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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06-17-08PETITION FOR PROBATE AND GRANT OF LETTERS REGISTER OF WILLS OF C'~vn b~~--Ifr.~~~ COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA Estate of _ ~~ ~ t+~ W t ~ l yt ~ S File Number ~~ ` y~~ o ~ ~~ ~ / also known as Deceased Social Security Number _ ~~ 7~ -~"~ -~ ~ 7 ~~ Petitioner(s), who is/are 18 years of age or older, apply(ies) for: (COMPLETE 'A' or 'B' BELOW.) A. Probate and Grant of Lette s T stamentary and aver that Petitioner(s) is /are the ~~, ~ ~•~p :1- named in the last Will of the Decedent dated tv and codic~il~~s) dated "" (State relevant circumstances, e.g., renunciation, death of executor, etc.) C~~ O ~ t_ Except as ;Follows, Decedent did not marry, was not divorced, and did not have a child born or adopted after execution-~~nstrut~rtt(s) g~fered; ~ ' -, -r_ r- for probate, was not the victim of a killing and was never adjudicated an incapacitated person: _ -.s r~ -- _ ~..} B. Grant of Letters of Administration ~ ;-~ <-~ -~ ` -` (If applicable, enter: c.t.a.; d. b. n. c.t.a.; pendente liter durante absentia; duiso~ minorit - - --i ~ ~ ~ `~ Petitioners} after a proper search has /have ascertained that Decedent left no Will and was survived by the followin~gspouse (if a~ 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.) Q~j ` (COMPLETE ]NALL CASES:) Attach additior~a! sheets if necessary. Decedent was domiciled at death in ~-~ County, Penns 1 ania with his /her last principal residence at 5 ~ Z ~ 1~ ov. M rx~.~~ ~.r ~ .~ t 7EJ.f _~ T~ ) (List street address, town/city, township, county, state, -ip code) ~V ~ Decedent, then _~ years of age, died on ~?; ~~?~ at _~~~ ~~- ~ r~~ ~~ , Decedent at death owned property with estimated values as follows: (If domiciled in PA) All personal property $ _ ZOOr ©~+~ (If not domiciled in PA) Personal property in Pennsylvania $ (lf not domiciled in PA) Personal property in County $ Value of real estate in Pennsylvania $ .~,,,~- 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: or printed name and residence `~~~.t~,iJ'L ~ .~%~S 4c '~ Foy. ~t .c Lac ~'i~' ~~'_LVr ~ ~ ~-+*1-.. ~--"~ t `9 `~ ~ ~ Form RNA 02 rev. 10.13.06 Page 1 of 2 RW-02 Oath of Personal Representative COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA COUNTY OF SS 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. Sworn to or affirmed and subscribed before me: the /~ ~ day of ,~ For the, egister ~, .`~ ~ _ ~ Signature of Persona(Representative ~ ~-r? ,_,_ _ _,r?C_a, Signature of Personal Representative _) ~,~ .. w cv File Numbelr: ~~- o?y~`6 ' Co 5~ Estate of ~~r l(1 ~'U ~ ~V i S Deceased Social Sec 'ty Number: ~~~ - ~~ ' ~ ~~ ~3 AND NOW, ~ , _~~~1 having been presented b or e, IT IS DECREED that Letters ~ ~: are hereby granted to ~~ .i0-tl ~~~ Date of Death: of the foregoing Petition, satisfactory proof v in the above estate and that the instrument(s) dated _~ ~ ~ ` ~ C1 ~ l described in the Petition be admitted to probate and filed of record as ~e last Will (a(nd Codicil;~s)yof Decedent. a FEES Letters ............... $ . ~ Short Certificate(s) ........ $ - CJv Renunciation(s) .... $ (NI~~~ .. $ /s. au ~.. $ /G! ~ ~$ ~~ ... $ ... $ ... $ ... $ ... $ ... $ TOTAL .............. $ ~ ~ 0.00 Form RW-02 rev. 10.13.06 of Personal Representative Attorney Signature: of Attorney Name: ~ j1 r !l f' c ~ vtn L- ~ ~~iG~~d`- Supreme Court I.D. No.: ~ l ~ ~ y Address: !!l!!Z S ~ e/~~~T ~~n Telephone: 7 (7 - ~ ~ Y ° 5 Z Qi1 Page 2 of 2 RW-02 t05.805 REV 10007) LOCAL REGISTRAR'S CERTIFICATION OF DEATH WARNING: It is illegal to duplicate this copy by photostat or photograph. Fee for this certificate, $6.00 P 1461.1284 Certification Number ~~ -~~`7 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 tiling. ,„ ~ ~ 5 28 0 8 ca egl. rar Date Issued Nngs,s3 REV nrzoce COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA • DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH • VITAL RECORDS PEE/RLUNENTN CERTIFICATE OF DEATH eNCx ~~ (See instructions and examples on reverse) STATE FILE NUMBER rv C~ ~' ~ ,-' ~ _ ~ ~ 1 r-- _: __ - - l - ~ -; ; _,,.,~ _. i. .. r i Z2~ j' W ,. Noma a Oepadan I~• ~•. Mat eaNa) 2 sea a. Eodn Eaauar rwwa a. Dale d Dna IMOmn, Ny, yeaA Mr. Jack W. 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O F _; -~ _ ~ ~ ~s "_~ ~, --E .. JOHN W. DAVIS - ~-~ I, JOHN W. DAVIS, of Lower Providence Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, declare this to be my last Will, hereby revoking all prior Wills and codicils. FIRST: I give the sum of Five Thousand ($5,000.001 to the Plymouth Evangelical Church, for general church purposes. SECOND: I give all of the rest and residue of my property, real and personal, to my wife, Frances D. Davis, provided that if she dies on or before the thirtieth (30th) day following the day of my death, this gift shall lapse or be divested, and I give such property as follows: A. Two-thirds (2/3) of said property to my daughter Ruth Marion Ersek, provided, however, in the event that she is not then living, this gift shall lapse and be distributed to my grandson, Kristopher Matthew Hemmerich; and B. (?ne-third ri /3) of said property to my grands~r~, Kristopher Matthew Hemmerich. THIRD: No beneficiary may assign or transfer his or her interest under this Will or any codicil hereof, and no person with a claim against the beneficiary may reach any such interest before it is distributed to the beneficiary. FOURTH: All estate inheritance taxes and interest and penalties thereon payable by reason of my death with respect to property passing under this Will shall be paid from the principal of my residuary estate. FIFTH: In addition to powers given them by law, all fiduciaries acting under this Will, whether or not named herein, shall have the following discretionary powers applicable to all property held by them, effective without court order and until actual distribution: A. To retain any property received by them, including the stock of any corporate fiduciary or any corporation controlling or having a substantial interest in, any corporate fiduciary, without regard to any principle of investment diversification; B. To invest in all forms of property, including any common trust fund operated by any fiduciary, without restriction to investments authorized by law and without regard to any principle of investment diversification; C. To compromise controversies; D. To exchange or sell real or personal property publicly or privately, for such prices and on such terms as they deem proper; to lease for any term regardless of the duration of the trusts hereunder; and to give options for these purposes without obligation to repudiate them in favor of a higher offer; E. In the discretion of my corporate fiduciary to lend money or any other property held hereunder with or without collateral and upon such other terms as my corporate fiduciary deems proper; F. To exercise any discretionary power to use principal or income for a beneficiary by paying the beneficiary's expenses directly or by distributing funds to 2 any person or organization they select to disburse the same for the beneficiary's exclusive benefit; in like manner to pay or distribute principal or income to which any beneficiary is entitled if my fiduciary deems the beneficiary incapable of receiving the same by reason of any illness, infirmity or legal incapacity; and to distribute to a minor notwithstanding minority any principal or income which they have discretion hereunder to use for a minor or to which a minor is entitled; G. To hold investments in the name of a nominee; H. To assume continuance of the status of any beneficiary with reference to death, marriage, divorce, illness, incapacity or other change in the absence of information deemed reliable without liability for disbursements made on such assumption; I. To exercise any option permitted by law to use deductions for Estate or Income Tax purposes as my fiduciary deems advantageous for overall tax reduction even though the effect may be to increase income at the expense of principal or vice versa, and to make or not to make adjustments with respect thereto as my fiduciary, whose decision shall be conclusive and not subject to review by any court, deems appropriate in view of the nature of the transaction and the amounts involved, and; J. To employ and compensate such brokers, advisors, professional persons, and other agents as my fiduciary deems advantageous or as I may have directed whether or not an individual fiduciary hereunder performs the services or has nay pecuniary interest in the firm performing the services, without liability for payment or 3 C"OMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA COUNTY OF MONTGOMERY ss. I, JOHN W. DAVIS, testator, 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. John W. Davis, Testator Sworn tei and subscribed before me this loth day of April , 1996 / otary Public Notarial Seal Maryann T Foley. Notary Public Norris°own Boro, Montgomery Courriy My Commission Expires June 21.1997 Member, Pennsyvania Assoaation of Notaries COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA ss. COUNTY OF MONTGOMERY We, James J. Himsworth, Jr. and Carol A. DiRado ,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 testator sign and execute the instrument as his Last Will; that JOHN W. DAVIS signed willingly and that he executed it as his free and voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed; that each of us in the hearing and sight of the testator was at that time 18 or more years of age, of sound mind and under no constraint or undue influence. J/ . ~~\. / r ~ Witness Notarial Seal Maryann T. Foley. Notary Public Norristown Boro, Montgomery County My Commission Expires June 21,1997 Member. Pennsylvania Association of Notaries 5 Sworn to and subscribed before me this 1 oth day compensation at a higher rate than might have been negotiated elsewhere without diminution of any such individual's fiduciary commissions hereunder. SIXTH: I appoint my wife, Frances D. Davis, Executrix under this my Will. In the event my wife does not act or continue to act as such, I appoint my daughter, Ruth Marion Ersek, Executrix under this my Will. In the event that neither my wife nor my daughter, Ruth Marion Ersek does not act or continue to act as such, I appoint my son- in-law, David A. Ersek, Executor under this my Will. SEVENTH: No fiduciary acting under this will shall be required to post bond or render security in any jurisdiction. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this ,(o ,! ~ day of G~,~~ , 1996. ~'- J -ION W. DAVIS SIGNED, SEALED, PUBLISHED, and DECLARED by the above-named Testator, as for his last Will, in the presence of us, who at his request, in his presence and iri the presence of each other, have subscribed our names as attesting witnesses: ~ z„~,~,,.r--~ 1325 Hollow Road i Address ~~ Collegeville, PA 19426 G~~ ~GG , o~;~ ~ /~~~~-- 1511 Green Hi 11 Road Address Collegeville, PA 19426 4 ADLER &ADLER ATTORNEYS AT LAW 125 LOCUST STREET P.O. BOX 11933 HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 17108-1933 TELEPHONE (717)234-3289 FAX (717) 234-1670 WILLIAM L. ADLER OVERNIGHT MAIL ADDRESS: CRAIG I. ADLER* *ALSO ADMITTED TO PRACTICE IN NJ 125 LOCUST STREET HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 17101 June 16, 2008 Cumberland County Courthouse Register of Wills One Courthouse Square Carlisle, PA 17013-3387 RE: Estate of John W. Davis Dear Register of Wills: LEWIS F. ADLER (1934_1984) DAVID S. KOHN (1934-1985) LOU[S J. ADLER (1959-1999) KOHN AND ADLER (1934=1960) KOHN, ADLER &ADLER (t9w-i9si) Enclosed please find an original and copy of the Will of John W. Davis together with the petition for probate signed by the executor and the estate information sheet. I have enclosed a check in the amount of $310.00 to cover the cost of probate and five short certificates. Thank you. Very truly you William L. Adler n '- O ~ i~ ;ZJ ~' ? ~ ;, j ~ . ~ r-st , T7 `~ C,~ ~' , 'V