HomeMy WebLinkAbout06-24-10PETITION FOR PROBATE AND GRANT OF LETTERS
REGISTER OF WILLS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
Estate of Bernita M. Kunkleman File Number ~ !' _ ~ ~ 1 ' ~~~~
also known as
,Deceased Social Security Number 2022U2562
Stephanie A. Goldsmith
Petitioner(s), who is/aze 18 years of age or older, apply(ies) for:
(COMPLETE 'A' OR 'B' BELOW.)
A. Probate and Grant of Letters Testamentary and aver that Petitio~ier(s) is / aze the eXeCUtor named in the
last Will of the Decedent dated 7 0/7/2000 and codicil(s) dated
none
(State relevant circumstances, e.g.. renunciation, death of executor, etc.) ''''
Except as follows, Decedent did not marry, was not divorced, and did noi. 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: n0 eXCe~tIOnS
B. Grant of Letters of Administration
(If applicable, enter: c.t.a.; d. b. n. c.t.a.; pendente lice; durante absentia; durante minorita`teJ~
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Petitioner(s) after a proper search has /have ascertained that Decedent left no Will and was survived by the following sgstu~j(if atiy) ~ 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.) -i --~ r7
Name Relationship Reside~Icr~S
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(COMPLETE INALL CASES:) Attach additional sheets if ra cessary.
Decedent was domiciled at death in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, with his /her last principal residence at
722 Brenton Street Shigpensburg PA 17257 Borough of Shiooensburg
(List street address, town/city, township, county, state, zip code)
Decedent, then 82 years of age, died on 6/9/:2010 at Menno Haven
2075 Scotland Avenue Chambersburg_ PA 17201
Decedent at death owned property with estimated values as &>llows:
(If domiciled in PA) All personal property $ 5.000.00
(If not domiciled in PA) Personal property in Pennsylvania $
(If not domiciled in PA) Personal property in County $
Value of real estate in Pennsylvania $ 125.000.00
722 Brenton Street, Borough of Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
situated as follows:
Wherefore, Petitioner(s) respectfully request(s) the probate of the last \~ill and Codicil(s) presented with this Petition and the grant of Letters in the appropriate form to
the undersigned:
Signature Typed or printed name and residence
I Stephanie A. Goldsmith
2420 McCleary Drive. Chambersburg PA 17201
Form RW-02 rev. 10.13.06
Page 1 of 2
Oath of Personal Representative
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND
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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 affumed and subscribed C` '-~• '
Signature of Per onal Re esen ative tephanie A. Goldsmith
before me the ~ day of
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Estate of Bernita M. Kunkleman ,Deceased
Social Security'~Number: 202202562 Date of Death: 6/9/2010
AND NOW, June ~(~ ~- , 2010 , in consideration of the foregoing Petition, satisfactory proof
having been presented before me, IT IS DECREED that Letters Testamentary
are hereby granted to Stephanie A. Goldsmith
in the above estate
and that the instrument(s) dated 10/07/2000
described in the Petition be admitted to probate and filed of rec rd as the last Will (and Codicil(s)) of Decedent.
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Letters ................ ............. $ 260.00
Short Certificate(s) ~••••••••••• $ 24.00
Renunciation(s) ~•• ~•••••••••••• $
JCS fee ..,. $ 23.50
Automation fee .... $ 5.00
Will .,.. $ 15.00
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Attorney Signature:
Attorney Name: el R. Zullin e
Supreme Court I.D. No.: 17516
Address: 14 North Main Street. Suite 200
Chambersburg
PA 17201
Telephone: (717)264-6029
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Bernita M. Kunkleman Female 202 _ 20 _ 2562 June 9, 2010
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LAST WLLL AND TESTAMENT -``~'~'
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BERNITA M. KUNKLEMAN
I, BERNITA M. KUNKLEMAN, now of 722 Brenton Street, Shippenshurg, Cumberland
County. Pennsylvania, 17257, do publish and declare this to be my Last Will and Testament, hereby
revoking all other prior wills and codicils made by me.
FIRST: Family Background and Appointment of Executor.
(A) Family and Background Information. I am a widow. my husband, BRUCE
KUNKLEMAN, having died. My children are STEPHANIE A. GOLDSMITH, RICHARD B.
KUNKLEMAN, JEFFREY B. KUNKLEMAN, PAMELA LEE NEGLEY, and KATHY LYNN
KELLER. 'T'hroughout this Will, STEPHANIE A. GOLDSMITH, RICHARD B.
KUNKLFMAN, JEFFREY B. KUNKLEMAN, PAMELA LEE NEGLEY, and KATHY LYNN
KELLER will be referred to as "my children". The word "issue" will include my children as well as
my other descendants.
(B) Appointment of Executor. 1 appoint as my Executrix and successor F",xecutors (all
hereinafter referred to as Executrix or Cxecutoi•(s)) under this Will, the following named persons or
corporations to serve without bond and without being required to account to any Court:
Executrix: My daughter, STEPHANIE A. GOLDSMITH.
Successor Executors: My children, RICHARD B. KUNKLEMAN, JEFFREY
B. KUNKLEMAN, PAMELA LEE NEGLEY, and KATHY LYNN
KELLER, or the survivor(s) of them, to act jointly or individually.
(C) Inter Vivos Trust. The inter vivos trust agreement referred to in this Will is entitled
"THE BERNITA M. KUNKLEMAN FAMILY TRUST", by and between myself as Settlor and
myself as Trustee, as now in effect or as may hereafter be amended.
SECOND: Funeral and Last Illness Expenses; Taxes.
(A) Expenses of Funeral and Last Illness. I direct my Executor to pay my funeral
expenses and the expenses of my last illness from my estate.
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(B) Taxes. I direct my Executor to pay any and all estate, inheritance, succession, legacy.
transfer and other death taxes or duties, by whatever name called, including any and all interest and
penalties thereon, imposed under the laws of any jurisdiction by reason of my death upon or with
respect to any and all property included in my gross estate for the purpose of such taxes, whether
such property passes under or outside of this Will. Without any apportionment otherwise required
by law and without being prorated or apportioned among or charged against the respective devises.
legatees, beneficiaries, transferees, or other recipients of any such property or charged against any
property passing or which may have passed to any of them, I direct that any taxes so paid shall be
charged against my residuary estate. My Executor shall not be entitled to reimbursement for any
portion of any such taxes Irom any such person. The foregoing provisions of this A--ticle SECOND
shall not apply to such portion or portions of said taxes, interest and penalties which may be required
to be paid, or are ach-ally paid or reimbursed, by the Trustee of the Trust described in Paragraph
F[RST (C), above.
THIRD: Tangible Personal Property. Except for those items excluded below and those
items enumerated in the Letter of Instruction, I bequeath all my tangible personal property, including
but not limited to clothing, jewelry, heirlooms, fun~iture, household furnishings. personal etfects,
motor vehicles, and al I other similar articles, which I own, and the insurance thereon, to my children,
living at the time of my death, to be divided among them as they may select in as nearly equal shares
as is practical. Tangible personal property shall not include: (1) any and all property used by me in
any business, (2) cash on hand or on deposit in banks, (3) stock or securities, (4) any type of evidence
of indebtedness, and (5) any life, health or accident insurance policies.
[f my children do not survive me, I leave such tangible personal property to the issue of
children per sti-pes. If there is any disagreement as to distribution, I direct my Executor to make such
distribution. rl'he decision of my Executor shall be final and. binding. Any items not selected or any
items which my Executor considers unsuitable for my children may be distributed or sold in the sole
discretion of my Executor and, if sold, the net proceeds therefrom shall be added to the residue of
my estate. Any such article allocated to a minor may, as my Executor deems advisable, either be
delivered to the minor or to any person to safeguard on behalf of the minor.
Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Article THIRD, 1 may leave a separate, dated
and unsigned Letter of Instruction, which I shall place with my Will, containing directions to the
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ultimate disposition of certain of the property bequeathed under this Article THIRD. and such Letter
of Instruction shall determine the distribution of such items.
FOURTH: Residuary F,state. I devise and bequeath all of the rest, residue and remainder
of my estate, real. personal and mixed, of whatever nature and wherever situated to which I am
legally or equitably entitled, to the then-acting Trustee of the Trust described in Paragraph FIRST
(C) ofthis Will. to he held, administered and distributed pursuant to the terms thereof, as the same
may be amended from time to time. Qy this devise and bequest of my residuary estate I hereby
exercise all Powers of Appointment I possess at the time of my death except any power of
appointment which [possess under the Trust described in Paragraph F[RST (C) of this Will.
F[FTH: Mowers of Executor. In addition to the powers and duties as may have been
granted elsewhere in this Will, but subject to any limitations stated elsewhere in this Will, the
Executor shat l have and exercise exclusive management and control of the Estate and shall be vested
with the following specifiic powers and discretion, in addition to the powers as may be generally
conferred from time to time upon the Executor by law:
(A) In the management, care and disposition of the Estate, the Executor shall have the
power to do all things and to execate such instruments, deeds, or other documents as may be deemed
necessary or proper, including the following powers, all of which may be exercised without order of
or report to any Court:
(1) 'To sell, exchange or otherwise dispose of any property at any time held or
acquired hereunder, at public or private sale, for cash or on terms, without advertisement,
including the right to lease for any teen notwithstanding the period of the Estate, and to grant
options, including any option for a period beyond the duration of the Estate; except that, in
lieu of any binding shareholder agreement orbuy/sell agreement to the contrary, the Executor
shall not be permitted to sell the stock or any other ownership interest in any business owned
by me. or held in trust, at my death, without first offering the same for sale to my children,
or without next offering the sane to the corporation or business represented by such
ownership interest for redemption.
(2) 'To invest all monies in such stocks, bonds, securities, mortgages, notes, chores
inaction, real estate or improvements thereon, and any other property as the Executor nf-y
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deem best. without regard to any law now or hereafter enforced limiting investments of
fiduciaries.
(3) To retain for investment any property deposited with the Executor hereunder.
(4) To vote in person or by proxy any corporate stock or other security and to agree
to or take any other action in regard to any reorganization, merger, consolidation, liquidation,
bankruptcy or other procedure or proceedings affecting any stock. bond, note or other
security.
(S) 'Co use attorneys, real estate brokers, accountants and other agents.. if such
employment is deemed necessary or desirable, and to pay reasonable compensation for their
services.
(6) "1'o compromise. settle or adjust any claim or demand by or against the Estate and
to agree to any rescission or modification of any contract or agreement affecting the 1=.state.
(7) "f'o renew any indebtedness, as well as to borrow money, and to secure the same
by mortgaging, pledging or conveying any property of the Estate.
(8) 'l'o retain and carry on any business in which the Estate may acquire an interest.
to acquire additional interest in any such business, to agree to the liquidation in kind of any
corporation in which the Estate may have an interest and to carry on the business thereof, to
join with other owners in adopting any form of management for any business or property in
which the Estate may have an interest, to become or remain a partner, general or limited, in
regard to any such business or property and to hold the stock or other securities as an
investment. and to employ agents and confer on them authority to manage and operate the
business, property or corporation, without liability for the acts of such agent or for any loss,
liability or indebtedness of such business if the management is selected or retained with
reasonable care.
(9) 'l'o register any stock, bond or other security in the name of a nominee. without
the addition of words indicating that such security is held in a fiduciary capacity, but accurate
records shall be maintained showing that such security is a Estate asset and the Executor shat l
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be responsible for the acts of such nominee.
(B) Whenever the Executor is directed to distribute any Estate assets in fee simple to a
person who is then under twenty-one (2 ]) years of age, the Executor steal l be authorized to hold such
property in Trust for such person until he/she becomes twenty-one (21) years of age, and in the
meantime shall use such part of the income and the principal of the Estate as the E?xecutor may deem
necessary to provide for the proper support and education of such person. If such person should die
before becoming twenty-one (21) years of age, the property then remaining in trust shall be
distributed to the personal representative of such person's estate.
(C) In making distributions from the Estate to or for the benefit of any minor or other
person under a legal disability, the Executor need not require the appointment of a guardian. but shall
be authorized to pay or deliver the same to the custodian of such person, to pay or deliver the same
to such person without the intervention of a guardian, to pay or deliver the same to a legal guardian
of such person if one has already been appointed, or to use the same for the benefit of such person.
(D) In the disbursement of the Estate and any division into separate trusts or shares, the
Executor shall be authorized to make the distribution and division in money or in kind. or both,
regardless of the basis for income tax purposes of any property distributed or divided in kind, and the
distribution and division made and the values established by the Executor shall be binding and
conclusive on all persons taking hereunder. The Executor may in making such distribution or division
allot undivided interests in the same property to several trusts or shares.
(E) 'The Executor shall be authorized to lend or borrow, including the right to lend to or
borrow from any trusts which [may have established during life or by will at an adequate rate of
interest and with adequate security, and upon such terms and conditions as the Fxecutor shall deem
fair and equitable.
(F) The Executor shall be authorized to sell or purchase at the fair market value as
determined by the Executor, any property to or from any trust created by me during life or by Will,
even though the same person or corporation may be acting as Executor of my estate or as Trustee
of any of my other trusts.
(G) The Executor shall have discretion to determine whether items should be charged or
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credited to income or principal or allocated between income and principal as the Executor may deem
equitable and fair under all the circumstances, including the power to amortize or fail to amortize any
part or al I of any premium or discount, to treat any part or all of the profit resulting from the maturity
or sale of any asset, whether purchased at a premium or at a discount, as income or principal or
apportion the same between income and principal, to apportion the sales price of any asset between
income and principal, to treat any dividend or other distribution of any investment as income or
principal, or apportion the same between income and principal, to charge any expense against income
or principal or apportion the same, and to provide or fail to provide a reasonable reserve against
depreciation or obsolescence on any assets subject to depreciation or ohsolescence, all as the
Executor may reasonably deem equitable and just under all the circumstances. If the Executor does
not exercise the above discretionary power, the cash or accrual allocation shall be in accordance with
Chapter 81 of Title 20 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, or the corresponding provisions
of subsequent state law.
(H) [f at any time the total fair market value of the assets of any trust established or to be
established hereunder is so small that the corporate Trustee's annual fee for administering the trust
would be the minimum annual fee set forth in the Trustee's regularly published fee schedule then. in
effect, the Trustee in its discretion shall be authorized to terminate such trust or to decide not to
establish such trust, and in such event the property then held in or to be distributed to such trust shall
be distributed to the perso~ls who are then or would be entitled to the income of such trust. If the
amount of income to be received by such persons is to be determined in the discretion of the Trustee.
then the Trustee shall distribute the property among such of the persons to whom the Trustee is
authorized to distribute income, and in such proportions, as the Trustee in its discretion shall
determine.
(I) Except as otherwise provided in this Will, when the authority and power under this
Will is vested in two (2) or more Executors or Tnistees, the authority and powers are to be held
jointly by the Executors or Trustees, respectively. A majority of the Executors or 'trustees may
exercise any authority or power granted under this WiII or granted by law, and may act under this
Will. Any attempt by one such Executor or Trustee to act under this Will on other than ministerial
acts shall be void. The action of one such Executor or Trustee under this Will may be validated by
a subsequent ratification of the act by a majority of the Executors or Trustees.
SIXTH: Rights and Liabilities of Executor and Trustee.
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(A) No bond or other security shall be required of any Executor.
(B) This instrument always shall be construed in favor of the validity of any act or
omission by any Executor, and any Executor shall not be liable for any act or omission except in the
case of gross negligence, bad faith or fraud. Specifically, in assessing the propriety of any investment,
the overall pe--formance of the entire Estate shall be taken into account.
(C) Each Executor shall be entitled to receive reasonable compensation for services
actually rendered to my estate, in an amount the F,xecutor normally and customarily charges t~~r
performing similar services during the time which he/she performs the services.
SEVENTH: Tax Elections.
(A) In determining the estate, inheritance and income tax liability relating to my Estate.
the Executor's decision as to all available tax elections shall be conclusive on all concerned. In
accordance with IRC Section 2632(a) and without regard to whether a Federal estate tax return is
actually tiled, my Executor shall allocate so much ofthe Federal Generation Skipping Transfer (GST)
exemption amount as will frilly exempt any generation skipping transfer which may occur under this
Will.
(B) The Executor may, in its discretion, determine the date as of which my gross estate
shall be valued for the purpose of determining the applicable tax payable by reason o(~my death.
(C) The Executor may, in its discretion, decide whether all or any part of certain
deductions shall he taken as income tax deductions (even though they may equal or exceed the
taxable income of my estate and whether or not claimed or of benefit on my estate's income tax
retun~) or as estate tax deductions when a choice is available; and in the event that all or any part of
such deductions are taken as income tax deductions, no adjustment of income and principal accounts
in my estate shall be made as a result of such decisions.
EIGHTH: Spendthrift Provision. No beneficiary shall have the power to anticipate,
encumber or transfer his or her interest in the estate in any manner other than by the valid exercise
of a power of appointment. No part of the estate shall be liable for or charged with any debts,
contracts, liabilities or torts of a beneficiary or subject to seizure or other process by any creditor of
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a beneticiary.
NINTH: Definitions and General Provisions.
(A) Survival. Any heneficiary who dies within sixty (60) days after my death shall be
considered not to have survived me.
(B) Captions. The captions set forth in this Will at the beginning of the various articles
hereof are for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed to define or limit the provisions
hereof or ro affect in any way their construction and application.
(C) Children. As used in this Will, the words "child" and "children" shall include persons
who are legally adopted and the issue of said persons, whether born in or out of wedlock, so long as
any person born out of wedlock is acknowledged in a written instrument executed by the one of their
natural parents who is a descendant ofmine to be the child of said descendant. The word "issue" shall
include descendants of all generations including adopted persons. A posthumous child shall be
considered as living at the death of his parent. The birth to me or the adoption by me of a child or
children subsequent to the execution of this Will shall not operate to revoke this Will.
(D) Code. Unless otherwise stated. all references in my Will to section and chapter
numbers are to those of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the corresponding
provisions of any subsequent federal tax laws applicable to my estate.
(E) Other terms. The use otany gender includes the other genders. and the use of either
the singular or the plural includes the other.
(F) Powers of Appointment are Exercised. By this Will I exercise any and all Powers
of Appointment which I possess at the time of my death except any power of appointment which l
possess under the Trust described in Paragraph FIRST (C). above.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I. BERNITA M. KUNKLEMAN, the Testatrix, have to this
my I_.ast Will and Testament. typewritten on ten (10) pages, including the Acknowledgment and
Affidavit. set my hand and seal this day of October, ?000.
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BERNITA M. KUNKLEMAN
Signed, sealed, published and declared by the above-named Testatrix, as and for her Last Will and
Testament, in the presence of us, who have hereunto subscribed our names at her request, as
witnesses hereto. in the presence of the said "Testatrix. and in the presence of each other. Each of us
furCher declares that he or she believes the Testatrix to be of sound mind and memory. The preceding
instrument consists ofthis and nine (9) other consecutively numbered typewritten pages includin~,~ the
acknowledgment and Affidavit.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AFFIDAVIT
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The Testatrix and the witnesses whose names are signed and subscribed to the attached or
foregoing instrument, being first duly sworn and qualified according to law, do hereby acknowledge,
depose and say to the undersigned authority, that the Testatrix signed and executed the instrument
as her Last Will in the presence of the witnesses; that she signed it willingly or willingly directed
another to sign it for her; that she executed it as her free and voluntary act for the purposes therein
expressed; that each of the witnesses were present and saw the Testatrix sign and execute the
instrument as her Last Will; that each subscribing witness in the hearing and sight of the Testatrix
signed the will as witnesses; and that to the best of their knowledge the Testatrix was at that time
eighteen years of age or older, of sound mind and under no constraint or undue influence.
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Sworn to or affirmed, subscribed to, and acknowledged, before me by the above-named
Testatrix and witnesses, this ~ day of October, 2000.
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Notary Public
My Commission Expires:
Notarial Seal
Teri L. Walker, Notary Public
Lemoyne t3oro, Cumberland County
My Commission Expires Jan. 20, 2003
Member, Pennsylvania Association of Notaries