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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09-18-08PETITION FOR PROBATE AND GRANT OF LETTERS REGISTER OF WILLS OF CUMBERLAND Estate of DOROTHY J. BISTLINE also known as COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA File Number ~ ~ C ~ ~~ ~ ~+ Deceased Social Security Number 195-16-2661 Petitioner(s), who is/are 18 years of age or older, apply(ies) for: (COMPLETE 'A' or 'B' BELOW.) A. Probate and Grant of Letters Testamentary and aver that Petitioner(s) is /are the last Will of'the Decedent dated FEBRUARY 21, 2003 and codicil(s) dated r`~ r~ ~y named in the C~ - °--r-- -~ (State relevant circumstances, e.g., renunciation, death of executor, etc.) .-' 4- - _~ N s , . Except as follows, Decedent did not marry, was not divorced, and did not have a child born or adopted after execution of~-ihe instrumetti('s) offered -.J for probate, was not the victim of a killing and was never adjudicated an incapacitated person: B. Grant of Letters of Administration (lfapplicable, enter: c. t. a.; d.b.n.c.t.a.; pendente liter durante absentia; durante minoritate) 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 Administra~!ion, c. t. a. or d.b.n.c.t.a., enter date of Will in Section A above and complete list of heirs.) (COMPLETE IN ALL CASES:) Attach additional sheets if necessary. Decedent was domiciled at death in CUMBERLAND County, Pennsylvania with his /her last principal residence at 825 NORTI3 HANOVER STREET, APARTMENT 106, CARLISLE, CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA 17013 (List street address, town/city, township, county, state, zip code) Decedent, then 86 years of age, died on AUGUST 16, 2008 at CHURCH OF GOD HOME, CARLISLE, CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA Decedent at death owned property with estimated values as follows: (If domiciled in PA) All personal property $ 13,000.00 (If not domiciled in PA) Personal property in Pennsylvania $ (If not domiciled in PA) Personal property in County $ Value of real estate in Pennsylvania $ situated as 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: name and residence t ,fir ~ ~ JOSEPH W. BISTLINE, 825 N. HANOVER STREET, APT 106, CARLISLE, PA 17013 f ~~ n `- C~ ,_- -,-~ EXECUTOR ; ~'= Form RW-02' rev. 10.13.06 Page 1 of 2 Oath of Personal Representative COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND 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 r Si~liature 6f Personal Representative ~? ,J ;, Q c~ .:.L7 t~ ' ^. ;-r7 ; --ty Signature of Personal Representative i - ;-r-. ~ - ~.i;~~ ~ - ~ - ~T~ Signature of Personal Representative S -- ' -~ -~ . --i `} N , :r- .' v File Number: 0~1 ~~ ~c~~ Estate of DOROTHY J. BISTLINE ,Deceased Social Security Number: 195-16-2661 Date of Death: AUGUST 16, 2008 AND NOW, ~~~ ~~~ her ~~ , ~, in consideration of the foregoing Petition, satisfactory proof having been presented before me, IT IS DECREED that Letters TESTAMENTARY are hereby granted to JOSEPH W. BISTLINE and that the instrument(s) dated FEBRUARY 21, 2003 described in the Petition be admitted to probate and filed of record as the last Will Codicils FEES (~L ~ / Letters .......... ..... $ 60.00 Registe of Wills Short Certificate(s) . ....... $ 4.00 Attorney Signature: Renunciation(s) ... ....... $ JCP ... $ 10.00 Attorney Name: STEPHEN L. BLOOM, ESQiJIF.E AUTOMATION FEE $ 5.00 Supreme Court I.D. No.: 49811 WILL $ 15.00 Address: 60 WEST POMFRET STREET ... $ ... $ CARLISLE, PA 17013 ... $ ... $ ' $ Telephone: (717) 249-2353 ... $ TOTAL . ....... ....... $ 94.00 in the above estate Form RW-02 rev. 10.73.06 Page 2 Of' 2 705.172 AEV. V05 WARNING: IT IS ILLEGAL TO ALTER THIS COPY OR Q / I (FEE FORTHiS TO DUPLICATE BY PHOTOSTAT OR PHOTOGRAPH. ,~ ` 6V Oc4`1 cERnFtcnrE ~s.oo~ COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTM~N7 OF HEALTH VITAL R€GORDS LOGA'L REGISTRAR'S CERTIFICATION OF DEATH ~~~~p~SFt OFp~~rtlll ~~~ 9// cE~T. No. T 620837. ~a,-~~~ . ~.~~'~ August 19, ZooB ~ ~~ ~~ ~A,9 Q~ Date of Issue of This Certiiicffiion Name of Decedent Dorothy. J. Bistline First Mldtlle Last Sex Feanale Social Security: No. :195 - 16 - 2661 Date of Death 8-16--0$ Date of Birth May 25, 1922 Birthplace Duncannon, PA Place of Death Church of God Home Cumberland: -Carli le Pennsyl~ Faa6ty Name County CiTy, Borough or Townshlp White Homemaker No Race Occupation Armed Forces? (Yes or No) Decedent's la Marital Status Married Mailing Address 825 N. Hanover St. Carlisle PA 17013 Number Street City or Towh State Joseph W. Bistline James F. Nickel Informant _ Funeral Director Name and Address of Nickel Funeral Home, P.O. Box 910, Loysville, PA 17047 Funeral Establishment Interval Between Part f: Immediate Cause Onset and Death Congestive Heart failure (a) r.,,, 4~) (dl Part II: Other Sigrtificartt Conditions Manner of Death Describe how injury of Natural X~] Homicide ^ Accident ^ .Pending Investigation ^ Suicide ^ Could not be Determined ^ -~ ,..d -7_-_~ (' Y __ °rt --~ .Ju ~;, ~, __ _: ~ .-+. _ -. ~-r , rv r'~ .^ ... 1 d: „J Name and Title of Certifier Darryl K. Guistwite D.O. 522 S. Pitt St. , Carlisle, PA 17013 (M.D., D.O., .Coroner, M.E.) Address This is to certify that the information here given is correctly copied from an original certificate of death duty filed with 'me as Local Regis.#rar. The original certificate will be forwarded to the State Vital Records Office for permanent-filing, cal Registrar ot. V~RaI<Racords, 'Oistrici No. August 1919, 2008 101 Barnett ~t , New BloomfiP~~ PA X7068 Oate fleceived by i.ocal Registrar Street Address City. Borough, Townshlp c~ _ i-7 _ C~ .l ' ~ t ~~ - ! ~ -- ., c:~ -J ~ y _ LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT ~ . ~ . _., I, DOROTHY J. BISTLINE, of North Middleton Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, being of sound and disposing mind and memory, do hereby make, publish and declare this to be my Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking any and all former Wills or Codicils by me made. Knowing I have been saved by grace through faith in my blessed Lord Jesus Christ, I now have peace with God and will stand before Him to give an account of my stewardship on earth. I wish to express my love and affection for my precious and faithful husband, Joseph, and for the many years God has given us together, and for our loving children, their spouses and our grandchildren, and for their faith in Christ and desire to live for Him. 1. I direct that all my legally enforceable debts, funeral expenses, testamentary expenses and all inheritance taxes (whether such taxes may be payable by my estate or by any recipient of any property) shall be paid from my residuary estate as soon as practicable after my decease and as part of the administration of my estate. My personal representative shall have no duty or obligation to obtain reimbursement for any such tax so paid, even though on proceeds of insurance or other property not passing under this Will. 2. If he shall survive me by thirty (30) days, then I give, devise and bequeath all of my estate, whether real, personal or mixed property, whether tangible or intangible, and wherever situated, unto my beloved husband, JOSEPH W. BISTLINE, absolutely. Page 1 of 5 Pages '` ~~ D.J.B. 3. In the event my said husband shall predecease or fail to survive me by thirty (30) days, then I give such items of tangible personal property as are itemized in a certain list or memorandum, if any, attached hereto or kept herewith to the persons named thereon, which list or memorandum is signed and dated by me at the end thereof. 4 In the event my said husband shall predecease or fail to survive me by thirty (30) days, then I give, devise and bequeath my real property located on Bells Hill Road, Tyrone Township, Perry County, Pennsylvania, being known as the eighty-acre woodlot, unto my children, JEAN ELIZABETH REAM and LARRY DAVID BISTLINE, as equal tenants in common, subject, however, to the condition that if any interest in such real property is proposed to be conveyed to any person not related by blood or marriage to one of my said children, then said interest shall first be offered, on the same terms and conditions as the proposed conveyance, to EUGENE M. NOLT and ELIZABETH S. NOLT of Perry County, Pennsylvania, who shall then have a period of thirty (30) days from the receipt of such offer in which to either accept or decline same (this first right of refusal shall be personal to the said Eugene M. Nolt and Elizabeth S. Nolt, and shall not extend to their heirs, successors or assigns). 5. In the event my said husband shall predecease or fail to survive me by thirty (30) days, then I give, devise and bequeath all the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, whether real, personal or mixed property, whether tangible or intangible, and wherever situated, in the following manner: (A) Forty Percent (40%) thereof unto my daughter, JEAN ELIZABETH REAM, with substitution of issue, per stirpes; (B) Forty Percent (40%) thereof unto my son, LARRY DAVID BISTLINE, with substitution of issue, per stirpes; (C) Ten Percent (10%) thereof unto the general fund of WINEBRENNER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY of Findlay, Ohio; and Page 2 of 5 Pages ~ ~' ~~ D.J.B. (D) Ten Percent (10%) thereof unto the general operating fund of THE CHURCH OF GOD HOME of Carlisle, Pennsylvania. 6. I nominate, constitute and appoint my husband, JOSEPH W. BISTLINE, as Executor of my estate. In the event he shall be unable or unwilling to serve in such capacity, then I appoint my children, JEAN ELIZABETH REAM and LARRY DAVID BISTLINE, as Co-Executors of my estate. 7. I direct that my personal representatives shall not be required to file a bond to secure the faithful performance of their duties in any jurisdiction. 8. I authorize and empower my personal representatives, in their sole and absolute discretion, to purchase or otherwise acquire and retain any investments or any property of any nature which I own at my death (and I call to the attention of my personal representatives my interest in a certain obligation from Eugene M. Nolt and Elizabeth S. Nolt of Perry County, Pennsylvania, arising from the sale of my farm during my lifetime, which interest comprises a significant portion of my estate as of the date of this Last Will and Testament, and which obligation shall remain enforceable after my death); to sell, lease, pledge, mortgage, transfer, exchange, dispose of or grant options in regard to any or all property of any kind forming a part of my estate for such terms and such prices as they may deem advisable; to borrow money for any purposes connected with the protection and preservation of my estate; to mortgage or pledge any real or personal property forming a part of my estate or to j oin in or secure the partition of same; to compromise any claims or demands of my estate against others or of others against my estate; to make distribution in kind and to cause any share to be composed of cash, property or undivided fractional shares in property different in kind from any other share; to employ agents, attorneys and proxies and to delegate to them such power as my personal representatives consider desirable and to pay reasonable compensation for such services as may be rendered by such agents, attorneys and proxies; and to execute and deliver such instruments as may be necessary to carry out any of these powers. In addition, I direct that my personal representatives Page 3 of 5 Pages ~ shall have the power to conduct an inventory of any safe deposit box necessary to the administration of my estate. IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 21St day of February, 2003. ~J~=~z (SEAL) Dorothy J. ~ stline SIGNED, SEALED, PUBLISHED AND DECLARED by the above-named Testatrix, as and for her Last Will and Testament, in the presence of us, who at her request, have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses thereto, in the presence of the said Testatrix and of each other. a~,~~ ~ ~- / ~ Page 4 of 5 Pages COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA ) SS. COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND I, DOROTHY J. BISTLINE, Testatrix, 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. o~lJ 1~-~'~`Q' Dorothy J. is ine Sworn or affirmed to and acknowledged before me by DOROTHY J. BISTLINE, the Testatrix, this 21St day of February, 2003. ~ f~ Not Public Notarial seal Lori A. Sullivan, Notary Public Carlisle ~Sot~, ~u~berland County COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA ) My Commissi~t ~. 16, 2b04 S S. Member; P~nns+,lt-;nia A.Sit~t~~T;l~t+i~ COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND ) We, / le ~ ~ • _-- CG,'Y~ and ~~~I Q ~?~ ~ ~ , ~t~ ~ ~~''~ the witnesses who e 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 DOROTHY J. BISTLINE, the Testatrix, sign and execute the instrument as her Last Will; that the Testatrix signed willingly and that the Testatrix 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 Testatrix was at that time 18 or more years of age, of sound mind and under no constraint or undue influence. -.. Address a~QQ ~c,~-,~;,s G-~G~ /~x.~l ss Swoni or affirmed to and subscribed befor me this 21St day of February, 2003. ~~~ ~ Notary Public Notarial Seal t_ori A. Sullivan, Notary Public C:\SLB\Office -Estate Planning\10399. iw-will.doc Carlisle Boro, Cumberland CaHNdy Ivey Commission Expires Feb. 16, 2i)Oq .•;' ~=~~?.~ A~cociationofNotaries Page 5 of 5 Pages