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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-03-09PETITION FOR PROBATE AND GRANT OF LETTERS REGISTER OF WILLS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA Estate of Seymour A. Ewing File Number 21-09- Q 110 also known as ecease Social Security 17420-7924 Petitioner(s) who is/are 18 years of age or older, apply(ies) for: [X] A. Probate and Grant of Letters Testamentary and aver that Petitioner(s) is/are the Executrix named in the last wll of the Decedent dated July 20, 1988 and codicil(s) dated N/A state re evenat circumstances, e.g. renunciation, eat o executor, etc. Except as follows, Decedent did not marry, was not divorced, and did not have a child born or adopted after execution of the instrument(s) offered for probate, was not the victim of a killing and was never adjudicated an incapacitated person: No exceptions ] B. Grant of letters of Administration (If applicable enter: c.t.a.; .n.c.t.a.; en ente ite; urante a sentta; urante minontate 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.) Decedent then 82 years of age died on 1/2/09 at HealthSouth, Mechanicsburg, PA Decedent at death owned property with estimated values as follows: (If domiciled in Pa.) f 75-U c, o 0 (If not domiciled in Pa.) (If not domiciled in Pa.) Value of real estate i Pennsylvania ~s-~ c~A ~ situated as follows: ~ 3 y 5au N.~ 1+4,,.~,c /L' `=~~ , C <.r ~ ` ~ S t 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 a ro riate form to the undersi ned: ~ ~~nature pe or printe name an ress ence 4 PA 17013 ~ .c~ ~ ~ ~~~ w ' ~~' rr~ ~ .y ~ , a ;~ D N ~ c". Page 1 of 2 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 4 Stonehed a Drive Carlisle PA 17013 South Middleton Townshi ist street a ress, town city, towns ip, county, state, zip co e OATH OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE COMMONWEATLH OF PENNSYLVANIA Coutvl'Y of CUMBERLAND The petitioner(s) above-named swear(s) or affirm(s) that the statement in the foregoing peition are true and corn 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~nd subscribed before me this c~~ Q~ _ ra~ ~~i..o/~Io~~1 J For the Register Jo L. Ewing File Number: 2t -oq - Estate of Seymour A. Ewing Joan L. Ewing in the above estate Social Security Number: 174-20-7924 Date of Death N Q •pp :~i 3 , ~ i ~ _ C.J '_7 ~ X . ~~ ~/~T Jan~ry 229 rv ~ ,. ~ ~ AND NOW o2 , 200q in consideration of the Petition, satisfactory proof having been presented befo me, IT IS DECREED that Letters Testamentary are hereby granted to and that the instrument(s) dated July 20,1988 described in thte Petition to be admitted to probate and filed of record as the last Will (and Codicil(s) of Decedent) Register of Wills FEES Signature Attorney Name ~._ ~ _ 7 Robert G. Frey Letters 1 a~u ,~ Short Certificates ~ ,OV Sup. Ct. I.D. No Renunciation ~A.9~. ~S-.c~a Address: JC..f' 1(~.GD A~+~ „n;,~,S,r. S . c~~ Telephone: TOTAL... t~4~ ~ 46397 5 South Hanover Street Carlisle, Pennsylvania 17013 (717) 243-5838 Page 2 of 2 rn !v w LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF :. -_ ~ 0 ~,~ ~, SEYMOUR A. EWING .ct ~~7~j[:-: ~ ~.,~ ~ SEYMOUR A. EWING, of 630 South Hanover Street in the Borough _. oaf C#~ ~le, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, being of sound and dis- :" ~si~} '~n',ind, memory and understanding, do hereby make, publish and "~_! c~clar~jis as and for my Last Will and Testament hereby revoking and Viking void any and all Wills by me at any time heretofore made. .~.. ~~• 1. I direct my hereinafter named Executrix or Executors to pay all of my just debts and funeral expenses and all costs of administra- tion and all inheritance or death taxes occasioned by my death, including interest and penalties thereon, as soon after my death as may be found convenient to do so. 2. I give, devise and bequeath the sum of Six Hundred Thousand ($600,000.00) Dollars in equal shares to my two (2) sons, Robert L. Ewing and Steven A. Ewing, their heirs and assigns, provided each of them shall survive me by a period of ninety (90) days, but should either of them fail to so survive me then the share such deceased son of mine would have received shall pass to such of his issue as shall survive me by a period of ninety (90) days, per stirpes, and if there be no such issue the same shall lapse and be added to the share of my other son. 3. All of the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, real, personal and mixed, and wheresoever the same may be situate, I give, devise ands bequeath to my wife, Joan L. Ewing, her heirs and assigns, provided she shall survive me by a period of ninety (90) days, but should she fail to so survive me then to my two sons, Robert L. Ewing and Steven A. Ewing, their heirs and assigns, in equal shares, pro- vided each of them shall survive me by a period of ninety (90) days, but should either of them fail to so survive me then the share such deceased son would have received shall pass to such of his issue as shall survive me by a period of ninety (90) days, per stirpes, and if there be no such issue the same shall lapse and be added to the share of the other son. 4. I hereby nominate, constitute and appoint my said wife, Joan L. Ewing, as Executrix of this my Last Will and Testament, but should she pre-decease me or fail to qualify or cease serving as such, then in such event I nominate, constitute and appoint my two (2) sons, Robert L. Ewing and Steven A. Ewing, or either of them, as co-Execu- tors, and I further direct that none of them shall be required to post any bond to secure the faithful performance of his or her duties in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or in any other jurisdiction. 5. In addition to the powers conferred by law, my said Executrix or Executors are empowered: a. To invest any part of the trust corpus in such securities, investments, or other property as may be deemed advisable and proper, irrespective of whether the same are authorized for the investment of trust funds under the laws of any governing jurisdiction. b. With respect to any corporation, the stocks, bonds, or other securities of which may be held, to vote in person or by proxy on any shares of stock; to consent to the merger, consolidation or reorganization of such corporations; to consent to the leasing, mortgaging or sale of the property of any such corporations; to make any surrender, exchange or substitution of such stocks, bonds or other securities as an incident to the merger, consolidation or reorganiza- tion of such corporations; to pay all assessments, subscriptions and other sums of money which may be deemed wise and expedient for the protection and maintenance of the proportionate interest of the investment in such corporations; to exercise any option or privilege which may be conferred upon the holders of such stocks, bonds, or Page 1 of 2 Pages other securities of such corporations either for the conversion of the same into other securities or for the purchase of additional securities, and to make any and all necessary payments which may be required in connection therewith; and generally to have and exercise as to all such stocks, bonds and other securities, the powers of an individual owner who is under trust obligation. c. To hold the trust corpus in one or more consolidated funds in which separate shares shall have undivided interests. d. To sell at public or private sale for cash or upon credit, or partly for cash and partly on credit, and upon such terms and conditions as shall be deemed proper, any part or parts of the trust estate, and no purchaser at any such sale shall be bound to inquire into the expediency or propriety of any such sale or to see to the application of the purchase moneys arising therefrom. e. To keep on hand and uninvested such moneys as may be deemed proper and for such period as may be found expedient. f. To compromise, settle or arbitrate any claim or demand in favor of or against the trust estate. g. And authorized in the discharge of fiduciary duties, to employ counsel and to determine and to pay such counsel reasonable compensation which shall be charged against the principal or income of the trust fund, and shall further be entitled to charge against the principal or income such other reasonable expenses and charges as may be necessary and proper to incur for the proper discharge of fiduciary duties and for the proper management and administration of the trust estate. h. In making any division of property into shares for the purpose of any distribution thereof directed by the provisions of the trust, to make such division or distribution, either in cash or in kind, or partly in cash and partly in kind, as shall be deemed most expedient, and in making any division or distribution in kind may allot any specific security or property or any undivided interest therein to any one or more of such shares, and to that end may appraise any or all of the property so to be allotted and the judgment as to the propriety of such allotment and as to the relative value for purposes of distribution of the securities or property so allotted shall be final and conclusive upon all persons interested in the trust or in the division or distribution thereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal to this my Last Will and Testment written on two (2) pages, this 20th day of July 1988. (SEAL) eymou Ewing Signed, sealed, published and declared by SEYMOUR A. EWING, the Testator above named, as and for his Last Will and Testament, in our presence, who, in his presence, at his request, and in the presence of each other, have hereunto subscribed our names as attesting witnesses. ~~,. ~. ~M--~ ~~~,~~ OATH OF NON-SUBSCRIBING WITNESS(ES) REGISTER OF WILLS CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA Estate of Seymour A. Ewing ,Deceased Robert G. Frey and (each) being duly qualified according to law, depose(s) and say(s) that she / he /they was /were we acquainted with Seymour A. Ewing and am/are familiar with the handwriting and signature of the decedent, and that the signature of Seymour A. Ewing to the foregoing instrument purporting to be the Last Will and Tesatment of Seymour A. Ewing is in his/her own proper handwriting. _ -~U (Si nature) (Signature) 5 South Hanover Street (Street Address) Carlisle, PA 17013 (City, State, Zip) (Street Address) (City, State, Zip) Executed in Register's Office Sworr, to or affinn~l ali~bscribed befor, me this ~~~"' °' day ct _ ..ems , 2006. D pu y for egis er of Wills n ..~ ~- z' -*~ r+~ `~ n ~ co (tea ~ ~~ k .9 ~jj ~ . _,3. ._.~... ~ W ~ a _.,~, .- ,~_ , _ w OATH OF SUBSCRIBING WITNESS(ES) REGISTER OF WILLS CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA Estate of Seymour A. Ewing ,Deceased Robert M. Frey , (each) a subsribing witness to the [x] Will [ ]Codicil presented herewith, (each) being duly qualified according to law, depose(s) say(s) that she / he /they was /were present and saw the above Testator / Tesatrix sign the same and that she / he /they signed as a witness at the request of the Testator /Testatrix in her /his presence and in the presence of each other. ~~ ~~ ~h ~ (Signature) (Signature) 5 South Hanover Street (Street Address) Carlisle, PA 17013 (City, State, Zip) Executed in Register's Office Sworn to or of ar3,d subscribed before e this r ~"` day of ~--- , 20~ a. eput for R inter of Wills (Street Address) (City, State, Zip) Executed out of Register's Office Sworn to or affirmed and subscribed before me this day of , 20 Notary Public My Commission Expirees: (Signature and Seal of Notary or other offical qualified to administer oaths. Show date of expiration of Notary's Commission.) NOTE: To be taken by Officer authorized to administer oaths. Please have present the original or copy of instrument(s) at time of notarization. C"~ N Cp ' ° `° S ~7 r-n r '- r*1 t m ~ r' t F o '~" ~ ~ - -~ `-r _ - ~. ~