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Register of Wills of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Estate of
PETITION FOR GRANT OF LETTERS
LOUIS B. MICHAELS No.al~ 05- 0104
also known as
, Deceased
Social Security No. 206-16-2679
Pelitioner(s), who is/are 18 years of age or older, apply(ies) for
(COMPLETE "A" OR "B" BELOW:)
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A. Probate and Grant of Letters and aver that Petitioner(ll'j is/<lI'<Nhe execut r i X_named in the Last Will of the
Decedent,dated January 18, 2000 aTI<<lJtI>dfGR!8~
State relevant circumstances, e,g., renunciation, death of executor, ete
Except as follows, Decedent did not marry, was not divorced and did not have a child born or adopted after execution of the documents offered
for probate; was not the victim of a killing and was never adjudicated incapacitated: None
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8. Grant of Letters of Administration
(c.t.a.. d.b.n.cta.: pendente lite, durante absentia; durante minorilale)
Petitioner(s) after a proper search has/have ascertained the Decedent left no Will and was survived by the following spouse
(if any) and heirs:
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Decedent was domiciled at death in Cumber land County. Pennsylvania, with his/tjq:last family or principal
residence at 864 Hilltop Road, Lemoyne, Lower Allen Township
(list street, number and municipality)
Decedent,then 78 yearsof8ge,died May 5 ,~4at Holy Spirit Hospital, Camp Hill
(Location)
Decedent at death owned property with estimated values as follows:
(if domiciled in PA) All personal property.
(if not domi~iled in PAl Personal property in Pennsylvania
(If not domicileG in PAl Personal property in County.
Value of real estate in Pennsylvania.
Total.
75,000.00
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Real Estate situated as follows:
Wherefore, Petitioner(~ respectfully request(s) the probate of the Last Will aKlXGoJtiK~jq:lresented with this Petition and the grant of letters in
the appropriate form to the undersigned:
Signature
Typed or printed name and residence
Helen P. Michaels
864 Hilltop Road
Lemoyne, PA 17043
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Oath of Personal Representative
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
County of Dauphin
The Petitionerjs) above-named swear(s) and affirm(s) that the statements in the foregoing Petition are true
and correct to the best of the knowledge and belief of Petitioner(S9 and that, as personal representative~) of the Decedent,
Petitioner(S9 will well and truly administer the estate according to law.
Sworn to and affirmed and subscribed
before me this d-. day of
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Estate of
DECREE OF REGISTER
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Deceased
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also known as
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Date of Death:
5 - 5 -04
AND NOW,
on the reverse side hereon, satisfactory proof having been presented before me,
IT IS DECREED that Letter~estamentary 0 of Administration (c,l.a" dbnct,; pendente lite; durante absentia; durante minoritate)
, in consideration of the Petition
are hereby granted to
H l2LEN P. In I C H-1-\ LLS
in the above estate and that the instrument(s), if any, dated \ - I <i;' - -;)n DO
described in the Petition be admitted to probate and filed of record as the last Will of Decedent.
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LAST WILL AND TEST AMENT
OF
LOUIS B. MICHAELS
I, LOUIS B. MICHAELS, now of the Lemoyne, Cumberland County,
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Pennsylvania, do hereby declare this to be my Last Will and Testament and revoke all prior
Wills and Codicils made by me.
ITEM I. I direct that all of my just and currently due debts and funeral expenses,
including the cost of my gravemarker, if any, shall be paid from my estate as soon as practical
after my decease as a part of the administrative expenses of my estate.
ITEM II. I give and devise all of my estate of every nature and wherever situate
to my wife. HELEN P. MICHAELS, provided she survives me by thirty (30) days.
ITEM III. Should my wife, HELEN P. MICHAELS, predecease me or die on or
before the thirtieth (30th) day following my death, I bequeath my household goods. personal
clTccts. guns any other tangible personalty of like nature to the residuary beneficiaries herein
named. in equal shares, to be divided among them as they agree; or, if they cannot agree. as my
personal representative determines. All such items not so divided shall be sold by my personal
representative and added to my residuary estate for distribution.
ITEM IV. [give and devise all of the rest, residue and remainder of my estate of
every nature and wherever situate, as follows:
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Louis B. Michaels
A. One-halfeh) thereof to my sister, BEATRICE EVANS, or her issue, per
stirpes. Should she die without issue, I give the same to my niece, KELLY FUZZENAGGER,
and my nephew, JOHN MICHAELS, or their respective issue, per stirpes.
B. One-half (\I,) thereof in equal shares, share and share alike, to my wife's
sisters, GRACE MENGES and BETTY KLECKNER, and her brother, EDWARD PLOTTS, JR.,
or their respective issue, per stirpes. Should any such beneficiary die without issue. the share of
such deceased beneficiary shall be divided among the survivors herein mentioned or their issue,
per stirpes.
ITEM V. If any income or principal shall be payable to any person who shall be
under the age of twenty-five (25) or who shall be incapacitated for any reason, my personal
representative, as trustee, shall hold such income and principal and shall apply such income and
principal to the health, maintenance, support and education of such person until age twenty-five
(25) or during incapacity, without the appointment of any guardian or committee or any
authority of court, and shall be entitled to make direct application hereunder or to make
application by payment thereof to the parent or other person in charge of such person, or to his or
her guardian or to a custodian under the Uniform Transfers to Minors Act, or to the person. Any
remaining income and principal to which such person shall be entitled shall be paid and
distributed to such person upon attaining age twenty-five (25) or termination of incapacity.
ITEM VI. I appoint my wife, HELEN P. MICHAELS, Executrix, of this my
Last Will and Testament. Should she fail to qualifY or cease to act in such capacity, I then
appoint JAMES K. ROBERTS, JR., Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, Contingent Executor of this my
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Last Will and Testament. No bond shall be required of my personal representative in any
jurisdiction.
lTEM VII. In addition to the powers given by law to my personal representa-
tive(s) and trustee(s) [hereinafter fiduciaries] in the administration of my estate and of
any trust(s) created herein, they shall have the following discretionary powers applicable to all
real and personal property held by them, including property held for minors. effective without
court ordcr until actual disIribution.
A. To retain any property owned by me at my death and to invest any funds held
by them in any stocks, bonds, notes or other securities or property, real or personal, including
common trust funds. mutual funds and money market deposit accounts operated or offered by
my corporate trustee. if any, or any affiliate of it.
B. To sell or otherwise dispose of any property, real or personal. at any timc
forming a part of my estate or the trust estate, for cash or upon credit. in such manner and on
such terms as they see tit, and no one dealing with the fiduciaries shall be bound to see to the
application of any monies paid.
C. To manage, operate, repair, improve, mortgage or lease tor any term [even if
beyond the duration of the trust(s)) any real estate at any time held or owned by them as
tiduciaries.
D. To hold investments in the name of a nominee and exercise and dispose of
warrants.
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E. To engage in litigation and compromise, arbitrate or abandon claims and
property.
F. To conduct any business in which I am engaged or in which! have an interest
at the time of my death for such period as the fiduciaries deem advisable, with the power to
borrow money and to pledge the assets of the business and to do all other acts which !, in my
lifetime, could have done, or to delegate such powers to a partner, manager or employee without
liability for any loss occurring therein.
G. To allocate items of receipt or disbursement between principal and income as
the fiduciaries deem equitable regardless of the character given such items by law; to distribute
in cash or kind or partly in each at valuations fixed by the fiduciaries.
H. To borrow money, including the right to borrow from any corporate trustee. if
any, and to mortgage or pledge as security or to hold its own stock if a corporate trustee.
I. To join in any merger, reorganization, voting trust plan or other concerted
action of security holders, and to delegate discretionary duties with respect thereto.
J. Should the principal of any trust herein provided for be or become too small in
trustee's opinion so as to make establishment or continuance of the trust inadvisable, my
trustee(s) may make immediate distribution of the then remaining principal and any accumulated
or undistributed income outright to the person or persons and in the proportion they are then
entitled to income. Upon such termination, the rights of all beneficiary(ies) who might otherwise
have an interest as succeeding income beneficiary(ies) or in remainder shall cease.
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K. In general, to exercise all powers in the management of the assets of my estate
or the trust estate which any individual could exercise in the management of similar property
owned in his own right upon such terms and conditions as the fiduciaries may deem best, and to
execute and deliver all instruments and to do all acts which the fiduciaries may deem necessary
or proper to carry out the purposes of this win or any trust(s) created herein.
L To apply income or principal to which any beneficiary is entitled, directly for
his or her comfort, maintenance and support, should the fiduciaries deem such beneficiary
incapable of receiving the same by reason of age, illness, infirmity or incapacity, or to pay the
same to such person or persons as the fiduciaries select to disburse it, whose receipt shall be a
complete acquittance therefore without the intervention of any guardian.
M. To assume continuance of the status of any beneficiary with reference to
death. marriage, divorce. illness, incapacity or other change in the absence of information
deemed reliable without liability for disbursements made on such assumptions.
N. All principal and income shall, until actual distribution to any beneficiary. be
free of the debts, contracts, alienations and anticipations of any beneficiary, and the same may
not be liable for any levy, attachment, execution or sequestration while in the hands of any bene-
ficiary, and the same may not be liable for any levy, attachment. execution or sequestration while
in the hands of any fiduciaries. . ,
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this l~/ day
of
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The preceding instrument, consisting of this and five other typewritten pages, identified by the
signature of the testator, as on the day and date thereof signed, published and declared by Louis
B. Michaels. the testator therein named, as and for his last Will, in the presence of us, who, at his
request, in his presence and in the presence of each other, subscribed our names as witnesses
hereto.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
COMMONWEAL TH OF PENNSYLVANIA:
: SS.
COUNTY OF DAUPHIN
I, LOUIS B. MICHAELS, 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 instrument 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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testator, this
S\Ygrn or affirme~d acknowledged before me, by Louis B. Michaels,
ili'!, dayof....)Oni/Uj ,2000.
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We. '( hU..J ell J... F'; ,~, (' , 'If; i'C/ It!... L b ,;rylJ Jj {f-c , the
witnesses whose names are signed to the attao ed or foregoing instrument, being duly qualilied
according to law, do depose and say that we were present and saw testator sign and execute the
instrument as his last Will: that he signed willingly and that he 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 knowle,dg'e the;e~tator \ a' at
that time 18 or more years of age. of sound mind and under no c~~n\~_r;~lei://}l:e
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Sworn to and subscribed before me this j{r'1 day of \ ) (,'Jl,j it lei
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