HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-06-12PETITION FOR GRANT OF LETTERS
REGISTER OF WILLS OF __ CUMBERLAND_ __ COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
Petitioner(s) named below, who is/are 18 years of age or older, apply(ies) for Letters as specified below, and in support thereof aver(s) the
following and respectfully requests the grant of Letters in the appropriate form:
Constance L. Meck
Decedent' Informati~~
Name: Lois G. Meck /~ ~~~
File No: 21
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a/k!a: ~ (Assigned by Register)
a/k;a:
Social Security No: 202-20-4724
Date of Death: 01!24/2012
Age at Death: 84
Decedent was domiciled at death in Cumberland County,
PA (State) with his/her last
principal residence at 916 Aspen Avenue, Upper Allen Twp 17055
Streetaddress, Post Office and Zip Code Upper Allen Twp Cumberland
City, Township or Borough County
Decedent died at
Street address, Post Office and Zip Code FL
City, Township or Borough County State
Estimate of value of decedent's property at death:
Jf domiciled in Pennsylvania ...................... All personal property $
If not domiciled in Pennsylvania ................ Personal property in Pennsylvania $ 5,000.00 _
If not domiciled in Pennsylvania ................ Personal property in County $
Value of real estate in Pennsylvania ................................................................... $
TOTAL ESTIMATED VALUE $ 5,000.00
Rea! estate in Peimsylvania situated at None
(Attach additional sheets, i/necessary.)
Street address, Post Office and Zip Code City, Township or Borough
County
^X A. Petition for Probate any r•ra.,+ of Lett rc Tes amentarv
Petittoner(s) aver(s) that he/she/they is/are the Executor(s) named in the Last Will of the Decedent, dated 0610 /2004
thereto dated ~ and Codicils}
Renunciations of John F. Meck and rpnnifer M Vin c
State relevant circumstances (e. g., renunciation, death o/executor, etc.)
Except as follows: after the execution of the instrument(s) offered for probate, Decedent did not marry, was not divorced, was not a party to a pending
divorce proceeding wherein the grounds for divorce had been established as defined in 23 Pa. C.S. i3 3323(g), and did not have a child born or
adopted; and Decedent was neither the victim of a killing nor ever adjudicated an incapacitated persim.
Q NO EXCEPTIONS ~ EXCEPTIONS
^ B. Petition for Grant of Letterc f Adminic+~a+r~n (If applicable)
c. t. a., d.b.n., d. b. n.c.1.<3., pedente life, durante absentia. durante minoritate
If Administration, c.t.a ord.b.n.c.t.a., enter date of Will in Section A above any ~ r + r• « s ~
Except as follows: Decedent was not a party to pending divorce proceeding wherein the grounds for divorce had been established as defined
in 23 Pa. C.S. § 3323 (g) and was neither the victim of a killing nor ever adjudicated an incapacitated person.
NO EXCEPTIONS ~ EXCEPTIONS
Petitioner(s), after a proper search has/have ascertained that Decedent left no Will and was survived tty the foil n souse r-~~
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Oath of Personal Representative
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA }
COUNTY OF Cumberland } SS:
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Petitioner(s) Printed Name Petitioner(s) Printed Address
Constance L. Meck 512 Waterford Road
Silver Spring, MD 20901
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The Petitioner(s) above-named swear(s) or affirm(s) the statements in the foregoing Petition are true nd correct to the best of the knowledge and
belief of Petitioner(s) and that, as Personal Representative(s) of itioner(s) w' and tru administer the estate according to law.
Sworn to or affirmed and subscribed before ~ ~ _ 3 _ ~~
~? Date
me this d o C'
By. Date
For . Regist Date
Date
BOND Required? ~ YES ~ NO
FEES:
Letters .......................................... $ r--
( ~ )Short Certificate(s).........
(~ )Renunciation(s) ..............
( )Codicil(s) ........................
( )Affidavit(s) ......................
Bond ............................................
Commission .. ............................
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Automation Fee ..................... '3
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JCS Fee ....................................... ~.~
TOTAL ........................................ $_I~~~'.~_
To the Register of Wills:
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nature below:
Attorney S' nature:
Pr' ed Name: John F Meck Esq.
Supreme Court
ID Number: 26439
Firm Name: ECKERT SEAMANS CHERIN & MELLOTT LLC
Address: 600 Grant Street, 44th Floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Phone: 412-566-1916
Fax: 412-566-6099
E-mail: jmeck@eckertseamans.com
DECREE OF THE REGISTER
Date of Death: 01/24!2012
Social Security No: 202-20-4724
Estate of Lois G. Meck
a/k/a: File No: 21 /~( / ~S
AND NOW, ~ ~ -
satisfactory proo ng been re nted before me, IT IS DECREED that Letters , in consideration of the foregoing Petition,
_ Testamentary
are hereby granted to Constance L. Meck
in the above estate and (if applicable) that the instrument(s) dated
described in the Petition be admitted to probate and filed of record
IasJ,}Nill (ard Cod
of Decedent.
Kdgister of Wills
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RENUNCIATION
REGISTER OF WILLS OF
Estate of Lois G. Meck
CUMBERLAND
Deceased
~~ Jennifer M. Vines
in my capacity/relationship as
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_daughter/named executor of the above Decedent, hereby renounce the right to
administer the Estate of the Decedent and respectfully request that Letters be issued to
Constance L. Meck
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Sworn to or affirmed and subscribed
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(sign e) Je nifer M. Vines
4060 Mola Lane
(Street Address)
Earlysville VA 22936
(City, State, ZipJ
Executed out of Register's Office
Before the undersigned personally appeared the
party executing this renunciation and certified
that he or she executed the renunciation for the
purposes stated within on tf~is-_day
of
Notary Public
My Commission Expires:
(Signature and seal of Notary or other official qualified to
administer oaths. Show date of expiration of Notary's commission.)
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COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
RENUNCIATION
REGISTER OF WILLS OF
Estate of Lois G. Meck
CUMBERLAND
Deceased
~~ John F. Meck
in may capacity/relationship as
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son/named executor
of the above Decedent, hereby renounce the right to
administer the Estate of the Decedent and respectfully request that Letters be issued to
Constance L. Meck
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;gn ure) John F. Meck
701 Delafield Avenue
(Street Address)
Pittsburgh PA 15215
(City, State, ZipJ
Executed out of Register's Office
Before the undersigned personally appeared the
party executing this renunciation and certified
that he or she executed the renunciation for the
purposes stated within on bii~ day
of
r of Wills Notary Public
My Commission Expires:
(Signature and seal of Notary or other official qualified to
administer oaths. Show date of expiration of Notary's commission.)
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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
OF
LOTS G. MECK
I, LOIS G. MECK, of the City of Mechanicsburg, County of Cumberland, and
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, declare this to be my Last Will, and revoke any Will previously
made by me.
1. Debts and Expenses
I direct that all my debts which are not barred, funeral expenses and deductible pledges be
fully paid as soon as conveniently maybe after my decease.
2. Tangible Personal Property
I give all my tangible personal property to my husband, FRANKLIN G. MECK. Should
my husband fail to survive me, then I give the same to such of my children who maybe living at
the time of my death to be divided among them as they may agree or in the absence of such
agreement, to be divided among them by my Executors in shares as nearly equal in value as
feasible with full power in my Executors to sell all or any portion of the same to facilitate such
division and distribution. Any such sale proceeds not required to accomplish equalization shall
be added to and pass as part of my residuary estate.
3. Marital Gift
I give to my husband, FRANKLIN G. MECK, if he survives me, an amount equal to the
maximum marital deduction allowable in my estate for Federal Estate T'ax purposes, reduced by
(i) the value, for the purposes of that Tax, of any property interest which passes or has passed to
my husband otherwise than under this Paragraph 3 to the extent such interest is includable in my
gross estate for Federal Estate Tax purposes and also qualifies for the marital deduction and
further reduced by (ii) such additional amount, if any, which can pass free of Federal Estate Tax
in my estate by making optimum use of any unused credit available to offset such tax so long as
such use does not thereby increase state death taxes. Unused applicable credit amount shall
consist of the portion thereof not required to offset Federal Estate or Gift Tax on other tra~fers
by me not qualifying for a marital or charitable deduction and to offset Fedei~Fstate 'Fa~c on-z-; ~~'
amount of my gross estate applied in payment of death taxes, debts and admimon ex ~' ses
either not deducted or not deductible in computing such tax. ~-"
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4. Residuary Trust
All the residue of my estate, plus any life insurance, annuity and reti~inent befits ~'' .~.~..,
payable to the Trustee under my Will, I give to and direct that the same be held by the Trtfstee
hereinafter named or his successors, IN TRUST NEVERTHELESS, for the following uses and
purposes:
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4.1. Distribution of Income and Principal
The Trustee may pay to my husband, FRANKLIN G. MECK, or use and expend
for his benefit all or such portion of the net income of the Trust as the Trustee, in
his absolute discretion, deems advisable. Any income not paid or applied as
aforesaid shall not be added to principal, but shall be accumulated and held as
income, unless and until distributed.
In addition, the Trustee may pay to my husband, FRANKLIN G. MECK, or use
and expend for his benefit all or such amount of the principal of the trust estate as
the Trustee in his absolute discretion, deems advisable to provide for the health,
education, maintenance, and support of my husband, FRANKLIN G. MECK. In
the exercise of the foregoing, the Trustee may take into consideration, to the
extent he deems proper, any independent means available to my husband,
FRANKLIN G. MECK and shall not be required to take into account the
existence of or the exercise or non-exercise of any right of withdrawal granted to
my husband, FRANKLIN G. MECK.
If a Trustee other than my husband, FRANKLIN G. MECK, is serving as Trustee
of the Trust, then that Trustee may pay such additional amounts of principal, to
my husband, FRANKLIN G. MECK, as the Trustee in its absolute discretion
deems advisable taking into consideration, to the extent the Trustee deems proper,
the respective income tax rates of the Trust and my husband, FRANKLIN G.
MECK, the potential to thus minimize income taxes, and the desirability or
undesirability of making such additional distributions to my husband, FRANKLIN
G. MECK.
4.2. WitV~drawal of Principal
The Trustee shall also distribute to my husband, FRANKLIN G. MECK, all or
such amounts of the principal of the trust estate as my husband, FRANKLIN G.
MECK, in his absolute discretion, shall from time to time direct in writing
delivered during his lifetime to the Trustee. In no event, however, shall the
aggregate sum of such withdrawals by him for any one calendar year exceed the
greater of the sum of $5,000, or if my husband, FRANKLIN G. MECK, is living
on the last day of December of such year, 5% of the market value of the principal
on that day. This annual right of withdrawal shall not be cumulative.
4.3. Early Trust Termination
At any time during the life of my husband, FRANKLIN G. MECK, the Trustee in
his absolute discretion, may terminate the trust estate created hereunder, in whole
or in part, with distribution of the principal to be made to my husband,
FRANKLIN G. MECK, to the extent of such termination.
This trust was created to provide an opportunity to shelter all or a part of the
principal thereof from Federal Estate Tax in my husband's estate. Without in any
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way limiting the generality of the foregoing power of termination, it is my
precatory but not mandatory suggestion that the Trustee consider exercising the
foregoing power if and to the extent he deems it unlikely the trust will be required
for such purpose.
4.4. Trust Termination
Upon the death of my husband, FRANKLIN G. MECK, or upon my death should
he fail to survive me, the trust herein created shall terminate, and the Trustee shall
distribute the remaining principal of the trust, if any, to my then living issue, per
stirpes and not per capita.
In the absence of any such living issue, the principal shall be distributed to such
person or persons who would have been entitled to receive the same as my heirs at
law and those of my husband, FRANKLIN G. MECK, under the laws of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as though each of us had died at that time the
owner of one-half thereof, unmarried, intestate and domiciled in that
Commonwealth.
Distribution hereunder, however, shall be subject to the provisions of Paragraph 5
if any distributee has not then attained 30 years of age.
5. Young Beneficiary Trust
If any beneficiary has not then attained 30 years of age at a time he or she is entitled to
receive a share of my estate or income or principal of a trust created hereunder, the same shall be
set aside and retained in a separate trust for his or her benefit by the Trustees hereinafter named.
The Trustees may pay to that beneficiary or use and expend for his or her benefit all or such
portion of the received and earned income as well as the principal of this trust estate as the
Trustees, in their absolute discretion, deem advisable to provide for the health, education,
maintenance, and support of that beneficiary, taking into account to the extent the Trustees deem
proper, any independent means available to the beneficiary of which the Trustees have
knowledge. Any income not paid or applied as aforesaid shall be added to principal.
At any time after the beneficiary has attained 25 years of age, the Trustees shall distribute
to that beneficiary such portion or portions of the principal of his or her trust as that beneficiary
shall from time to time direct in writing. In no event, however, shall the aggregate sum of such
withdrawals prior to that beneficiary's having attained 30 years of age, valued at the date of the
withdrawal, exceed one-half of the value of the principal of that beneficiary's trust estate at its
inception.
Any principal of a trust for a beneficiary hereunder who dies before age 30 shall be
distributed to such person or persons who would have been entitled to receive the same as the
heirs at law of the beneficiary under the laws of the Commonwealth of :Pennsylvania as though
he or she had died at that time the owner thereof, unmarried, intestate, and domiciled in that
Commonwealth excluding, however, any person who is not related to me or my husband,
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FRANKLIN G. MECK. Distribution hereunder shall also be subject, however, to the provisions
of this Paragraph 5 if at that time, any such distributee has not then attained 30 years of age. If
more than one trust is held hereunder for the same beneficiary, the Trustees may, in their absolute
discretion, combine them into a single trust.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trustees shall accelerate from age 30 to an earlier age
the termination of a trust for any particular beneficiary hereunder if that acceleration is necessary
to effect compliance with the rule against perpetuities, as measured by the lives of all
beneficiaries named or described in this instrument and by actual rather than possible events.
The Trustees may also thus accelerate such termination where, in the absolute discretion of the
Trustees, the size of the trust is deemed too small to warrant continued retention in trust. In
either case such distribution may be made to that beneficiary or to a Custodian appointed for his
or her benefit as hereinafter provided.
6. Technical Provisions
The following technical provisions shall prevail in the administration of my estate and
trusts hereunder where applicable:
6.1. Marital Deduction Funding
There shall not be allocated to any gift hereunder or any portion thereof otherwise
intended to qualify for the marital deduction property not includable in my gross
estate for Federal Estate Tax purposes or any property or. the proceeds therefrom,
which does not meet marital deduction requirements. Property that may be
subject to a foreign death tax shall not be allocated to any such gift unless
absolutely required to fully fund the same. If any such gift is a pecuniary amount,
the property used to satisfy such a pecuniary gift shall be valued on or near the
date of funding.
6.2. Exculpatory Provisions
I recognize that there are or may be several options under income and death tax
laws, the exercise of which can materially impact, and in some instances entirely
eliminate, gifts or trust interests created or referred to hereunder and that these
may be similarly affected by the timing of distributions and the intervening
appreciation or depreciation of asset values. The Executor and Trustee shall have
absolute discretion to elect such options and select the time for distribution in
such manner as they may perceive to be in the overall best interests of the persons
having a beneficial interest in my estate and the trusts created hereunder, even
though such decisions may have differing impacts on one or more of the
beneficiaries, and without reimbursement or compensatory adjustments. The
Executor and Trustee shall not be required to favor recipients under this Will
over those receiving gifts outside the Will, and they shall not be liable for any loss
which occurs by reason of such election or timing of distributions.
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6.3. Single or Severed Trusts
The Trustee may, in his absolute discretion, continue any trust created hereunder
as a single trust with appropriate identification of the respective portions having
different tax or distributive characteristics or sever the same into as many separate
trusts as he deems proper for the purpose of facilitating or implementing
allocation of my generation-skipping tax exemption, qualification of the trusts to
hold S corporation stock, or any other tax or distributive consideration the Trustee
deems proper so long as the alternative selected and the manner of
implementation thereof is not likely to result in the loss or denial of any tax
exemption or other tax or distributive objective sought. If such severance
involves a pecuniary amount rather than fractional shares, the pecuniary amount
shall be entitled to a pro-rata share of the income earned to date by the estate or
trust from which it is severed, and distributions in kind in satisfaction of such
pecuniary amount shall be at current market value at time of distribution.
6.4. Beneficially Interested Fiduciary
Irrespective of any contrary provision herein or any discretion granted by law, no
Trustee acting hereunder shall have or enjoy any power or authority in that
capacity, if the existence, exercise, lapse or disclaimer of such power or authority
may be deemed to be or cause the trust or any part thereof to be a taxable transfer
by the Trustee for Federal Estate Tax, Gift Tax, or Generation-Skipping Tax
purposes. In any such case, the power and discretion shall be vested exclusively
in the other Trustee or Trustees, if any, then acting hereunder not also thus
similarly disqualified. If all of the current Trustees are thus disqualified, that
specific power and discretion shall be vested exclusively in the next succeeding
Trustee or Trustees hereinafter designated or provided for not also disqualified. In
the absence thereof, such specific power and discretion shall be vested exclusively
in any Special Trustee appointed by me or the court for that specific limited
purpose.
6.5. Stock Dividends
In any trust hereunder, corporate distributions in shares of the distributing
corporation, however described or designated by that corporation, shall be deemed
principal.
6.6. Spendthrift Clause
The interests of the beneficiaries in principal and income of my estate and any
trust created herein shall be free from anticipation, assignment, pledge, or
obligations of those beneficiaries and shall not be subject to any execution or
attachment until actually distributed. This shall not preclude (i) a personal
exercise by a beneficiary of a right of withdrawal granted hereunder, if any, (ii) a
disclaimer by a beneficiary, in whole or in part, of any interest in income or
principal hereunder, or (iii) a setoff against such interest of any indebtedness of
the beneficiary to me, my estate or any trust described herein.
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6.7. Post-Death Income
Unless otherwise provided, upon the death of any income beneficiary, any income
accrued or received by the Trustee subsequent to the last income payment date
shall be paid to the person or persons for whose benefit the principal producing
such income is continued in trust or to whom such principal is distributed under
the terms hereof.
6.8. Allocation of Capital Gains
Funds distributed in a discretionary application of principal or in response to an
exercise of a right of withdrawal hereunder, if any, shall. neither be deemed to nor
actually include capital gains realized during the current tax year, except to the
extent in the exercise of absolute discretion, the Executor or Trustee expressly
elect to allocate all or a part of such gains thereto.
6.9. Adopted and Related Persons
References in my Will to children, grandchildren, issue, descendants, heirs, or
persons related to others shall be deemed to include, in addition to blood relatives,
persons who fall into that relationship solely by reason of adoption, so long as the
adoption occurred during the minority of the adoptee.
6.10. Per Stirpes Gifts
In any gift hereunder to the issue of any individual, per stirpes, the starting point
in allotting shares shall always be the children of such individual, even though all
of such children are then deceased, and no distribution at any lower generational
level shall be determined on a per capita basis.
6.11. Trust Combination
The Trustee may, in his absolute discretion, combine any trust created hereunder
with any trust containing substantially similar provisions, notwithstanding the fact
that the trusts may have been created by separate instruments or by different
persons. If necessary to protect possibly different future interests or to facilitate
later division of the trust, the assets shall be valued at the time of any such
combination and a record made of the proportionate interest of each separate trust
in the combined fund.
6.12. Retirement Accounfs
If my estate or a trust hereunder is a beneficiary of a retirement plan or retirement
account (each of which is referred to herein as a "Retirement Account"), the
Executor or Trustee may elect installment distributions therefrom in lieu of a lump
sum settlement, so long as those distributions are at least the minimum amount, if
any, required to be distributed from the Retirement Account under applicable
provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and the power and discretion to
accelerate distribution from time to time is retained by the Executor or Trustee.
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7. Fiduciary Powers
In the administration of my estate and any trust created under my Will, the Executor and
the Trustee shall have, in addition to and not in limitation of any authority given by law, and
without necessity of obtaining the consent of any court, full and complete power and discretion
as follows: to accept, retain, and hold in the estate or trusts any of my investments or property
without duty to diversify; to invest and reinvest the assets of the estate or trusts in any kind of
property, real or personal, or part interest therein, without being restricted to investments which
are legal for trust funds; to sell, pledge, exchange, lease for any period of time, or mortgage any
real or personal property, and to grant options for the sale, exchange, or lease of the same; to
borrow money from themselves or others and pledge or encumber any property of the estate or
trusts as security therefor, without liability on the part of the lender to see to the application of
such funds; to compromise claims in favor of or against the estate or trusts; to exercise options to
subscribe to or purchase securities; to join in, consent to, or oppose any voting trust and any plan
of lease, mortgage, merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, liquidation,
foreclosure, or other readjustment of the financial structure of any firm or corporation in which
the estate or trusts may have an interest; to deposit securities in a clearing corporation or cant' the
same in the name of a nominee or in book entry form; to maintain, repair, alter, improve,
partition, subdivide, dedicate, and otherwise manage or deal with real estate; to decline to accept,
disclaim, release, renounce, or abandon any interest in property and any power; to nominate
themselves or another as Custodian under a Uniform Gifts or Transfers to Minors' Act and make
transfers of a beneficiary's interest in all or part of the estate or trust to such Custodian to be held
for the benefit of such beneficiary and select an age from 21 to 25 as to how long such
custodianship shall last; to purchase from my estate and that of my spouse any assets thereof and
to make loans to those estates to provide liquidity; to allot different kinds of interests in property
to different beneficiaries of my estate or different trusts created hereunder; to retain investment
advisors, professional advisors, custodians, and agents and to delegate to them any power or
discretion vested in the Executor and the Trustee; and to distribute the estate or trusts either in
cash or in kind.
8. Payment of Death Taxes
I direct that all estate, inheritance, and succession taxes, together with any interest and
penalty thereon, on or against any item which may be included as part of my estate for tax
purposes, whether passing under this my Last Will or otherwise, or assessed against any legatee,
devisee, beneficiary, or recipient of the same, shall be paid out of the principal of my general
estate in the same manner as an administration expense or out of the principal of any trust
succeeding in interest thereto. I direct that none of such taxes shall be prorated or apportioned
and that, except for such taxes imposed on qualified terminable interest property, there shall be
no obligation upon any person to reimburse my Executor or m residu
Executor or Trustee to whom m residu y ~' estate therefor. My
defer a y ary estate has been distributed may elect to prepay or
p yment of all or any part of said death taxes and that election shall be binding on all
parties concerned.
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9• Appointment of Trustees
I appoint my husband, FRANKLIN G. MECK, Trustee of the trust in paragraph 4. In the
event my husband, FRANKLIN G. MECK, is unable or unwilling to serve or continue to serve as
Trustee, then I appoint my daughter, CONSTANCE L. MECK, my daughter, JENNIFER M.
VINES, and my son, JOHN F. MECK, to jointly fill that vacancy.
I appoint my daughter, CONSTANCE L. MECK, my daughter, JENNIFER M. VINES,
and my son, JOHN F. MECK, Trustees of the trusts in paragraph 5 of my Will.
10. Appointment of Executors
I appoint my husband, FRANKLIN G. MECK, Executor of my Will. Should my
husband, FRANKLIN G. MECK, be unable or unwilling to serve or continue to serve, then I
appoint my daughter, CONSTANCE L. MECK, my daughter, JENNIFER M. VINES, and my
son, JOHN F. MECK, Executors to jointly fill that vacancy. I direct that no bond shall be
required of any personal representative, trustee, guardian, or custodian named herein or appointed
hereunder.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal the -S ~
day of
~~- , 2004.
LOIS G. MECK ---SEAL)
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Acknowledgment And Affidavit
For Self-Proved Will
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA )
COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY ) ss:
We, LOIS G. MECK, F2AN1~~l iU ~~s cC(~ and
~~~~ It-~.LY ~(s~CIL. ,the Testatrix and the witnesses, respectively, whose names
are slgned to the foregoing Last Will, being first duly sworn according to law, do depose and say
that the Testatrix signed and executed the foregoing instrument as and for her Last Will, that she
signed willingly, that she executed it as his free and voluntary act for the purposes therein
expressed, that each of the witnesses, in the presence and hearing of the Testatrix, signed the Last
Will as witnesses .and that to the best of the knowledge of each of the witnesses the Testatrix was
at that time eighteen (18) years of age or older, of sound mind and under no constraint or undue
influence.
LOIS G. ECK
l~\QY V(1 tG.~a ~ '~''~ a c 1r
JO .MECK, t~ttorney-at-law
Pa .Ct.Id. No.: 26439
ON THIS, the ~ "'~ day of , 2004 before me a
Public, the undersi ed officer ~ Notary
~ personally a ared JOHN F. MECK known to me or
satisfactorily proven to be a member of the bar of the highest court of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania and a subscribing witness to the within instrument, and certified that he was
personally present when the foregoing acknowledgment and affidavit were signed by LOIS G.
ME K, the Testatrix, and (~L(~_~- ~ and
~ ,the witnesses.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and official seal.
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Notarial seal
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My Commission Expires June 27, 2006
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