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Home My WebLink About02-20-14 PETITION FOR GRANT OF LETTERS REGISTER OF WILLS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA Petitioner(s)named below,who is/are 16 years of age or older,apply(ies)for Letters as specified below, and in support thereof aver(s)the following and respectfully requests the grant of Letters in the appropriate form: Leslie R.Ball Decedent's Information � ( Name: Lester R.McAlister File No: 21-14 a/k/a: (Assigned by Register) a/k/a: a/k/a: Social Security No: Date of Death: 0112312014 Age at Death: 74 Decedent was domiciled at death in Cumberland County, PA (state)with his/her last principal residence at 21 Valley St.,Carlisle 17013 South Middleton Cumberland Street address,Post Office and Zip Code City,Township or Borough County Decedent died at 21 Valley St.,Carlisle 17013 South Middleton Cumberland PA Street address,Post Once and Zip Code City,Township or Borough County State Estimate of value of decedent's property at death: If domiciled in Pennsylvania...................... All personal property $ 6,200.00 If not domiciled in Pennsylvania................ Personal property in Pennsylvania $ /f not domiciled in Pennsylvania................ Personal property in County $ Value of real estate in Pennsylvania................................................................... $ TOTAL ESTIMATED VALUE $ 6,200.00 Real estate in Pennsylvania situated at (Attach additional sheets,if necessary.) Street address,Post Office and Zip Code City,Township or Borough County ®A. Petition for Probate and Grant of Letters Testamentary Petitioner(s)avers)that he/she/they is/are the Executor(s)named in the Last Will of the Decedent,dated 0412412013 and Codicils) thereto dated State relevant circumstances(e.g.,renunciation,death o/executor,etc.) Except as follows:after the execution of the instrument(s)offered for probate,Decedent did not marry,was not divorced,was not a part y to a pending divorce proceeding 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 the victim of a killing nor ever adjudicated an incapacitated person. ®NO EXCEPTIONS ❑ EXCEPTIONS ❑ B. Petition for Grant of Letters of Administration (If applicable) c t.a.,d.b.n.,or b.n.c.t.a.,pedente lite,durante absentia.durante minontate If Administration,c.i or d.b.n.c.t.a.,enter date of Will in Section A above and complete list of heirs. Except as follows: Decedent was not a party to 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. ❑NO EXCEPTIONS ❑ EXCEPTIONS Petitioner(s),after a proper search has/have ascertained that Decedent left no Will and was survived by the following spouse(if any)and heirs(attach additional sheets,if necessary): n m Name Relationship Address 'Z7 Form RW O2 rev.10-11-2011 Copyright(c)2011 form software only The Lackner Group,Inc. Page 1 of 2 Oath of Personal Representative Official Use Only COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA } } SS: COUNTY OF Cumberland } Petitioner(s)Printed Name Petitioner(s)Printed Address Leslie R.Ball 21 Valley St. Carlisle,PA 17013 Name as listed in Will: Leslie R.Ball Qu U -s The Petitioner(s)above-named swear(s)or affirm(s)the statements in the foregoing Petition are true and correct to the bed of the knowledge and belief of Petitioner(s)and that,as Personal Representative(s)of the Decedent,Peti' ner s)wi /1A�ll and truly administer the state according to law Sworn to or affirmed and subscribed before 'I Date me tpAS_dL day of , ZU y Data rW j ( U Date lo,Me Register Date BOND Required? ❑ YES ❑X NO To the Register of Wills: FEES: Please enter my appearance by my signature below: Letters.......................................... $ 45.00 Attorney Signature: ( 2 )Short Certificate(s)......... 10.00 ,J ,,, ( )Renunciation(s).............. 3"W ( 1 ' ( )Codicil(s)........................ ( )Affidavit(s)...................... Printed Name: Roger B.Irwin Esq. Bond............................................. Supreme Court Commission.................................. ID Number: 6282 Other Will 15.00 PA Inheritance Tax return 15.00 Firm Name: Salzmann Hughes,P.C. Inventory 15.00 Address: 354 Alexander Spring Road,Suite 1 JCP 23.50 Automation fee 5.00 Carlisle,PA 17015 Phone: 717-249-6333 Automation Fee............................ Fax: 717-249-7334 JCSFee....................................... TOTAL......................................... $ 128.50 E-mail: jhughes @salzmannhughes.com DECREE OF THE REGISTER Date of Death: 01/23/2014 Social Security No: Estate of Lester R.McAlister File No: 21-14 j(j y a/k/a: AND NOW, ni ,in consideration of the foregoing Petition, satisfactory proof having been presented bef re me,IT IS DECREED that Letters Testamentary are hereby granted to Leslie R.Ball in the above estate and(if applicable)that the instrument(s)dated 04124/2013 described in the Petition be admitted to probate and filed of record as the last Will(and Codicil s))of Decedent. egister of Wills - (0 ?yip, Copyright(c)2011 form software only The Lackner Group,Inc" " '" Page 2 of 2 y . LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT M . I, LESTER R. McALISTER, of South Middleton Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, being of sound mind, disposing memory and full legal age, do hereby make, publish and declare this to be my Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all Wills and Codicils heretofore made by me. 1. I direct my Executrix or Substitute Executrix, as the case may be, to pay all of my debts, funeral and administrative expenses as soon as convenient after my decease. Furthermore, I direct that all state, inheritance, succession and other death taxes imposed or payable by reason of my death and interest and penalties thereon with respect to all property composing of my gross estate for death tax purposes, whether or not such property passes under this Will, shall be paid by the Executrix or Substitute Executrix from my estate, and that none of the aforesaid taxes shall be prorated among those persons or entities named herein or otherwise beneficiaries hereunder. 2. My Executrix or Substitute Executrix may, at her discretion, compromise claims, borrow money, retain property for such length of time as she may deem proper; lease and sell property for such prices, on such terms, at public or private sales, as she may deem proper; and r�, invest estate property and income without restriction to legal investments unles'�S_,othervvlse provided hereunder. CD 3. 1 authorize and empower my Executrix or Substitute Executrix to sell ariy,realty antor {?_ 3 c) personalty owned by me at my death and not specifically devised or bequeathed herein, at pvVic "'C) . . or private sale or sales and to give good and sufficient deeds and/or bills of sale therefor, in fee simple, as I could do if living. My Executrix or Substitute Executrix is authorized and empowered to engage in any business in which I may be engaged at my death, for such period of time after my death as seems expedient to said Executrix or Substitute Executrix. 4. I give, devise and bequeath all of my estate of whatever nature and wherever situate to THERESA A. ROTH, GAIL M. KUHN, LISA P. McALISTER and LESLIE R. BALL, share and share alike. 6. I nominate and appoint LESLIE R. BALL to be the Executrix of this my Last Will and Testament. In the event she has predeceased me, failed to qualify or is not able or does not serve for whatever reason, I then appoint LISA P. McALISTER to be the Substitute Executrix of this my Last Will and Testament with the same powers as are given to the original Executrix hereunder. 7. No person(s) shall benefit hereunder unless such beneficiary shall survive me by sixty (60) days. 8. No Executrix or Substitute Executrix acting hereunder shall be required to post bond or enter security in this or any other jurisdiction. 9. No beneficiary may assign, anticipate or pledge her interest in any income or principal held or distributable hereunder, and no beneficiary's creditors may levy, attach or otherwise reach any such interest. 2 10. If any person entitled to share in any distribution under the terms of this my Last Will and Testament becomes an adverse party in any proceeding to contest the probate of this Last Will and Testament, such person shall forfeit her or his entire interest inherited hereunder and all provisions in favor of such person shall be declared void and of no effect. The share of such person so forfeited shall be distributed as part of the residue pursuant to Paragraph No. 4 hereof, as the case may be, except that if such person is entitled to share in the said residue, that interest shall be distributed proportionately to the other residuary beneficiaries. 11. 1 hereby suggest that my personal representative retain the services of Irwin & McKnight, P.C. as attorneys in the settlement of my estate. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 24`h day of April 2013. ��33 (SEAL) — USTERv R. McALISTER Signed, sealed, published and declared by the above-named Testator, as and for his Last Will and Testament, in our presence, who, at his request, in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto set our names as subscribing witnesses. 3 ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AFFIDAVIT WE, LESTER R. McALISTER, MARTHA L. NOEL and SHARON L. SCHWALM, the Testator and 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 he had signed willingly, and that he executed it as his free and voluntary act for the purpose herein 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 their knowledge the Testator was, at that time, eighteen years of age or older, of sound mind and under no constraint or undue influence. LESTER R. McALISTER �;h/ MARTHA I. NOEL SHARON L. SCHWALM COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA : . SS: COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND Subscribed, sworn to and acknowledged before me by LESTER R. McALISTER, the Testator herein, and subscribed and sworn to before me by MARTHA L. NOEL and SHARON L. SCHWALM,witnesses, this 24th day of April 2013. /5_, ry Public COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA fJOtarial Seal Roger B.Irvin,Notary Public Carlisle Sono,Cumberland County My Commissbm Expires oR.3,2016 MEMBER,?ENNSVLVA"!IA ASSOCIATION OF NOTARIES 4