HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-03-05 PETITION FOR PROBATE and GRANT OF LETTERS
also known as '~Y ~ ~ff~ff~ To:
Register of Wills for the
Deceased. County of [~~ in the
Social Security No. ' ~ 32 - ~- ~ ~ Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
The petition of the undersigned respectfully represents that:
Your petitioner(s), who is/are 18 ye~s of age or older an the executo U rimed
in the last will of the above decedent, dined 3 O CTO~ ~ ,19 q~
and codicil(s) dated
(state relevant circumstances, e.g. renunciation, death of executor, etc.)
Decendent was domiciled at death in ¢...0~t~(~ER, t.,Pr ~1) Countv, Pennsylvania with
he( last ~[amily~orprinc~al,residence at ~,~rO C.O~ODO~.., ~'ff &~I~t C'hR~c'~%c~, ~
(list stree ,t,t~number and muncipality)
Decendent, then r7 years of age, died ~--'7 '~Ce~t~:F-~ , ~ ,2.00 q'
at C.l~[?.l..l~t~ "'g.~'GtoloAL Yl'I~DIr.~t.- c.,~ld5'~'~. "
Except as follows, decedent did not marry, was not divorced and did not have a child born or adopted
after execution of the will offered for probate; was not the victim of a killing and was never adjudicated
incompetent:
Decendent at death owned property with estimated values as follows:
(If domiciled in Pa.) All personal property $ ~Z?. ~:~>c2>. ~
(If not domiciled in Pa.) Personal property in Pennsylvania $ '
(If not domiciled in Pa.) Personal property in County $
Value of real estate in Pennsylvania $,
situated as follows:
WHEREFORE, petitioner(s) respectfully request(s) the probate of the last will and codicil(s)
presented herewith and the grant of letters.
theron. (testamentary; administration c.t.a.; administration d.b.n.c.t.a.)
~ OATH OF'PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE
v C~MMON~EALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
"COUNTY OF (.2, tgl3QBL-'I~L/~ f ss
The petitioner(s) above-named swear(s) or affirm(s) that 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 represen-
tative(s) of the above decedent petitioner(s) will well and truly administer the e~at;tg, ccording to law.
Sworn to or affi~me(1..and subscribed
be_fore me this ~:~t~D day of
,8~ rr't K. W th rr r.:xl
DECREE OF PROBATE AND GRANT OF LETTERS
AND NOW ~J"~ L[/~?"~ ~,~ ~0~ , in consideration of the petition on
IT iS DEC~ED that the instrument(s) dated
deschbed therein be admitted to probate ~d filed of record as the last will of
~d Letters T~OF~
are hereby ~anted to ~ICT0~ ¢-~TTL~
Probate, Letters, Etc $135.1)'0
Short Certificates( ) .......... $ 8-010 ~
~C_P ~- AU~TO FF__F~ $ I~ '0 0 .,DD~SS
TOTAL $!q3,00
Filed ·
PHONE
105.805 REV 9/86
This is to certify that the information here given is correctly copied from an original certificate of death duly filed with me as
Local Registrar. The original certificate will be forwarded to the State Vital Records Office for permanent filing.
WARNING: It is illegal to duplicate this copy by photostat or photog~p~..~0 5 ~) ~
Fee for this certificate, ,2.00 ~, ~ ~. ~'~..~'~t~.~_~Local Registrar
11017755 DEC 29 200 ,
No. ~ Date
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA * DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH · VITAL RECORDS
CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
Bet:tie K. ~iggen
~ ; IL /~- I~ I'
~rl~d ~ ~rlisle rlisle R~ional M~ical Center ~~.~ '
~*u~ PA · ,r~ ~~ ~h MI~leton
~ ~n~uinet Ave.
~rlisle, Pa 17013
Paul D. ~qr~ky
Victor E. ~itten, Jr. 1~. ~1 Con~iBet Ave., ~rlislet Pa 17013
~O ~ 0 . 31, 2~ ,,..Westminster C~te~ ~ ~rlisle, Pa 17013
m L~ ~~ Hoff~-Roth ~eral H~
~ 01~19 L Im. 219 N ~ver St., ~rlisle, P~ 1701~
I
LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF
BETTY K. WHITTEN
I, Betty K. Whitten, of North Middleton Township, Cumberland
County, Pennsylvania, declare this to be my Last Will and
Testament and revoke all Wills and Codicils previously made by
me.
ITEM I: I direct that all my legally enforceable debts and
funeral expenses, including all expenses of my last illness,
shall be paid from my residuary estate as soon as practicable
after my decease as a part of the expense of the administration
of my estate.
ITEM II: I bequeath any automobiles or motor vehicles I may
own at my death, my personal effects, such household goods if any
as may be my individual property and not the property of my
husband or owned jointly by me with him, and other tangible
personal property of like nature (not including cash or
securities), together with any existing insurance thereon, to my
husband, Victor E. Whitten, Sr., providing he survives me by
thirty (30) days. Should my said husband predecease me or die on
or before the thirtieth day following my death, I bequeath such
tangible personal property and insurance thereon to such of my
children as are living on the thirty-first day after my death, to
be divided among them by my personal representative(s) with due
regard for their personal preferences in as nearly equal shares
as practical. I direct that any of the foregoing articles not
selected by such children shall be sold at public or private sale
by my personal representative(s), and I further direct that the
net proceeds thereof shall be administered and distributed as a
part of the residue of my estate.
ITEM III: I devise and bequeath the residue of my estate of
every nature and wherever situate to my said husband, providing
he survives me by thirty (30) days.
ITEM IV: Should my said husband predecease me or die on or
before the thirtieth day following my death, I devise and
bequeath the residue of my estate of every nature and wherever
situate in equal shares to my children, provided that the share
of any child who predeceases me or dies on or before the
thirtieth day following my death shall be distributed to his or
her issue, per stirpes, living on the thirty-first day following
my death, and in default of any such then living issue, such
share shall be added to the share or shares for my other
children.
ITEM V: In the event any of my property should pass, either
under this Will or otherwise, to a minor, I appoint the parent
guardian of any such property with respect to which I am
authorized to appoint a guardian and have not otherwise
specifically done so. Such guardian shall have the power to use
principal, as well as income, from time to time for the minor's
support, health and medical care, and education (including
college education) without regard to his or her parent's ability
to provide for such support, health and medical care, and
education, or to make payment for these purposes, without further
obligation or responsibility to see to the proper expenditure
therefor, to the minor or to the minor's parent or to any person
taking care of the minor.
ITEM VI: All Federal, State and other death taxes payable
because of my death, with respect to the property forming my
gross estate for tax purposes, whether passing under this Will or
otherwise, including any interest or penalty imposed in
connection with such taxes, shall be considered a part of the
expense of the administration of my estate and shall be paid out
of the principal of my residuary estate without apportionment or
right of reimbursement.
ITEM VII: I appoint my said husband Executor of this my
last Will. Should my said husband fail to qualify or cease to
act as Executor, I appoint my son, Victor E. Whitten, Jr., of
Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Executor of this my last Will.
ITEM VIII: I direct that all fiduciaries acting under this
Will, whether or not named herein, shall not be required to give
bond for the faithful performance of their duties in any
jurisdiction.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal,
this 3rd day of October, 1995.
The preceding instrument, consisting of this and two (2)
other typewritten pages, each identified by the signature of the
Testatrix, was on the date thereof, signed, published and
declared by Betty K. Whitten, the Testatrix therein named, as and
for her last Will, in the presence of us, who, at her request, in
her presence and in the presence of each other, have subscribed
our names as witnesses hereto.
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA :
: ss.
COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND :
We, Betty K. Whitten, Michael R. Rundle and Mary M. Price,
the Testatrix and the witnesses, respectively, whose names are
signed to the foregoing 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 that she
has signed willingly, and that she executed it 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 witness and that to the best of his/her
knowledge the Testatrix was at that time eighteen years of age or
older, of sound mind and under no constraint or undue influence.
-v ~statrix
Witness
Subscribed, sworn to and acknowledged before me by Betty K.
Whitten, the Testatrix, and subscribed and sworn to before me by
Michael R. Rundle and Mary M. Price, the witnesses, this 3rd day
of October, 1995.