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Home My WebLink About03-12-08 CERTIFICATION OF NOTICE UNDER RULE 5.6(a) Name of Decedent: Eleanor R. Berg Feb. 15, 2008 Date of Death: 21-08-0238 Admin. No. Will No. To the Register: I certify that notice of (beneficial interest) estate administration required by Rule 5.6(a) of the Orphans' Court Rules was served on or mailed to the following beneficiaries of the above-captioned estate on b!farch 10) ?()()R Name Address See attached notice Notice has now been given to all persons entitled thereto under Rllle 5.6(a) except none Date: '?:>lltlo~ I . ~ Signa~.~ ~ Name William P. Douglas ::::.; Address 43 W. South St., Carlisle, PA 17013 .""'J .--.- 1_'_ .~ Telephone ( ) 717-243-1790 .7'J ~:--:---") Capacity: _ Personal Representative ~ CounseHor personal representative ~\ ~\, ~~ ~\ (11v8 ~ NOTICE OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN ESTATE BEFORE THE REGISTER OF WILLS, COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, PENNSYLVANIA IN RE: ESTATE OF ELEANOR R. BERG, DECEASED NO. 21-08-0238 TO: Thomas H. Berg 130 Parker St. Carlisle, P A 17013 Dr. Richard Berg P.O. Box 273 Stevenson, MD 21153-0273 Claire E. Spencer Phili p Berg c/o Jacqueline Spencer 33 Glenomena Park Blackrock Co. Dublin Republic of Ireland Cumberland County Chapter American Red Cross 12 Stover Drive Carlisle, P A 17015-9782 The Salvation Army, 20 E. Pomfret St., Carlisle, P A 17013-0309 YMCA 311 S. West St., Carlisle, P A 17013 YWCA 301 G St., Carlisle, P A 17013 Habitat for Humanity Cumberland Valley 39 Heisers Lane Carlisle, P A 17013 Domestic Violence Services P.O. Box 1039 Carlisle, P A 17013-6039 Tri-County Association for the Blind, 1800 N. Second St. Harrisburg, P A 17102-2200 American Cancer Society Capital Region Unit 3211 N. Front St., Suite 100 Harrisburg, P A 17102 American Heart Association Capital Region Division 4999 Louise Dr. Mechanicsburg, Pa 17055-6907 Attn: Margarita Curtis, Headmaster Deerfield Academy Deerfield, MA 01342 Attn: Joseph A. Martellaro Dickinson College The Development Office P.O. Box 1773 Carlisle, P A 17013-1773 Harvard University Harvard College Fund 124 Mount Auburn St. Cambridge, MA 02138-5795 United Way of the Greater Carlisle Area 145 S. Hanover St. Carlisle, Pa 17013 Thornwald Home 442 Walnut Bottom Road Carlisle, P A 17013 Please take notice of the death of decedent and the grant of letters to the personal representative named below. You may have a beneficial interest in the estate under the Last Will and Testament of Eleanor R. Berg Name of decedent: Eleanor R. Berg Last known address of decedent 130 Parker St., Carlisle, P A 17013 Date of Death: February 13, 2008 Place of Death: Thornwald Home, Carlisle, P A 17013 County of Grant of Original Letters: Cumberland Decedent died: Testate. Name, address and phone number of the personal representatives: Thomas H. Berg 130 Parker St. Carlisle, P A 17013 717-243-3739 Name, address and phone number of counsel: William P. Douglas Douglas Law Office 43 W. South St. Carlisle, Pa. 17013 Phone: 717-243-1790 Additional information may be obtained from the uI1dersigned: /j~?. William P. Douglas, Esquir Douglas Law Office 43 W. South St. Carlisle, Pa. 17013 717-243-1790 Dated: March 11, 2008 LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT I, ELEANOR R. BERG, of the Borough of Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, being of sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding, declare the following to be my last will and testament, hereby revoking any and all wills heretofore made by me. Item I. It is my desire that I be buried in the Ashland Cemetery, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, beside my beloved husband, Herman Berg III. I would like a simple funeral to be performed by Ewing Brothers Funeral Home, with no viewing, immediate family only to attend, and only some simple prayers to be read. I would alsO like my date of death to be inscribed on our stone at Ashland Cemetery. Item II. I direct my executors hereinafter named to pay my debts and funeral expenses. Item III. In the event my net estate, (being defined as that amount of money left after the payment of all just debts, and/ or executor's or legal fees, and the expenses of administration, and less the specific bequest in Paragraph IV hereof), is less than two million dollars, ($2,000,000.00) the following charitable bequests in toto shall not exceed ten percent (10%) of my net estate as defined in this paragraph. In the event the following charitable bequests exceed ten percent (10%) of my net estate as defined herein, they shall be reduced on a pro-rata basis so as not to exceed said 10%. It is also my wish that any money gifted by me to the following charities shall be used for their local chapters, as nearly as possible: A. To the American Red Cross, 1710 Ritner Highway, Carlisle, P A, for disaster relief $10,000.00 B. To the Salvation Army, 20 E. Pomfret St., Carlisle, P A, for the homeless $10,000.00 c. To the YMCA, 311 S. West St., Carlisle, P A. To the YWCA, 301 G St., Carlisle, P A. $10,000.00 $10,000.00 D. E. To Habitat for Humanity-Cumberland Valley, 114 N. Hanover St., Carlisle, P A. $10,000.00 F. To Domestic Violence Services, Carlisle, P A $10,000.00 G. To the Tri-County Association for the Blind, 1800 North Second St., Harrisburg, P A $10,000.00 H. To the American Cancer Society, 3211 N. Front St. Harrisburg,P A $10,000.00 1. To the American Heart Association, Capital Region Division, 1517 Cedar Cliff Dr., Camp Hill P A. $10,000.00 J. To Deerfield Academy, Deerfield, MA for financial aid to deserving students $10,000.00 K. To Dickinson College, to be applied to the Herman Berg III Scholarship Fund $10,000.00 L. Harvard University, Cambridge, MA $10,000.00 M. To the United Way of the Greater Carlisle Area, 810 West High St., Carlisle, P A. $10,000.00 N. To Thomwald Home, 442 Walnut Bottom Road, Carlisle, PA to be applied toward the expense of personal care for residents who are in need of financial help to remain at the facility $10,000.00 Item IV. I devise my home and all the contents therein at 130 Parker Street, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, to my son, Thomas H. Berg. Item V. following: A. $10,000.00 to my grandson, Philip Spencer Berg. B. $10,000.00 to my granddaughter Claire Elisabeth Marie Berg. I give the sum of Ten Thousand ($10,000.00) to each of the Item VI. All the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, both real and personal, I devise equally between my sons, Thomas H. Berg, and Richard A. Berg. If Richard should predecease me, his share shall go to the issue of his body in equal parts, per stirpes. If Thomas H. Berg should be deceased, his share is to go to my surviving son, Richard A. Berg. If both Thomas H. Berg and Richard A. Berg should predecease me, then all the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, both real and personal, shall go to the issue of my son, Richard A. Berg only, per stirpes. Item VII. I nominate, constitute and appoint my sons, Thomas H. Berg and/ or Richard A. Berg, as my executors, and I direct that they be permitted to serve without bond. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 6th day of January, 2005.,;}. //1... r).~,-f5L-- {2 ~ 1/ ! (SEAL) Eleanor R. Berg Signed, sealed, published and declared by the above-named testatrix, as and for her last will and testament, who, at her request, in her presence, in our presence, and the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as attesting witnesses: COlvIMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND We,\,'\i~> ~., (LC) and.J.h1(i~I( ,L6';Z. whose names are signed to the attached or f egoing instrument, being duly qualified according to law, do depose and say tha we were present and saw testatrix sign and execute the instrument as her last will, and that she signed willingly and that she executed it as her free and voluntary act for the purposes therein contained, 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 testatrix was at that time 18 or more years of age, of sound mind and under no. co~s. traint or undu.tf-i~Uel1fje. tlWAAlz)d:A-'J Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 6th day of January, 2005. qa/net '-fJ1. XMf\. Notary . tIOWUAL SEAL MY'" 1M( NOTARY PUllIC CMlalIORO. CUMBERlAND COUN1Y MY COMIItSSIOH EXPIRES JUNE 26. 2007 COMJvl0NWEAL TH OF PENNSYLVANIA COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND 1, Eleanor R. Berg, whose name is signed to the attached or foregoing instrument, having been duly qualified according to law, do hereby acknowledge that I signed and executed the 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. Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 6th day of January, 2005. CJMilL'IlL. J1U.f~ Notary , ~ .lbn ~ ~ rpy---% lPIVl- (~ /I ~ D Eleanor R. Berg