The URL can be used to link to this page

Home My WebLink About06-01-09PETITION FOR PROBATE AND GRANT OF LETTERS REGISTER OF WILLS OF Cumberland Estate of Geraldine L. Sebum also known as COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA File Number ~~`~"1 -G~S~J~. Deceased Social Security Number 179-12-4658 Petitioner(s), who is/are 18 years of age or older, apply(ies) for: (COMPLETE 'A' or 'B' BELOW.) 6'~-"~ G~ .~D A. Probate and Grant of Letters Testamentary and aver that Petitioner(s) is /are the Executor C- O L last Will of the Decedent dated July 16, 2007 and codicil(s) dated none '~ ,.~ C I in the' ~ -n - -~ -- :~n ~ f - (State relevant circumstances, e.g., renunciation, death of executor, etc.) ~ % ~_ F' - Except as follows, Decedent did not marry, was not divorced, and did not have a child born or adopted after execution of tti~tstrument~ offered for probate, was not the victim of a killing and was never adjudicated an incapacitated person: ~ 1`a C..~ B. Grant of Letters of Administration (If applicable, enter: c. t. a.; d.b.n.c.t.a.; pendente life; 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 Administration, 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:J Attach additional sheets if necessary. Decedent was domiciled at death in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania with his /her last principal residence at 5 Parker_Road~Newville, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania 17241 (List street address, town/city, township, county, state, zip code) Decedent, then 75 years of age, died on May 22, 2009 at Health South Rehab Center, Mechanicsburg Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Decedent at death owned property with estimated values as follows: ~Ol ~ 1 (If domiciled in PA) All personal property $ E (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 follows: Form RW-02 rev. 10.13.06 Page 1 of 2 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: 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. ~ f Sworn to or affirmed and subscribed be re me the ~ day of V For a Register ~6'" a re ojPersonal Representative ~ r ~ a -:~ ~ C.. ~ T t <) ~,- ;c•~ Signature of Persona! Representative ~: ~'i ~ ~~ _i7 Signature of Personal Representative - - ~~ ~.~ ~ ~J . r~ c;; File Number: nC ~ ' l~q " lis 3 Estate of Geraldine L. Sebum ,Deceased Social Security Numb(e~r: 179-12-4658 Date of Death: May 22, 2009 AND NOW, _~ ~./~-7~ "1 G ~ , in consideration of the foregoing Petition, satisfactory proof having been presented before me, IT IS DECREED that Letters testamentary are hereby granted to 7oey L. Morrison, Sr. in the above estate and that the instrument(s) dated July 16, 2007 described in the Petition be admitted to probate and filed of record] a,~ the last Wil~•,(apd Codicil(s)) of~ec~dent FEES Letters ............... $ ~ gi • of Ills Short Certificate(s) ........ $ I ~~ . UC7 Attorney Signature: l V Renunciation(s) .......... $ 1~V t LL ... $ Ii-. Ur_~ Attorney Name: David A. Baric • • • $ ~ U • Ui> Supreme Court I.D. No.: 44853 ~~~rn n~~ c,~a ... $ ~ , 6b ... $ Address: O'Brien, Baric & Scherer ... $ 19 West South Street ... $ $ Carlisle, PA 17013 • • $ Telephone: (717) 249-6873 ... $ TOTAL .............. $ (~2 .uJ ~ Form RW-01 rev. 10.13.06 Page 2 of 2 ~c °~IF~ll~d c~T OF GERALDINE L. SEBURN r C7 r-_> ~ ~ .7 „ K ~~/~ ~ ~ '^ " - f 7~/// ~ -- ~ -~ - ; ,~ n t i} v _~:. ~, . ; ~~ .. , 1f [ ~~I~/r 'c.:t I, GERALDINE L. SEBURN, of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, being of sound mind, memory and understanding, do hereby make, publish and declare this as and for my Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all other wills and codicils heretofore made by me. ITEM ONE: I direct the payment of my debts and the expenses of my last illness and funeral from my estate as soon after my death as conveniently may be done. If there be no cemetery lot available for my interment, owned by me at the time of my death, I authorize my personal representative to purchase such cemetery lot with a contract for perpetual care, using therefor funds from my estate, and I authorize my personal representative to cause title to or ownership of such lot so purchased to be vested in such person as my personal representative shall designate. Further, in this connection, I authorize my personal representative to expend funds from my estate, in such amount as my personal representative shall consider necessary and desirable, for the purchase, erection and inscription of a suitable marker for my grave. ITEM TWO: I give, devise and bequeath my entire estate, real, personal and mixed as follows. My estate is to be divided into four (4) equal shares. My sons, WALTER STANLEY MORRISON, JOEY L. MORRISON, JERRY M. MORRISON and ROGER L. MORRISON are to receive their respective shares per stirpes. I do not bequeath any of my property to my son, EUGENE MORRISON. Page 1 of 4 .. ITEM THREE: I direct that no executor, guardian or other fiduciary named, nominated, or appointed by this my Last Will and Testament shall be required to post any bond or give any security of any type for any purpose whatsoever, any law or rule of the court of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or any other jurisdiction to the contrary notwithstanding. I direct that the law of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall apply to any interpretation or application of the validity of this instrument. ITEM FOUR: My executor shall have the following powers in addition to those vested in them by law and by other provisions of this Will, applicable to all property, real, personal or mixed and wheresoever situate, including property held for minors, whether principal or income, exercisable without court approval, and effective, with respect to each item of said property until actual distribution thereof. A) To retain, as investments of my estate, any or all assets of my estate, real, ersonal, or p mixed, without regard to any principal of diversification, and to purchase and acquire real or personal property and to hold any or all of such real and personal grope retained or ac uired without makin rtY q g the same productive of income. B) To permit the children, or any of them, to occupy any real estate retained or acquired upon such terms and conditions as my executor or trustee shall deem proper. C) To pay all taxes, charges and expenses of maintenance, upkeep, improvements, development, protection, preservation and investment of any retained or acquired real or personal property, such payments to be made from either principal or income as my executor or trustee shall determine. Page 2 of 4 D) To retain or invest any and all funds, whether principal or income, in any real or personal property without restriction to legal investments; to purchase investments at premiums; to exercise all rights of a security holder or share holder in any corporation; and to lease, mortgage, pledge, give options upon or sell at public or private sale and without approval of any court, any real or personal property, or portion or portions thereof, irrespective of the manner or the means by which the same was acquired by my said executor or trustee. E) To make payment or distribution herein provided for in cash, kind or partly in cash and partly in kind, at valuations fixed by my executor or trustee at the time of distribution. ITEM FIVE: Any and all payment or payments of any sum or sums, whether in cash or in kind and whether for principal or income, payable to an heir, or any of them, shall be made upon the sole receipt of the respective individual to whom the payment is made, and free from anticipation, alienation, assignment, attachment, and pledge, and free from control by the creditors of any such beneficiary. ITEM SIX: I appoint my son, JOEY L. MORRISON, SR., executor of this my Last Will and Testament. Should my said executor fail to survive me or for any reason fail to qualify as executor, then I appoint my son, ROGER L. MORRISON, executor of this my Last Will and Testament. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal to this, my Last Will and Testament, consisting of four (4) typewritten pages, the first two (2) pages of which bear my signature in the margin for the purpose of identification, this 16~' day of July, 2007. ~~.!? ~~ ~, (SEAL) Geraldine L. Sebum Page 3 of 4 Signed, sealed, published and declared by the above named testatrix, Geraldine L. Sebum, as and for her Last Will and Testament, in the presence of us, who, at her request, in her sight and presence, and in a sight and pres a of eac ther, have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses. J ~`~~ ~~~~ Witness Witness David A. Baric, Esquire 336 Bonnybrook Road Carlisle, Pennsylvania 17015-9290 Andrea M. Barrick ,~ 236 North Baltimore Avenue, Apt. Mt. Holly Springs, Pennsylvania 17065-1223 COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND SS. We, Geraldine L. Sebum, David A. Baric and Andrea M. Barrick, the testatrix and the witnesses, respectively, whose names are signed to the attached or foregoing instrument, being first duly sworn, do hereby declare to the undersigned authority that the testatrix signed and executed the instrument of her Last Will and Testament, and that she signed willingly and that she executed as her free and voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed, and that each of the witnesses, in the presence and hearing of the testatrix, signed the Will as witnesses, and that to the best of their knowledge, the testatrix was at the time eighteen (18) years of age or older, of sound mind and under no constraint or undue influence. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 16t'' day of July, 2007. ~ ~ COMMONWEALTIi OF PENNSYLVANIA Notarial Seal Amanda L. Fisher, Notary Public Cariisle Boro; Cumberland County My Commission Expires Apr. 17, 2010 Page 4 Of 4 Member, Pennsylvania Association of Notaries