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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12-20-12 (2)~-,., LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT ~' ~~: .. ..~~ ~„~ f .. ti ~r ... x },; r,.> DOROTHY M. DURHAM ~~" ~~~ , -~ `=_-~ :. _. ;. ,_ ~v I, DOROTHY M. DURHAM, of South Middleton Towns~~ip=. Cumberland County, t 4 Pennsylvania, being of sound and disposing mind, memos and und~erstending, do 1... hereby make, publish and declare this as and for my Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all other V~-'ills and Codicils heretofore made by me. FIRST I direct the payment of my just debts and the expenses of my last illness and ~~ funeral from my estate as soon after my death as conveniently may be done. If there be no cemetery lot available for my interment owned by me at the time of my death, I authorize my personal representative to purchase such cemetery lot with a contract for perpetual care, using therefor funds from my estate in such amount as he shall consider necessary and desirable, and I authorize my personal representative to cause title to or ership of such lot so purchased to be vested in such person as my personal q_.~ .-~ representative shall designate. Further, I authorize my personal representative to expend funds from my estate, SAIDIS, FL~C3WEIt ~ L~SAY ATTORNEYS•AT•IAW 2109 Market Street Camp Hill, PA in such amount as my personal representative shall consider necessary and desirable for the purchase, erection and inscription of a suitable marker for my grave. ~F~nNn I give, devise and bequeath all the rest, residue and remainder of my estate to my sister, Violet McCauslin, of Mt. Holly Springs, absolutely and in fee simple if she survives me by thirty (30) days. If Violet McCauslin fails to survive me by 30 days, then I direct that my estate shall be distributed in the same manner as provided by the terms of her Will for the residue of her own estate. THIRD In addition to the powers conferred by law, I authorize any personal representative acting under this instrument, in his absolute discretion: A. To retain in the form received, or to sell either at public or private sale any real or personal property; 6. To exercise any options to subscribe for stocks, bonds, or other investments; ~! ~~ ;..,. ~~ ._.._.~ ,.:~; <~-- v:...~., _._~ C. To join in any plan of lease, mortgage, consolidation, exchange, reorganization or foreclosure of any corporation in which my estate or any trust may hold stocks, bonds or other securities; D. To sell, transfer, convey, mortgage, pledge, lease or exchange any property, real or personal, which at any time may form part of my estate, for the . payment of debts or taxes, or for any purpose of administration or distribution, for such prices and upon such terms as my personal representative, in his sole discretion, may deem wise, and to execute and deliver deeds of conveyance or transfer thereof; E. To make settlements and compromises on such terms as my personal SAIDIS, FLOWER Sz LEVI)SAY ATTOW~iEYS•AT•[AW 2109 Market Street Camp Hill, PA representative in his sole discretion may deem wise without the necessity of obtaining any court approval thereof; F. To make distribution hereunder either in cash or kind, as my personal representative in his discretion may deem wise. 2 FOURTH I do hereby nominate, constitute and appoint Thomas E. Flower, Esquire, to act as Executor of this my Last Will and Testament. FIFTH I direct that my personal representative shall not be required to give bond for the faithful performance of his duties in any jurisdiction. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, Dorothy M. Durham, have hereunto set my hand and seal to this my Last Will and Testament, consisting of three (3) typewritten pages, the first two (2) of which bear my signature in the margin for identification, this ~:~~~ I day of ,q~~~~- ~-~ ~ , 2006. ~~ Dorothy" .Durham Signed, sealed, published and declared by the above-named Dorothy M. SA`wID~rIS, ~~ LINDSAY ATinE2NEYS•AT•IAW 2109 Market Street Camp Hill, PA Durham, Testatrix, as and for her Last Will and Testament in the presence of us, who have hereunto subscribed our names at her request as witnesses thereto, in the presence of said Testatrix and of each other. L ~ ~'~~~ _.. ~=~.~ ADDRESS Y ~~ fi ~~' ~ ~. ADDRESS ~, a i ~~ 3 :' -. ~ ~ if i ff / j rf ~ ~~ p} ~.~ COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND We, Dorothy M. Durham, ~= ~ ~ ~'~~~'~-~~ -~ ~``~w~~°r and~`~r~' ~ ~~~ ~f-~ ~ ,the Testatrix and witnesses, respectively whose names are signed to the foregoing or attached instrument, being first duly sworn, do hereby declare to the undersigned authority that the Testatrix signed and executed the instrument as her Last Will and Testament and that she signed willingly and that executed as her free and voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed, and that each of the witnesses, in the presence and hearing of the Testatrix signed the Will as witnesses and that to the best of their knowledge the Testatrix was at the time eighteen (18) or more years of age, of sound mind and under no constraint or undue influence. f '1 ~`,J ~ ~ j;. Dorothy•_ .Durham ,~; vv-ess t ~ ;~, ,r' Wi Subscribed, sworn to and acknowledged before me by Dorothy M. Durham, the Testatrix, and subscribed to and sworn or affirmed to before me b ,n ~ , Y ~~::~. ~ ands ~ ~~ ,witnesses, this ~ day of "~ 2006. l '"° otary Publi SAIDIS, FLC)WER ~ LINDSAY AT1l)R'VEYS•AT•IAW 2109 Market Street Camp Hill, PA T MYAC~ SSIOt! EXPIRE III Y~0~10 4