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Home My WebLink About05-29-13 _ _ _ _ _ __ rA '� ,ry�a , �f�, PETITION FOR GRANT OF LETTERS REGISTER OF WILLS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY,PENNSYLVANIA Petitioner(s) named below, who is/are 18 years of age ar older, apply(ies) for Letters as specified below, and in support thereof aver(s)the following and respectfully request(s)the grant of Letters in the appropriate form: Decedent's Information 2 Name: WILLIAM D.BITNER File No: �l-' � J ��p�� a/k/a: (Assigned by Register) a/k/a: a/k/a: Social Security No: Date of Death: APR1L L4,2013 Age at death: 76 Decedent was domiciled at death in CUMBERLAND County, PRT.t�vSYLVANIA (Stare) with his/her last principal residence at 1180 NORTH MIDDLE RD. CARLISLE 17013 N. MIDDLETON TOWNSHIP CUMBERLAND Street address,Post Offce and Zip Code City,Township or Borough County Decedent died at CARLISLE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER CARLISLE 17013 CUMBERLAND PA Street address,Post Oftice and Zip Code City,Township or Borough County State Estimate of value of decedent's property at death: If domiciled in PennsyJvania.. .... ........ .............. All personal property $ 7,000.00 If not domiciled in Pennsylvania. .... ................... Personal property in Pennsylvania $ If not domiciled in Pennsylvania. .. .... ..... ............ Personal property in County $ Value of real estate in Pennsylvania... .. ......... ........ .......... ........ ..... .... ....... . $ 92,000_(1(1 TOTAL ESTIMATED VALUE. ... $ 99.000.00 Real estate in Pennsylvania situated at: 1180 N.MIDDLETON RD.,CARLISLE 17013 N.MIDDLETON TWP CUMBERLAND (Attach additional sheets,if'necessary.) Street address,Post Oftice and Zip Code City,Township or Borough County � A. Petition for Probate and Grant of Letters Testamentary Petitioner(s)aver(s)he/she/they is/are the Executor(s)named in the last Will of the Decedent,dated MARCH 1,2013 and Codicil(s) thereto dated State relevant circumstances(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(g),and did not have a child born or adopted;and Decedent was neither the victim of a killing nor ever adjudicated an incapacitated person. Q NO EXCEPTIONS Q EXCEPTIONS ❑ B. Petition for Grant of Letters of Administration (If applicable) c.t.a.,d.b.n.,d.b.n.c.t.a.,pendente lite,durante absentia,durante minoritate If Administration,c.t.a. or db.n.c.�a.,enter date of Will in Section A above and complete list of heirs. Except as follows: Decedent 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(g)and was neither the victim of a killing nor ever adjudicated an incapacitated person. Q NO EXCEPTIONS Q EXCEPTIONS Petitioner(s),after a proper search has/have ascertained that Decedent left no Will and was survived by the following spouse(if any)and heirs(attach additional sheets, if necessary): _ n -- � Name Relationshi ss '� n � �� rn �`-^ �.0 (J1 i�:.f �t_, �J ., ..,.5 r n"'� �' �� . ..Y! �f ` --'� r.'1 ...-.� -. , �...,J � �_ . . _ .. � .� �... ,�.1.x ~;R.. ' � -.p� ' �...� f Form RW-02 rev. 10/l!/301I Page 1 of 2 Oath of Personal Representative Official Use Only COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA } } SS: COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND } ��i; " ° LL . ,_= `�j _i�� i' , �. Petitioner(s)Printed Name Petitioner(s)Printed Address � RODGER W.BITNER 124 CHANNEL DRIVE CARLISLE PA 1'�9�9 �C�Y �� ` t1 " `"�- LARRY L.BITNER 3037 SPRING ROAD,CARLISLE,PA 17013 =°�;(( �;; �RI"��3��' C,Ui!:�;:.�. CUMB�RI�.��,��.°� t..° . �. �. The Petitioner(s)above-named swear(s)or af�irm(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 Deced nt,the Petitioner(s)w�1 well and truly administer the estate according to law. Sworn to or affirmed and subscribed before l�v ` Date ,�-z�—/_3 me t is 4l i �y of C2( ,'-�-��,� - „�",,- Date L, ��.t-�-I�j By r ( � " � Date For the Register Date BOND Required: Q YES Q NO To the Register of Wills: FEES: Please enter my appearance by my signature below: Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 210.00 Attorney Signature: ( 1 ) Short Certificate(s). . . . . . 5.00 ( )Renunciation(s).. . . . . . . . ( )Codicil(s). . . . . . . . . . . . . '�� `�- � ( )Affidavit(s).. . . . . . . . . . . �� Bond.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Printed Name: OG B.IRWIN,ESQUIRE Commission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Supreme Court Other . . . . . . . . ID Number: 62g2 WILL . . . . . . . . 15.00 INH TAX RETURN . . . . . . . . 15.00 Firm Name: IRWIN&McKNIGHT,P.C. INVENTORY . . . . . . . . 15.00 Address: 60 WEST POMFRF.T 4TRF. .T • • • • • • • • C'ARi.iSi.R PA 17013 . . . . . . Phone: (717)249-2353 Automation Fee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.00 Fax: (717)249-6354 JCS Fee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.50 Email: TOTAL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 288.50 DECREE OF THE REGISTER Estate of WILLIAM D.BITNER File No: aZ�3 - (..Q U� alk/a: AND NOW, ��,� L'�Q , ZQ , in consideration of the foregoing Petition, satisfactory proof having�e�n presented before me,IT IS DECREED that Letters TESTAMENTARY are hereby granted to RODGER W.BITNER AND LARRY L.BITNER in the above estate and(if applicable)that the instrument(s)dated MARCH 1,2013 described in the Petition be admitted to probate and filed of record as the last Will(and Codicil(s))of Decedent. Register o Wills .��r �� , Form RW-01 rev. 10/11/2011 Page 2 of 2 � H105905 REV.(Sl11) _ . . _ _ .. . . . . . . . _ . - -- � -�-- .. � , ' � ,� , , LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT I, WILLIAM D. BITNER, of North Middleton Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, being of sound mind, disposing memory and full legal age, do hereby make, publish and declare this to be my Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all Wills and Codicils heretofore made by me. 1. I direct my Co-Executors to pay all of my debts, funeral and administrative expenses as soon as convenient after my decease. Furthermore, I direct that all state, inheritance, succession and other death taxes imposed or payable by reason of my death and interest and penalties thereon with respect to all property composing of my gross estate for death ta� purposes, whether or not such property passes under this Will, shall be paid by the Co-Executors from my estate, and that none of the aforesaid t�es shall be prorated among those persons or entities named herein or otherwise beneficiaries hereunder. 2. My Co-Executors may, at their discretion, compromise claims, borrow money, retain property for such length of time as they may deem proper; lease and sell property for such prices, on such terms, at public or private sales, as they may deem proper; and invest estate property and income without restriction to legal investments unless otherwise provided hereunder. 3. I authorize and empower my Co-Executors to sell any realty and/or personalty owned by me at my death and not specifically devised or bequeathed herein, at public or private sale or sales and to give good and sufficient deeds andlor bills of sale therefor, in fee simple, as I could do if living. My Co-Executors are authorized and empowered to engage in any business in which I may be engaged at my death, for such period of time after my death as seems e�pedient c� ._ , � to said Co-Executors. r o `�`' rn �'� � ;" -� '°-� � r~► A �-� =c f,l� �,.; �C �.a. (_' t.v °°! i'-r s � t J �.�.� �. `.-� . �:� r� (; �r � � r> :'y •;� �.J -R i = c- r7 • �7 C:r q•� � . .. _ _ . _ . _. . _ _ --i �.__ . . . _ . . _ . .. ^t� _ .. _ ._ ... 1'R � ..__ . C 4. I give, devise and bequeath all of my estate of whatever nature and wherever situate to my two (2) nephews, RODGER W. BITNER and LARY L. BITNER, share and share alike, the child or children of any deceased nephew taking the share their parent would have taken if living. 5. I nominate and appoint RODGER W. BITNER and LARY L. BITNER to be the Co-Executors of this my Last Will and Testament. 6. No person(s) shall benefit hereunder unless such beneficiary shall survive me by sixty (60) days. 7. No Co-Executor acting hereunder shall be required to post bond or enter security in this or any other jurisdiction. 8. No beneficiary may assign, anticipate or pledge his or her interest in any income or principal held or distributable hereunder, and no beneficiary's creditors may levy, attach or otherwise reach any such interest. 9. If any person entitled to share in any distribution under the terms of this my Last Will and Testament becomes an adverse party in any proceeding to contest the probate of this Last Will and Testament, such person shall forfeit his or her entire interest inherited hereunder and all provisions in favor of such person shall be declared void and of no effect. The share of such person so forfeited shall be distributed as part of the residue pursuant to Paragraph 4 hereof 2 _ , , , r except that if such person is entitled to share in the said residue, that interest shall be distributed proportionately to the other residuary beneficiaries. 10. [ hereby suggest that my personal representatives retain the services of Irwin & McKnight, P.C. as attorneys in the settlement of my estate. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this lst day of March 2013. HIS � MARK _(SEAL) WILLIAM D. ITNER i � Signed, sealed, published and declared by the above-named Testator, as and for his Last Will and Testament, in our presence, who, at his request, in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto set our names as subscribing witnesses. � -%-�%��_�aS` ��`��t�-�=�. 3 . ' • ' � . . . ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AFFIDAVIT WE, WILLIAM D. BITNER, KAREN S. NOEL and SHARON L. SCHWALM, the Testator and witnesses respectively, whose names are signed to the foregoing instrument, being first duly sworn, 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 his free and voluntary act for the purpose herein expressed, and that each of the witnesses, in the presence and hearing of the Testator, signed the will as a witness and that to the best of their knowledge the Testator was, at that time, eighteen years of age or older, of sound mind and under no constraint or undue influence. HIS MARK LLIA . �BITNER KAREN S. NOEL ��l<`.��,��t b� r_��1�:��z SHARON L. SCHWALM COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA : . SS: COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND . Subscribed, sworn to and acknowledged before me by WILLIAM D. BITNER, the Testator herein, and subscribed and sworn to before me by KAREN S. NOEL and SHARON L. SCHWALM, witnesses, this lst day of March 2013. � ,��.Cc�-.� 1�To ry Public COMM WEALTH OF PENIVSYLYANIA Notarial Seal Roger B.Irwin,Notary Public 4 Carlisle Bora,Cumberland County M Commission Expires Oct.3,2016 MEMBER,P�NNSYI.VANSA AS50[:IATiON Of NOTARIES ._ _ __. ___. _— --- — � -- --- ..__. ._ — - _ _- -_ ._ . _ __ ._— . ne.�� OATH OF WITNES5(ES) TO WILL EXECUTED BY NTARK REGISTER OF WILLS CUI�ERLAND COUNTY,PENNSYLVANIA Estate of �LLIAH D. BITNER ,Deceased RAREN S. NOII, . , (each) a (Prin1 Name/s) subscribing witness to the�Will O Codicil(s)presented herewith, (each)being duly qualified according to law, depose(s) and say(s)that: Testator/Testatrix was unable to sign his/her name thereto; Testator's /Testatrix' name was subscribed thereto in Testator's/Testatrix' presence; Testator/Testatrix made his/her marlc thereon; Testator/Testatrix and deponent(s)were present when Testator's/Testatrix' name was subscribed and when Testator!Testatrix made his/her mark; and Testator/Testatrix was present when the undersigne ' ned the C�Will ❑ Codicil as witness(es). � i. ( igrs ure) (Signature) 60 WEST POMFRET STREET `�,. 60 �IEST POMFRET STREET (Street Address) (Street Address) CARLISLE, PA 17013 CARLISLE, PA 17013 (City,State,Zip) - (City,S1ate,Zip) n � � �� O � C: ,.�i'1 = r„`..3 {.:: Sworn to or affirmed and subscribed m "� � �� =�-� rn � c�� _, �7. before me this c�� day �r � � �� „ f �' , � ��' � �' 4:� .�,., � � ,� � � - � � � � _ S�1�� eputy for Register of Wills -� —� � "� � � � :r> � Forni RW-OS rev. !0./3.06 _ _ _ _ _ nq r� OATH OF WITNESS(ES} TO WILL EXECUTED BY 1VTARK REGISTER OF WILLS �DI�ERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA Estate of �LLIAM D. BITNLR , Deceased • � SHARON L. SCHWALM (each) a (Print Name/s) subscribing witness to the�Will ❑ Codicil(s)presented herewith, (each) being duly qualified according to law, depose(s) and say(s)that: Testator/Testatrix was unable to sign his/her name thereto; Testator's /Testatrix' name was subscribed thereto in Testator's/Testatrix' presence; Testator/Testatrix made his/her marlc thereon; Testator/Testatrix and deponent(s) were present when Testator's/Testatrix' name was subscribed and when Testator/Testatrix made his/her marlc; and Testator/Testatrix was present when the undersigned signed the C�Will ❑ Codicil as witness(es). ��'�,-��v�-�� Signalure) (Signafure) 60 WEST POMFRET STREET 60 WEST POMFRET STREET (Streel Address) (Street Address) CARLISLE, PA 17013 CARLISLE PA 17013 c� (City,S�ate,Zip) - (City,State,Zip) ' �° � p F'sf �, _" c.� �k !�t �-;. � �:.:g ';ti � � �_ � _ . � ^� r,tr � . . Sworn to or affirmed and subscribed c, U: �` _ �' �� before me this � day ; �. � � of� , 01� _. ;✓� -. rR�., �. �, v � eputy for Register of Wills Forne RW-OS rev. 10.13.06