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Home My WebLink About08-01-12PETITION 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 Inform-•'-- Name: Emma M. Tritt a/k/a: File No: 21 - ~'2' D .Z. a/k/a: (Assigned by Register) a/k/a: Date of Death: 07/14/2012 Social Security No: 204-03-9961 Age at Death: 91 Decedent was domiciled at death in Cumberland County, principal residence at 9 Alliance Drive, Carlisle 17073 Carlisle PA (State) with his/her last Street address, Post Office and Zip Code Cumberland Decedent died at 9 Alliance Drive, Carlisle 17013 Carlisle Cumberland pq city, Township or Borough county Street address, Post Office and Zip Cade ® City, Township or Borough County State Estimate of value of decedent's property at death: /f domiciled in Pennsy/vania ...................... All personal property /f not domici/ed in Pennsylvania ...........:.... Personal roe m Penns vania $ 30 000.00 /f not domiciled in Pennsylvania ................ Personal property in County $ Value of real estate in Pennsylvania ................................................................... $ Real estate in Pennsylvania situated at ^ TOTAL ESTIMATED VALUE $ 30,000.00 (Attach additronal sheets, if necessary.) Street address, Post Office and Zip Code City, Township or Borough County ® A. Petition for Probate and Grant of L }}erc '* Petitioner(s) aver(s) that he/she/they is/are the Executor(s) named in the Last Will of the Decedent, dated 10/29/2007 thereto dated and Codicil(s) State relevant circumstances (e.g., renunciatron, death of executor, etc.) Except as follows: after the execution of the instrument(s) offered for probate, Decedent did not ma 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 adopted; and Decedent was neither the victim of a killing nor ever adjudicated an incapacitated person. (g), and did not have a child born or ® NO EXCEPTIONS ~ EXCEPTIONS ^ B. Petition for Grant of LettPrc of Adminic•rn*~„ (If applicable) c.t.a., d.b.n., d.b.n.c.t.a., pedente lite, durante absentia. durante minoritate If Administration, c.ta or d.b.n.c.t.a., enter date of ~•~ill in Section Aabove -nd cornolete i ~• s ~ Except as follows: Decedent was not a party to pending dtvorce ng in 23 Pa. C.S. § 3323 (g) and was neither the victim of a killing nor eveedadjudlcated ane ncapacltateddperso had been established as defined ®NO EXCEPTIONS ~ EXCEPTIONS additiona/sheets, if necessary): Petitioner(s), after a proper search haslhave ascertained that Decedent left no Will and was survived by the following spouse (if any) and heirs (attach Form RW-02 rev. ~0-»-2ot1 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 } Petitioner(s) Printed Address Petitioner(s) Printed Name 33 Silver Maple Drive Richard L. Tritt Boiling Springs, PA 17007 Date Date Li .. t ! ~ f j'+ ~ ~ ~. ~;c~--' z ~~. N The Petitioner(s) above-nameda Perso al Repressent tive(s) of the Qecedent Petigtion~s) will well and truly adm nistebthe estateka ~~ t9 tq lawl/ belief of Petitioner(s) and tha , (~ ~ ~ ~~~ Date l ~~i ~~ Sworn to~o~~r~~ffimted and'••`'°"'~~'°'~ hofnre Date me t~L~_tiaYi°f --~ For the Register To the Register of calls: Please enter my appe~ r-a BOND Required? ^ YES L"J "O FEES: Letters . ......................................... ( )Short Certificate(s)......... ( )Renunciation(s) .............. ( )Codicil(s) ........................ ( )Affidavit(s) ...................... Bond .. ........................................... Commission ................................. Other below: $ ' ~• ~ Attorne e: Pr' a e: Bradley L Griffie Supreme Court 34349 ID Number: Firm Name: Griffiie 8~ Associates P.C. Address: 200 North Hanover Street Carlisle, PA 17013 Automation Fee ............................ JCS Fee ....................................... TOTAL ......................................... $ ~ . Phone: 717-243-5551 Fax: E-mail: bgriffie@griffielaw.com DECREE OF THE REGISTER Date of Death: 0711412012 Social Security No: 204-03-9961 File No: 21 Estate of Emma M. Tritt ~k/a: ~ f ; (:~ , in consideration of the foregoing Petition, AND NOW, satisfactory proof having been presente ' efore me, IT IS DECREED that Letters Testamenta are hereby granted to Richard L. Tritt in the above estate and (if applicable) that the instrument(s) dated 1012912007 described in the Petition be admitted to probate and filed of record as ttyg ~~ ~ i~(an ~ dicil(s)) ~ ~ ~ ~~ p' Form RW-02 rev. 10/11/2011 Register of Wills ~~" J~~ ~~~~i(~1_,~ Copyright (c) 2011 form software o I~y T`he Lac er Group, Inc. Official Use Only Page 2 of 2 LOC ,~~~'I~R'S CERTIFICATION OF DEATH WARM ~ ~~'~'~N~~4''duplicate this co u~,.;+ ~~• y ,,.~.)r pY by photostat or photograph. Fee for this certificate, $6.00 ~y ~~~~ ~~~ ~ ~ p~ ~~ ~ ~ This is to certify that the information here given correctly copied from an original Certificate of Dea ~,;,y ,.. ,;. duly filed with me as Local Registrar. The origin ~~'~ t;e~~T certificate will be forwarded to the State Vit; ~~~~ (`~ t ~ Records Office for permanent tiling. P 186~7~40 ~ ~., Certification Number ~. ~y 1 ~~~~~ ----_____ f- TYpe/Prmtln- Local Registrar Permanent COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVgNIA . DEPARTMENT OF HEgLTH .VITAL RECORDS l~a[e ISSUed Middle, Last, suffix) CERTIFICATE OF DEATH a M . T r i t t 2. Sax 3. Social c._.. _.~- -. State File Numbwr- y~ a is Registry ~- twp. ItY/born - marnag<~_ ~~ ~-~ prings :edent's Hama ••• nd I FD 13895 L s decedent considered h mO to Indicate what lf O Se or h 'White ers elf to be. Black or gfrican American ~ Korean American Indian or glaska Nat We Allan Indian ~ Vietnamese ~ Other ASlan Chinese ~ Native Hawaiian Filipino ~ Guamanian or Ch Japanese ~ amorro O sampan Other (Specify) _ 0 ocher Paelfle Islander 9 ]- Months Days ga. Residence (State or Foreign Country) Sb. Re pannsylvania g Bd. Residence (County) Cumberland ge. Ra 9. Ever In US Armed Forces? Q yes ~ No Q Unknown 10. Marital Sta l2. father's Name (First, Middle, Last, SO D'vorced lea. Inf°rmanr, Names enn D . Main; Richard Tritt • ...............P ....: ...- . f Death Occurred In a Hos Ital- Cf Emergenry Room/out ~ lnpatlenS Sb. Facility Name H not 1 s atlent Dea n Htutlon, give street and Chape pointe 6a. Method of Disposition 0 Buruial ~ Remo al from State ~ DonaTlonO 6d L Other (Specify) tl f DI P Iti (City o Town, State, and Philadelp2iia PA 191n r Mlnut<s =D~eCf~Birth (MO/Day/Year) (Spell Month) 7a go-ehp9 9 61 mbar 29, 1920 New (Street and Number-Include Apt No) gc- Did Decedent LI chin ai Towlnsh p7 LianGe Dr Orra, decedent n..ed In (zip coda) 1 7 O Ime of Death 0 Married ®NO, decedent Iiyad within limits of Never Married ~ Vnknown i owed 11. Surviving Spouse's Name (If C- ~ 13. Mother's Name P.~...._ _.__- _ 3 3 - -.... sa. P awe ° eat S i 1 ve ........N......-..... ec Beath O """•-•^ ^ y one X ccurrad Somewhere Other Than a Hos ti~.F ing H m /L g T ice, ~ ~~~ ~,; nd~ Ca F R ~a r c°dl 7 0 1 3 ~. Date of Disposition 16c. Place of Dis 7/16/2012 Humanity Sigma F u/~eral S ice Ucynsee or Par. Laura ~~e£~e ~B Address (Street and Numb r Maple Dr. Ighest de ~~-_~~~" - neck thepbox that best describes the gree or level of school tom leted at the time of death 0 8th grade or less 19- Decedent of His / Panic Origin -Check b h . No diploma, 9th - 12th grade t e ox that bast describes is Spanish/His whether the decedent i $) Hlgh school graduate or GED completed ~( Some college Credit b Pan c/Latino. Check the ^No" box If decedent Is not Spanish/His Pa^ic/l , ut no degree ~ Associate degree (e g. qq, qS ) atino. No, not Spanish/His Panic/Latino 0 Yes, Mexican M @ Q Bachelor's de ~ Master's de gree ( .g. gq~ qB, BS) gree (e.g. MA MS ME , exican American, Chicano ~ Yes, Puerto Rican Q Yes Cub , , n Doctorate B. MEd, MSW, Mgq) (e.g. PhD, Etl D) or Professional de , an 0 Yes, other Spanish/Hispani /L gree _,_ (s.g. MD DDS DVM LLB D e c atino (Specify) ----e~- -•-~= x,r-~eslgnatlon -Check ONLY ONE to Indi .Q White Black or gfrican American Q American I d cate what the decedent cons) r ~ Japanese Q Sam ~ Korean n ian or Alaska Native Q Asian Indian ~ Vietnamese Q O Q Other Pacific Islander Q Don't Kno Chinese ~ Filipino ther Allan l l w/Not Sure ~ Refused ITE ~ Gua manian o r Cha ~ Other (Specfy) MS 23a - 23 MUST BE COMPLETED BY PERSON WHO PRONOUNCES OR CERTIFlFC new.-.. morro 23a. Date Pronounced Dea w - _ .. _. _- Mo Dom., during most of working Ilfe. , DO NOT a ty°e of worl Homemaker VSE RETIRED. 26. PaK 1. Enter the h CAUSE .-,a°tcal Examiner$r Coroner Conte d? B (,~ ~ ~<!~>=--diseases, In)urles, or compucattonz_that dtreecOF DEATH O Yes LET No respiratory arrest, o ntricular flbrillatlon without showing the etlolo Y caused the death. DO NOT enter termin 1 IMMEDIATE CAUSE ~ BY- DO NOT ABBREVIATE. Enter onl a events such as cardiac arrest gPProximate --- ['~ t~Ylea4 Y one cause on a Ilne. Add additional lines If necessa Interval: (Final disease or condlNOn s G( U ~_ ry Onset to Deeth resulting in death) a Due to (or as a con sequence of): ? U Saquent1a11Y list conditions, b. If any, leading to the cause Due to (or listed on Ilne a. Enter the as a consequence of): 6 UNDERLYING CAUSE f ~_ (disease or Injury thaet C Due So (or ~ Initiated the events r suiting d as a consequence of): .? In death) LAST. ( yy~i -~~ 3 26. PaK 11. Enter other Due to (or as a consequence of): € 333 ~jgDLf_(£ant c dlti t 1 ti d y but not resulting in the and<rl (n f -- g Y B cause given In Part 1 27. Was an autapsY Performed? 29. If Femal<: ~ ~ es No 2g-Were topsy flndin ~ Not pregnant within 30. Did Tobacco Use Contribute to Death? to complete the cause of death? Q Pregnant a ^time of deathyear ~ Yes ~ pregna t, but No ~ Not ~ Yas Q Probably 31. Manner of Dea[A ~' ~ Not pregnant, but pre ^ant within 42 days of death ~NO Q Unknown ~ Natural Q Homicide Q Unknown if Bnant 43 days to 1 year before deatF ~ Accident ~ pending Inyasti Pregnant within the past yeas 32. Date of Injury (Mo/Day/yr S ~ Suicide Could no gation ( pall Month) 0 L be determined 34. Place of Injury (e.g, home; construction site; farm; school) 33. Time of Injury 35. Location of Injury (Street and Numb<r, Gity, State, 21p Coda) 36. Injury at Work 37. If TranspoKation Injury, Specify: ~ Yes ~ Driver/Operator ~ pedestrian 3g- Describe How Injury Occ red: NO ~ Passenger ur 39a. Ca Kifler (Check on ~ Other (Specify) ~~~ Ce Kifying physician ~TO)the best of m knowled ~ Pronouncing J$ CaKifying ph slelan Y ge, death occurred tlue to the cause(s) and m 0 Medical Examiner/C r V - To the best of my know(edg<, death occurred at the time, date Sand placq and due to the cause s - On the basis of examination, and/or inyestl Signature of certifier. ~ ...s, ~ Bation, In my opinion, death occurred at the tim<, ()and manner stetad 39b. Name, Address and 21p Code of Person Completing C sue a of Death (Item 26) date, and piac<, and due to the tau ann Title of certifier: se(s) and m er slated ~'6to ~ p- f` ZhJvv,rti, 1_ UcenseNUmber. f~t~pf` 2`1(C 40. Reglatra is District Number J1 ~~ Z~ NQtJ~f4~ r' ± 39c. Date 1 _ 41. R<gistrar's Sig ~ f \v e' ~•~'~-~ ~ A n~~.s ~ e^a (MO/Day/Yr) 0 ~b /2 43. Amendments ~` >~~~_~ _ __. _^ 42. Registrar FI a n..~ .._ Disposition Permit No._ ~`1.`-f~O=-- H105-143 ~..,' s ; ~ ~ LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT ~~ ;'~- ~ _ .C7 ~ r " C"7 ~ _ c 1" ~? OF ~ ~' - cr`; - ,, _ , -~,, EMMA M. TRITT ~c ~' ' ~ `+ - ~.. I, EMMA M. TRITT of Cumberland County, Pennsylvani d r~-' ~,? ~~ a, o make publishand declare this as and for my Last Will and Testament, hereby expressly revokin all ' l w 9 i ls and codicils made by me heretofore, and dispose of m est t y a e as follows: ITEM 1: I direct the payment of my just debts and funeral ex penses, includin a suitable and proper grave marker, as soon as convenient) can be g Y done following m y decease. ITEM 2: I direct that all State and Federal Transfer Inheritance T ax, Estate Tax Succession Tax or any other tax, including any interest , assessments or enal p ties thereon, that may become due a d n payable by virtue of my death, or by virtue of the passing of any property either under my Last Will and Test ament, or in any other manner shall be paid from my residuary estate, just as if such taxes were my debts , and no beneficiary shall be required to pay or refund any part thereof. ITEM 3: I give and bequeath my grandfather's clock to my daughter, JANE HIPPENSTEEL. ITEM 4: I give, devise, and bequeath all the rest, residue and remaind er of m estate to my children RICHARD TRITT and JANE HIPPENSTEEL y , a uall q y. If either child of mine is not living at the time of my death, but has issue who are then li i v ng, then tha t deceased child's share of my estate shall be distributed to the issue of that deceased child, per stirpes. If a child is not then living and do es not leave issue who are then livin 9~ then such deceased child's share of my estate shall lapse. If I have no livin children 9 or other issue, my residuary estate shall be distributed to my heirs at law as determined at the time of my death under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in effect my death. at ITEM 5: In the administration of my estate my Executor shall have the following powers without leave of court in addition to, but not in limitation of, the ow p ers granted by law to the Executors of estates, which powers shall continue after the termination of my estate until actual distribution of the assets: A. To receive in the estate and to retain any assets, real or personal, to which I may be entitled at the time of my death, which my Executor may deem for the best interest of the estate without being required to convert said assets into so-called "I egal investments". B. To invest and reinvest in such securities as a prudent investor of intelli ence g and discretion would buy for himself for investment, and not for speculation, givin due regard to the safety of the principal and the adequacy of the inco g me, and without being limited to the so-called "legal investments" of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania s aid investment authority to include the right to invest in any Discretionary or Legal Common Trust Fund that may be administered and managed by a Corporate Executor or Corporate Trustee. C. To sell or buy real estate without Court order at public or private sale; to make execute and deliver or receive good and sufficient deeds of conveyance and give or receive good title therefor; to reinvest the proceeds as if they had originated in personal 2 property; to mortgage or encumber any real estate comprising part of my estate, borrowing the necessary funds from himself or from any other source; to improve an property or otherwise ex end p p Y p princi al funds for the u keep and welfare of any properties; to release, vacate and abandon the same; to grant and acquire licenses and easements with respect thereto; to make improvements to or upon the same; and in general to do all things necessary in the management of the properties as if he is the owner thereof, including the right to let property and to make leases for any term. The purchaser shall not be required to see to the proper application of proceeds but ma a Yp Y the same over to the Executor selling the same. D. To make distribution hereunder in cash or of property and securities in kind at fair market value at the time of such distribution and in such a manner as to be fai r, equitable and just to all concerned. Distributions of property and securities are not required to be identical among the beneficiaries, and some may receive one t e of Yp property or security while another may receive another type of property or security. E. To exercise any election or privilege given by the federal and other tax taws including but not limited to, the election of the alternate valuation date for federal estate tax purposes, the election to claim deductions for federal estate tax or for federal income tax purposes, and the election of the method of payment of pension, rofit- p sharing, HR-10, individual retirement account, and any other similar benefits. In addition, my Executor, in his sole discretion, may make or not make equitable adjustment among the beneficiaries, without the consent of the beneficiaries, for the exercise or non-exercise of any election or privileges. 3 ITEM 6 Executor of this, my Last Will and Testament If RICHARD is unable or unwilling to serve or continue to serve as Executor, I appoint my daughter, JANE HIPPENSTEEL to be Executrix of this, my Last Will and Testament. No Executor or Executrix shall be required to give bond. ITEM 7: Wherever the context requires, the masculine gender shall include the feminine gender and neuter gender, and vice versa, and the singular shall include t he plural, and vice versa. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this ~~'da of Oc y ~ , Zoos. EMMA M. TRITT Signed, sealed, published, acknowledged and declared by the above-named Testatrix, EMMA M. TRITT, as and for her Last Will and Testament, in the resenc us, who, at her request, in her presence and in the presence of each other, have hereunto subsnrinAr~ .,~ ,~ .,....,..._ _ witnesses thereto. Of 4.S !~ fv ~~ ~~- is~p ~?0~3 r3 I nominate, constitute and appoint my son, RICHARD TRITT, to be 4 COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND ) SS: I, EMMA M. TRITT, Testatrix, who signed the foregoing instrument, having been duly qualified according to law, acknowledge that I signed and executed the instrument my free and voluntary act for the purposes therein contained. as Sworn to or affirmed and acknowledged before me by EMMA M. TRITT the Testatrix this 2~"~day of _ C~ c~o I,,~. ~' , 2007. 1..~-~l~ Notary Public r`rll-nnnnr.nn~r-~~ -r.. EMMA M. TRITT -- ommonweait of Penns Ivani NOTARIAL SEAL KIMBERLY R. LEO, Notary public Carlisle Borougi~, Cc;~r~ty of Cumberland My Commission 1=xpires Oct. 10, 20pg - •-••-•--~ • • •~~ ~ n vr- t'tNNSYLVANIA COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND ) SS: We, the undersigned witnesses who signed the foregoing instrument, bein dui qualified according to law, depose and say that we were present and saw Testatng si n and execute the instrument as her Last Will and Testament, g executed it willingly as her free and voluntary act for the purposes theaein exp essed; that each of us in her sight and hearing signed the Will as witnesses; that Testatrix is known to each of us; and that to the best of our knowledge and observation the Testatrix was at the time eighteen (18) years of age or older, of sound mind rTdrv der no constraint or undu influence. ~ ~^ e Sworn to or affirmed and subscribed to before me b~J p ~ Wi~GZ and"~ i ~ ; ~ ~ ~ ~ / witnesses, this ay of _ OC'-I-r~ t.~ r , 2007. 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