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Home My WebLink About02-05-08 PETITION FOR PROBATE and GRANT OF LETTERS Estate of OR PH A K.L. ANDES ) NO. ;21- O~.~ d:2y also known as ) TO: Deceased. ) Register of Wills for the County Social Security No. ) of Cumberland in the Commonwealth of ) Pennsylvania. The petition of the undersigned respectfully represents that: Your Petitioner is 18 years of age or older and the executor named in the last will of the above decedent, dated October 30, 1997, and codicil(s) dated n/a. Decedent was domiciled at death in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, with her last family or principal residence at 325 Wesley Drive, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. Decedent, then 93 years of age, died on 1 February 2008, at Harrisburg Hospital, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. 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: n/a Decedent at death owned property with estimated values as follows: (if domiciled in Pa.) All personal property (if not domiciled in Pa.) All personal property in Pennsylvania (Ifnot domiciled in Pa.) Personal property in County Value ofreal estate in Pennsylvania Situated as follows: n/a $200.000.00 $ $ ":c_) $ " ... .:!.: ;-J. r- , ...;-:) WHEREFORE, Petitioner(s) respectfully request the probate ofthe last will andc~cil(~)-, presented herewith and the grant of letters testamentary.' " .. =~-.; "-c~ -.'.i . l'~.; i c': Signature and residences ofPetitioner(s): cS~~ el L. Ande h) ( . P.O. Box 168 Lemoyne, P A 17043 OATH OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE COMMONWEAL TH OF PENNSYL VANIA ) SS. COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND ) The petitioner above-named swears or affirms that the statements in the foregoing petition are true and correct to the best of the knowledge and belief of petitioner and that as personal representative of the above decedent petitioner will well and truly administer the ~rdin&..t a,w Sworn to or affirmed and subscribed . j..J.J before me this S day of r \-_R. ~I..'-'^ ^"z{ , 2008. Sa L. Andes P.O. Box 168 Lemoyne, P A 17043 . . . , No./}/- ()% -~/c2 {o Estate of Orpha K.L. Andes, Deceased DECREE OF PROBATE AND GRANT OF LETTERS AND NOW, ,2008, in consideration of the Petition for Probate I and Grant of Letters, satisfactory pr fhaving been presented to me, IT IS DECREED that the instrument dated 30 October 1997 described therein be admitted to probate and filed of record as the last will of Orpha K.L. Andes and Letters Testamentary are hereby granted to Samuel L. Andes. I I I I II Probate, Letters, Etc. ...........$ ~{yD . DD Ii II Short Certificates ( )..........$ {).O. 00 Ii WILL 15' . co " . p II R@IH.l11ciat~~................. $ /0.00 i ~v..+O m 1\" CI'-l. 5. DO TOTAL $ :2:" D . c0 ~; FEES .-Smn e es Attorney-at-Law (J.D. No. 17225) P.O. Box 168 Lemoyne, P A 17043 (717) 761-5361 Filed d )J.f 0<( ~ ~ ~ --... ~ ~ 'I --T- . , . . WILL OF ORPHA K.L. ANDES I, ORPHA K.L. ANDES, of Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, declare this to be my last will and revoke any will previously made by me. ITEM I. I direct that all my just debts and funeral expenses, including my gravemarker and all expenses of my last illness, and any and all taxes and assessments imposed by any governmental body as a result of my death, whether on property passing under this will or otherwise, shall be paid from my residuary estate as soon as practicable after my decease as a part of the expense of the administration of my estate. ITEM II. I give, devise, and bequeath all of my possessions and estate of every nature and wherever situate to those of my issue, per stirpes, as survive my death by sixty (60) days. ITEM III. ~<) .' ~: ~.2 :;; I appoint my son, SAMUEL L. ANDES, executor of this rmClast with Should :) .--.. ~.,J my said son predecease me or otherwise fail to qualify or cease to serve a's)~-,t~cutor of this' " 0'1 my last will, I appoint my daughter, KAREN ANDES ROSENBERG, executriX:'-(:>:t}hi~;?1y last will. 'J) ITEM IV. In addition to the other powers and authorities granted to'~y pers~'Aal representative by Pennsylvania Law and by the other terms and provisions of this will, I hereby give to my personal representative the following powers and authorities effective without court approval and until actual distribution of all property: to compromise any claim or controversy; to make distribution in cash or in kind, or partly in cash and partly in kind, and in such manner as my personal representative may determine and at valuations finally to be fixed by them; to invest in all forms of property, including any stock or other securities in any corporate fiduciary or its successor without restriction to investments authorized for Pennsylvania fiduciaries, as my personal representative deems proper, without regard to any principle of risk or diversification; to retain any or all assets of my estate, real or personal, without regard to any principle of risk or diversification; to sell at Page 1 of 3 'I . . 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 my personal representative deems proper; and to allocate receipts and expenses to principal or income or partly to each as my personal representatives deem proper in their sole discretion. ITEM V. I direct that my personal representatives and fiduciaries shall not be required to give bond for the faithful performance of their duties in any jurisdiction. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this ~ () d2 day of tk/;kJU , 1997. ~~..l/ ~~ff~~ ORR A K.L. AN ES The preceding instrument, consisting of this and one other typewritten page, each identified by the signature of the testatrix, was on the date thereof signed, published, and declared by ORPHA K.L. ANDES, the testatrix therein named, as and for her last will, in the presence of us, who at her request, in her presence, and in the presence of each other, have subscribed our names as witnesses hereto. ~ 1'( IJ"~ J'X", ) ['i , ",' ii' " ,J X '; I .',' r~ . ( 1 rill '- OCtQ lJ_A_ Amy Rose i Page 2 of 3 . , COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA ) ( 55.: ) COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND The undersigned, being the testatrix whose name is signed to the attached or foregoing instrument, having been duly qualified according to law, does hereby acknowledge that I signed and executed the foregoing instrument as my last will, that I signed it willingly; and that I signed it as my free and voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed. !}1r'--, ~L ~4j ORPH K.L. A DES Sworn or affirmed to and acknowledged before me by the testatrix named above this 30*' day of CJcTOBe:'R ,1997. I II II ,I II I .!~ '- -. Notary Public NOT: SEAl.. P\IbUC \ LVNN EHRENfE~ countY : Lemoyne Boro. vnI Aug.17,2000 \ , MyCommIS~_~ 1--_..---.----.. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA ) ( 55.: ) COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND WE, WENDY CHESBRO and AMY ROSELLI, the witnesses whose names are signed to the attached or foregoing instrument, being duly qualified according to law, do depose and say that we were present and saw the testatrix sign and execute the instrument as her last will; that she signed it willingly and that she executed it as her free and voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed; that each of us in the hearing and sight of the testatrix signed the will as witnesses; and that to the best of our knowledge, the testator was at that time 18 or more years of age, of sound mind, and under no constraint or undue influence. Sworn or affirmed to and acknowledged before me this 30"""" day of OCT1:>BER. , 1997. I I ~ t:4.ffi ~- ~\ I Notary PubliC .----;; i{p..f\\Jl..\.. tlo\al'J oun\'J \ '-'---,-- N~~tl~~\.~~' h9'"\aIla ~1,~OOO \ \ \ ~~~ ~ aofO. ~ ?\fe5l\1.Uld' \ \::a\~Q'1n~\S'3\On ~ \ ~"cort\\l'~ Page \-~ \.-..--.- 3 of 3