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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-17-12PETITION 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: Decedent's Information Name: Elizabeth A. Prough File No: 21 I ;~ - (; ~~ (1~ a/k/a: Elizabeth A. Stroup (Assigned by Register) a/k/a: a/k/a: Social Security No: 182-46-1958 Date of Death: 02/09/2012 Age at Death: 56 Decedent was domiciled at death in Cumberland County, pA (State) with his/her last principal residence at 1185 Kingsley Drive, Camp Hill 17011 Lower Allen Township Cumberland Street address, Post Office and Zip Cade City, Township or Borough County Decedent died at Holy Spirit Hospital Camp Hill, Lower Allen Cumberland PA Street address, Post Office and Zip Code City, Township or Borough County State Estimate of value of decedent's property at death: If domiciled in Pennsylvania ...................... Alf personal property $ 2,000.00 /f not domiciled in Pennsylvania ................ Personal property in Pennsylvania $ If not domiciled in Pennsylvania ................ Personal property in County $ Value of real estate in Pennsy/vania ................................................................... $ 120,000.00 ~ TOTAL ESTIMATED VALUE $ 122,000.00 Real estate in Pennsylvania situated at 1185 Kingsley Drive Camp Hill, Lower Allen Township Cumberland (Attach adddional sheets, if necessary.) ® A. Street address, Post Office and Zip Code City, Township or Borough County Petitioner(s) aver(s) that he/she/they is/are the Executor(s) named in the Last Will of the Decedent, dated 02/0711994 and Codicil(s) thereto dated At the time of the execution of her Will on February 7. 1994. the Decedent was married and known as Elizabeth A. Strouo. The Decendent was subsequently divorced on Mav 24. 1994. at which time she resumed the use of her maiden name Elizabeth A. Prouah. State relevant circumstaruss (e.g., renunciation, death of 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. § 3323(8), and did not have a child born or adopted; and Decedent was neither the victim of a killing nor ever adjudicated an incapacitated person. NO EXCEPTIONS ®EXCEPTIONS Divorced 5/2411994, Cumberland County Docket No. 346 Civil 1994 B, Petition for Grant of Letters of Administration (If applicable) c.t.a., d.b.n., d.b.n.c.t.a., pedente lite, durante absentia. durante minoritate If Administration, c.t.a or d.b.n.c.t.a., enter date of Will in Section A above and comolete list of heirs. Except as follows: Decedent was not a party to pending divorce proceedin 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 hasfhave ascertained that Decedent left no Will and was survived by the following spouse (if any) and heirs (attach additional sheets, if necessary): Name Relationship Address "`~' *u -r-t CJ ~ : -7`t rn- cu (''%- -,ty - _. `~ ~ ~ ~ _-r ~ t`_ :; C~ -rr ~; _ -_, i C _ ~=, ~ --, .. r - --n C.J Form RW-O2 rev. 10-11-2011 Copyright (c) 2011 form software only The Lackner Group, Inc. Page 1 of 2 Oath of Personal Representative COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA } } SS: COUNTY OF Cumberland } , r ° o ~cialst,~~4'~' rl~ ,a U,. ~,~ ~ I ~ ~ 7 ~~ g' ~ Petitioner(s) Printed Name Petitioner(s) Printed Address Tara E. Stroup 524 Fishing Creek Road Lewisberry, PA 17339 D~Q~t~ vO~~T ~:~ ~~`) (~~/j17Q)}+08-6579 The Petitioner(s) above named swear(s) or affirm(s) 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 accordin to law. Sworn to or affirmed and subscribed before ~/1ccG ~ ~ ~~~~ Date a l 7 met ' day of ~ Date Date For th& Register Date BOND Required? ~ YES ~ NO FEES: Letters .......................................... $ ( ~ )Short Certificate(s)......... ( )Renunciation(s) .............. ( )Codicil(s) ........................ ( )Affidavit(s) ...................... Bond ............................................. Commission .................................. Other «- ~ ~~. 1~~ts Automation Fee ............................ , JCS Fee ....................................... TOTAL ......................................... $ To the Register of Wills: riease enter oelow: Attorney Signa Printed Name: James D. Bog r Supreme Court ID Number: 19475 Firm Name: Bogar 8~ Hipp Law Offices Address: One West Main Street Shiremanstown, PA 17011 Phone: (717)737-8761 Fax: E-mail: jbogar~bogarlaw.com DECREE OF THE REGISTER Date of Death: 02/09/2012 Social Security No: 182-46-1958 Estate of Elizabeth A. Prough Fife No: 21 - ~ ;~ - (~ ,`,~ 1 a/k/a: Elizabeth A. Stroup AND NOW, ~-~ n ~ n ~ l ~ .--~~ a , in consideration of the foregoing Petition, satisfactory proof having been presented before me, IT IS DECREED that Letters Testamentary are hereby granted to Tara E. Stroup in the above estate and (if applicable) that the instrument(s) dated _ described in the Petition be admitted to probate and filed of record as 02/07/1994 last Will (and Codicil(s)) of Decedent. `Register of Wills ` Form RW-02 rev. fo/11P1o11 Copyright (c) 2011 form software only The Lacknar Group, Ina ~ ~ ;~~~~ ~ Page 2 of 2~J )f Irv-~~~, ISTRAR'S CERTIFICATION OF DEATH p~~i~tlffAf~jV~IG;,t~illegal to duplicate this copy by photostat or photograpF~. Fee for this certificate~q~p ~ ~ ~ 8: CLERK OF ORPHtW'S COURT C~~r~e~~t. ~~vn ~~ Pa P 18160441 Certification Number TYPe/Print In Permanent ~_ ~_ This is to certify that the information here given is correctly copied fr(.))n an original Certificate of Death duly filed with men as I_.ocal Registrar. The original certificate will be forwarded to the State Vital RZecords Office for permanent filing;. Local Registrar Date Issued COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSV LVANIA ~ DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ~ VITAL RECORDS 11^C QT~C~f"ATF AF 1'1FOT1-1 ~IacK in k tr-J.-+-r ~+. 1. Decedent's Legal Name (First, Middle, Las[, Suffix) 2. Sex 3. Social Security Number 4. Date of Death (MO/Day/Yr) (Spoil Mo) Elizabeth A Prau h Fc_male. - Februar 9, 2012 - 7a. B hplace,(Clty d Stat~Q Foreign Country) 6a. Age-Last Birthday (Vrs) 56. Under 1 Vear Sc. Under 1 Da 6. Date of Birth (MO/Day/Year) (Spell Month) ' ~ arrlS Ollr ,Y a Months Days Hours Minutes 56 Januar 14, 1956 76.Blrehpla~e(eppn[y) au in 8a. Residence (State or Foreign Country) Hb, Residence (Street and Number -Includes Apt No.) 8c. Did Decedent Llve in a Township? ~es, decedent Ilved In T!l -rpr Al ~ on twp. Sd. Residence (cgl.ntY) 1185 Kin s le Road Q7[il rl Tl Be. Residence (Zip Code) ~ No, decedent Ilyed within limits of city/bor0. 9. Ever in US Armed Force,? 30. Mari tal Status at Tlme of Death Q Married O Widowed 11. Surviving Spouse's Name (if wife, give name prior to Frst marriage) [] Yas ~Np Q Unknown [[Di vorced Q Never Married ~ Unknow 12. Father's Name (First, Mlddle, Last, Suffix) 13. Mother's Name Prior to First Marriage (First, Mlddle, Last) Do u h 14a. Informant's Name 14b. Relationship to Decedent 14c. Informant's Mailing Address (Street and Number, CICys State, Zip Code) Pa17339 b d L k Tara Stroup Daughter erry, ewis Roa 524 Fishing Gree ~ur In tleni 7 lt d i H l h one ... ..- 1 a. P ace o eat .,, ec on y if Death Occurred Somewhere Other Than a Hospital: L~ HOSpic¢ Facility Decedent's Home Occurre n a osp a : U If Deat EmergnncY Room/OUtpat{ant Dead V n Arrival ~ Nursin Home/LOn Term Care Faclll Other (S i SS b. Facility Name (If not instltuilon, give street and n mbar; 15 c. City or Town, State, and Zip Code lSd. County of Death Hol S irit Hos ital Camp Hill, PA 17011 Cumberland 16a. Method of Disposition 0 Burial ~ Cremation 16b. Date of Disposition 16c. Place of Disposition (Name of cemetery, crematory, or other place) ate ~ Donation Q Removal from S C Other (Sp iHy) F 132 2 011 ' 16d. Location of Disposition (City or Town, State, and Zip) a. Stgnat of Fu nerd r Person In Charge of Interment 17b. License Number Mt I~11 S tin s Pa 011654-L 37c. Name and Complete Add ross of Funeral Faclllty ad 1B. cedent's Education -Check the box that best describes the 19. Decedent of Hispanic Origin -Check the 20. Decedent's Race -Check ONE OR MORE tacos So Indicate what r highest degree or level of school tom plated at the Hme of death. box that best describes whether the decedent the decedent considered himself or herself to be. ~ 8th grade or less is Spanish/Hispanic/Latino. Check the "NO" ~Whito Q Korean ~ No diploma, 9th - 12th grade box If decedent is not Spanish/Hispanic/Latino. ~ Black or African American Q Vietnamese High school graduate or GED completed ~] No, not Spanish/Hlspa nit/Latino Q American Indian or Alaska Native 0 Other Asian Chicano ~ Asian Indian ~ Native Hawaiian Mexican American M ican [] y , , es, ex Soma college credit, but no degree ~ Associate degree (e.g. AA, AS) Q Yes, PuefCO Rican Q Chinese 0 Guamanian or Chamorro 0 Bachelor's degree (e.g. HA, AA, BS) Q Yes, Cuban ~ FIIl pino Q Samoan Q Master's degree (e.g. MA, MS, MEng, MEd, MSW, MBA) Q Yes, other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino 0 Japanese ~ Other PaclFlc Islander 0 DoROrate (e.g. PhD, Ed D) or Professional degree (Specify) ~ Other (Specify) . MD DDS DVM LLB JD 21. Decedent's Single Races Self-Designation -Check ONLY ONE to Indicate what the decedent considered himself or herself t0 6e. 22a. Decedent's Vsuai Occupation -indicate Lype of work White ~ Japanese [] Samoan done during most of working life. DO NOT USE RETIRED. ~ Black or African American ~ Korean ~ Other Pacific Islander Customer SEYVICE? ' t Know/Not Sure 0 American Indian or Alaska Native Q Vietnamese Q Oon ~ Asian Intllan ~ Other Asian ~ Refused 22b. Kind of Business/Industry ~ Chinese Q NatlYe Hawaiian ~ Other (Specify) Q Fllipin0 Q Guamanian or Chamorro ITEMS 23a - 23 MUST BE COMPLETED 23a. DeCe Pronounced Dea (MO Day Yr) 23 b. Signature of Person Pronouncing Death (Only when applicab e) 23c. License Number BY PERSON WNO PRONOUNCES OR Februar 9 , 2012 CERTIFIES DEATH y 23tl. Date Signed (MO/Day/Yr) 24. TImB of Death 4 t 13 P . M _ zs. was Medical Examiner pr cprpner concattedv Yes O Np CAUSE OF DEATH Approximate 26. Part I. Enter the chain of events--diseases, Injuries, o mpllcations--that d{rectly c sod the death. DO NOT enter terminal a nts such a ardlac arrest Interval: e Adtl additional Tines if necessary Onset to Death respiratory arrest, or ventricular fibrillation without showing the etiology. DO NOT ABBREVIATE. Enter only one cause on a Rne IMMEDIATE CAUSE --------------> a. Probable Pulmonary Embolism `- _ (Final disease or condition Due to (or as a consequence of): resulting In tleath) b. Seq uenYlally list conditions, Due to (or as a consequence of): if any, loading to the cause listed on Tina a. Enter the c U NpERLYING CAUSE Due [O (or as a consequence of): (disease or Injury Chat F Initlatetl She ¢yenYS resulting d. con in death) LAST. Due to (or as a sequence of): ~ 26. Part 11. Enter other sl nl i n[ ditl n rib tin but not resulting in the underlying cause gly¢n in Part I opsy p rfa Nm od? 27. Was a n v O as o ~ - Morbid Obesity 28 f h e ~ , deat 7 c ompletothecauseo ~ Yas No S ' 29. If Female: 30. Did Tobacco Use Contribute to Death? 31. Manner of Death a Not pregnant within past year Q Ves ~ Probably o N U k ~ Natural (,~ Homicide Accident [] Pendin Investi ation r$' 0 Pregnant at time of death ~ Not pregnant, bui pregnanC within 42 days of death n n wn Q o 0 g g ~ Suicide ~ Could not be tletermined Q Not pregnant, but pregna nY 43 days to 1 year before death 32. Date of Injury (MO/Day/Yr) (Spell Month) [] Unknown If pregnant within the past year 33. Time of Injury 34. Place of Injury (e.g. home; construction site; farm; school) 35. Location of Injury (Street and Number, City, State, Zlp Cotle) 36. Injury at Work 37. If Transportation Injury, Specify: 38. Describe How Injury Occurred: ~] Yes ~ Driver/Operator ~ Pedestrian Q Na 0 Passenger ~ Other (Spott(y) 39a. Cerilfler (Check only one): Certifying physician - To the best of my knowledge, death ocwrrod duo to She cause(s) and manner stated Pronouncing 8. Certifying physician - To the best of my knowledge, death occurred at the time, date, and place, antl due to the cause(s) and m r stated , death o urred at the time, date, and place, and due to the cause(s) and manner stated ~f Medical Examiner/Coroner - On ChB basis of exam tion, and/or Investigation, In my opinio n c~ // ~~ DE!puty Coroneru~en:e Number: Signature of certifier: TlCle of cer[ifiel`.'hie £ 39b. Name, Atldress and Zip Coda of Person Completing Cause of Death (Item 26) 63 7 5 B88 OhOre Rd , 5' uit E! ~~ 1 39c. Date Signed (MO/Day/Yr) MatChew S. Stoner, Chie£ De ut Coroner Februar 10, 2012 40. Registrars District Num ` 41. Registrar 5 5 J __ j7 l 42. Regyst~ r File Dafe ( ~ L r) / 3 ~ 7 OC / _ ~ / C 0 ~ C as. Amendments (/ / ~Q~~~ H105-143 Disposition Perm It No. G/ REV 07/2011 c ~~ n LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT yo OF r~~~ o° ~... ~ rr+ r~ ~ ~ ~-.! ELIZABETH A. BTROQP `~ a - ~ C~ --+ I, ELIZABETH A. STROUP, of Lower Allen Township~'~-,-, ---- tt Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, make, publish and declare this as and for my Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all other Wills and Codicils heretofore made by me. FIRST: I devise and bequeath all the rest, residue and remainder of my estate of whatever nature and wherever situate, including any property over which I hold power of appointment and together with any insurance policies thereon, to my daughter, TARA E. STROUP. SECOND: Should my daughter, TARA E. STROUP, predecease me, I devise and bequeath all the rest, residue and remainder of my estate of whatever nature and wherever situate, including any property over which I hold power of appointment and together with any insurance policies thereon, to my mother, RUTH S. PROUGH. THIRD: In addition to all powers granted to them by law and by other provisions of this Will, I give the fiduciaries acting hereunder the following powers, applicable to all proper- ty, exercisable without court approval and effective until actual distribution of all property: (A) To sell at public or private sale, or to lease, for any period of time, any real or personal property and to give options for sales, exchanges or leases, for such prices and upon such terms (including credit, with or without security) or conditions as are deemed proper. This includes the power to give legally sufficient instruments for transfer of the property and to) receive the proceeds of any disposition of it. (B) To partition, subdivide, or improve real estate and to enter into agreements concerning the partition, subdivi- sion, improvement, zoning or management of real estate and to impose or extinguish restrictions on real estate. ~; ~' rjiCj -~ -.;n ~-` ~ ~. , r..~. ~ ~..j.., =~%i `,.? _,_, _,.~ - C`~ f ~:.T c~ p -,r~ '~ (C) To compromise any claim or controversy and to abandon any property which is of little or no value. (D) To invest in all forms of property, including stocks, common trust funds and mortgage investment funds, without restriction to investments authorized for Pennsylvania fiduci- aries, as are deemed proper, without regard to any principle of diversification, risk or productivity. (E) To exercise any option, right or privilege granted in insurance policies or in other investments. (F) To exercise any election or privilege given by the Federal and other tax laws, including, but not necessarily being limited to, personal income, gift and estate or inheritance tax laws. (G) Ta make distributions to my herein named benefici- aries in cash or in kind or partly in each. (H) To borrow money from themselves or others in order to pay debts, taxes, or estate or trust administration expenses, to protect or improve any property held under my will, and for investment purposes. (I) To select a mode of payment under any qualified retirement plan (pension plan, profit sharing plan, employee stock ownership plan, or any other type of qualified plan) to the extent the plan or the law permits them to do so, and to exercise any other rights which they may have under the plan, in whatever manner they consider advisable. FOURTH: I direct that all inheritance, estate, trans- P~r, succession and death taxes, of any kind whatsoever, which may be payable by reason of my death, whether or not with respect to property passing under this Will, shall be paid out of the principal of my residuary estate. FIFTH: I nominate and appoint TARA E. STROUP, Executrix of this, my Last Will and Testament. In the event of the death, resignation or inability to serve for any reason whatsoever of the said TARA E. STROUP, I nominate and appoint 2 ~. JAMES D. BOGAR, Executor of this, my Last Will and Testament. I direct that my Executor or Executrix, as the case may be, and their successors, shall not be required to post security or a bond for the performance of their duties in any jurisdiction. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal to this, my Last Will and Testament, this ~~ day of ~•-- -:f:~ ~~uc.~tti'° ~ 1994. G ... ~9' , ~~ -~,.~ ~~ (SEAL) ELIZABETH A. STROUP t Signed, sealed, published and declared by the above- named Testatrix as and for her Last Will and Testament in our presence, who, at her request, in her presence and in the presence of each other, have hereunto subscribed our names as attesting witnesses. Address Address r ~, 3 r..i C7 G' ,. 'y~ N --`Ti OATH OF SUBSCRIBING WITNESS(ES) ~~~ REGISTER OF WILLS : -. CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA ~o~ -_` a ~ ~~ t.~ Estate of Elizabeth A. Prough, a/k/a Elizabeth A. Stroup ,Deceased James D. Bogar , (each) a subscribing witness to (Print Name/s) the ®Will ®Codicil(s) presented herewith, (each) being duly qualified according to law, depose(s) and say(s) that she / he /they was /were present and saw the above Testator /Testatrix sign the same and that she / he /they signed the same and that she / he /they signed as a witness at the request of the Testator /Testatrix in her /his (Signature) presence and in the presence of each other. (Si ature) One West Main treet (Street Address) (City, State, ZipJ Executed in Register's Office Sworn to or affirmed and subscribed before me this of day Deputy for Register of Wills (Street Address) Shiremanstown, PA 17011 (City, Stare, Zip) Executed out of Register's Office Sworn to or affirmed an1d/subscribed before me this ~.S~T l1 day of _~L?rte-, a~c~ . Notary Public U My Commission Expires: /c~//off/~~ (Signature and Seal of Notary or other official qualified to administer oaths. Show date of expiration of Notary's Commission.) NOTE: To be taken by Officer authorized to administer oaths. Please have present the original or copy of instr~u~+m! ent(s) at time of notarization. Form RW-03 rev. 10.13.06 "J"~~~~ BETN B. LEN6EL, IroTARY PUBLIC MYRCOMMSSSION EXPI ES DECEMB R012~2~ ~5 OATH OF NON-SUBSCRIBING WITNESS(ES) REGISTER OF WILLS CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA Estate of Elizabeth A. Prough, a/k/a Elizabeth A. Stroup ,Deceased Tara E. Stroup and (each) being duly qualified according to law, depose(s) and say(s) that she / he /they was /were well- acquainted with Elizabeth A. Prou~h, a/k/a Elizabeth A. Stroup and am/are familiar with the handwriting and signature of the decedent, and that the signature of Elizabeth A. Stroup to the foregoing instrument purporting to be the Last Will and Testament/Codicil of Elizabeth A. Stroup is in his/her own proper handwriting. (Signature 524 Fishing Creek Road (Street Address) (Signature) (Street Address) Lewisberry, PA 17339 (City, State, ZipJ Executed in Register's Office Sworn to or affirmed and subscribed before me this ~ 7 day of , ~(} ~~ f ~ ,y~ Deputy for Register of Wills (City, State, Zip) ^ f°~? v~ ~ v~~[ ~~O M~ _ ~_~ ~j` Ynn~ .~-~ ~ ...- ,fir {J O ~~ t~ ~ 7 ~ ""t'i'• ~ W L.~.~ 1Tt ~~ ...~. to ~' Form RW-04 rev. 10.13.06