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MICHAEL D. SMOKER www.smokergard.com
NEW HOLLAND
NICHOLAS T. GARD LEOLA
CORY J. MILLER October 14, 2008 LANCASTER
CHRISTINA M. BRAY M(~JNT CARMEL
STEPHEN W. GROSH
Register of Wills
Cumberland County Courthouse
1 Courthouse Square
Carlisle, PA 17013
RE: Estate of Charlotte E. Sipe
Our File No. 8978
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Our office is working along with Attorney George H. Eager regarding the above-referenced
matter. The Executor, Wilson L. Sipe, Jr. was sworn in as Executor at the Lancaster CountyRegister
of Wills office. Please find enclosed the following documents to be filed with your office:
1. Petition For Grant of Letters;
2. An Estate Information Sheet;
3. An original Death Certificate;
4. An original Will; and
4. A check payable to our office in the amount of $302.00 representing your fees.
Please process this paperwork and forward the issued Short Certificates to our New Holland
office.
If you should have any questions regarding this matter n~Pase contact me. Thank you.
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Enclosures
^ LANCASTER
220 North Duke Street
P.O. Box 1522
Lancaster, PA 17608
Telephone: 717.291.1413
Facsimile: 717.390.4861
NEW HOLLAND
912 West Main Street
Suite 402
New Holland, PA 17557
Telephone: 717.656.6717
Facsimile: 717.656.8174
^ LEOLA
49 East Main Street
P.O. Box 243
Leola, PA 17540
Telephone: 717.656.6717
Facsimile: 717.656.4704
^ MOUNT CARMEL
105 South Oak Street
Mount Carmel, PA 17851
Telephone: 570.339.2558
Facsimile: 570.3 3 9.2666
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Paralegal
Register of Wills of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
PETITION FOR GRANT OF LETTERS
Estate of Charlotte E. Sipe No. ~/ L/ u ` / ~-/~
also known as
Deceased Social Security No.
Wilson L. Sipe, Jr.
Petitioner, who is 18 years of age or older, apply for:
(COMPLETE "A" OR "B" BELOW:)
XX A. Probate and Grant of Letters and aver that Petitioner is named in the Will dated December 20. 1982.
Wilson L. Sipe passed awav on November 17. 2006.
State relevant circumstances, e.g., renunciation, death of executor, etc
Except as follows, Decedent did not marry, was not divorced and did not have a child bom or adopted after execution of the documents offered for probate; was
not the victim of a killing and was never adjudicated incapacitated.
B. Grant of Letters of Administration
(c.t.a., d.b.n.c.t.a.: pendente lite, durante absentia; durance minoritate)
Petitioner(s) after a proper search has/have ascertained the Decedent left no Will and was survived by the following spouse (if any) and heirs:
Name Relationship Residence
(COMPLETE IN ALL CASES:) Attach additional sheets if necessary.
Decedent was domiciled at death in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, with her last family or principal residence at
51 South Point Drive, Upper Allen Township, Mechanicsburg. PA 17055
(list sVeet, number and municipality)
Decedent, then 92 years of age, died September 19. 2008 , at Middletown Home
(Location)
Decedent at death owned property with estimated values as follows:
(if domiciled in PA All personal property ..................................... $ 2,500.00
(if not domiciled in PA Personal property in Pennsylvania ................ $
(if not domiciled in PA Personal property in County .......................... $
Value of real estate in Pennsylvania ............................................................................ $ 115,000.00
TOTAL ........................................................................................................................ $ 117,500.00
Real Estate situated as follows
51 South Point Drive. Upper Allen Township. Mechanicsburg, PA 17055
Wherefore, Petitioner respectfully request the probate of the Last Will and Testament presented with this Petition and the grant of letters in the appropriate form to
Signature Typed or printed name and residence
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Wilson L. Sipe, Jr.
920 Spring Garden Street
Elizabethtown, PA 17022
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Oath of Personal Representative
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
County of Lancaster
The Petitioner above-named swear and affirm 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 Decedent, P~titio will well and truly administer the
estate according to law. _, ~ ~ ~,
Sworn to and affirmed and
before me this 9~1 day of
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Wilson L. Sipe, Jr
DECREE OF REGISTER
Estate of Charlotte E. Sioe
Social curl No. 181-01-7915
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Date of Death: September 19. 2t 08
AND NOW, , 2008, in consideration of the Petition on the reverse side hereon,
satisfactory proof having been presented before me,
IT IS DECREED that Letters XX Testamentary Administration
(c.t.a., d.b.n.c.t.; prendente liter durante absentia; durante minorieta)
are hereby granted to Wilson L. Sipe, Jr.
In the above estate and that the instruments, if any, dated_ December 20. 1982 described in the Petition be admitted to probate
and filed of record as the Last Will and Testament of Decedent.
FEES
Letters ......................................$
Short Certificates(s).. .$
Renunciation ............................$
Extra Pages ( .................$
I.T. R ..........................................$
JCP Fee ....................................$
Inventory ...................................$
Other......__. ......................$
TOTAL ......................... $
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Attorney:
I.D. No.:
Address:
Telephone:
DATE FILED:
Georoe_H. Eager, Esouire
27740
1347 Fruitville Pike
Lancaster, PA 17601
17171290-7971
IUS.RpS REV (0 V07)
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 14792810
Certification Number
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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 filing.
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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
OF
CHARLOTTE E. SIPE
I, CHARLOTTE E. SIPE, of Upper Allen Township, Cumberland
County, Pennsylvania, do make, publish and declare this to be
my Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all Wills and
Codicils by me at any time made.
ITEM I: I direct that all inheritance
and estate taxes becoming due by reason of my death, whether
such taxes may be payable by my Estate or by any recipient of
any property, shall be paid by my Executor out of the property
passing under this Will which is not specifically bequeathed
or devised, as an expense and cost of administration of my
Estate. My Executor shall have no duty or obligation to obtain
reimbursement for any such tax paid by my Executor, even though
on proceeds of insurance or other property not passing under
this Wi11. In the absolute discretion of my Executor, my
Executor may pay such taxes immediately or may postpone the
payment of taxes on future or remainder interests until the
time possession thereof accrues to the beneficiaries.
ITEM IL: I give, devise and bequeath. all
of my property, real, personal and mixed, to my husband,
WILSON L. SIPE, if he survives me.
ITEP~f III: Lf my said husband, WILSON L.
SIPE, predeceases me, L give, devise and bequeath as follows:
(a) The sum of Two Thousand Dollars (.$2,000) to
SHEPHERDSTOWN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 1934 South York Street,
Mechanicsburg, Pe~insylvania; and
(b) All of rest, residue and remainder of my Estate. to
my son, WILSON L. SIPE, JR., if he survives me or, if he does
not, to his issue, per strpes.
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ITEM IV: In the settlement of my Estate,
my Executor shall possess, among others, the following powers,
to be exercised for the best interests of the beneficiaries.
(a) To retain any investments I may have at my death
so long as my Executor may deem it advisable to my Estate so
to do.
(b) To vary investments, when deemed desirable by my
Executor, and to invest in such bonds, stocks, notes, real
estate mortgages, or other securities or in such other real
or personal property as my Executor shall deem wise, without
being bound by any statutes or rules of law regulating invest-
ments by executors.
(c) In order to effect a division of the principal of
my Estate or for any other purpose, including any final distri-
bution, my Executor is authorized to make said divisions or
distributions of the personalty and realty partly or wholly in
kind. If such divisions or distributions are made in kind, said
assets are required to be divided or distributed at their
respective values on the date or .dates of their division or
distribution.
(d) To sell either at public or private sale and upon
such terms and conditions as my Executor may deem advantageous
to my Estate, any or all real or personal estate or interest
therein owned by my Estate severally or in conjunction with
other persons or acquired after my death by my Executor, and
to consutmnate said sale or sales by sufficient deeds or
other instruments to the purchaser or purchasers, conveying
fee simple title, free and clear of all trust and without
obligation or liability of the purchaser or purchasers to see
to the application of the purchase money or to make inquiry
into the validity of said sale or sales; also, to make,
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execute,- acknowledge and deliver any and all deeds, assign-
ments, -options. or other writings. which may be necessary or
desirable in carrying out any of the powers conferred upon my
Executor in this. paragraph or elsewhere in my Will.
(e) To mortgage real estate, and to make leases of real
estate.
(f) To borrow money from any party, to pay indebtedness
of mine or of my Estate., expenses of administration or n-
heritance, legacy, es ate or other taxes.
(g) To pay all costs, taxes, expenses and charges in
connection with administration of my Estate.- My Executor
shall pay expenses of my Last illness and funeral.
(h) To vote any shares. of stock which. form a part of my
Estate, and to otherwise exercise all the powers incident to
the ownership of such stock.
(_i) In the discretion of my Executor, to unite with
other owners. of similar property in carrying out any plans
for the reorganization of any corporation or company whose
securities: form a part of my Estate.
ITEM V: Any person who shall have died at
the same time as Testatrix, or in a common disaster with her, or
under such circumstances: that it is difficult or impossible to
determine who died first, shall be deemed to have predeceased
her.
ITEM VI: I nominate., constitute and appoint
my husband, WILSON L. SLPE, to be my "Executor." In the event
of the death or resignation of WILSON L. SIPE as Executor, or
his refusal or inability to act as such, WILSON L. SIPE, JR.
shall be substituted therefor. My Executor is specifically
relieved from the duty or obligation of filing any bond or
bonds .
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IN WITNESS WHEREQF, I have set my hand and seal to this
my Last Will and Testament, consisting of this. and the pre-
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ceding 3 pages, this y
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WITNESSES
(_SEAL~ Residing at
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(SEAL) Residing at
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA SS:
COUNTY OF
I, CHARLOTTE E. SIPE, Testatrix whose name is signed to
the foregoing instrument, having been duly qualified according
to law, hereby acknowledge that I signed and executed the
instrument as my Last Will and Testament; that I signed it as
my free and voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed.
Sworn to and acknowledged before me, b CHARLOTTE E.
SIPE, Textatrix, this ~~'~ day of 19~~
Not y Pu is
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(-SEAL) My Comm'ss:on Ex~res Qct~ter 12, 1985
Upper Aden Tv; p., Cumberland County
AFFTI7AVTT
COMMONWEALTH OF PENI`?SY VANIA
SS.
COUNTY OF
the witnesses whose names are signed to the foregoing i.nstrumen ,
being duly qualified according to law, depose and say that we
were present and saw Testatrix sign and execute the instrument as
her Last Will and Tes amerit; that she signed it willingly and that
she executed i.t 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 Last Will and Testament 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 .
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Sworn to and subscribed before me by
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No ry Pudic
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My Cmm~ ss en [xpires October 12, 1985
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