1t~ C ~~SEAL) -tEORG C: HOOP Signed, sealed, published and declared by the above-named Testator, as and for his sole Codicil to his Will dated December 26, 2006, in the presence of us, who, at his request, in his presence and in the presence of each other have here unto subscribed our names as witnesses. ./ ti?~~~~,~~- ~~- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND AFFIDAVIT COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYL VANIA : SS. COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND We, GEORGE C. HOOPY, the Testator, Ef' J\a. 5t- 6. GQ..r M.~ and -,2,:..1 ()h t\.. Wf\1ft1- ) Jr. , the witnesses, respectively, whose names are signed to the attached or foregoing instrument, being first duly sworn, do hereby declare to the undersigned authority that the Testator signed and executed the instrument as his Codicil and that he had signed willingly, and that he executed it as his free and voluntary act for the purposes herein expressed, and that each of the witnesses, in the presence and hearing of the Testator, signed the Codicil as witness and that to the best of his /her knowledge the Testator was at that time eighteen years of age or older, of sound mind and under no constraint or undue influence. hR{"~ eE RGE . HOOPY ~ ~ -k..-_ j) """""" ~~- itness Subscribed, sworn to and acknowledged before me by GEORGE C. HOOPY, Testator, and subscribed and sworn to before me by f:frV\~ s-l- iJ. 6411c..tM... \It and ~oJ)d "" If I t<h'\5 tJ-j Ire , witnesses, this f2T.!! day of ~rvur I, 2007. ~b~ E~mund G. yers Attorney LD. #20558 ::';: i ~,~" .. " COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYL VANIA : ss. COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND On this, the \ ~,iJ- day of F~f&'<'Q...1f ,2007, before me, the undersigned officer, personally appeared Edmund G. Myers, Attorney LD. #20558, known to me (or satisfactorily proven) to be a member of the bar of the highest court of Pennsylvania and certified that he was personally present when the foregoing acknowledgement and affidavit was signed by the Testator and the witnesses. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and official seal. -=Et eLL! ~.~ (SEAL) otary bhc COMMONWEAlTH OF PENNSYLVANIA NOTARIAL SEAL GAil J. MAHONEY. Notary Public Lemoyne Bora., Cumberland County My Commission Expires Feb. 19. 2010 :291520