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PETITION FOR PROBATE AND GRANT OF LETTERS
REGISTER OF WILLS OF
CUMBERLAND
COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
Estate of
also known as
MARIE B. McDONELL
File Number
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, Deceased
Social Security Number 023-07-4985
Petitioner(s), who is/are 18 years of age or older, apply(ies) for:
(COMPLETE 'A' or 'B' BELOW:)
[l] A. Probate and Grant of Letters Testamentary and aver that Petitioner(s) is / are the
last Will of the Decedent dated August 8, 2007 and codicil(s) dated
Executor
named in 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 instrurnent(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 spou~if any) and I{~: (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.) ~~I CO".
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Decedent was domiciled at death in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania with his / her last principal residence at
The Bridges, 2100 Bent Creek Boulevard, Silver Spring Township. Cumberland County, P A
(List street address, town/city, township, county, state, zip code)
Decedent, then 92
Camp Hill, PA.
years of age, died on January 26, 2008
at Manor Care Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
Decedent at death owned property with estimated values as follows:
(If domiciled in P A) All personal property
(If not domiciled in PA) Personal property in Pennsylvania
(If not domiciled in PA) Personal property in County
Value of real estate in Pennsylvania
1,050,000.00
$
$
$
$
0.00
situated as follows:
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
Floyd 1. Lenker
90 Eastgate Drive
Camp Hill, PA 17011
Form RW-02 rev. 10.13.06
Page 1 of2
Oath of Personal Representative
COMMONWEAL TH 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(s) of the Decedent, Petitioner(s) will well and truly
administer the estate according to law.
before me the
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Sworn to or affirmed and subscribed
day of
Signature of Personal Representative
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Signature of Personal Representative
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File Number:
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Estate of
MARIE B. McDONELL
, Deceased
AND NOW,
having been presented before me, IT IS
are hereby granted to Floyd L. Lenker
Date of Death: January 26,2008
, ,:1tJOgJ , in consideration of the foregoing Petition, satisfactory proof
ECREED that Letters Testamentary
in the above estate
and that the instrument(s) dated August 8, 2007
described in the Petition be admitted to probate and filed of record as the last Will
FEES
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Letters ... 'J.v.v:-:,.qrp. . $
Short Certificate(s) . . 5. . . . $
Renunciation(s) .......... $
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Attorney Signature:
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Attorney Name:
Edmund G. Myers
Supreme Court I.D. No.: 20558
Address:
30 I Market Street
P. O. Box 109
Lemoyne, P A 17043-0 I 09
Telephone:
(717) 761-4540
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Form RW-02 rev. 10.13.06
Page 20f2
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LOCAL REGISTRAR'S CERTIFICATION OF DEATH
WARNING: It is illegal to duplicate this copy by photostat or photograph.
Fee for this certificate. '16,00
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This is to certify that the informJtion here gi\en IS
correctly copied from an original Certificate of Death
duly filed with me as Local Registrar. The original
certificate will he forwarded to the State Vital
Records Office for permanent filing,
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Local Registrar : ::';; c':' bate Issued
Certification Number
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REV 1112006
I PRINT IN
IAANENT
,CK INK
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA' DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH' VITAL RECORDS
CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
(See instructions and examples on reverse)
STATE FilE NUMBER
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Cumberland
anor Care Nursing & Rehabilitation
4985
4. Dale of Death (Month, day, year)
January 26, 2008
1. Name of Decedent (First, middle, last, suffix)
Marie B. McDonell
yrs
6. Date ot Birth (Month, day, year)
5. Age (last Birthday)
92
December 14, 1915 Boston MA
St. County of Death
ad, Facility Name (If not instilution, give street and number)
10. Race: American Indian. Black, While, elc
(Specofy) Whi te
11. Decedenl's Usual Occu tion KiM of work done durin most 01 wor\i:i fife. Do not slate retired
Kind of Work Kind 0' Business I Industry
Homemaker Home
12. Was Decedent ever in the
U.S. Armed Forces?
Dyes 0\10
13. Decedent's Education (Specify only highest grade completed)
Elementary I Secondary (0-12) 2 College (1-4 or 5+)
14. Marital Status: Married, Never Married,
Widowed, Divorced (Specify,
Widowed
. 16. Decedent's Mailing Address (Street, city I town, state, zip code)
90 Eastgate Dr.
Cam Hill, FA 17011
18. Father's Name (Firs!. middle, last, suffix)
William Burnham
Decedent's
Actual Residence 17a. Sta!e
17b. County
FA
Cumberland
Did Deceden!
Liveina
Township?
17c, iXJ Yes, Decedent Lived inHamIXfen
17d. 0 No, Decedent Lived within
AclualLimitsol
Twp
City/Bora
19. Mother's Name (First, middle, maiden surname)
Adah M. Dawson
2Oa. Informant's Name (Type I Print)
Floyd Lenker
20b, Informant's Mailing Address (Street, city / town, state, zip code)
90 Eastgate Dr., Camp Hill, FA 17011
21 c, Place of Disposftion (Name of cemetery, crematory or other place)
21d. location (City ftown, stale, zip code)
Mt. Holly Springs, FA
23b. License Number
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lIems 24.26 must be completed by person
who pronounces death.
ON<>
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Not pregnant within past year
o Pregnant at time of death
o Not pregnant, but pregnanl within 42 days
of death
D Not pregnant, but pregnant 43 days to 1 year
before death
o Unknown if pregnant wittlin the past year
32c. Place of Injury: Home, Farm, Street, Factory,
Office BUIlding, etc. (Specify)
CAUSE OF DEATH (See instructions a exam as)
Item 27. Part I: Enter the ~ - diseases, injuries, or complications - that directly caused the death. DO NOT enter terminal events such as cardiac arrest,
respiratory arrest, Of ventricular fibrillation without showing the etiology. List only one cause on each Rne.
IMMEDIATE CAU$E IFinal disease or q.::J / I I L1 ~ Ao'J ,'"/"'
COnditlOfl resulting m death} -.. a. r /" I?,&: h Lc.. ~_-,<_ ,/ / / .J--
Due to (Of as a consequence 00'
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Approximate interval: Part II: Enter other sianiftcant conditions contributino to death,
Onset 10 Death but not resulting in the underlying cause given in Part I
SeqUentiallh list conditions, if any,
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(disease Of injury thai in~iated the
events resultihg m death) LAST.
b.
Due 10 (or as a consequence of)'
:. RegiS"arSSigoat~m
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Dyes
o Homicide
o Accident 0 Pending Investigation 32d. TIme of Injury
D Suicide 0 Could Nol be Determined
33a. Certifier (checll only one)
Certifying physician (Physician certifying cause of death when another physician has pronounced death and completed Item 23)
To the best of my knowledge, death occurred due to the C8Use(S) and manner as stated_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _... _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
~~:u=~~t: :::r:~h:~~~a~~~;:~~ :htf~~nin~e;::c~~a:rt~':~ot~h~~:~~~:~~ manner as stated.. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 0
~~:::~m~~~~~;:::~ and I or investigation, in my opinion, death occurred at the time, date. and place. and due to the cause(s) and manner as stated_ 0
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Disposition Permit No.
Last Will and Testament
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OF
MARIE B. McDONELL
I, MARIE B. McDONELL, of Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County,~~~
Pennsylvania, being of sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding, do hereby
make, publish and declare this as and for my Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking and
, making void any and all Wills or Codicils at any time heretofore made by me.
ARTICLE I
DEBTS
I direct the payment of all my legal debts and the expenses of my last illness and
funeral from my Estate as soon after my death as conveniently may be done.
ARTICLE II
TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY
1 give and bequeath my photographs, birth, marriage, service and death certificates
and the like relating to my family or to my husband's family unto my nephew, DONALD F.
McBETH, and his wife, LYNNE McBETH, or the survivor of them, with suggestion that
they or the survivor distribute the same in the exercise of his or her sole discretion among
themselves and their then-living issue.
1 give and bequeath the remainder of my household and personal effects and other
tangible personalty of like nature (not including cash or securities), together with any
existing insurance thereon, unto my friend, FLOYD L. LENKER, ifhe survives me. Ifmy
friend, FLOYD L. LENKER, does not survive me, I give and bequeath the same unto my
nephew, DONALD F. McBETH, if he survives me, and should he not survive me, then
unto his wife, LYNNE McBETH, if she survives me, with suggestion that my nephew,
DONALD F. McBETH, or my nephew's wife, LYNNE McBETH, distribute said items,
in the exercise of his or her sole discretion, among themselves and their then-living issue.
ARTICLE III
SPECIFIC BEQUESTS
I give and bequeath the sum ofTen Thousand ($10,000.00) Dollars unto each of the
following who survive me: my niece, SANDRA McBETH; my grandniece, DENISE
McBETH; my grandnephew, DONALD ANDREW McBETH; and my grandnephew,
CRAIG McBETH.
ARTICLE IV
CHARITABLE BEQUEST
I glVe and bequeath the sum of Ten Thousand ($10,000.00) Dollars to THE
FOUNDATION FOR GLAUCOMA RESEARCH, 490 Post Street, Suite 1042, San
Francisco, California 94102.
ARTICLE V
REST, RESIDUE AND REMAINDER
give, devise and bequeath all the rest, residue and remainder of my Estate, of
whatever nature and wherever situate, unto my friend, FLOYD L. LENKER, provided that
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should my friend, FLOYD L. LENKER, predecease me, I give, devise and bequeath the
the rest, residue and remainder of my Estate unto THE FOUNDA TION FOR
ENHANCING COMMUNITIES, a Pennsylvnia nonprofit corporation, 200 N. Third
Street, Eighth Floor, P. O. Box 678, Harrisburg, PA 17108-0678, as a corporate asset, for
charitable, educational, scientific or civic purposes, according to its bylaws, specifically to
establish the Frederick H. McDonell and Marie B. McDonell Fund as an endowment
fund of the Foundation.
ARTICLE VI
UNIFORM TRANSFERS TO MINORS
In the event any beneficiary of my Will has not reached the age of twenty-five (25)
years at the time for distribution of his or her share, distribution of said share may be made
in the discretion of my Personal Representative after considering the age and needs of the
beneficiary, either directly to the beneficiary or to a Custodian for such beneficiary until age
twenty-five (25) under the Pennsylvania Uniform Transfers to Minors Act, 20 Pa. C.S.A
9530 I et seq., or the applicable Uniform Gifts to Minors Act or Uniform Transfers to
Minors Act in the state of residence of such beneficiary as the case may be. My Personal
Representative may designate as such Custodian any institution or person, including my
Personal Representative, qualified to act as a Custodian for such beneficiary under such Act
in effect at the time such distribution is made. A receipt for any payment or distribution so
made shall be a full discharge therefor to my Personal Representative, who shall not be
responsible to see to, or be liable for, the application of such proceeds thereafter.
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ARTICLE VII
POWERS OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE
My Personal Representative(s) 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 make distribution in cash or in kind, or partly in cash and partly in kind,
and in such manner as they may determine.
B. To retain any or all of the assets of my estate, real or personal, without
restriction to investments authorized for Pennsylvania fiduciaries, as they
deem proper, without regard to any principle of diversification or risk.
C. To invest in all forms of property without restriction to investments
authorized for Pennsylvania fiduciaries, as they deem proper, without regard
to any principle of diversification or risk.
D. 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.
E. To allocate receipts and expenses to principal or income or partly to each as
they from time to time think proper.
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F. To compromise any claim or controversy.
G. To make such elections, decisions, concessions and settlements in connection
with all income, estate, inheritance, gift, generation skipping or other tax
refunds and the payment of such taxes as my Personal Representative shall
deem appropriate, without obligation to adjust the distributive share of any
person thereby affected.
ARTICLE VIII
PERSONAL REPRESENT A TIVE
I name, constitute and appoint my friend, FLOYD L. LENKER, Camp Hill,
Pennsylvania, Executor of this my Last Will and Testament. Should FLOYD L.
LENKER fail to qualify or cease to so act, I name, constitute and appoint PNC BANK,
N.A., Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, alternate Executor to complete the administration of my
Estate. I direct that no fiduciary appointed herein shall be required to post bond for the
faithful administration of the duties required in any jurisdiction.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal to this, my Last
Will and Testament, this~f!1 day of hf/(i- 2007.
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MARIE B. McDONELL
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Signed, sealed, published and declared by the above-named Testatrix, as and for her
Last Will and Testament, in the presence of us, who at her request, in her presence and in
the presence of each other, have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses.
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AFFIDAVIT AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
55.
COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND
We, MARIE B. McDONELL, ~r ~2tL~~ ~UOJ€.r and
$u.s-Ct". 6. S'vfl\.b.r(~J... the Testatrix and 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 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 purposes therein expressed, and that each of
the witnesses, in the presence and hearing of the Testatrix, signed the Will as witness and
that to the best of her knowledge the Testatrix was at that time eighteen years of age or
older, of sound mind and under no constraint or undue influence.
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MARIE B. McDONELL
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Witness
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Subscribed, sworn to and acknowledged before me by MARIE B. McDONELL,
Testatrix, and subscribed and sworn to before me by lE({)ct ~~ Sv('o\)er
and SUJC\l. 6" ~nkl'l~ , witnesses, this 8'r:J day of
~t
,2007. ~lJ~
Edmund G, Myers
Attorney I. D. #20558
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On this, the ~ day of C),l,/!:J;fPLM , 2007, before me, the undersigned
officer, personally appeared EDMUNW 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
acknowledgment and affidavit were signed by the Testatrix and the witnesses.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and official seal.
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COMMONWE/\LTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
Notarial Seal
Margaret E. Ruff. Notary Public
Lemoyne Bo1O, Cumberland ColIlty
My Commission Expires May 30. 2011
Member, Pen'1S'.'!veni2 Association of Nataries
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