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Home My WebLink About08-16-07 Estate of N. Hollis Rife Register of Wills of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Estate of N. Hollis Rife also known as PETITION FOR GRANT OF LETTERS 4/-0'/-111 No. , Deceased Social Security No. 184366585 Richard D. Rife Petitioner(s), who isfare 18 years of age or older, apply(ies) for: (COMPLETE "A" OR "B" BELOW:) GJ A. Probate and Grant of Letters and aver that Petitioner(s) is/are the execut or Decedent, dated 6/27/2006 and codicil(s) dated no exceptions named in the Last Will of the 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 documen~9ffered for probate; was not the victim of a killing and was never adjudicated incapacitated: ~ n " .: c=..O ~ I DB. Grant of Letters of Administration .<~ ~ ~,.J (c.I.a., d.b.n.c.t.a.: pendente lite, durante absentia; durante minorita!ln. (0.1. , ' .,~ \ -- ' Petitioner(s) after a proper search has/have ascertained the Decedent left no Will and was survived by ~JQllowiA9' spOl.!se (if any) and heirs: _,n7- ": (,'2' , ~ >~:';; ::--..... " ~ . I - ~ Name Relationship R~ence I' ~...,l . ',0: ..:;. (COMPLETE IN ALL CASES:) Attach additional sheets if necessary. Decedent was domiciled at death in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, with his/her last family or principal residence at 549 BridQeview Drive, BorouQh of Lemoyne, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (list street, number and municipality) Decedent, then 60 years of age, died AUQust 2 ,2007 ,at 549 BridQeview Drive, Lemoyne, Pennsylvania (Location) 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 ........................................................................................ $ Total ............................. ...... .................................................................................. $ 3,250,000.00 750,000.00 4,000,000.00 Real Estate situated as follows: Condominium situate at 549 Bridgeview Drive, Borough of Lemoyne, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania 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: Signature Typed or printed name and residence 1 Q...Y4 Richard D. Rife 5225 Wilson Lane A t. 4117 Mechanicsbur PA 17055 RW-7 Oath of Personal Representative Commonwealth of Pennsylvania County of Cumberland The Petitioner(s) above-named swear(s) and 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. b Sworn to and affirmed and subscribed .. (-1.\ t e~ 0___('- J J R ( P 1 / ~ Richard D. Rife before me this ((J day of ~,~ C) '--:'0 . "D 17 'EP .::cq f-...:J I~::::) c:::;::. --.J :'~'" c= G) r, . C"o --:T~ Deceased \1 I~~~~ <~21 ~ '. .- ."::0 0 ,.., --1 .. &/} ~~1::.. - ?-7? j i Estate of N. Hollis Rife DECREE OF REGISTER CUMBERLAND COUNTY No. also known as Social Security No: 184366585 Date of Death: 8/2/2007 AND NOW, AUQust u..., f . 2007 , in consideration of the Petition on the reverse side hereon, satisfactory proof having been presented before me, IT IS DECREED that Letters ~ Testamentary 0 of Administration are hereby granted to Richard D. Rife (c.t.a., d.b.n.c.t.; pendente lite; durante absentia; durante rninoritate) in the above estate and that the instrument(s), if any, dated June 27, 2006 described in the Petition be admitted to probate and filed of record as the last Will of Decedent. FEES Letters................................... . Will Short Certificate(s) ............... $ 2 ~fO, 00 15.00 40.00 Renunciation......................... . Affidavit ( ) ....................... )............ .. Extra Pages ( Codicil................................. JCP Fee ................................. 10.00 Other ..~Ht;Rm~t;;i,.R:t:l............... 5.00 TOTAL .............................$ 2.2&0.00 RW-7A ...,./' c)-~_ /< () · ~AAH1--<Ut^1 Attorn Attorney: Joel R. ZullinQer, ESQ. I.D. No: 17516 Address: 14 North Main Street, Suite 200 ChambersburQ Telephone: 717-264-6029 DATE FILED: PA 17201 H105.805 REV (01/071 LOCAL REGISTRAR'S CERTIFICATION OF DEATH WARNING: It is illegal to duplicate this copy by photostat or photograph. 0'7- 1/77 Fee for this certificate, $6.00 p 13771078 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. Certification Number ~ Local Registrar o Go <~::O [-:-f~~ ~~ f~ = = --' ::t:::'~ c:: c.J 0' \. REV 1112006 PRINT IN !ANENT CKINK COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. VITAL RECORDS CERTIFICATE OF DEATH (See InstructIons and examples on reverse) ~-);) '-d."h ~ 1._0I0ec0dent1Fi....middle,I....9UIIix) N. Hollis Rife 5. AQe (last BIr1hdey) jJ ---I STATE FILE NU~ . 0810 '" DeaIt1 (MonIt1, day" Au ust 2 2007 6 .. 7. Bi<1hplaoe (City and state or I Newburgh, NY &t Fdty N8me I" no! ~-.llY8- and nunw) 10. Race: American Indian, Btadt, White, ele. (Spec;/J;l Whi te 14. =~amr~ Married. 15. Surviving Spouse (If wife, give maiden name) Never Married llb. Coonly PA Cumberland Did_I Uveioa T~ 17c. D v... _I Liwd In 17d. ~._UYed_ ActuaJ~'" Twp Lemoyne City 1 Bore 19. Mother'. N.... (Fi...._.__) Lois T. Conkli 2lIl. Informanf. MaA1gAdcnss 1_, dty 1_,""" Zi>cock>) 5225 Wilson Ln., Apt 4117, 21c. Placll '" DlspooIllon (Name "'_. aomalOlyor _ place) oIling Green Memorial Park Myers-Harn7r Funeral Home Mechanicsburg, PA 17055 21e1. Locallol1 (City 1_. state. Zi> code) Lower Allen Twp. 230. Dale Signed (MonIt1. dey, roar) 25. Date Pnmroced Deed (Month. dey, ye.~ 12:31 l'l, Au ust 2 2007 CAUSE OF DEATI1 (S<M 1__ and ."""'.....i 1....27. Part to "-1t1e~-_. injud8s, or~-lhaldkeClly..uoocllt1e_. 00 NOTanter_ "'"""'such as cardacanesl. ~~;;;~mm~;;~:72-kZ'~ac Due III lor as._oI): 24. Ttme Of Death 26. Was Case Referred to MedicalExaminef I Coroner fOr a R88son 0ttIef than Cremation or Donation'? Dv.. ~ AppmKi11ateinterval: Onset to Death Part Ii: Enter other !icI1IfIcan1 oondilions coolritJullm 10 dulh butnOl: resulting in the underlylngcauS&lJ'ten In Part L 28. Did Tobacco Use Conllibule to Death? Dv" DProbably D No D Unknown 29. II Femele: D Not pregnam wllh~ pasl yea' D Pregnanl el time 01 dealt1 D Not pregnenl, bol pregnanl within 42 deys 01 death D Not pregnent, but pregnenl43 days 10 1 year before death o Unknown if preglant within the past year 32c. =~~:n~jStreet, Factory, ~ _Iot..-..s." any, teadna 10 Ihe ClaU6illsteElon line a. Enter !he UNDERLYING CAUSE =,"~~':.~1f." b. Due III for.. e_oI): c. Due to (or as I consequence of): 3Oe. Was an Autopsy Performed? d. 3lll.WeleAul_FRldings Availlble Priof 10 Completion of CSU18 01 Death? Dvas Qg No Dv.. DNo 31. Menne<olDeaIt1 aNa,"'" D HomIcide D - D Pencing Investlgellol1 D Suicide D Could Not be Determined 32d. T... ollnjury M. 321. IrTranspor18tionInjury (SpacIIy) D Driver 1 Opemlor D P....nger Dpades1 OIher.SpacIIy: 33b. Siglatunl ,nd Tille 01 Co ISllS t,ll) 330. C8fllfie< fched< orOf One} . ~::V-=-':"'~cu'::'~I~"'::IIId~':~_~_':'~~~_mmmmm_ D . PrClnOUllclng end _Iytng phjllclan IPlI_nbolh pronouncing dealt1 and C8l1iIying 10 08.... 01 dealt1) To the best of my knowtedge, deIttl OCCUfTed at the time, dale, and plate, and due 1<1 1M cause(1) and manner as stated.. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ . ~~ ~~":~;= and I Of Investigation, In my op4n1on, death occurred at the lime, date, and p1ace,lf1d due t<llhe cause(s) and manner as stated- D 35. Regisl' . .. 1021 II 0<1 / I / I o;sposillon Permit No. 0050657 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ JRZ - 5.1 rife.2 March 2, 2006 ,'lUG! 6 ;\1lI0: 27 LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT I, N. Hollis County, Rife, of Cumberland Lemoyne, Pennsylvania, being of sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding, do hereby declare this to be my will, hereby revoking any and all former wills and codicils thereto by me heretofore made. I. I direct that all my just debts and funeral expenses, including all expenses of my last illness, shall be paid from my estate as soon as practicable after my decease as a part of the expense of the administration of my estate. II. I give and bequeath those items listed on a separate unsigned memorandum which refers to this my will by date to the individuals named therein. In the event that no such memorandum shall be found within thirty days following my death, this bequest shall lapse. III. I give the sum of Ten Thousand ($10,000.00) Dollars, cash, to ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ that individual who indicates a willingness to care for any pet I may have at the time of my death. My executor shall have sole discretion to designate said individual after taking into account the individual's ability to care for any pet of mine for the lifetime of the pet. IV. I give the sum of Fifty Thousand ($50,000.00) Dollars, cash, to the Humane Society of Harrisburg, Inc., to be used for general purposes. V. I give, devise and bequeath the residue of my estate of every nature and wherever situate as follows: A. Twenty percent thereof to the Humane Society of the United States, Washington, D.C.; B. Thirty percent thereof to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, New York, New York; C. Thirty percent thereof to the Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, New York; D. Twenty percent thereof to the Nature Conservancy, Arlington, Virginia, to be used for projects located in the United States. The bequest to all of the aforementioned charitable organizations Page 2 shall become added to the general endowment funds of said organizations. VI. Any fiduciary under this will 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 and all of the assets of my estate, real or personal, without regard to any principle of diversification of risk. B. To invest in all forms of property including stock, ~ ~ -...;..... ~ ~ common trust funds and mortgage investment funds without restriction to investments authorized for Pennsylvania fiduciaries as they deem proper, without regard to any principle of diversification of risk. To sell at public or private sale, to exchange or to C. 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. E. To compromise any claim or controversy. Page 3 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ F. To distribute in cash or in kind or partly in each. G. To hold property in their names without designation of any fiduciary capacity or in the name of a nominee or unregistered. VII. I direct that all taxes that may be assessed in consequence of my death of whatever nature and by whatever jurisdiction imposed, shall be paid from my residuary estate as a part of the expense of the administration of my estate. VIII. I appoint my father, Richard D. Rife, as executor of this my will. Should my father predecease me, fail to qualify or cease to act, I appoint the Orrstown Bank with principal offices in Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, as executor of this my will. IX. No bond shall be required of any fiduciary hereunder in any jurisdiction. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and seal to this my Page 4 last will and testament, consisting of six typewritten pages, the first four of which bear my signature in the margin for the purpose ~ of identification this ~7- day of , 2 00'. (SEAL) Signed, sealed, published and declared by the above-named testatrix as and for her last will and testament in our presence, who in her presence, at her request and in the presence of each other have hereunto set our hands as attesting witnesses. ~wg~ ~vk~~ /1/.yL~h.. r:L-4.r.>;ky.fi... la/a"! AIw>> diW, ~~ We, N. Hollis Rife, UFf- R. 2ULUAlbFf!.. and --rRiCtIf L. 6/JILE y I respectively, whose the testatrix and the witnesses names are signed to the attached or 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 testament and that she executed it as her free and voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed and that each of the witnesses, in the presence and hearing of the said testatrix, signed the will as witnesses and to the best of their knowledge, said signer was at that time eighteen years of age Page 5 or older, of sound mind and under no constraint or undue influence. i2~tt!:Lt ~r ~~~ ~~7V II. as { Witness ~ Subscribed, sworn to and acknowledged before me by the above-named signer and subscribed and sworn to before me by the ~ve-named witnesses this ~~ day of y~ , 2COb ~~ ~lfcdUJuUA- COMMONWEALTH OF PE YLVANlA Notarial Seal Teresa J. Burkholder. Notary Public Shippensbur~ Boro, Cumberland County My ConuDlssion Expires Aug. 6, 2008 Member, Pennsylvania Association of Notaries Page 6