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IN RE: : IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
ESTATE OF
KENNETH R. GROFF :ORPHANS' COURT DIVISION
DECEASED No.2010-01123
UNCONTESTED
PETITION FOR ORDER DIRECTING PAYMENT
OF RESTITUTION TO KENNETH GROFF TRUST B
Helen T. Groff, Executrix of the Estate of Kenneth R. Groff (the "Executrix"), by and
through her undersigned counsel petitions for a Court Order directing payment of the restitution
owed to Kenneth R. Groff, Deceased, to be made to the Kenneth Groff Trust B. In support of
this Petition, the Executor states as follows:
1. Pursuant to a guilty plea and sentencing order entered in Commonwealth v. Jean
M. Brown, Cumberland County Criminal Action CP-21-CR-2088-2003 (the "Criminal Action"),
Jean M. Brown was ordered pay restitution in the amount of $214,015.19.
2. Pursuant to Sentencing Order in the Criminal Action, the first $89,271.48 paid in
restitution by Jean M. Brown was to be delivered to Kenneth R. Groff ("Mr. Groff').
3. The restitution order was entered as a judgment in favor of Cumberland County
Adult Probation in Cumberland County Adult Probation v. Jean M. Brown, Civil Docket No. 04-
4788.
4. Jean M. Brown has been making restitution payments of $300 per month to the
Clerk of Courts, Costs & Fines Office. That Office transmitted the restitution payments to Mr.
Groff during his lifetime.
5. Mr. Groff died on October 30, 2010.
6. Mr. Groff is survived by his wife, Helen T. Groff, and his daughters Jessica Ann
Vollmer and Katie G. Reed.
7. Since approximately February 2011, pursuant to the Executrix's request, the Clerk
of Courts, Costs & Fines Office has made the restitution checks payable to the "Estate of
Kenneth R. Groff "
8. As of Apri12012, the amount of restitution still due to Mr. Groff is approximately
$60,300.00.
9. In his Will, Mr. Groff bequeathed certain items of tangible personal property to
specific individuals and provided that some of his property should be placed in "Trust A" to
obtain the marital deduction. Due to the size of the estate, no Trust A will be funded. A true and
correct copy of the Will of Kenneth R. Groff is attached hereto as Exhibit A.
10. Mr. Groffs Will provides that the remainder of his estate should be placed in
"Kenneth Groff Trust B." See, Ex. A, p. 2-3.
11. In accordance with the direction in Mr. Groffs Will, the restitution that is owed to
Mr. Groff should be deposited into Kenneth Groff Trust B.
12. The Trustees of the Kenneth Groff Trust B are his wife and his two daughters.
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13. In order to wind-up the affairs of Kenneth R. Groff so that the administration of
the Estate of Kenneth R. Groff may be completed, the Executrix requests that the Court enter an
order directing the Fines & Costs Office to make any future restitution payments payable to
"Kenneth Groff Trust B" and to deliver those payments to the address provided by the Trustees
of the Kenneth Groff Trust B.
14. Other than the Executrix, the only parties with any interest in the relief requested
in this petition are the heirs of Mr. Groff s estate, to wit Mr. Groff s two daughters.
15. Both of Mr. Groff s daughters have consented to the relief requested in this
Petition, so the Petition is uncontested. The signed consents of both daughters are attached
hereto.
WHEREFORE, the Executrix respectfully requests that the Court enter an order directing
that the restitution payments due to Kenneth R. Groff pursuant to the order entered in CP-21-CR-
0002088-2003 shall be payable to the Kenneth Groff Trust B.
McNEES WALLACE & NURICK PLC
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Kimberl . Colonna (PA 80362)
100 Pine Street
P.O. Box 1166
Harrisburg, PA 17108-1166
717- 232-8000
Counsel for Helen T. Groff, Executrix of the Estate
of Kenneth R. Groff
Date: May 22, 2012
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IN RE:
ESTATE OF
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF
CUiviFsER i,AivDCOUiv Ti', i EitiiVSi'LVAiviA
KENNETH R. GROFF :ORPHANS' COURT DIVISION
DECEASED No.2010-01123
CONSENT OF JESSICA ANN VOLLMER
I, Jessica Ann Vollmer, have reviewed the "Petition Directing Payment of Restitution to
Kenneth Groff Trust B" and the proposed decree. I hereby consent to the relief requested in that
Petition and consent to the entry of the decree.
Dated: May ~~~~, 2012
IN RE: : IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF
:CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
ESTATE OF
KENNETH R. GROFF :ORPHANS' COURT DIVISION
DECEASED NO. 2O 1 ~-~ 1123
CONSENT OF KATIE G. REED
I, Katie G. Reed, have reviewed the "Petition Directing Payment of Restitution to
Kenneth Groff Trust B" and the proposed decree. I hereby consent to the relief requested in that
Petition and consent to the entry of the decree.
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Dated: May ~~ ' , 2012
VERIFICATION
Subject to 18 Pa. C.S. § 4904, relating to unsworn falsification to authorities, I verify that
the facts set forth in the foregoing document are true and correct to the best of my knowledge or
information and belief.
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Dated: May /`! , 2012
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I, KENNETH R. GROFF, currently of_ Camp Hill, Pennsylvania,
declare this to be my will and hereby revoke all prior wills and
codicils made by me.
1. Personalty. I bequeath such items of my tangible
personal property as are specifically itemized on the list, if
any, in my handwriting, signed and dated by me at the end
thereof, and attached to this, my will, to the persons named
thereon to receive such items. I bequeath to my wife, HELEN T.
GROFF, all of my remaining tangible personal property not used in
business or for the production of income, including without
limitation furniture, furnishings, clothing, jewelry, objects of
art and decoration, and the like, and any motor vehicles which I
own, together with the insurance thereon, if she survives me. If
my wife does not survive me, then I bequeath all said property,
together with the insurance thereon, to those of my children,
JESSICA and KATIE, who survive me. With regard to the property
passing hereunder, distribution shall be made between said
children on the basis of choices in order determined by lot and
rotation, and the values as finally determined for inheritance
tax purposes shall be determinative with regard to the values of
the property chosen, and any disparity between my daughters shall
be equalled by such payments between them as may be necessary.
If one of my daughters is not living at the time of my death, the
choices to which she would have been entitled shall be made by
her issue in order determined by lot and rotation.
2. Residue. I bequeath, devise, and appoint all the rest
of my property, of whatever nature and wherever situated,
including property over which I hold a power of appointment,
except that I do not exercise any power of appointment given to
me by my wife, to the Trustees hereinafter named, for the
following purposes:
(a) If my wife, HELEN T. GROFF, survives me, then the
Trustees shall establish Trust A hereunder, governed by paragraph
3 below, by allocation thereto, from the property held hereunder,
an amount, if any, equal to (i) the minimum amount, of*er
into account all deductions other than the marital dea
applying all credits available, which is necessary as the Marital
deduction to reduce to the lowest possible amount the federal
estate tax payable by reason of my death, less (ii) the value of
all other assets in my gross estate which qualify for the marital
deduction and which pass or have passed to my said wife under
other provisions of this will or otherwise. In determining such
amount, all assets involved in the calculation shall be valued at
final federal estate tax values, but in funding Trust A, date of
distribution values shall be used and only assets that qualify
for the marital deduction shall be used. I intend that the
interest of my wife in Trust A shall qualify for the marital
deduction, and any provisions herein which may appear to conflict
with or in any way defeat my intention to obtain the marital
deduction for the full amount of Trust A shall be construed or
applied to accomplish that intention.
(b) The remainder of the property passing hereunder
shall be held as Trust B. (See paragraph 4 below.) If my wife
does not survive me, then all the property passing hereunder
shall be held as Trust B.
3. Trust A. The income and principal of Trust A (if
established hereunder) shall be distributed as follows:
(a) Income. The Trustees shall pay the net income
from Trust A to or for the benefit of my wife, HELEN T. GROFF,
for her lifetime, in such installments, but not less frequently
than quarterly, as the Trustees may determine.
(b) Principal. The Trustees shall pay from time to
time from the principal of Trust A to or for the benefit of my
wife:
(i) such sums as shall in the discretion ~f the
Trustees seem proper for her support, maintenance, and hea~~h
care or necessary to permit her to maintain a standard of i
approximately equal to that maintained by her during my life.,„~
taking into account such other sources of income, support and
estate that may be available to her, and
(ii) such sums, including any or all principal,
that my wife may request in writing.
(c} After wife's Lifetime. Upon the death of my wife,
HELEN T. GROFF, all the principal then held in Trust A shall be
distributed as she may by her will appoint, making specific
reference to this Trust A. Except as expressly stated in the
preceding sentence, there shall be no restriction, condition or
qualification on or to the power to make such appointment and the
permissible beneficiaries. The power of appointment shall be
exercisable by my wife alone and in all events, and there shall
be no power in any person other than my wife to appoint to any
other person any part of the property passing under Trust A. To
the extent that my wife should fail to exercise effectively her
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power of appointment over any part of the property in Trust A,
the Trustees shall (except to the extent that my wife expressly
directs to the contrary in her last will or in a writing
delivered to the Trustees during her lifetime) pay from the
unappointed portion of the principal of Trust A:
(i) the amount of any additional estate,
inheritance or other death taxes imposed on account of the death
of my wife by reason of her power of appointment over and other
rights in the unappointed portion of the principal of Trust A
(the amount of each such additional tax to be equal to the excess
if any of the tax, including any interest thereon, payable by
reason of her death over the amount of such tax which would have
been payable if no such tax was payable by reason of her death
with respect to the unappointed principal of Trust A), and
(ii) any expenses incurred in the administration
of her estate attributed to the determination of such taxes (and
the Trustees may accept the written statement of her personal
representatives as to the amount of taxes and expenses payable
hereunder), and the remaining balance of the principal held in
Trust A at her death shall be added to and considered part of
Trust B and shall be administered and distributed under the
provisions herein governing Trust B.
4. Trust B. The income and principal of Trust B shall be
distributed as follows:
(a) Income. The Trustees shall pay the net income
from Trust B to or for the benefit of my wife, HELEN T. GROFF,
for her lifetime, in such installments, but not less frequently
than quarterly, as the Trustees may determine.
(b) Principal. The Trustees shall from time to time
pay such sums from the principal of Trust B to or for the benefit
of my wife as may in the discretion of the Trustees seem
necessary for her support, maintenance and health care, or
necessary to permit her to maintain a standard of living
maintained by her during my lifetime, taking into account such
other sources of income, support and estate that may be available
to her. In determining whether any invasion shall be made for
the benefit of my wife from the principal of Trust A or from the
principal of Trust B, such invasion shall be made from Trust A as
far as practical. No beneficiary of Trust B shall participate as
a co-Trustee in any decision under this subparagraph (b).
(c) After Wife's Lifetime; Limited Power of
Appointment by Wife. Upon the death of the survivor of my wife
and me, if she survives me, the Trustees shall pay the balance
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held in Trust B, outright or in trust, in such amounts or
proportions to or for the benefit of any or all of my issue and
their spouses or former spouses and persons gifts to whom are
then allowable as deductions under Section 2055 of the Internal
Revenue Code (or any successor provision), as my wife may direct
in her will making specific reference to Trust B hereunder. To
the extent that my wife should fail to exercise effectively her
limited power of appointment over Trust B, or if she should
predecease me, then the principal remaining in Trust B shall be
distributed per stirpes to my issue, provided, however, that if
any such issue is then under the age of thirty-five (35) years,
his or her share shall be held for him or her in a separate trust
hereunder under the terms of paragraph 6 below, or, if no issue
of mine are then living, the same shall be subject to the terms
of paragraph 5 below.
5. Alternate Distribution. Any property stated in
subparagraph (c) above or paragraph 6(c) below to be held under
the terms of this paragraph 5, and any other property held
hereunder when no issue of mine are living which is not
effectively disposed of elsewhere herein, shall be distributed
one half to my intestate heirs then determined, and one half to
my wife's intestate heirs as then determined.
6. Separate Trusts. The income and principal of a
separate trust in which a share in Trust B is held for a
beneficiary pursuant to the terms of paragraph 4(c) above shall
be distributed as follows:
(a) Income. The income shall be distributed at least
quarterly to or for the benefit of the beneficiary. No payment
shall be made under this subparagraph (a) which would discharge
to any extent the legal obligation of any person for the support
of the beneficiary.
(b) Principal. The Trustees shall pay from the
principal such sums to or for any or all of the beneficiary and
his or her issue as in the discretion of the Trustees seems
proper for their support, maintenance, health care, and
education, and such sums to or for the benefit of the beneficiary
as in the discretion of the Trustees seem proper to help
establish him or her in a business or profession or acquire or
furnish a home for him or her, taking into account the other
sources of income, support and estate that are available to the
distributes, the reasonably anticipated needs and resources of
the beneficiary and his or her issue, their income and estate tax
brackets, the desirability of the transaction (if any), and the
possible application of any generation-skipping tax. No payment
shall be made under this subparagraph (b) which would discharge
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to any extent the legal obligation of any person for the support
of the distributee.
(c) Distribution of Separate Trust.
(i) When such beneficiary shall have attained the
age of twenty-five (25) years, the Trustees shall distribute to
him or her at written request one-third (1/3) of the remaining
principal balance then held in his or her separate trust; when
such beneficiary shall have attained the age of thirty (30)
years, the Trustees shall distribute to him or her at written
request one-half of the remaining principal balance; and when
such beneficiary .shall have attained the age of thirty-five (35}
years, the Trustees shall distribute to him or her at written
request the entire balance held in his or her separate trust.
(ii) If such beneficiary should die before making
proper request for the entire balance in his or her separate
trust, then the entire balance in his or her separate trust shall
at his or her death be distributed, outright or in trust, in such
sums or proportions as such beneficiary may direct in his or her
last will, expressly referring to his or her separate trust
hereunder, but only among my issue and their spouses or former
spouses and persons gifts to whom are then allowable as
deductions under Section 2055 of the Internal Revenue Code (or
any successor provision); and to the extent that such beneficiary
shall fail to exercise effectively his or her limited power of
appointment hereunder, the aforementioned balance in his or her
separate trust shall then be distributed per stirpes to his or
her issue, or, if no such issue survive him or her, per stirpes
to the issue of his or her parent who was a child or more remote
descendant of mine, or, if no such issue survive him or her, per
stirpes to my issue, with the share of any of such issue for whom
property is then held in or payable to a separate trust under
this paragraph 6 being added to such separate trust, or, if no
issue of mine are then living, said balance shall be subject to
the provisions of paragraph 5 above.
(d) Disposition Upon Application of Rule Against
Perpetuities. If during the lifetime of a person for whom a
separate trust under this paragraph 6 was established the
interest of such person therein becomes void under the applicable
rule against perpetuities, then the balance in such separate
trust shall then be distributed outright to such person.
7. Survival Clauses. If my wife and I should die under
such circumstances that it cannot be determined which of us
survives, my wife shall be deemed to have survived me for all
purposes hereunder. If any other beneficiary hereunder should
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die within sixty (60) days after me or within sixty (60) days
after any other person the survival of whom determines his or her
rights hereunder, then such beneficiary shall be deemed to have
predeceased me or such other person for all purposes hereunder.
8. Powers. In addition to such other powers and duties as
may be granted elsewhere herein or which may be granted by law,
the fiduciaries hereunder shall have the following powers and
duties, without the necessity of notice to or consent by any
Court:
(a) To retain all or any part of my property, real or
personal, in the form in which it may be held at the time of its
receipt, including any closely held business in which I have an
interest and any stock of any corporate fiduciary hereunder, as
long as in the exercise of their discretion it may be advisable
so to do, notwithstanding that said property may not be of a
character authorized by law, provided, however, that upon written
request by my wife, they shall within a reasonable time make
productive of income any interest in property {however and
whenever acquired) held in Trust A hereunder.
(b) To invest and reinvest any funds held hereunder in
any property, real or personal, including, but not by way of
limitation, bonds, preferred stocks, common stocks, and other
securities of domestic or foreign corporations or investment
trusts, mortgages or mortgage participations, and common trust
funds, even though such property would not be considered
appropriate or legal for a fiduciary apart from this provision.
(c) To sell, convey, exchange, par'-ition, give options
to buy or lease upon, or otherwise dispose any property, real
or personal, at any time held by them, with ~r w ~hout order of
court at their option, at public or private sale ~ otherwise,
for cash or other consideration or for such credit terms as they
think proper, and upon such terms and for such pricey as they may
determine, and to convey such property free of all trusts.
(d) To borrow money from any person, including any
fiduciary hereunder, for any purpose in connection with the
administration hereof, to execute promissory notes or other
obligations for amounts so borrowed, and to secure the payments
of such amounts by mortgages or pledges of any property, real or
personal, which may be held hereunder.
(e) To make loans, secured or unsecured, in such
amounts, upon such terms, at such rates of interest, and to such
persons, firms or corporations as they may deem advisable.
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{f) To renew or extend the time for payment of any
obligation, secured or unsecured, payable to or by them, for as
long a period of time and on such terms, as they may determine,
and to adjust, settle and arbitrate claims or demands in favor of
or against them.
(g) In dividing or distributing any property, real or
personal, included herein, to divide or distribute in cash, in
kind, or partly in cash and partly in kind.
{h) To hold, manage, and develop any real estate which
may be held by them at any time, to mortgage any such property in
such amounts and on such terms as they may deem advisable, to
lease any such property for such term or terms, and upon such
conditions and rentals as they may deem advisable, whether or not
the term of any such lease shall exceed the period permitted by
law or the probable period of retention under this instrument; to
make repairs, replacements and improvements, structural and
otherwise, in connection with any such property, to abandon any
such property which they may deem to be worthless or not of
sufficient value to warrant keeping or protecting, and to permit
any such property to be lost by tax sale or any other
proceedings.
(i) To employ such brokers, banks, custodians,
investment counsel, attorneys, and other agents, and to delegate
to them such duties, rights and powers as they may determine, and
for such periods as they think fit.
(j) To register any securities at any time in their
names as fiduciary, or in the names of nominees, with or without
indicating the trust character of the securities so registered.
(k) With respect to any securities held hereunder, to
vote upon any proposition or election at any meeting of the
person or entity issuing such securities, and to grant proxies,
discretionary or otherwise, to vote at any such meeting; to join
or become a party to any reorganization, readjustment, merger,
voting trust, consolidation or exchange, and to deposit any such
securities with any committee, depository, trustee or otherwise,
and to pay out of the trust created herein, any fees, expenses,
and assessments incurred in connection therewith; to exercise
conversion, subscription or other rights, and to receive or hold
any new securities issued as a result of any such reorganization,
readjustment, merger, voting trust, consolidation, exchange or
exercise of conversion, subscription or other rights and
generally to take all action with respect to any such securities
as could be taken by the absolute owner thereof.
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(1) To engage in sales, leases,
transactions with my estate, the estate of
established by either of us, even if they
beneficiaries thereof.
loans, and other
my wife, or any trust.
are also fiduciaries or
(m) To make all necessary proofs of death under the
insurance policies of which they are the beneficiary, to execute
any receipts for the proceeds and to institute any action to
collect said proceeds a::d to make adjustments of any claim
thereunder, provided, however, that they need not institute any
action unless they shall have been indemnified against all
expenses and liabilities to which they may become subject as a
result thereof. If, however, they desire to institute such
action without indemnification, they are hereby authorized to be
reimbursed for all expenses and liabilities incurred as a result
thereof from any amounts which may be held in trust hereunder
then or thereafter.
(n) To exercise all elections which they may have with
respect to income, gift, estate, inheritance or other taxes,
including without limitation execution of joint income tax
returns, election to deduct expenses in computing one tax or
another, election to split gifts, and election to pay or to defer
payment of any tax, in all events without their being bound to
require contribution from any other person.
(o) To operate, own, or develop any business or
property held hereunder in any form, including without limitation
sole proprietorship, limited or general partnership, corporation,
association, tenancy in common, condominium, or any other,
whether or not they have restricted or no management rights, as
they in their discretion think best.
9. Spendthrift Clause. No interest (whether in income or
principal, whether or not a remainder interest, and whether
vested or contingent) of any beneficiary hereunder shall be
subject to anticipation, pledge, assignment, sale or transfer in
any manner, nor shall any beneficiary have power in any manner to
charge or encumber his or her said interest, nor shall the said
interest of any beneficiary be liable or subject in any manner
while in the possession of the fiduciaries for any liability of
such beneficiary, whether such liability arises from his or her
debts, contracts, torts, or other engagements of any type.
10. Facility of Payments for Minors or Incompetents. Any
amounts or property which are payable or distributable hereunder
to a minor or incompetent may, at the discretion of the
fiduciaries, be paid to the parent or guardian of such minor or
incompetent, to the person with whom such minor or incompetent
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resides, or directly to such minor or incompetent, or may be
applied for the use or benefit of such minor or incompetent.
11. Taxes. I direct that all estate, inheritance, and
succession taxes that may be assessed in consequence of my death,
of whatever nature and by whatever jurisdiction imposed, other
than generation-skipping taxes, shall be paid out of the
principal of my general estate to the same effect as if said
taxes were expenses of administration, except that any such
additional taxes (and interest and penalties thereon) imposed on
account of my interest in or power over any trust established by
my wife shall be paid out of the property held in such trust, and
all other property includable in my taxable estate for federal or
state tax purposes, whether or not passing under this will, shall
be free and clear thereof; provided, however, that my executors
may in the discretion of the executors request that any portion
or all of said taxes (to be paid out of the principal of my
general estate} shall instead be paid out of the principal of any
trust established by me in this will or otherwise, to the extent
expressly authorized under the terms of said trust. With the
consent of the Trustees hereunder, said taxes may be paid out of
the principal of Trust B hereunder as if said taxes were expenses
of administration thereof, provided, however, that no such taxes
shall be paid out of Trust A hereunder or out of assets that are
not includable in my federal gross estate.
12. Fiduciaries. I appoint as executor hereunder my wife,
HELEN T. GROFF. If she should be unable or unwilling to serve or
to complete the administration of my estate, then PNC BANK, N.A.,
with offices in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, shall serve in her
place. I appoint as Trustees hereunder my wife, HELEN T. GROFF,
and PNC BANK, N.A. If my wife should be unable ~ ~inwilling to
serve or to complete the administration of any ti ~reunder,
then PNC BANK, N.A. shall serve alone. Under no cll stare
shall my wife serve as sole Trustee hereunder. No indiv
fiduciary shall be liable for the acts, omissions or defy _s of
any agent appointed and retained with due care or of any
co-fiduciary. No fiduciary shall be required to furnish bond or
other security for the proper performance of duties hereunder.
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TN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, KENNETH R. GROFF, herewith set my
hand to this, my last Will, typewritten on eleven (11) sheets of
paper including the self-proving attestation clause and
signatures of witnesses, this 21st day of May, 1996.
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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
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Kennet~~}h R. Groff (the testator) , ~,~,.k4H.~,p ~~ ~ wISoP3 ,
~R~E,~.1 D . T1R~~~ R~ and ~.A-{ZU~. (~ E1, k ~ ( the
witnesses), whose names are signed to the foregoing instrument,
being first duly sworn, each hereby declares to the undersigned
authority that the testator signed and executed the instrument as
his last will in the presence of the witnesses and that he had
signed willingly, 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 his or her
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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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WI~NESS: WITNESS:
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Subscribed, sworn to and acknowledged before me by Kenneth R.
Groff, the testator, and subscr~ifb~ed~ ~and~ swjo~r~n~,to before me by
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~(u1~~„ ~, W~~_'~,~(~ the witnesses, this 21st day of
May, 1996.
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nia, declare this to bas' -
the first codicil to my Will executed on May 21, 1996.
Section 12 of my Will is amended and restated in its entirety to read as
follows:
"SECTION 12
FIDUCIARIES
§ 12. Fiduciaries. I appoint as executrix hereunder my wife, HELEN T.
GROFF. If she should be unable or unwilling to serve or to complete the
administration of my estate, then I appoint such of my daughters, KATIE G. REED
and JESSICA ANN VOLLMER, as are able and willing to serve, as successor
executrix(s) and if neither is willing and able to serve, PNC BANK, N.A. with offices
in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, shall serve in their place. I appoint as Trustees
hereunder my wife, HELEN T. GROFF, and my daughters, KATIE G. REED and
JESSICA ANN VOLLMER. If my wife or one of my daughters should be unable or
unwilling to serve or to complete the administration of any trust hereunder, no
successor shall be appointed to serve in her place. If neither of my daughters is able
or willing to serve, PNC BANK, N.A. shall serve as sole Trustee or Co-Trustee with
my wife, as the case may be. Under no circumstances shall my wife serve as sole
Trustee hereunder. No individual fiduciary shall be liable for the acts, omissions or
defaults of any agent appointed and retained with due care or of any co-fiduciary.
No fiduciary shall be required to furnish bond or other security for the proper
performance of duties hereunder."
3. In all other respects, my said Will, subject to any earlier codicils, shall remain
unchanged.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, KENNETH R. GROFF, herewith set my hand to this, a
codicil to my last Will, typewritten on three (3) sheets of paper including the self-proving
attestation clause and signatures of witnesses, this 4th day of September, 2009.
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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
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COUNTY OF DAUPHIN
KENNETH R. GROFF (the testator),~~,~.,a~~l ~.JFr.rensan ,
and I~~kc, ~, ~~; ~,-- (the witnesses), whose names are signed to the
foregoing instrument, being first duly sworn, each hereby declares to the undersigned
authority that the testator signed and executed the instrument as a codicil to his last will in
the presence of the witnesses and that he had signed willingly, 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 codicil as witness and
that to the best of his knowledge the testator was at that time eighteen years of age or
older, of sound mind and under no constraint or undue influence.
TESTA
K~IVNETH R. GROFF
Subscribed, sworn to and acknowledged before me by KENNETH R. GROFF, the testator,
and subscribed and sworn to before me by '~c~r~ ~ • ~eyavi~on and
~~ u~~ • S~ ~ ~~~ ,the witnes es, this 4`h day of September, 2009.
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Notary P
(SEAL)
COMMONWEALTH uE PENNSYLVANIA
Notarial Seal
Karen D. Rafferty, Notary Public
City of Harrisburg, Dauphin County
My Commission Expires Feb.13, 2010
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WITNESS:
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
The undersigned hereby certifies that on this date a true and correct copy of the forgoing
documents were served by first class mail, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:
Jessica Ann Vollmer
345 Country Lane
Phoenixville, PA 19467
Katie G. Reed
1110 Wansford Rd.
Mechanicsburg, PA 17050
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Kim erl~~ . Colonna
Dated: May 22, 2012