HomeMy WebLinkAbout12-16-13 PETITION FOR GRANT OF LETTERS
REGISTER OF WILLS pF CUMBERLAND COUNTY,PENNSYLVANIA
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M Petitioner(s)named below,who is/are 18 years of age or older,apply(ies)far Letters as specified below,and in
support thereof aver(s)the following and respectfully request(s)the grant of Letters in the appropriate form:
�e�edent's Informa#ion
Name: Jack E.Johnson File No: 21'— ' ��
�a: (Assigned 6y Register)
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�a: Social Security No:
Date of Death: 12/6/13 Age at death: 84
Decedent was domiciled at death in Cumberland County, pA (State)with his/her last
principal residence at 8 Broad Street 17257 Southampton Township Cumberland
Street address,Poat OtSce and Zip Code City,Township or Borou=6 County
Decedent died at 770 S.Hanover Street 17013 Carlisle Borough Cumberland PA
Strect address,Poat OiSce and Zip Code City,Township or Borough County State
Estimate of value of decedent's property at death:
If dondcrtled�n Pennsylvanta................................All personal property $ 110,000.00
If not domiclled ln Pennsylvan�a.............................Personal property in Pennsylvania S
IJnot don�Ctled ln Pennsylvania.............................Personal property in County $
Value of real estate In Pen�uylvan�a.............................................................. $ 150,000.00
TOTAL ESTIMATED VALUE.... S 260.000.00
Real estate in Pennsylvania situated at: 8 Broad Street 17257 Southampton Township Cumberland
(Attach addittonal sheets,if necessary.) Strcet address,Post OtSce and Zip Code City,Towns6ip or Borou�h County
� A. Pe�itiou for Probate and Grant of Letters Testa�nentarv
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Petitioner(s)aver(s)he/she/they is/aze the Executor(s)named in the last Will of the Decedent,dated 9/24/13 and Codicil(s)
thereto dated Nune
Sbte relevant circumsbnces(Gg.renunciatlon,death nj4recutor,de.)
Except as�ollows:aRer the execution of the instrument(s)offered for probate Decedent did not marry,was not divorced,was not a party to a pending
divorce ptoceeding 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 ths victim of a killing nor ever adjudicated an incapacitated person.
� NO EXCEPTIQNS O EXCEPTIONS
0 B. Petition for Grant of Letters of Administration(tf appticabte)
c.t.a.,d.b.n.,d.b.n.c.t.a.,pendente lite,durante absentia,durante minoritate
If Administration,��a.or d b.n.c.�a.,enter date of Will in Section A above aed comu„lete list of 6eirs.
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. �
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Petitioner(s),after a proper search has/have ascertained that Decedent left no Will and was survived by the followingq�lb�(if any) n eir��c�
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Oath of Personal Rep�resentative °�°`�v�°i1y
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COUNTY UF CUMBERLAND }
Petitioner(s)Printed Name Petitioner(s)Printed Address
10 Bentley Place
Judith J.Fickel Carlisle 17013
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The Petitioner(s)above-namcd swcar(s)or ai�irm(s)the statements in the foregoing Petition are true and correct to th�Des�"'ef the knowledge�b�f
of Petitionet(s)and that,as Personal Itepresentative(s)of the Decedent,the Petitioner(s)wilt well and truly administ�t the� accord�g to�'�,�„`w".f'r�
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BOND Required: ❑ 'Y`E.S ~�� NO To the Register of H'ills:
FEES: Please enter my appearance by my signature below:
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Lett ....................... $ � Attorney Signature:
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( )Renunciation(s).......... �.��`1 � /�--
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Bond ......................... Printed Name: Christopher E.Rice,Esquire
Commission .................... Supreme Court
Other .,,,,,,,. ID Number: 90916
''''''''' 1S Firm Name: Martson Law Offices
�-�� ''''''''' Address: 10 East High Street
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......... F�: (717)243-1850
Automation Fee ................. /� Email• crice(�u,martsonlaw.com
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TOTAL......................$
DECREE OF THE REGISTER
Estate of Jack E.Johnson File No: 21 ",��" ���7
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AND NQw, � , �Q�— ,in considera�iog of the foregoing Petition,
satisfactory proof havmg been presented before me,IT IS DECREED that Letters Testam�ntary
are hereby granted to Judith J Fickel - , - _
in the above estate and(if applicable)that
the instrument(s)dated September 24,2013
described in the Petition be admitted to probate and filed of record as e last Will and Godicil(s))o cedent.
Register of Wills '
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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
I, JACK E. JOHNSON, of Southampton Township, 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 made by me.
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I direct that all my legally enforceable debts, funeral expenses, testamentary expenses and
all death t�es(whether such taxes may be payable by my estate or by any recipient of any property)
shall be paid from my residuary estate as soon as practicable after my decease and as part of the
administration of my estate. My Executrix 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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I give, devise and bequeath all the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, both real and
personal property, in the following manner:
a. One share unto my daughter, JUDITH J. FICKEL;
� b. One share unto my daughter, DARLENE STEVENSON;
c. One share unto my daughter,PENNY HOWLAND; and
d. One share equally unto my two grandsons, SCOTT MOOSE and TODD MOOSE.
In the event any beneficiary named in Items 2(a),(b),or(c)shall predecease or fail to survive
me by more than thirty(30)days,then her share shall be distributed to her issue,per stirpes,and in
default of any such living issue,such share shall be distributed to the surviving beneficiaries named
in this Item 2.
In the event any beneficiary named in Item 2(d) shall predecease or fail to survive me by
more than thirty(30)days,then his share shall be distributed to his issue,per stirpes,and in default
�f�y s��i living issue, such share shall be distributed to the surviving beneficiary named in Item
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���;�. I�Chere is�`Iiving beneficiaries under Item 2(d),then the share allocated to Item 2(d) shall
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,�b�dist�utac�t�tli�surviving beneficiaries in Items 2(a), (b), and(c).
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I nominate, constitute and appoint my daughter, JLTDITH J. FICKEL, as Executrix of my
estate. In the event she shall be unable or unwilling to so serve, then I appoint my daughters,
DARLENE STEVENSON and PENNY HOWLAND, as co-Executors of my estate.
4.
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.
5.
I authorize and empower my Executrix,or her successor,in her 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 estate;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
demands of my estate against others or of others against my estate;to make distribution in kind and
to cause any share to be composed of cash, property or undivided fractional shaxes in property
different in kind from any other share; to employ agents, attorneys and proxies and to delegate to
them such powers as my Executrix, or her successor, considers desirable and to pay reasonable
compensation for such services as may be rendered by such agents, attorneys and proxies; and to
execute and deliver such instruments as may be necessary to carry out any of these powers. In
addition,I direct that my Executrix, or her successor, shall have the power to conduct an inventory
of any safe deposit box necessary to the administration of my estate.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 24th day of
September, 2013.
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ack E. Johnson
SIGNED,SEALED,PUBLISHED AND DECLARED by the above-named Testator,as and
for his Last Will and Testament,in the presence of us,who at his request,have hereunto subscribed
our names as witnesses thereto, in the presence of the said Testator and of each other.
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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA )
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COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND )
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We,Jack E.Johnson,Christopher E.Rice and ���C, �� G-� 4�L ,the
Testa.tor 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 Testator signed and executed
the instrument as his last Will and that the Testator has signed willingly, and that the Testator
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 a 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 no constraint or undue influence.
J E. Johnson, estator
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Witness
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Subscribed, sworn to and acknowledged before me by Jack E. Johnson, the Testator, and
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subscribed and sworn to before me by Christopher E.Rice and � � � �. � � L � ,
the witnesses,this_�
a day of September, 2013.
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Notary Public
COMMONWFALTkI O�F PENNSYLVANIA
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Vict�ria L:f�to,Notary Public
Carlisle Boro,Cumberland County
M commission ex ires December 20,2Q14
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