HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-19-09PETITION FOR PROBATE AND GRANT OF LETTERS
REGISTER OF WILLS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA
Estate of Harry D. Bikle File Number o ~ ~ ~~''~ ' ~-/ ~~
also I:nown as Hany Dwight Bikle
Deceased Social Security Number 186-26-8~ 15
Kuehl and Sharon M. Heller
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 executrices
last Will of the Decedent dated September 20, 2002 and codicil(s) dated September 28, 2009
(State relevant circumstances, e.g., renunciation, death of executor, etc.)
Except as follows, Decedent did not many, 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:
Q B. Crant of Letters of Administration
(!f applicable, enter: c. t.a.,~ d. b. n. c. t. n.; pendente lire; dur~ante absentia, durance minoritnte)
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: (//~
Adnunlslratiai, c.t.ti. 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 ariditionn[ sheets if iaeeessary.
Decedent was domiciled at death in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania with his /her last principal residence at
32S Wesley Drive MechanicsburP Lower Allen Township Cumberland County, PA
(List .cireet adrh~ess, town/city, township, counth, state, zip corleJ
Decedent, then 80 years of age, died on October 5, 2009 at 181 Loft Hollow Road, York County
Decedent at death owned property with estimated values as follows:
(If domiciled in PA) All personal property
(If not domiciled in PA) Personal property in Pennsylvania
Qf not domiciled in PA) Personal property in County
Value of real estate in Pennsylvania
S ?0,000.00
175,000.00
situated as follows: 734 Black Gap Road, GreeneTownship, Franklin County, Fayetteville, PA 17222
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:
Sienature hyped or printed name and residence ~
Sharon M. Heller, 126 Kimc Avenue, Box 342, Bendersville, PA 17306
Kathleen A. Kuehl, 134 East Street, Williamstown, PA 17098
named in the
Form RW-0? rev. 10.13.06 Pa~e 1 Of 2
Oath of Personal Representative
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
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COC~NTY OF ~ I ~ ~ h~ ~ ~ ~ ~ (~
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 ~1 day of
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Fo he Register
Si;natiu~e of Personal Represen[atrve
File Number: ,~ ~' ~~~ L~I~IG
Estate of Harry D. Bikle ,Deceased
Social Security Number: Date of Death:
AND NOW, , in consideration of the foregoing Petition, satisfactory proof
having been presented before me, IT IS DECREED that Letters
are hereby granted to
in the above estate
and that the instrument(s) dated
described in the Petition be admitted to probate and filed of record as the last Will (and Codicil(s)) of Decedent.
FEES
2egisler of IYi(ly.
Letters ......... $ p ,,ti ,....-•.-~---~._
Short Certificate(s) ........ $ Attorney Signahtre: /~
Renunciation(s) .......... $
Attorney Name: Benjamin J. Butler
... $
. $ Supreme Court I.D. No.: 8 ~ 948
$ Address: 500 N. Third Street
... $
$ P.O. Box 1004
$ Harrisburg, PA 17108
• ~ ~ $ Telephone: 717.236.1485
... $
TOTAL .............. $ 0.00
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Form RW'-04 rev. !0.!3.06
LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
OF
HARRY D. BIBLE
I, HARRY D. BIKLE, of silver springs 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 1. 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 Executrix out of the
property passing under ITEM 5 of this will, as an expense and cost of
administration of my estate. My Executrix shall have no duty or obligation to
obtain reimbursement for any such tax so paid, even though on proceeds or
insurance or other property not passing under this Will. In the absolute
discretion of my Executrix, she 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 2. I direct my Executrix to pay the expenses of my last
illness and funeral expenses from the property passing under this will as an
expense and cost of administration of my estate.
ITEM 3. In the event that my Wife, LEAH M. BIKLE, survives me, I
give and bequeath to her absolutely and in fee simple all of my household
furniture and furnishings, books, pictures, jewelry, silverware, automobiles,
wearing apparel and all other articles of household or personal use or
adornment. In the event that my wife does not survive me, 2 make said bequest
to my children living at the time of my death to be divided among them as they
shall agree. should there be no agreement, such property shall be divided
among them by my Executors in as nearly equal portions as they in their sole
discretion deems practical, having due regard to the personal preferences of
such children.
ITEM 4. In the event that my Wife, LEAH M. BIKLE, survives me, I
give, devise and bequeath to her the smallest amount of the assets of my
estate that qualify for the marital deduction as will be sufficient to result
in the lowest federal estate tax being imposed upon my estate, after allowing
for the unified credit and any other allowable credits and deductions. In
determining such amount, the values for federal estate tax purposes shall
control. It is my intention that this bequest shall constitute a pecuniary
bequest and that it shall not participate in increases and decreases that may
occur during the administration of my estate (except such increases and
decreases as may result from an election to use the alternate valuation date).
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My Executrix shall have full power and the sole discretion to
satisfy this devise and bequest, wholly or partly, in cash or kind and to
select the assets that will be conveyed to my wife. All assets so conveyed to
my wife shall be valued at the value thereof as finally determined for federal
estate tax purposes; and provided further that my Executrix, in order to
implement this devise and bequest, shall distribute to my wife assets,
including cash, having an aggregate fair market value at the date or dates of
distribution amounting to no less than the amount of this devise and bequest
as finally determined for federal estate tax purposes; and provided further
that there shall not be conveyed to my wife any policy of insurance on the
life of my wife, or any asset, or the proceeds of any asset, which will not
qualify for the marital deduction. The exercise of the foregoing power and
discretion by my Executrix shall not be subject to question by or on behalf of
any beneficiary.
In the event that my Wife, LEAH M. BIKLE, predeceases me, I give,
devise and bequeath all my property as provided in the succeeding Item of this
Will.
ITEM 5. I give, devise and bequeath the residue of my estate, of
every nature and wherever situate, to my Trustee, IN TRUST, for the following
uses and purposes:
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(a) The Trustees shall pay to or expend and apply
for the benefit of my Wife, LEAH M. BIKLE, so much of the
income and principal as they, in their sole discretion,
deems necessary for her proper support, maintenance and
welfare, including medical, surgical, hospital or other
institutional care, having in mind both the standard of
living to which she has been accustomed and the income
available to or for her from other sources. Any income
not distributed shall be added to principal.
(b) After the death of my wife, or if LEAH M. BIKLE
predeceases me, then upon my death, the Trust shall
terminate and the Trustees shall distribute the then
remaining Trust corpus to my children, KATHLEEN A. KUEHL
of Mt. Union, Pennsylvania, SHARON M. HEELER of
Bendersville, Pennsylvania, STEPHEN D. BIKLE of
Bechtelsville, Pennsylvania and JEFFREY M. BIKLE of Texas,
equally, share and share alike. In the event that one or
more of my children should not then be living, his or her
share shall be distributed to his or her children, if any,
in equal shares, or if none, to my surviving children, in
equal shares.
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ITEM 6. In addition to the powers conferred by law, the
Trustees shall have the following powers:
(a) To retain in their absolute discretion and for
such period as to them shall seem advisable, any and all
assets constituting the Trust Fund, without liability, for
any loss incurred by reason of the retention of such
assets.
(b) To change investments and properties, and to
invest and reinvest all or any part of the corpus of the
Trust hereby established, in such securities, investments,
or other property as to them seems advisable and proper,
irrespective of whether the same are authorized for the
investment of trust funds by the laws of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
(c) To sell all or part of the property which at any
time may constitute a part of the Trust hereby
established, at such times, upon such terms, for cash or
on credit, with or without security, in such manner and at
such prices, either at public or private sale, as to them
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ITEM 6. In addition to the powers conferred by law, the
Trustees shall have the following powers:
(a) To retain in their absolute discretion and for
such period as to them shall seem advisable, any and all
assets constituting the Trust Fund, without liability, for
any loss incurred by reason of the retention of such
assets.
(b) To change investments and properties, and to
invest and reinvest all or any part of the corpus of the
Trust hereby established, in such securities, investments,
or other property as to them seems advisable and proper,
irrespective of whether the same are authorized for the
investment of trust funds by the laws of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
(c) To sell all or part of the property which at any
time may constitute a part of the Trust hereby
established, at such times, upon such terms, for cash or
on credit, with or without security, in such manner and at
such prices, either at public or private sale, as to them
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shares of stock which may at any time be held by them
hereunder.
(g) To consent to the reorganization, consolidation,
merger, liquidation, readjustment of or other change in
any corporation, company, or association, or to the sale
or lease of the property thereof or any part thereof, any
of the securities or other property of which may at the
time be held by them thereunder, and to do any act or
exercise any power with reference thereto that may be
legally exercised by any person owning similar property in
his own right, including the exercise of conversion,
subscription, purchase or other options, the deposit or
exchange of securities, the entrance into voting trusts,
and the making of agreements or subscriptions which they
may deem necessary or advisable in connection therewith,
all without applying to any court for permission so to do,
and to hold, redeem, sell or otherwise dispose of any
securities or other property which they may so acquire,
irrespective of whether the same be authorized for the
investment of trust funds by the laws of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
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(h) To cause to be registered in their names as
Trustees hereunder, or in the names of those nominees
without qualification or description, any securities at
any time held in the Trust hereby established.
(i) To determine the manner in which the expenses
incidental to or connected with the administration of the
Trust hereby established shall be apportioned as between
income and principal.
(j) To carry out agreements made by me during my
lifetime, including the consummation of any agreements
relating to the capital stock of corporations owned by me
at the time of my death, and including the continuation of
any partnership of which 2 may be a member at the time of
my death whenever the terms of the partnership agreement
obligate my estate or personal representative to continue
my interest therein, and to enter into agreements for the
rearrangement or alteration of my interests or rights or
obligations under any such agreements in effect at the
time of my death.
(k) To apportion extraordinary and stock dividends
received by them between income and principal in such
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manner as they may see fit; provided, however that all
rights to subscribe to new or additional stock or
securities, and all liquidating dividends shall be deemed
to be principal.
The Trustees may freely act under all or any of the powers of this
Agreement given to them in all matters concerning the Trust hereby
established, after forming their judgment based upon all the circumstances of
any particular situation as to the wisest and best course to pursue, without
the necessity of obtaining the consent or approval of any court, and
notwithstanding that they may also be acting as an individual, or as trustee
of other trusts, or as an agent for other persons or corporations interested
in the same matters, or may be interested in connection with the same matters
as stockholders, directors or otherwise.
The powers herein granted to the Trustees may be exercised in whole
or in part, from time to time, and shall be deemed to be supplementary to and
not exclusive of the general powers of trustee pursuant to law, and shall
include all powers necessary to carry the same into effect. The enumeration
of specific powers herein shall not be construed in any way to limit or affect
the general powers herein granted.
ITEM 7. The Trustees of the foregoing Trust shall be KATHLEEN M.
KUEHL of Mt. Union, Pennsylvania and SHARON M. HEELER of Bendersville,
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Pennsylvania. In addition to other provisions applicable to trustees
generally, the following provisions shall apply to the Trustees:
(a) No bond or surety shall be required of the Trustees or of
any successor Trustee who shall serve hereunder.
(b) The Trustees or any successor Trustee may resign by an
instrument in writing.
(c) The Trustees or any successor Trustee may appoint any
person, firm or corporation, other than the Testator or any firm or
corporation in which the Testator has an interest, as successor
Trustee.
(d) Any successor Trustee shall have and may exercise all the
rights, powers, duties and discretions conferred or imposed on the
Trustee.
(e) No one dealing with any Trustee need inquire concerning
the validity of anything the Trustee purports to do, or see to the
application of any money paid or property transferred to or upon the
order of the Trustee.
(f) No successor Trustee shall be obliged to examine the
accounts and actions of any previous Trustee.
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(g) No successor Trustee shall be responsible in any way for
any acts or omissions of any previous Trustee.
(h) No Trustee shall be liable for any act or omission unless
the same be due to that Trustees own willful default.
(i) In the event of the resignation, death or incapacity of
any Trustee, in further event that no successor Trustee has been
appointed, then that vacancy shall not be filled and the remaining
Trustee shall continue to serve as the only Trustee.
(k) The compensation to be paid to and corporate Trustee for
its ordinary services as Trustee shall be at the rates prescribed
for similar trust services in its standard compensation schedule in
effect at the time of each charging of such compensation, unless it
agrees in writing to a different fee arrangement. Any corporate
Trustee shall receive reasonable additional compensation for all
requested or required extraordinary services. It may deduct the
compensation at such time or times and from such sources as it may
reasonably determine. Reasonable compensation shall be paid to any
individual serving as Trustee, unless the individual waives the
right to receive compensation.
ITEM 8. Whenever and so often as any beneficiary hereunder to whom
payments are herein directed to be made shall be under legal disability or in
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the sole judgment of my Executors or Trustees shall otherwise be unable to
apply such payments to his or her own best advantage my Executors or Trustees
may make all or any portion of such payments in any one or more of the
following ways:
(a) Directly to such beneficiary.
(b) To the legal guardian or conservator of such
beneficiary.
(c) To a relative of such beneficiary to be expended
by such relative for the benefit of such beneficiary.
(d) By themselves, expending the same for the benefit of such
beneficiary.
ITEM 9. If my Wife, LEAH M. BIKLE, and I should die at the same
time, or in a common disaster, or under such circumstances that it is
difficult or impossible to determine who died first, she shall be deemed to
have survived me.
ITEM 11. I hereby nominate, constitute and appoint my Wife, LEAH M.
BIKLE, as Executrix of my estate. In the event that she is unable or
unwilling to serve in this capacity, I then nominate, constitute and appoint,
KATHLEEN A. KUEHL of Mt. Union and SHARON M. HEELER of Bendersville,
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Pennsylvania, as Executrixes of my estate. In the event that either is unable
or unwilling to serve in this capacity, I then nominate, constitute and
appoint the survivor as sole Executrix of my estate.
In addition to the powers conferred by law, my Executors shall have
the same powers granted to my Trustees in ITEM 6 above.
My Executors and Trustees are specifically relieved from the duty or
obligation of filing any bond or bonds.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal to this my
Last will and Testament, this ~ ~~ day of ~~~;~<"~-z> .- A.D., 1995.
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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA )
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COUNTY OF DAUPHIN )
We, HARRY D t BIKLE, ~` v e`., /~} ~C ~~`f ~ ti.~°'°~_. ~ !`~- and
~~-t(<_t~~ ;~. c ~~ , ~-~v ~; L_;e* the Testator 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 Testator
signed and executed the instrument as his Last Will and that he had signed
willingly (or willingly directed another to sign for him) and that he executed
it as his free and voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed, and that
each of the witnesses, in the presence and hearing of the Testator, signed the
Will as witness and that to the best of their knowledge, the Testator was at
that time eighteen years of age or older, of sound mind and under no
constraint or undue influence.
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the Testator,?~and.subscribed and sworn to before me bey
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My Commission Expires:
NOTARI
CHERYL L. SM17H. Notary Public
Harrisburg, Dauphin Courb~
Pfv Commission E~cDires Acrit 6. 1996
LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
OF
HARRY D. BIKLE
I, HARRY D. BIKLE, of Silver Spring 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 L I direct my Executrices to pay the expenses of my last illness and
funeral expenses from the property passing under this Will as an expense and cost of
administration of my estate.
ITEM 2. I direct that all inheritance and estate taxes becoming due by reasor_~ of
my death, whether such taxes maybe payable by my estate or by any recipient of any property.
shall be paid by my Executrices out of the property passing under ITEM 3 of this YVill as an
expense and cost of administration of my estate. My Executrices 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.
ITEM 3. I give, devise and bequeath all the rest, residue and remainder of my
estate of any kind. whatsoever, real, personal or mixed, and wheresoever situate, unto my
children, KATI-1LEEN A. KUEHL, of 7ennerstown, Pennsylvania, SHARON M. HEELER of
Bendersville, Pennsylvania, STEPHEN D. BIKL,E of Bechtelsville, Pennsylvania, and
JEFFREY M. BIKLE of Corpus Christi, Texas, equally, share and share alike. In the event that
one or more of my children should not then be living, his or her share shall be distributed to his
or her children, if any, in equal shares, or if none, to my surviving children in equal shares.
ITEM 4. In addition to the powers conferred by law, my Executrices shall have
the following powers:
(a) To retain in their absolute discretion and for such period as to them
shall seem advisable, any and all assets constituting my estate, without liability for any loss
incurred by reason of the retention of such assets.
(b) To change investments and properties, and to invest and reinvest all or
any part of the corpus of my estate, in such securities, investments, or other property as to them
seem advisable and proper, irrespective of whether the same are authorized for the investment of
estate funds by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
(c) To sell all or part of the property which at any time may constitute a
part of my estate, at such time, upon such terms, for cash or on credit, with or without security, in
such manner and at such prices, either at public or private sale, as to them shall seem advisable
and proper, and to execute good and sufficient deeds and bills of sale therefor.
(d) To lease any property held by them and for the duration of the term,
irrespective of the provisions of any statute or of the termination of my estate; and to mortgage,
pledge, collect, convert, redeem, exchange, or otherwise dispose of any securities or other
property at any time held by them.
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(e) To borrow money, whether to pay taxes, exercise subscriptions, rights,
and options pay assessments or to accomplish any other purpose of any nature incidental to the
administration of my estate, and to pledge any securities or other property held by them as
security therefor.
(f) To enforce any bonds, mortgage, or other obligations or liens held
hereunder; to enter upon such contracts and agreements and to make such compromises or
settlements of debts, claims, or controversies as they may deem necessary or advisable; to submit
to arbitration any matter or difference; to vote personally or by proxy any shares of stock which
may at any time be held by them hereunder.
(g) To consent to the reorganization, consolidation, merger, liquidation,
readjustment of or other change in any corporation, company or association, or to the sale or
lease of the property thereof or any part thereof, any of the securities or other property of which
may at the time be held by them thereunder, and to do any act or exercise any power with
reference thereto that maybe legally exercised by any person owning similar property in his own
right, including the exercise of conversion, subscription, purchase or other options, the deposit or
exchange of securities, the entrance into voting trusts, and the making of agreements or
subscriptions which they may deem necessary or advisable in connection therewith, all without
applying to any court for permission to do so, and to hold, redeem, sell or otherwise dispose of
any securities or other property which they may so acquire, irrespective of whether the same be
authorized for the investment of estate funds by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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(h) To cause to be registered in their names as Executors hereunder, or in
the names of their nominees without qualification or description, any securities at any time held
m my estate.
(i) To determine the manner in which the expenses incidental to or
connected with the administration of my estate hereby established shall be apportioned as
between income and principal.
(j) To carry out agreements made by me during my lifetime, including the
consummation of any agreements relating to the capital stock of corporations owned by me at the
time of my death, and including the continuation of any partnership of which I may be a member
at the time of my death whenever the terms of the partnership agreement obligate my estate or
personal representative to continue my interest therein, and to enter into agreements for the
rearrangement or alteration of my interests or rights or obligations under any such agreements in
effect at the time of my death.
(k) To apportion extraordinary and stock dividends received by them
between income and principal in such manner as they may see fit; provided, however, that all
rights to subscribe to new or additional stock or securities, and all liquidating dividends shall be
deemed to be principal.
My Executrices may freely act under all or any of the powers of this Agreement
given to them in all matters concerning my estate hereby established, after forming their
judgment based upon all the circumstances of any particular situation as to the wisest and best
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course to pursue, without the necessity of obtaining the consent or approval of any court, and
notwithstanding that they may also be acting as an individual, or as an agent for other persons as
n individual, or as an agent for other persons or corporations interested in the same matters, or
maybe interested in connection with the same matters as stockholders, directors or otherwise.
The powers herein granted to my Executrices maybe exercised in whole or in
part, from time to time, and shall be deemed to be supplementary to and not exclusive of the
general powers of executors pursuant to law, and shall include all powers necessary to carry the
same into effect. The enumeration of specific powers herein shall not be construed in any way to
limit or affect the general powers herein
ITEM 5. If any income or principal shall be payable to any beneficiary who shall
be a minor or shall be under a legal disability or in the sole judgment of my Executrices shall
otherwise be unable to apply such payments to his or her own best advantage (hereinafter
referred to as minority or incapacity), my Executrices shall hold such income and principal
during minority or incapacity and shall apply such income and principal to the health,
maintenance, support and education of such beneficiary during minority or incapacity without
the appointment of any guardian or committee or any authority of court and shall make all or any
portion of any such payment in any one or more of the following ways:
(a) Directly to such beneficiary.
(b) To the legal guardian or conservator or custodian under the Uniform
Transfers to Minors Act of such beneficiary.
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(c) To a relative of such beneficiary to be expended by such relative for
the benefit of such beneficiary.
(d) By themselves, expending the same for the benefit of such
beneficiary.
Any remaining income and principal to which such beneficiary shall be entitled shall be paid and
distributed to such beneficiary on the termination of minority or incapacity.
ITEM 6. I hereby nominate, constitute and appoint KATHLEEN A. KUEHL of
Jennersville, Pennsylvania, and SHARON M. HEELER of Bendersville, Pennsylvania, as
Executrices of my estate. In the event that either is unable or unwilling to serve in this capacity,
I then nominate, constitute and appoint the other as Executrix of my estate.
My Executrices are specifically relieved from the duty or obligation of filing any
bond or bonds.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal to this my Last
Will and Testament, this day of _ ~~ ti-~.~L-~_, 2002.
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COUNTY OF DAUPHIN
We, HARRY D. BIKLE, /~ v etJ,4 L ~ ~ . L~ v~T"~.. ~.fL.. ,and
YLyS T,t- L ~ ~ ~ Ga ~.l~ ,the Testator 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 Testator signed and executed the instrument as his
Last Will and that he had signed willingly (or willingly directed another to sign for him) and that
he executed it as his free and voluntary act for the purpose therein expressed, and that each of the
witnesses, in the presence and hearing of the Testator, signed the Will as witness and that to the
best of their knowledge, the Testator was at that time eighteen years of age or older, of sound
mind and under no constraint or undue influence.
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Subscribed, sworn to and acknowledged before me by HARRY D. BIKLE, the
Testator, and subscribed and sworn to before me by (~,~ ~..> r~~-t~ ~ _ '~ ~'z-t_~-/~ ,
and ~2~ ST,~ L . ; - ~aGL ~-aJ ,the witnesses, this ~ ~ . day of
..~~_f~r~ 8 ~ ~.. , 2002.
Notary Publ'
My Commission Expires:
Ci-ii=R~ L L. FERGUSCIN Notary Public
Harrisburg Dauphin County
t~4y_Cnrn*r~ss~iurr ~ ra; l~pril 6, 2004
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CODICIL TO THL LAST WILL AND TLSTAI~NT
OF BARRY DWIGHT BIBLE
WHEREAS, on May 3, 1995, I, Harry Dwight Bikle, executed my last will and
testament, and; WHEREAS, I made various instructions and bequests, and, WHEREAS,
Z desire to add an additional provision to the will; I NOW PUBLISH THIS CODICIL
to my last will and testament of May 3, 1995:
I reaffirm all parts and exhibits of said will, except that, I: with the
knowledge and agreement of my son Jeffrey Millard Bikle, leave and bequeath my
farm located on Black Gap Road, Green Township, Franklin County, in the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in equal shares to my other three children:
Kathleen Adele (Bikle} Kuehl, Sharon Mae (Bikle) Heller and Stephen Dwight
Bikle.
I direct that the executors of my estate enact ese requests if they were
part of my last will and testa, r~ .
Dated: `~ '~ ~~C.~ ~ `-~ TESTATOR
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pr sence of the following witnesses, who witnessed and scribed this c ici2
at my request, and in my presence.
ATTESTATION CLAUSE
On the date above written, HARRY DWIGHT BIKLE, declared to us, and in our
presence, that this instrument, consisting of one page, is a codicil to his last
will and testament, and HARRY DWIGHT BIKLE, then signed this instrument in our
presence, and at HARRY DWIGHT BIKLE's request we now sign this codicil as
witnesses in each other's presence. Further that Harry Dwight Bikle appeared to
us to be of sound mind and lawful age, and under no undue influence.
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