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PETITION FOR PROBATE AND GRANT OF LETTERS
REGISTER OF WILLS OF CUMBERLAND
COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
Estate of MARY ELLEN ROBERTS
also known as
File Number
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, Deceased
Social Security Number 174-20-3267
JAY W. McBRIDE, JR
Petitioner(s), who is/are 18 years of age or older, apply(ies) for:
(COMPLETE 'A' or 'B' BELOW:)
121 A. Probate and Grant of Letters Testamentary and aver that Petitioner(s) is / are the Executor
last Will of the Decedent dated September I, 1995 and codicil(s) dated October 15,2001
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Except as follows, Decedent did not marry, was not divorced, and did not have a child born or adopted after execution oftliij~nt(s~ered C?
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for probate, was not the victim of a killing and was never adjudicated an incapacitated person: :'-):0 ;:;: (")
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(State relevant circumstances. e.g.. renunciation, death of executor, etc.)
o B. Grant of Letters of Administration
(Ifapplicable, enter: c.t.a.; d.b.n.c.t.a.; pendente lite; durante absentia; durante minoritate)
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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.)
Name
Relationship
Residence
(COMPLETE IN ALL CASES:) Attach additional sheets ifnecessary.
Decedent was domiciled at death in Carlisle, Cumberland
634 North Bedford Street, Carlisle, P A 17013
(List street address, town/city, township, county, state, zip code)
County, Pennsylvania with his / her last principal residence at
Decedent, then 83
years of age, died on April 24, 2008
at Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
Decedent at death owned property with estimated values as follows:
(If domiciled in PA) 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
$
$
$
$
250,000.00
115,000.00
situated as follows: 634 North Bedford Street, Carlisle, Pennsylvania 17013
est(s) the probate of the last Will and Codicil(s) presented with this Petition and the grant of Letters in the appropriate form to
T d or rinted name and residence
Jay W. McBride, Jr., 45 Summerfield Drive, Carlisle, P A 17013
Form RW-02 rev. 10.13.06
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LOCAL REGISTRAR'S CERTIFICATION OF DEt~rH
WARNING: It is illegal to duplicate this copy by photostat or photograph"
Fee for this certificate, $6.00
Certification Number
This is to certify that the information here given is
correctly copied from an original Certificate of Death
duly filed with me as Local Regi~;trar. The original
certificate will be forwardec to the State Vital
Records Office for permanent tiling.
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Local Registrar Date Issued
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TYPE I PRINT IN
PERMANENT
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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA' DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH' VITAL RECORDS
CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
(See Instructions and axamplas on ravarsa)
83
Feb. 18, 1925
Carlisle, PA
STATE FILE NUMBER
4. Dale of Death (Month, day, year)
April 24, 2008
1. Name of Decedent (Rrst, miltte, last, sutrix)
Mary Ellen Roberts
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6. Date 01 Birth (Month, day, year)
7. Birthplace (Ci! and stale or lor
8a. Place of Death (Check ooIy one)
Hospital: Other:
1iJ''''''tioo' 0 ER IOUlpatioo, 0 DOA 0 Nursing Homo 0 Reside"""
9. Was Deced8n1 01 Hispanic Origin? []I. No DYes
(If yes, specify Cuban,
Mexican, Puerio Rican, ele.)
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10. R8C8: American Indian, Black, While, etc,
(SpodM White
5, Age (Lasl Birthday)
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8b. County 01 Death
Cumberland
ad, Facility Name (II ooIlnslilulion, give slml and number)
11. DecedenfsUsUlll moslolworkl .1Ie.00nolstale
D~p~~ cou~~l~~n
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Carlisle, PA 17013
12. WeB Decedent ever in the
U.S. Armed Forces?
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Decedent's
AcluelResldence 17a.$tale
!7b_ County
14, Marital Slalus; Married, Never Married.
Widowed, """""" 1_1)1
Widowed
Carlisle Regional Medical Center
PA
Cumberland
19. Mother's Name (FIBt, middle, maiden st.mllme)
17e, D Yes, Oecedenl l.iYed In
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Laura V. Dice
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18. Father's Name (FIrSt, midcle, last, suffIx)
Miles McBride
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2Oa. Informant's Name (Type I Print)
Jay McBride, gr.
2IJ). Informant's MaIlIng Address (Street, city I town, stale, zip code)
45 Summerfield Dr., Carlisle, PA 17015
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21c. Place 01 Oisposi\ion (Name 01 cemetery, crematory or other plecel
Westminster Cemetery
22c_NameendAddressofFadlly Hoffman-Roth Funeral
219 N. Hanover St., Carlisle, PA
23b. Ucense Number
21d.l.G::ation(Cily'lown,stale,~code)
Carlisle, PA 17013
Home & Cn~matory, Inc.
17013
23c. Date Signed (Monlh, day, year)
26. Was Case Referred 10 MedcaI Examiner I COO:-rl8r lor a Reason Other than Cremallon or Donation?
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pregnant within puI yeer
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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
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mind, memory and understanding, do hereby make, publish,and
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dec lare this as and for my Last will and Testament, hereby
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MARY ELLEN ROBERTS
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revoking all other Wills and Codicils heretofore made by me.
FIRST
I direct the payment of my just debts and expenses from my
as soon after my death as conveniently may be done.
SECOND
I make the following specific bequests:
A. All my music boxes and the one cedar chest
mad~ by -::n.y rl.eceasp.d husband, Bill f and 52 f 000.,00 in
cash to my daughter-in-law, TERRY ROBERTS.
B. The bedroom suit (which includes a chest of
drawers, bedside stand, dresser, dressing table and
bench) made by my husband, Bill, to DONALD BREHM.
C. The old doll in possessio~ of CAROLYN LACKEY
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SAIDIS, GUIDO,
SHUFF &
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26 W. High Street
Carlisle, PA
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Four (4) black iron floor lights to DONNA LEE
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The small jelly cupboard to my brother, JAY
W. !v1cBRIDE, SR.
THIRD
I give, devise and bequeath all the rest, residue and
remainder of my estate in equal shares unto my brother, JAY W.
McBRIDE, SR., my nephew, JAY W. McBRIDE, JR. and my good friend,
EARL REITZ, or the survivor of them.
FOURTH
I direct that any and all inheritance, estate, and transfer
taxes imposed upon my estate passing under this Will or otherwise
shall be paid out of the principal of my residuary estate.
FIFTH
In addition to the powers conferred by law, I authorize any
personal representative acting under this instrument, in their
absolute discretion:
A. To retain in the form received, or to sell either
at public or private sale any real or personal property;
B. To exercise any options to subscribe for stocks,
bonds, or other investments;
C. To join in any plan of lease, mortgage,
consolidation, exchange, reorganization or foreclosure of
any corporation in which my estate or any trust may hold
stocks, bonds or other securities;
SAlOIS, GUIDO,
SHUFF &
MASLAND
26 w. High Street
Carlisle, PA
D. To sell, transfer, convey, mortgage, pledge, lease
or exchange any property, real or personal, which at any
time may form part of my estate, for the payment of debts or
taxes, or for any purpose of administration or distribution,
for such prices and upon such terms as my personal
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representative, in their sole discretion, may deem wise, and
to execute and deliver deeds of conveyance or transfer
thereof;
E. To make settlements and compromises on such terms
as my personal representative in their sole discretion may
deem wise without the necessity of obtaining
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court
approval thereof;
F. To make distribution hereunder either in cash or
kind, as my personal representative in their discretion may
deem wise.
SIXTH
I do hereby nominate, constitute and appoint JAY W. McBRIDE,
JR. and EARL REITZ to act as co-Executors of this my Last Will
and Test.ament.
SEVENTH
I direct that no personal representative, guardian, trustee
or other fiduciary appointed under this instrument shall be
required to give bond for the faithful performance of their
duties in any jurisdiction.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, MARY ELLEN ROBERTS, have hereunto set
my hand and seal to this my Last Will and Testament, consisting
of five (5) typewritten pages, the first two (2) of which bear my
signature in the margin for identification, this _l;;J;'"' day of
September, 1995.
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Mar. len Roberts
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SAIDIS, GUIDO,
SHUFF &
MASLAND
26 w. High Street
Carlisle. PA
Signed, sealed, published and declared by the above-named
Mary Ellen Roberts, Testatrix, as and for her Last Will and
Testament in the presence of us, who have hereunto subscribed our
names at her request as witnesses thereto, in the presence of
said~ir and of each other.
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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
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COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND
We, Mary Ellen Roberts, Edward E. Guido anctJ(bc..t<2- Myer') ,
the Testatrix and witnesses, respectively whose names are signed
to the foregoing or attached 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 signed willingly and that she executed as her free
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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 witnesses and that to the best of
their knowledge the Testatrix was at the time eighteen (18) or
more years of age, of sound mind and under no constraint or undue
influence.
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SAIDIS, GUIDO,
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26 W. High Street
Carlisle, PA
Subscribed, sworn to and acknowledged before me by Mary
Ellen Roberts, the Testatrix, and subscribed to and sworn or
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affirmed to before me by Edward E. Guido and raCI e r'1ef7
witnesses, this ,.~ day of September, 1995.
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NOTARiAL SEAL
JOAN E. SMiTH, NmAf;Y PUBLIC
CARLISLE BOMUf~H. CUMt\ER!lINO CO.. PA
MY COMMISSION EXPIRES MARCH 23. 1996
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Testament dated September 1, 1995.
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I hereby amend the second provision of said Will to provide
as follows:
I make the following specific bequests:
F. Any and all interest I have in my home at 634 North
Bedford Street to my brother, Jay W. McBride, Sr., and if he
does not survive me by thirty (30) days then to my nephew JFX'/ W..
McBride, Jr.
G. The sum of One Thousand ($1,000.00) Dollars to my
friend Earl Reitz.
H. The sum of Four Hundred ($400.00) Dollars to the Union
Fire Company.
SECOND
I hereby amend the third provision of said Will to provide
as follows:
I give, devise and bequeath all the rest, residue and
remainder of my estate in equal share unto my brother, Jay W.
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SHUFF, FLOWER
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ATIORNEYSeATeLAW
26 W. High Street
Carlisle, PA
McBride, Sr. and my nephew Jay W. McBride, Jr., or the survivor
of them.
THIRD
I hereby amend the sixth provision of said will to provide
as follows:
I hereby nominate, constitute and appoint Jay vl. McBride,
Jr. to act as Executor of this my Last Will and Testament. In
the event that he is unable or unwilling to act, then I appoint
my daughter in law, Terry Roberts as Executrix. I also direct
that my friends June Weller and Pat Hummel be consulted to
assist my Executor in going through my personal effects.
FOURTH
In all other respects I hereby ratify, confirm and
republish my Last Will dated September I, 1995, together with
this sole Codicil as and for my Last will.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, Mary Ellen Roberts, have hereunto
set my hand and seal to this Codicil to my Last will and
Testament this /S!.1, day of ([)d-v~ , 2001 .
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Signed, sealed, published and declared by the above-named
Testatrix, as and for a Codicil to her Last Will and Testament
in the presence of us, who have hereunto subscribed our names at
her request as witnesses, thereto, in the presence of said
Testatrix and of each other.
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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND
We, Ma:r;~El}-Efn Rob"8{ts, _~ /717Y10- :J. Ko{J(CkLI
and ) t<Au [)" Mo~J2(JuJ, Testatrix and witnesses, resp~ctively
whose names are signed to the foregoing or attached instrument,
being first duly sworn, do hereby declare to the undersigned
authority that the Testatrix signed and executed the instrument
as her Codicil and that she signed willingly and that she
executed 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 Codicil as witness and that
to the best of their knowledge the Testatrix was at the time 18
or more years of age, of sound mind and under no constraint or
undue influence.
SAlOIS
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Carlisle, PA
Subscribed, sworn to and acknowledged before me by Mary Ellen
Roberts, the Testatrix, and subscribed to and swor~or affirm:)
to before me bye, analrQ{l/. .l-1r!)/2RD
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