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Home My WebLink About05-18-11IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA REGISTER OF WILLS PETITION FOR PROBATE AND GRANT OF LETTERS Estate of ~ Deceased ESTATE NO: 21- ~ ~ • ~,:~~ ~ ~ ~'~~,' a/k/a: r / a/k/a: a/k/a: t SS NO: ~q~~' ~~ " S q~~ Petitioner(s) who is/are l 8 yrs of age or older, apply(ies) for: COMPLETE SEC,'TIUN `A' or `B' AND "C' as applicable: ~A. Probate and Grant of Letters Testamentary or pAdministration c.t.a., or d.b.n.c.t.a. (complete Part C also) and aver that Petitioners} is/are entitled to the aforementioned Letters~o ~~~'' 0~0?~1~ under the last Will of the above-named Decedent, dated and codicil(s) dated . (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 born or adopted after execution of the instruments offered for probate; was not the victim of a killing, was never adjudicated an incapacitated person, and was not a party to a pending divorce proceedutg at the time of death wherein grounds for dit-orce had been established :as defined in 23 Pa. C.S.A. § 3323(8}: ^ B. Grant of Letters of Administration C. 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 and complete list of heirs); was not the victim of a killing; was never adjudicated an incapacitated person; and was not a partti ~a pending ~~orce ~~~ proceeding wherein grounds for diF~orce had been established as proti•ided in 23 P;~. C.S.A. § 3323(8), cxce~jt as follows: ~ .~ THIS SECTION MUST BE COMPLETED: Decedent was domiciled at lea ~ C Berland County, Pennsyly ia, with hi er last family or principal residence At .. ~ l , (Street address with Post Office and Zip Code, Municipality: Township, Boro ,City) Decedent, then ~(~ _years of age, died !1~ ct N ~ , ~C~ ~ l at O -' ~ 8 T (Mon ,Day, ear of death) (City and Stale where death occurred) Estimated value of decedent's properly at death: _If domiciled in PA A1I personal property $ ~~"~~(~)0, (}d If not domiciled in PA Personal property in Pennsylvania $ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _____ If not domiciled in PA Personal property in County $ __ _ ____ Value of Real Estate in Pennsylvania $ ____~ E_~~~~Q~ 0 ~ Total Estimated Value $ ___ ~~D c~_~~ C 00.00 (If applicable, enter d.b.n, pendent life, durante absentia, durante minoritate) _ ; _.~.-~ ~~ Location of Real Estate in Pennsylvania: (Provide full address if possible.~-~,~w(x!"l.~~tC.,,,~ ~~rr~~ ' `',~-~/h/~~`l G~If~~, ~/~ Signature(s) Name(s) & Mailing Address(es) i..~•L ~' ~ ~ ' ~R Tti,tr~ri,~, Tarn„~ TZ~I'-C12 rr ~ is~>rt ? ' ?C,_ 1 Q }~~° Cn~nherland C~unt~~ ncndin~ action t~~- the Gotnt Pa~c 1 of 2 tiSF, ADDITIONAL SHEETS IF'~`ECESSARY OATH OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ~ SS County of Cumberland The Petitioner(s) herein named swear or affirm 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 .--- ~ ~:~ befo me this _ ~'` _~ da of , . ., , ~~'~ `° _, ~ . <~; - .. _. '~ the Register . ` ~ ~ _~'.' z•~ _ ~ ~~~ ~._> --, , DECREE OF PROBATE AND GRANT OF LETTERS Estate of ~ ~? 1 ~ ~ ~'T' C ~'~ L t ~ '~, ~--(~`~~1 ~ ,Deceased File Number: 21- ~.~ ~ ' ~ ~ -~(~ ~~ ~~ ~- - AND NOW, this / r day of /7 lC`c.~' .~-~ i ~ , in consideration of the Petition on the reverse side hereon, satisfactory proof having been presented before me, IT IS DECREED that Letters ~CTestamentary of Administration are hereby granted to: (If applicable, enter c.t.a., d.b.n., d.b.n.c.t.a., etc.) _ in the above estate and that instruments(s) dated r ~ ,~ - k X ~ ; ~~'~!=~ described in the pe'cition be admitted to probate and filed of record as the last Will and Codicil(s) of Decedent. - , Glenda Farner Strasbaugh, ~(. ~ (~ ,fir' ~~ ~,(,t~,1.5~~~~~ 1 C(' j' ~ . Register of Wills FEES: Will ....................... J ~ ~~', Codicil(s) .............. . (t ~) Short Certificates i. ~ (,'~ ~-~ C ( )Renunciations....... Bond ............................ Other ............................. ................................. Automation FEE......... 5.00 JCS FEE ................... 23.50 TOTAL ................ $ 7 `-~'?~. ` ->C~ Signature of Counsel Required to Enter Appearance Atty's Signature PRINTED Name Supreme Court ID No.: Address: Phone: Fax: Interim Form RW-02 revised 12.26.10 by Cumberland County pending action by the Court Page 2 of 2 ,; _ F;L , WARNING: IT IS ILLEGAL TO ALTER THIS COPY OR ,r; ;F _ TO DUPLICATE BY PHOTOSTAT OR PHOTOGRAPH. ' F '` ~ "'' ` = ~ COMMONWEALT'H OF PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH VITAL RECORDS LOCAL REGISTRAR'S CERTIFICATION OF DEATI-~ ~~P~~ H 0 F pFNy~ 1) ~a~ ~ '; ~~ ""`° ~J ~~ ~ ~ ~' ;;nom 05/09/2011 ~~~o . , , ~ . ~ ~.z~ ---__ i0~ ~~~~ tDaYe Of i„ < f. t?r„v nn.r f~!\h MEN7 o f ~ -' r,i~~rnc~ :-~f LJ~~ed~~~nt Doris Jean Lighton _ ti~:~~~~e .~~~ _____Female____. _ _--_. ~;~cia Security No. 194-28-8908 ---___-_ Date cif Death OS-06-2011 _ ~~~~ce ~~ ~irts~, -----._M~~h_26,._.1935~_ ~irthp~ace L~rkens, PA __ Dau hin Lower Paxton T ~~~iace cf `~,--~athCommunty_General Hospital _ _ p _______-- ~. ,;-, , ~ ,:z, :- ~,e~~,,,. ~ ~~y ~„~~~,. ,~, ~:, f=iac~:: _ ____--wit-g-- _ r .' ~ ~u~ation __ SeCrE',tarV --- Armed f=orces? (des o, i,~.,~:4 ~ _ _ Decedent's 23 Warwick Circle Mechanicsburg PA r;~~~ritai :~~:a~~.,~~ __ .__~1Y4~~e~___._ Mailing Address Number Street ~~~3~~rrr~~~r~t S.aridra~.- T~19~T1a~_----.---_- -- Funeral Director James Reed, Jr. _ i~~rame ~-in~~f Acidltats L: :=~~rer~~ ~~~~~~li~i~r~<~r~~ _ Buffoon-Reed Funeral Home, PO Box 123, 200 Main St., Valley View, PA 17983 - _~~ r.~ ., i -fart ~. ~!rF~~Ic..~~91~~~e C,a~.<°t~ ?~ ".~gi~?~t-~-it ~: ~.~~-~G~~'~ Chronic Pulmonary Disease ~ - ~ .dears ,r _, ,~, .. _ ~, .. ~., + -~ _.. -- r -,.- a _ -. ! ~ t ~~ { ~..+1 -. _.. _...__ __...._ _. _ _.---- .. Fart ii: L7ther ~igr~ifica~~~ ~^nditions Atrial Fibrillation HyPertension~Hypothyroidism r~~~~nner c f Ge<~.a.,, ~ ~J ~c;:ider~~ P~~~ x,~ ~~t ; ire°~iestigation ^ ::~faicid~a Gr~,~.~,~~ ..,,~t k~e Determined ^ Describe how injury occurrC~c~: SamF ,~r~~ i .tie ,~ C::ertlfi=, ___R.1Chard H. Jeffries, D. ~~.ddres<< __483-Q _I~ndQnde~r_y_Rd. Harrisburg, PA 17109 _ _ ~-~z~s ~~> ~~.~ ~-er°if°~. ~~~~1: the information here given is correctly copied from an ar~i~~~E~~.a ~;z r,fz ~t=~~ c~~ ~~t-~~~~tt~~ ;~a~~~,~ ':1~:~~~ ~~e~ith me as Local Registrar.The original certificate wild bo f ;-~~n~.~r~~.~G=;~ ~;- -~~~ 5~~tf~ ~/1~:1~ '~t,~r;~, ~ .: ~'~sfice for permanent #iling. j ~/ 54-498 __.. l_ocai Registrar of Vi i eo'ds' ~O,~~Q~1 1004 Walnut Street Valley View ~~~=~ ~ i ~- ,~, ~- Street Address _ ~ ' H ._ .. f __ ~...~) LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT ~ - - r. OF - ., _. __. ;. DORIS J. LIGHTON - ~. ~ ~ ~, -~ --; , I, DORIS J. LIGHTON, of 23 Warwick Circle, Mechanicsburg Post Office, Silver Spring Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, revoke any prior Wills and Codicils and declare this to be my Will. ITEM 1. I give my automobiles, household and personal effects and other tangible personalty of like nature (not including cash and securities), together with any existing insurance thereon, to my daughter, SANDRA E. THOMAS. If she is not living on the thirty-first day after my death, I give these items to her issue per stirpes who survive me by thirty days. ITEM 2. (a) I wish my daughter, DEBRA L. PATTERSON, to receive any and all Series E bonds in joint names between her and me at the time of my death. The gift of these bonds, of which I made her a joint owner, is the sole gift she is to receive as a result of my death. (b) I hive the sum of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000) each to my grandchildren, HEIDI HECKERT, ERIC HECKERT, MELISSA PATTERSON, PAIGE. LYNN GONZALEZ, KYLE THOMAS, and DAVID THOMAS. (c) I give the sum of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) to my daughter, SANDRA E. THOMAS. 319048-1 ~ , ITEM 3. I give all the rest, residue, and remainder of my estate to my daughter, SANDRA E. THOMAS. ITEM 4. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Will, if my daughter, DEBRA L. PATTERSON, does not survive me, I give the Series E Bonds, which are the subject of Item 2(a) above, as part of my residuary estate. If HEIDI HECKERT, ERIC HECKERT, MELISSA PATTERSON, or PAIGE LYNN GONZALEZ does not survive me by thirty days, that grandchild's share shall lapse and become part of my residuary estate. If my daughter, SANDRA E. THOMAS, does not survive me by thirty days, I give her share of my estate to her sons, KYLE THOMAS and DAVID THOMAS, in equal shares. If either KYLE THOMAS or DAVID THOMAS does not survive me by thirty days, I give this entire amount to his brother who does survive. If neither KYLE THOMAS nor DAVID THOMAS survives me by thirty days, I give the share of SANDRA E. THOMAS to her husband, STEPHEN THOMAS. ITEM 5. I direct that all my just debts and the expenses of the disposition of my remains shall be paid from my residuary estate as soon as practicable after my death as part of the expense of the administration of my estate. ITEM 6. In addition to the powers granted by law or by other parts of this Will, my Executrix, Executor, and Trustees shall have the following powers: (a) To retain any and all assets of my estate and trust, real, personal, or mixed, without regard to any principle of diversification, risk, or productivity, except as maybe otherwise expressly provided herein; 3 ] 9048-] /~ f (b) To sell at public or private sale, to exchange, to lease, to pledge, to mortgage, to transfer, to convert, or otherwise dispose of, and to grant options with respect to, any and all property, real, personal, or mixed, at any time forming part of my estate or trust estate in such manner, at such time or times, for such purposes, for such price or prices and upon such terms, credits, and conditions as maybe deemed advisable; (c) To invest and reinvest the estate and trust property in stocks, bonds, mortgages, notes, insurance policies, annuities, common trust fund participation, or other property of any kind, real, personal, or mixed, irrespective of any statute, case, rule, or custom limiting the investment of trust funds, except as expressly provided otherwise herein; (d) To settle, compromise, contest, prosecute, or abandon claims in favor of or against my estate or any trust as maybe deemed advisable; (e) To allocate receipts and disbursements to principal or income or partly to both and to ascertain principal or income in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; (f) To make distribution or division of the trust or estate in cash, in kind, or partly in both, to postpone distribution by agreement with a beneficiary and to distribute articles of tangible property to a minor or to any person to hold for a minor within the limits authorized by statute or rule of law; and (g) To exercise any law-given option to treat administration expenses either as income tax or estate tax deductions, without regard to whether the expenses were paid from principal or income, and without requiring reimbursement. 319048-1 ITEM 7. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Will, I direct that if any beneficiary of mine is under twenty-one (21) years of age, my Trustee shall retain whatever share such beneficiary otherwise would have received hereunder and apply so much of such share or the income thereof as my Trustee considers advisable for the beneficiary's education, accumulating any income not needed for this purpose. It is my wish that such beneficiary have an education beyond high school, if desired, and funds maybe used for such education if the beneficiary so desires, including vocational and business school, college, graduate, and post- graduate school. When a beneficiary attains the age of twenty-one (21) years, the Trustee shall distribute to such beneficiary the then remaining principal and income of his or her share, discharged of the trust. ITEM 8. No interest of any beneficiary under this Will or any trust established hereunder or any codicil hereto shall be subjected to anticipation. ITEM 9. No bond shall be required by my Executrix, Executor, and Trustees, but if bond is nevertheless required, it shall be without surety. ITEM 10. I appoint my daughter, SANDRA E. THOMAS, Executrix. If she fails to qualify or ceases to act, I appoint my son-in-law, STEPHEN THOMAS, Executor. ITEM 11. I appoint SANDRA E. THOMAS Trustee. If she fails to qualify or ceases to act, I appoint STEPHEN THOMAS Trustee. 319048-1 I f + ' ITEM 12. For the convenience of my Executrix and :Executor, I note that this Will has been prepared by Jered L. Hock, Esquire, and the law firm of Metzger, Wickersham, Knauss & Erb, P.C. Executed this ~~ day of c~ 2005. r. ,e „~• ~. t !' ~ ~ I Doris J. Light Signed, sealed, and published and declared by the above-named Testatrix, DORIS J. LIGHTON, as and for her Last Will and Testament, in the presence of us, who, at her request, in her sight and presence, and in the sight and presence of each other, have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses. Z~~~ !-~ -t' ~ Address -~' w ~~ ___-- Address G',.,,,~~~1 •~•~ ~i~ 319048- i Commonwealth of Pennsylvania County of ;.~~:~,, ~~F,, {~ ss We, DORIS J. LIGHTON, and ~J ~ `~~ ~- - I~ ~ ~ ,and ~` i c~ ~~~- ~~"~Q -`f G~ t'C~t,~ ,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 as her Last Will and that she had signed willingly (or willingly directed another to sign for her), and that she executed it 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 witness and that to the best of our knowledge the Testatrix was at that time eighteen years of age or older, of sound mind and under no constraint or undue influence. - - Testa Witness / `~ Witness SWORN to{or affirmed and acknowledged before me by the above named Testatrix and witnesses this ~ day of ~ ~-•~ ~-~, _, 2005. '`r11 Notary Pu c// I ~`_ My Commission Expires: (SEAL) .'~r~geta IVI. l~~i~l:°r, t~l~tary I'uhlic C_tiy azl' liir~;~,l,~,#~~~ ~:~auphin County i ;vE y C'orr~ir,~~5fva~ ," ~<~)it~~s Opt. 15, 2006 3 19048- I