HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-31-13 PETITION FOR GRANT OF LETTERS
REGISTER OF WILLS OF CUMBERLAND Cp�'I'y,p��SYLVANIA
Petitioner(s)named below,who is/are 18 years of age or 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 appropri�te form:
Decedent's Inform�„ ahon _
Name: Ravmond P Shearer File No: 21 " ������
�a� (Assigned by Register)
a/k/a:
�a� Social Security No:
Date of Death: 2/19/13 Age at death: 84
Decedent was domiciled at death in Cumberland County, PA (State)with his/her last
principal residence at 930 N.College Street 17013 Carlisle Borou�h Cumberland
Street sddress,Poat Ot�ice and Z�p Code City,Township or Borougb County
Decedent died at Carlisle Hosnital 17013 Carlisle Borou�h Cumberland PA
Street addras,Post Of6ce and Zip Code C�ty,Townshlp or Borou�h Couaty Sb�
Estimate of value of decedent's property at death:
If dondclled/n Pennsylvanla................................All personal property s
If not don�ciled ln Pennsylvanla.............................Personal property in Pennsylvania a
If not don�tclltd in Pennsylvanla.............................Personal property in Counry �
Va[ue ojreal estate ln Pennsylvanla.............................................................. a 2.000.00
TOTAL ESTIMATED VALUE.... S 2.000.00
Real estate in Pennsyivania situated at: 930 N.Collese 3treet 17013 Carliste Borough Cumberland
(Attach additfona!sheets,if necessary.) Street address,Post Otnce and Zip Code City,Township or Borou�b County
� A. �etition for Prob te and Grant of Letters Testamentarv
Petitioner�s)aveKs}he/she/they is/are the Executor(s)named in the last Will of the Decedent,dated 1/31/97 and Codicil(s)
thereto dated L�Ione
Mary V.Shearer deceased 2/19/13 John M Shearer and Thomas P Shearer have renounced their right to serve
Sbte relevant circumsances(Gg,renanciaAion,d�atk ojezecawr�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 gtounds 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.
� NO EXCEPTIONS ❑EXCEPTIONS
0 B. Petitjon for Grant of Letters of Administration([f appticab�e)
c.t.a.,d.b.n.,d.b.n.c.t.a.,pendente lite,durante absentia,durante minorilate
If Administration,c.�a or�b.n.c.�a,enter date of Will in_Section A above and comQlete 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 victicn of a killing nor ever adjudicated an incapacitated person.
O NO EXCEPTIONS ❑EXCEPTIONS
Petitioner(s),after a proper search has/have ascertained that Decedent left no Wili and was survived by the folio�g spouse(if a�and heir��rch
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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA } I
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COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND }
Petitioner(s)Printed Name Petitioner(s)Printed Address
32 Ridge Avenue
Patricia E.Rockwell Carlisle PA 17013
The Petitioner(s)above-named swear(s)or affirm(s)the statements in the foregoing Petition are true and correct to the best of the knowledge and belief
of Petitioner(s)and ihat,as Personai Representative(s)of the Decedent,the Petitioner(s)will well an truly administer the estate according to law.
Sworn to or�affumed and subscribed bef re ` � � Date �U v'�v?U��
me thi -�L_ day of �C����
By. Date
For the Register
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DECREE OF THE REGISTER
Estate of�vmond P.Shearer � � ��y
- File No: 21 "���CJ� " ���
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AND NOW, ,°�� ,in consideration of the foregoing Petition,
satisfactory proof having been presented before me,IT IS DECREED that Letters Testamentarv
are hereby granted to Patricia E.Rockwell
in the above estate and(if applicable)that
the instrument(s)dated 1/31/1997
described in the Petition be admitted to probate and filed of record the last Will(an odicil(s))o ecedent.
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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
I,RAYM�ND P.SHEARER,ofthe Borough of Carlisle,Cumberland County,Pennsylvania,
being of sound and disposing mind and memory,do hereby make,publish and declare this to be my
Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking any and all former Wills or Codicils by me made.
1.
I direct that all my just debts, funeral expenses, testamentary expenses and a11 inheritance
taxes(whether such taxes may be payable by my estate or by any recipient of any property) shall be
paid from my residuary estate as �oon as practicable after my dece�se and as part of the
administration of my estate. My Executor shall have no duty or obligation to obtain reimbursement
for any such tax so paid,even though on proceeds of insurance or other property not passing under
this Will.
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In the event my wife shall predecease or fail to survive me by thirtyc�3� days,�en��i`�
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such items of personalty as are itemized in a certain list attached hereto ;t� �e�ersoriEs n��
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thereon, which list is signed and dated by me at the end thereof. +�" �k- °:`�": +�-'� �=� ��'
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If my wife shall survive me by thirty (30) days,then I give, devise a��,�queatlhr-�.11 a�
estate,both real and personal property,unto my wife, MARY V. SHEARER�°absolutel� �
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4.
In the event my said wife, MARY V. SHEARER, shall predecease or fail to survive me by
more than thirty(30)days,then I give,devise and bequeath all the rest,residue and remainder of my
estate, both real and personal property, in equal shares, unto my children, PATRICIA E.
ROCKWELL,JOHN M. SHEARER and THOMAS P. SHEARER, absolutely.
5.
In the event that any of my said children sha11 fail to survive my wife and me,but shall leave
issue surviving, then such deceased child's share shall be held by the surviving parent of such
deceased child's issue and the net income therefrom shall be used, in equal shares, for the support,
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maintenance and education of the issue of such deceased child. The trustee shall use as much of the
principal as he or she sha11 deem desirable,in equal shares,for said purposes. I direct that the issue
of such deceased child shall have the right of withdrawal of his or her equal share of the principal
and any accumulated income of said trust as each attains the age of twenty-one (21) years. In the
event that any of my children sha11 fa.il to survive my wife and me and not leave issue surviving,then
such deceased child's share shall be added to the shazes of my other children as if originally a part
thereof.
. To the extent that the same is permitted by law, none of the beneficiaries hereunder shall
have any power to dispose of or to charge by way of anticipation any interest given to such
beneficiary;and all sums payable to such beneficiaries hereunder shall be free and clear of the debts,
contracts, alienations and anticipations of the beneficiaries, and all liabilities for levies and
attachments and proceedings of whatsoever kind, at law or in equity.
6.
I nominate,constitute and appoint my wife,MARY V.SHEARER,as Executrix of my esta.te.
In the event my wife shall be unable or unwilling to serve in such capacity, then I appoint my
child�en,PATRICIA E. ROCKWELL, JOHN M. SHEARER and THOMAS P. SHEARER,to act
in such capacity.
7.
I direct that neither my personal representative(s)nor any trustee shall be required to file a
bond to secure the faithful performance of their duties in any jurisdiction.
8.
I authorize and empower my personal representative(s),in their sole and absolute discretion,
to purchase or otherwise acquire and retain any investments of which I die seized or any real or
personal property of any nature; to sell, lease,pledge, mortgage,transfer, exchange, dispose of or
grant options in regard to any or all property of any kind forming a part of my estate for such terms
and such prices as they may deem advisable;to borrow money for any purposes connected with the
protection and preservation of my esta.te;to mortgage or pledge any real or personal property forming
a part of my estate or to join in or secure the partition of same; to compromise any claims or
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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA )
: SS.
COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND �
I, Raymond P. Shearer, Testator, whose name is signed to the attached or foregoing
instrument,having been duly qualified according to law, do hereby acknowledge that I signed and
executed the mstru,ment as my Last Will;that I signed it willingly;and that I signed it as my free and
voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed.
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Raym d P. Shearer
Sworn or�rmed to and acknowledged before me by Ra.ymond P.�hearer,the Testator,this
�1�day of 1997.
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Notary Public
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA � Corrine LNMye s�,Notary Public
Carlisle Boro,Cumberland County
: SS. My Commission Expires May 27,1999
COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND � �
we, ��(v �� ��v � Cc_nD� /� 1 C,G�o /�.. �... ��'G��.'t',
the witnesses whose names are signed to the attached or foregoing instrument, being duly qualified
according to law,do depose and say that we were present and saw Ra.ymond P. Shearer,the Testator,
sign and execute the instrument as his Last Will; that the Testa.tor signed willingly and that the
Testator executed it as his free and voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed;that each of us,
in the hearing and sight of the Testator, signed the Will as witnesses; and that to the best of our
knowledge the Testator was at that time 18 or more years of age, of sound mind and under no
constraint or undue influence.
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Sworn or aff'umed to and subscribed before me this day of ����,r 1997.
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Notary Public
Notarial Seal —
Corrine L.Myers,Notary Public
Carlisle Boro,Cumberland County
My Commission E;pires May 27,1999
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RENUNCIATION .�;;1� ;?J; 31 �'�1 �- �-�-
REGISTER OF WILLS
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C_RLAND 0�.� �°��.��a' l�J���1
COUNTY, PENNS YLVANIAG,����������� ��., P�
Esta.te of�YMOND P.SHE�RFR , Deceased
j, THOMAS P.SHEARER
(Pr�nt Name) , in my capacity/relationship as
�oN/CO-ExE�uTOR of the above Decedent,hereby renounce the right to
administer the Estate of the Decedent and respectfully request that Letters be issued to
PATRICIA E.ROCKWELL
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32600 North Route 44
(Street Address)
Lock Haven PA 17745
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(City,State,Zip)
Executed in Register's Office Executed out of Register's Uffice
Sworn to or�rmed and subscribed Before the undersigned personally appeared the
before me this day party executing this renunciation and certified
of , . that he or she executed the renunciation for the
purpos s stated wi�hin on this day
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Deputy for Register of Wills Notary Public
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Esta.te of RAYMO1vD P.SHEARER ,Deceased
j,JOHN M.SHEARER
, in my capacity/relationship as
(Print Name)
soN/�o-EXECUTOR of the above Decedent,hereby renounce the right to
administer the Estate of the Decedent and respectfully request that Letters be issued to
PATRICIA E.ROCKWELL
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(Date) (S' ture
13271 Sherburne Circle,Unit 2501
(Street AddressJ
Bonita Surin�s FL �4135
(City,State,Zip)
Executed in Register's Office Executed out of Reg�ster's Office
Sworn to or a�irmed and subscribed Before the undersigned personally appeared the
before me this day party executing this renunciation and certified
of , . that he or she executed the renun 'at' n for the
purpos ta within on 's day
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