HomeMy WebLinkAbout07-10-08PETITION FOR PROBATE and GRANT OF LETTERS
Estate of.IULIE GIROUX ) NO.
also known as ) TO:
Deceased. ) Register of Wills for the County
Social Security No. 032-12-1810 ) 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 executrix named in the last will of the above
decedent, dated 2 February 2000, and codicil(s) dated n/a.
Decedent was domiciled at death in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, with her last family or
principal residence at 9 Warwick Circle, Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
Decedent, then 83 years of age, died on 1 June 2008, at 4 Conestoga Lane, Mechanicsburg,
Cumberland 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 $5 000.00
(if not domiciled in Pa.) All personal property in Pennsylvania $
(If not domiciled in Pa.) Personal property in County $
Value of real estate in Pennsylvania $140,000.00
Situated as follows: 9 Warwick Circle, Silver Spring_Twp, Mechanicsburg_ PA
WHEREFORE, Petitioner(s) respectfully request the probate of the last will and codicil(s)
presented herewith and the grant of letters testamentary. ~--T
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Caroline M. Rich = ~' °
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OATH OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA ) 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 est according to lYaw.
Sworn to or aff-,rmed ar,.d subscribed n (~' /~., -~-C~~,,~
before me his lC~ r` day of aroline M. Rich
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Register
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Estate of JULIE GIROUX, Deceased
DECREE OF PROBATE AND GRANT OF LETTERS
AND NOW, ~~ ~ ~~.._.~ 1 v ` , 2008, in consideration of the Petition for Probate
and Grant of Letters, satisfactory proof having been presented to me, IT IS DECREED that the instrument
dated 2 February 2000 described therein be admitted to probate and filed of record as the last will of JULIE
GIROUX and Letters Testamentary are hereby granted to CAROLINE M. RICH.
Register of Wills ;~
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Attorney-at-Law (LD. No. 17225)
P.O. Box 168
Lemoyne, PA 17043
(717) 761-5361
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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. 56.00
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Certification Numher
This is to certify drat the information here given is
cclrrectly copied from an original Certificate of Death
duly filed with me as Local Registrar. The original
certificate will be forwarded to the State Vita]
Records Qftice for permanent filing.
Local Registrar Date Issued
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JULIE GIROUX - ; -'~ ~ `~ t_: ~ : ~-:_~';
I, JULIE GIROUX, of Silver Spring Township, Cumberland County, p~~ylv~iia, -
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declare this to be my last will and revoke any will previously made by mew=-+ -' ~ -
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 and bequeath any automobile which I own at the time of my death,
together with any insurance thereon, to my granddaughter, LAURA REESE, provided she
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survive my death by sixty (60) days.
ITEM lII. I give and bequeath all of my household furnishings and other tangible
household property (excluding any cash which may be located in my home at the time of
my death) together with any insurance on such items, to my four granddaughters,
JULIEANNE RICH, LAURA REESE, MARYBETH REESE, and REBECCA REESE, or to such of
them who survive my death. My personal representative is hereby authorized and directed
to divide and distribute such items among my four grandchildren as my personal
representative, in her sole discretion, deems appropriate, but in approximately equal
portions by value. The decision of my personal representative as to the division or
distribution of these items shall be final and conclusive on all parties.
ITEM IV. I give, devise, and bequeath all the rest, residue, and remainder of my
possessions and estate of every nature and wherever situate in equal shares to my two
daughters, CAROLINE M. RICH and ELIZABETH N. REESE, provided they survive my death
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by sixty (60) days. Should either of my said daughters predecease me or be deceased on
the sixty-first day after my death, I give, devise, and bequeath all the rest, residue, and
remainder of my possessions and estate of every nature and wherever situate to the
survivor of them. I request, but do not require, that my said daughters use these funds, in
their sole discretion, to provide some financial security and care for my other daughter,
MARY KATHRYN KIME.
ITEM V. In the event that neither CAROLINE M. RICH nor ELIZABETH N. REESE
survive my death by sixty (60) days, I give, devise and bequeath all the rest, residue and
remainder of my possessions and estate of every nature and wherever situate to my four
granddaughters, JULIEANNE RICH, LAURA REESE, MARYBETH REESE, and REBECCA
REESE, in equal shares, provided they each survive my death by sixty (60) days and if any
of them do not so survive my death, their share shall be divided equally among the other
persons taking under this Item ~,/ of this my last w,~i!!, in equal shares.
ITEM VI. I appoint my daughter, CAROLINE M. RICH, executrix of this my last will.
Should my said daughter predecease me or otherwise fail to qualify or cease to serve as
executrix of this my last will, I appoint my daughter, ELIZABETH N. REESE, executrix of
,this my last will.
ITEM V{I. All of the interests of the beneficiaries hereunder shall not be subject to
anticipation or to voluntary or involuntary alienation nor shall they be subject to any
execution or attachment.
ITEM V111. In addition to the other powers and authorities granted to my personal
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,
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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 self 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 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 IX. I direct that my personal representatives and fiduciaries shall not be
required to give bond for the faithful performa!~ce e# their duties ir. any ;~~risdictic~n.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this ~ ~l day of
-f-~~,_ , 2000.
J LIE GIROU
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The preceding instrument, consisting of this and three other typewritten pages, each
identified by the signature of the testatrix was on the date thereof signed, published, and
declared by JULIE GIROUX, 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.
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Samuel L. Andes
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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA )
1 SS..
COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND 1
The undersigned, being the testatrix whose name is signed to the attached or foregoing
instrument, having been duty 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.
LIE GIROU
Sworn or affirmed to and acknowledged
before me by the testatrix named above
this Z"'g day of~e b~„ ~o,,~y , 2000.
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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
( SS.:
COUNTY OF CU141BERLAND 1
WE, SAMUEL L. ANDES and AMY HARKINS, 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.
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Sworn or affirmed to and
acknowledged before me this
ZN~ day of j6r~r, 2000.
Amy Heins
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