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Home My WebLink About09-16-13 PETITION FOR PROBATE AND GRANT OF LET1"ERS Register of WiAs af Cumberfand County, Pennsylvania Petitioner, named beiaw,who is 18 years of age or older, applies for Letters as specified below, and in support thereof, avers the follpwing and respeclfulty requests the grant of Letters in the appropriate form:: DECEOENTSINFORMATION Estete of RICHARD E. SIGLER File No. � � d�-��3°�� Deceased Sociat Sacurity No. Date of Death: Auaust 28. 201� Age at Death; 86 Oecedent was domieited ai death in CUMBERLRND County, Pennsylvsnia,wiih his last family ar principai residence at 659 Willow Way. Uooer�411en T�wnshin, Cum erland County, PA 17055 (List street,BtlGress,town/tity,counry,btate,zip Cqde) Decadent died et B58 Witlaw Wav.Mechanicsbuta.1745,� Uo�er Allerr Townshi� Cumberland Cauntv.PA list saeet,atldress,Post Otfica and xip coda Ciry,Mwnship or Borough Counry,Steta Decedent at death owned property with estimated values as follows: (if domiciled in PA} AII personal property..___.___......_._.._._....._.._. ..$ 690.Q{}O.flO .......m....._. (if not domiciled in PA} Personai property in Pennsyivania.....................................$ (If not domiciled in PA) Personal property in Cqunty....................................................$ Value of real estate in Pennsylvania........._....................._._.........�................................._...................................$ 16Q.QQO.qO Tota�._.._.._........._....._.._........_........_._......_..._..._..._.........._._........S 850.00Q.00 Real Esiate situated as follows: 1 Founts�in Aven e aoorte 18626 Laoorte Townshi� 5ullivan County P/{ (alteChAadditipne/sheefs ifnecessery) Street address,Post QTfice and Zip Code City,Township or Borough County,State QA. Petition fior Probete and Grant of Letters Tastementary c o -�' �, �`_; Petitioner avers they are the Executor named in the Last Will of the Decedent,dated Fe�16 20�b ' rns r, ` :L7 y, r y..._, �. State relevant circumstances,e.g.renunciation,death of F�ceculor,etc. :'� � : �"" ° �r_ . �c c:: . Except as foilows,After the executian of the instrument offered for probate. Dec�de�t d�d�'o�axry,we�not'divorced,and was not a party to a pending divorce prooeeding at the time of death wherein graunds for,�Jv�ce has,been esta6lished as defined in 23 Pa.C.S.A. § 3323(g) and did not have a child bam or adppted and the Decadern''�vas neRder the victim af a killing a�d was never adJudicated an incapacitated person '' �-_ .. � � H NO EXCEPTIONS ❑ EXCEPTIONS ❑ B. Petition fw Grsnt af tstter�,�r of At�ninistratia�{if applicabie} enter:c.t.a.;d.b.n.c.t.a.;pendeni elite;dufante abs9ntia;durante minoritate ( If Administration, c.t.a.or d.b.n.c.t.a., � Except as follaws: Decedent was not a party to a pending divorce proceeding at the time of death wherein grounds far divorce has been established as defined in 23 Pa.C.S.A. § 3323(g)and was neither a victim of a killing and was never adjudicated an incapaCitated persan ❑ NQ EXCEPTIONS ❑ EXCEPTIONS Petltioner, after a proper search, has ascertained that Decedent left na Wiii and was survlved by the foilawing spouse{if any)and heirs{attached additipnai sheets, if necessary} tVame Reiatiorrshi Residence OATH OF PEF2SONA�REPFiESENTATIVE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA . Q��g' uge��y Ct?UNTY C}F CUMBERLAND . � Petitioner's Printed Name Petitioner's Printed Address PNC BANK, N.A. 4242�ARLISLE PtKE PA.8oX 348 CAMP MILL, PA 17001 The Petitioner above-named swears ar afflrms that ttte statements in the foregoing Fetitian are trtre and correct to the best of the knowiedge and belief of Petitioner and that, as perspnai representative of the Decedent, Petitioner wiii weil and tMy administer the estate according to law. Swom ta and afflrmeti and subscribed FNC BtwK, N.A. Sefore me this �� day af B}��"=°'r�,�s'C�'�� Linda J. lundberg, Vice Pres t' ��r' �� Zp13. For Jhe Rey/ er ' BONR Required ❑YES � NO FEES: To The RegiSterof Wi!/s Letters........................... $ ��.� Please enter my appearance by my signeture belaw: {1 }Short Certificate(s} $ �3 .ab Attorney 5ignature: { } Renunciatlon..............$ ,J { }Codicil(s) $ — F,� -� � Q { }R�davit{s}.................. $ ^ 1�� °+ ��'S'r Bond $ � Commission $ Printed Name: EDMUND C� MYER� Otner S � Supreme Court W i V 1 � 1 yj c� I.D, hio: 20558 �Y $ ��9.Oa Firm Name: Johnson, Duffie. Stewnrt 8 Weidner. �"r ,. m $ ��a� Address: 3Q1 Market Street. P.Q. Box � � �emoyne. PA '17043 $ Phone: 717-761-4540 Automation � �?-- ��x: 717-761-3015 JCP Fee....................... $ . TQTAI......... $ -i 1 . ---- EmaiL• EGMCcAidsw.com i DECREE TO THE REGIS7ER Estate of RiCNn.Fto E.S�GtER dece8sed. Fite No�-�`�3' Social Security No: 201-16-0780 Date of Death: August 2$. 2013 AND NOW, �� i'b , 2013, in consideration af the foregoing Petition, satisfactory proof having been presented before me, IT IS DECREED that Letters Tes mentsr�are hereby granted to PNC BANK. N.A, in the above estete and tbat the i�s#name�t dated Febnierv 16.2(}14 described ir�the Petition be admitted to probate and ' filed of record as the Lest Will of the Decedent. RegisterofWills �/� E/!! � _, _ ��I �1 . ' . . ' . r , . ' . � ., n. . . . . ._.. .. Y Il_, . . . _ .. a .... �l• ';'.`� � Y,' ��; ��Vill and Testament �,._.=�'irx F��.. Cl(iF'�iA`aS' COUR�" OF CUMBERLAfvD �q., PA RTCHARDE. SIGLER I, RICHARD E. SIGLER, of Middletown, bauphin County, Pennsylvania, being of sound and disposing mind, memory and understaxzding, do hereby make, pubiish and declare this as and for my Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking and making void any and all Wills or Codicils at any teme heretofare made by me. ARTICLE I DEBTS I direat the payrnant of all my legal debts and the expenses of my last illness and funeral frarn my Estate as soan after my death as conveniendy may be done, ARTICLE II TANGIBLE PERSONAL PItOPERTY A. I give and bequeath certaan items of my tangible personal praperry to those individuals who survive rne as are designated on an undated list or memorandum Isigned by me which I shall piace with my Will and which refers to this Will or is '� found with a copy thereof; provided that no such list or rnemorandum shait be vaiid unless it is received by my Personal Representative within sixty(60) days of my Persanal Representative's quslificarion. I give and bequeath the remainder of my mator vehicle{s} and my honsehold goods, personai effects and other tangible personalty of like nature (not including cash ar securities), together with any existing insurance thereon, unto my wife, HEATHER McLAUGHLIN SIGLER,provided she survives rne. B. If my wife, FIEA'THEIt MeLAUGHLIN SIGLER, does not survive me, I give and bequeath that tangible personal properiy that belonged to me prior to my marriage to Heather to my daughters, NDTTH S. KLEBANOFF, ALICE S. MALFI and SAI2AH S. ALBRECHT, who survive me, and I give and bequeath the remainder of such tangible personal praperry to Heather's children, ANDREW THOMAS CROKE, SUSAN ELIZABETH McLAUGHLIN and RONALD JOI3N ST. LAURENT CROKE,who survive rne. C. AII costs of safeguarding, insuring, packing, and storing my tangible personal property befora its diskribution and of delivering each item ta the residence of the beneficiary of that item shall be treated as administration expenses. ARTICLE III SPECIFiC BEQUEST TO MY WIFE, HEATHER McLAi]GHLIN SIGLER If my wife, HEATHER McLAUGHLIN SIGLEIt, survives me and our marital residence, known as 270 Reystane Drive, Middletawn, Pennsylvania, which we now hold as tenants by the entireties is encumbered by a purchase money first mortgage at the time of my death, I give and bequeath a sum af money equal to the unpaid balance of principal and acerued interest on the Iaan secured by said mortgage at the time of my death unto rny wife, HEATHER McLAUGHLIN ( SIGLER. This specific bequest shall be limited to the balance of principal and interest accrued an the loan secured by the purchase rnoney first mortgage only and shall not inalude any sum for the purpose of payment of any laans secured by a second or third or subsequent mortgage upon sueh real estate. 2 . . ._ _ . - _ _ _ ARTICLE IV DEVISE OF MARITAL RESIDENCE,270 KEYSTONE DRIVE, MIDDLETOWN,PENNSYLVANIA If my wife, HEATHER McLAUGHLIN SIGLER, does not survive me, I give and devise our marital residence to her children, ANDREW THOMAS CROKE, SUSAN ELIZABETH McLAUGHLIN and RONALD JOHN ST. LAURENT CROKE as tenants in common, free and cleaz of the mortgage described in Article III, but subject to other loans secured by second or subsequent mortgages against said premises. � ARTICLE V SPECIFIC BEQUESTS TO MY GRANDCHILDREN I give the sum of ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($1,000.00) unto each one of my grandchildren who survives me. ARTICLE VI SPECIFIC BEQUESTS TO CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS A. I give and bequeath the sum of TWO THOUSAND FIVE ($2,500.00) DOLLARS unto the PITTSBURGH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY to be added to the ALICE MYERS SIGLER MEMORIAL TRUST FiJND (formerly Mellon Account 40-245), and direct that at least ONE HUNDRED ($100.00) DOLLARS be distributed annually as a Memorial Prize to the student or students who excels in Church History and Theology as selected by the faculty; and B. I give and bequeath the sum TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED ($2,500.00) DOLLARS each unto the following: 3 _ 1. the CENTRE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 3912 Freeman Hollow Road, Loysville, PA 17047; 2. the CAMP HILL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Camp Hill, PA; and 3. the PITTSBURGH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, 606 N. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15206. ARTICLE VII DEVISE OF FOUNTAIN AVENUE,LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY, REAL ESTATE I give and devise my cottage real estate known as 61 Fountain Avenue, Laporte, Sullivan County, unto my daughters, NDITH S. KLEBANOFF, ALICE S. MALFI, and SARAH S. ALBRECHT, as tenants in common, subject to the provision that should my wife, HEATHER McLAUGHLIN SIGLER, survive me, I grant unto her a personal privilege for and during her natural life to occupy and use my cottage property on Fountain Avenue, Laporte, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, from time to time. She shall have no obligation to pay for insurance, maintenance, upkeep, utilities or any other cost or expense associated with the property. My wife's use of the cottage shall be subject to the use of my cottage by my daughters. My daughter, SARAH S. ALBRECHT, shall be responsible to coordinate the use of the cottage among my daughters and my wife. If my daughter, SARAH S. ALBRECHT, is unable ar unwilling to dischazge this responsibility, I direct that my other daughters shall do so. ARTICLE VIII REST, RESIDUE AND REMAINDER I give, devise and bequeath all the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, of whatever nature and wherever situate, in equal shazes (taking into account and adjusting the shaze of each daughter by any advancements I have made during my lifetime to such daughter(s)) unto my 4 daughters, JLTDITH S. KLEBANOFF, ALICE S. MALFF and SARAH S. ALBRECHT, the shaze of any one of thern who doas not survive me,to pass to her then-living issue, per stirpes. ARTICLE IX G[TARDIAN If any property(other than tangible persanal pmperty}as#o which I am entitled to appoint a guardian sha11 pass free of trust to a rninor by reason of rny death, if such properiy is in excess of the amount which may be paid ta the natural guardian, I appaint PNC BAi+FK, N.A., Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, guardian of the estate of said minor as to suah properry, authorizing such guardian, in its sate discretion and without arder of court, to retain such property in kind or ta sell the same, giving good title to any real estate, to invest and reinvest in stocks, bonds or ather investrnents without being limited to investments which are legal for a minor's funds and ta use both income and prinaipal for the minor's welfare, comfort, recreation, support and education, including preparatory, college and post-graduate or professianal training. If my Personal Representative ar the said guardian cansiders the principal passing to a minor to be insufficient to warrant establishing ar continuing a guardianship, the said fiduciary may pay such principal to a custodian ar such minor under the appropriate Uniform Transfers to Minors Act, with the custodian of the accaunt to be selected by said fiduciaty. ARTICLE X TAXES I direct that all astate, inheritance and other taaces in the natura thereof, together with any interest and penalties thereon, becoming payable because of rny death with respect ta the ( graperty constituting my gross estate far death tax purposes, whether or nat such property passes Iunder this Will, shail be paid fram the principal af my residuary estate passing under Article VIII, 5 i hereof; and no legatee or devisee or any person having a beneficial interest in any such property, whether under this Will or any Codicil thereto or otherwise, shall at any time be required to refund any part of such taxes. ARTICLE XI PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE I name, constitute and appoint PNC BANK, N.A., Executor of this my Last Will and Testament. I give and grant to said fiduciary, in addition to the authority conferred by law, the power to sell any or all of my property, real or personal, at public or private sale, at such time and for such price and upon such terms and conditions as it may see fit, or in its discretion to retain the same for distribution in kind (with particular consideration being given to the retention of those securities which I have held with considerable satisfaction for many years), and the power, but not the duty, to invest any cash without being limited to "legal" investments. No bond shall be required of any fiduciary hereunder in any jurisdiction. ARTICLE XII EXPENSES OF ADMINISTRATION I direct my Personal Representative to claim any expenses of administration of my estate as income tax deductions upon an income tax return or returns whenever in its sole judgment such action will achieve an overall reduction in the income and death taxes. No compensating adjustments between income and principal shall be made as a result of such actions. 6 . IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I haue hereunto set my hand and seal to this,my Last Will and Testament, this /�O� day of �71rd�1!- 2010� /�� / //,:; -_ , , ' j , ��/ (SEAL) RI A . GL �R Signed, sealed, published and declared by the above-named �'estator, as and for his Last Will and Testament, in the presence of us, who at his request, in his presence and in the presence of each other, have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses. ��i��t �� AFFIDAVIT AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA . : ss COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND . We, RICHARD E. SIGLER, L�D�`t y�� F�-S and ��,l�ff��/�' S� �G{ ,BL.L�� , the Testator and the witnesses, respectively, whose names aze signed to the attached or 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/she executed it as his free and voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed, and that each of the witnesses, in the presence and hearing of the Testator, signed the Will as witness and that to the best of his/her knowledge the Testator was at that time eighteen years of age or older, of sound mind and under o constr ' or}�ue influence. / ; . ; RIC � <_--- � Witness �� w� ss Subscribed, sworn to and aclmowledged before me by RICHARD E. SIGLER, Testator, and subscribed and swom to before me by EDAIUNI� (r /I�yL�PS and �'ydTF�iA- S� lJu8LE2 witnesses, this �/ � day of �,(�jhu-r?i`c-�Y— , 2010. �.. 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