HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-23-13 PETITION FOR PROBATE AND GRANT OF LETTERS
Register ot Wills of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
Petitioner, named below,who is 18 years of age or older, applies for Letters as specified below, and in support thereof,
avers the following and respectfully requests the grant of Letters in the appropriate form::
DECEDENT'S INFORMATION
Estate of ROBERT D. O'HARA File No.�� � � �.� - O��t.P
Deceased Social Security No.
Date of Death: April 5, 2013 Age at Death: 92
Decedent was domiciled at dea[h in CUMBERLAND CouMy, Pennsylvania,with his last family or principal residence at
130 Hummel Avenue Lemoyne Lemovne Borousth. Cumberland Countv. Pennsylvania 17043
(List street,address,rown/city,counry,state,zip code)
Decedent died at 130 Hummel Avenue. Lemoyne PA 17043 Lemoyne Borough Cumberland County. PA
List street,address,Post OHice antl zip code city,township or Borough Counry State,
Decedent at death owned property wilh estimated values as follows:
(If domiciled in PA) All personal property.....................................................................$ 569.294.00
(If not domiciled in PA) Personal property in Pennsylvania.....................................$
(If not domiciled in PA) Personal property in County....................................................$
value of real estate in Pennsylvania......................................................................................................................$ 196.759.00
Total.........................................................................................................$ 766.053.00
Real Estate situated as follows: 890 Emanuel Road Lewisberrv 17339 Fairview Township York County PA
(attach�additiona/sheets ifnecessaryJ Street address,Post Office and Zip Code City,Township or Borough County,State
0 A. Petition for Probate and Grant of Letters Testamentarv
Petitioner avers she is the Alternate Executrix named in the Last Will of the Decedent, dated December 27 2001
The Decedent named his sister Jean O Shandelmier to serve as Executrix of his Last Will and Testament. Ms.
Shandelmier predeceased the Decedent having died Januarv 13 2012
State relevant circumstances,e.g.renunciation,death of 6cecutor,etc.
Except as follows, After the execution of the instrument offered for probate, Decedent did not marry, was not divorced, and
was not a party to a pending divorce proceeding at the time of death wherein grounds for divorce has been established as
defined in 23 Pa.C.S.A. § 3323(g)and did not have a child born or adopted and the Decedent was neither the victim of a
killing and was never adjudicated an incapacitated person
0 NO EXCEPTIONS ❑ EXCEPTIONS
❑ B. Peti6on for Grant of Letters of AdminisVaOOn (if applicable)
enter:c.t.a.;d.b.n.c.t.a.;pendant elite;durante absentia;durante minoritate
If Administration, c.t.a. or d.b.n.c.t.a.,
Except as follows: Decedent was not a party to a pending divorce proceeding at the time of death wherein grounds for
divorce has been established as defined in 23 Pa.C.S.A. § 3323(g) and was neither a victim of a killing aud,was never
adjudicated an incapacitated person � w � �
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Petitioner, after a proper search, has ascertained that Decedent left no Will and was survive��h�folidwing s�ioase (if
any) and heirs (attached additional sheets, if necessary) ` cn l;;
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OATH OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
Official Use Only
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Petitioner's Printed Name Petitioner's Printed Address !1 I� ' 2
SUSAN A. LINDSEY �����E� �,,_
93501dQuakerRoad QF�,���S• �(J��;,r,
Etters, PA 17319
CUMBERIAN�? .r,•,°�. �
The Petitioner above-named swears or a�rms that the statements in the foregoing Petition are true and correct to the best
of the knowledge and belief of Petitioner and that, as personal representative of the Decedent, Petitioner will well and truly
administer the estate according to law.
Swom to and a�rmed and subscribed �/-� �,✓ '��Z3� t�
SUSAN A. L INDSEY
Before me this 3 day of
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BOND Required ❑ YES � NO
FEES:
To The Register of Wills
Letters........................... $ �(�(�,m Please enter my appearance by my signature below:
{��) Short Certificate(s) $ /�C� • OO Attomey Signat re:
{ } Renunciation..............$
{ ) Codicil(s) $
{ ) Affidavit(s).................. $ Lcaca� ,� �eUr
Bond $
Commission $ Printed Name: EDMUND G. MYERS
Othe��sr n $ Supreme Court
$ I �•UU I.D. No: 20558
$�ri•UU Firm Name: Johnson Duffie Stewart & Weidner
W 1 l( $ i��.UO Address: 301 Market Street. P.O. Box I o
$ Lemoyne, PA 17043
$ Phone: 717-761-4540
Automation $ Fax: 717-761-3015
JCP Fee....................... $
TOTAL......... $ — Email: EGM 'dsw.com
DECREE TO THE REGISTER
Estate of ROBERT D. O'HARA Deceased. File No. 2�- ��) 'C�!`J�iy
Social Security No: Date of Death: Aoril 5. 2013
AND NOW, , 2013, in consideration of the foregoing Petition, satisfactory proof
having been presented befor e, IT IS DECREED that Letters Testamentarv are hereby granted to SUSAN A. LINDSEY
in the above estate and that the instrument dated December 27. 2001 described ir.the Petition be admitted to
probate and filed of record as the Last Will of the Decedent.
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I, ROBERT D. O'HARA of 130 Hummel Avenue, I,emoyne, C�mberland County,
Pennsylvania, declaze this to be my Last Will and revoke any Will previously made by me.
ITEM I
I direct my Executrix to pay all my legally enforceable debts and funeral expenses as soon
as conveniently may be done after my death.
ITEM II
I hereby bequeath the sum of five thousand dollazs ($5,000.00) each to such of the
following as may survive me: My nephews, John A. O'Hara, Jr., Paul D. O'Hara,
Michael L. O'Hara, Terry L. O'Hara; my second cousins, Cathazine T. McKee and Joan M.
McKee; provided that, should any of the beneficiazies in this paragraph predecease me, then I
bequeath such sum to his or her issue, per stirpes, as may survive me.
ITEM III
I hereby bequeath the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) each to such of my
sisters-in-law, Kathryne O'Hara and Elaine M. O'Haza, as survive me.
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ITEM IV
All the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, of every nature and wherever
situate, I give, devise and bequeath in equal shares to such of the following as survive
me by 30 days:
A. My sister, Jean O. Shandelmier
B. My niece, Susan A. Lindsey, formerly known as Susan A. Shandelmier.
ITEM V
I hereby appoint my sister, JEAN O. SHANDELMIER of 130 Hununel Avenue,
Lemoyne, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, as Executrix of this, my Last Will. In the event
my sister, Jean O. Shandelmier, fails to qualify or ceases to act as Executrix, I appoint my
niece, SUSAN A. LINDSEY, as Executrix of this, my Last Will.
ITEM VI
I direct that my Execuuix shall have the power to make distribution in cash or in kind, or
partly in cash or partly in kind, and in such manner as she may determine and at valuations finally
to be fixed by her.
ITEM VII
I direct that my Executrix or her successors shall not be required to give bond for the
faithful performance of her duties in this or any other jurisdiction.
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IN WI7'NESS WFIEREOF, I, the above-named Testator, have hereunto set my hand this
z 7 day ofJ7 ���„g� 2001. -
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ROBERT D. O'HARA
This insuument, consisting of three pages, was, on the date thereof, signed, published and
declazed by ROBERT D. O'HARA, the Testator therein named, as and for his Last Will in the
presence of us, who, at his request, in his presence, and in the presence of each other, have
subscribed our names as wimesses hereto. �
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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA .
COUNTY OF DAUPHIN : SS.
We, ROBERT D. O'HARA, ,Cp,B�j- � . C./S�6/.SO/�J , and
UONl��d �/� rJS .d.U/el/ , the Testator and the wimesses, respectively, whose
names are signed to the foregoing instrument, being first duly swom, do hereby declare to the
undersigned authority that the Testator signed and executed the instrument as his Last Will, and
that he had signed willingly, and that he executed it as a free and voluntary act for the purposes
therein expressed; and that each of the witnesses, in the presence and heazing of the Testator,
signed the will as witness; and that, to the best of the witnesses' knowledge, the Testator was at
the time eighteen (18) years of age or older, of sound mind and under no constraint or undue
influence.
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ROBERT D. O'HARA
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Subscribed, swom to and acknowledged before me by ROBERT D. O'HARA, the
Testator, and subscribed and sworn to before me by �(1j�j�,�'T � ��F�S/�f and
��'�%���� ���I�; IInesses, this�day of D �Ci f /Y1 Q ��" 2001.
My Commission expires: �/f'���- /1 r��%J��'!"�'L—
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