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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-07-14 PETITION FOR GRANT OF LETTERS REGISTER OF WILLS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA 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)IN following and respectfully requests the grant of Letters in the appropriate form: Steven C. Rice Decedent's Information h )r.�7� Name: EUGENE C RICE File No: 21-14 �— 01? 4'� a/k/a: (Assigned by Register) a/k/a; a/k/a: Date of Death: 03101/2014 Age at Death: 95 Decedent was domiciled at death in Cumberland County, PA (State)with histher last principal residence at _ 1455 Maplewood Drive,New Cumberland 17070 New Cumberand Cumberland Street address,Post Office and Zip Cade COY,Tovmship or Borough County Decedent died at Holy Spirit Hospital East Pennsboro Cumberland PA Street sources,Post off" Zip Could City,Township or Borough County State Estimate of value of decedent's property at death: if domiciled in Pennsylvania........................ All personal property $ 10,000.00 If not domiciled in Pennsylvania................. Personal property in Pennsylvania $ If not domiciled in Pennsylvania................. Personal property in County $ Value of real estate in Pennsylvania........... $ TOTAL ESTIMATED VALUE$ 10,000.00 Real estate in Pennsylvania situated at (Attach oldikenal sheets,a Mrassary.) Street address,Past Office and;No Code Cry,Township or Borough County Q A. Petition for Probate and Grant of Letters Testamentary Petitioner(s)aver(s)that he/shelthey Islare the Executor($)named in the Last Will of the Decedent,dated 05/28/2010 and Codicil(s) thereto dated Gloria C.Rice,spouse of Decedent,predeceased Decedent on May 26,2013 (State relevant cfrdumstances,e.g.,renunciation,death of executor,etc) Except as follows:after the execution of the instruments}offered for probate,Decedent did not me was not divorced,was not a a to a pending d divorce roceeding wherein the grounds for divorce had been established as defined in 23 Pa.C.S.73323(g),and did oot have a child n or adopWand Decedent was neither the victim of a killing nor ever adjudicated an incapacitated person. (D r. �R Q NO EXCEPTIONS Q EXCEPTIONS cn yam- Cy„ ❑B. Petition for Grant of Letters of Administration (If appllcable) c..a.; . .n.; .n.n I. pe ane le; u senla: u amnon e . If Administration,c.te or d.b.n.c.t.a.,enter date of Will in Section A above and complete list of heirs. C ' fiExcept as follows§3 23Cedant was not a party to pending divorce proceedingg wherein the incapacitated toe divorce oa had been established as d .~ r in 23 Pa.C.S.§3323(g)and was neither the victim of a killing nor ever atljudicaled an incapactated person. a _ `n F1 NO EXCEPTIONS Q EXCEPTIONS '9 Ln Pethioner(s),after a proper search has/have ascertained that DisoWent left no Will and was survived by the following spouse(if any)and heirs(attach additional sheets,if nacessary): Name Relationship Address Fonn R W-02 rey raa f-zorr Copyright(c)2011 form software only The Lackner Group,Ina Page 1 of 2 t�� Oath of Personal Representative OffIUal Use Only COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA } } SS: COUNTY OF Cumberland } Petitioner(s)Printed Name Petitioners)Printed Address Steven C.Rice 48 Riverside Drive Florham Park,NJ 07532 C7 .Z: ^-5 171 r ✓t_� y,. The Petitioner(s)above-named swear(s)or affirm(s)the statements in the foregoing,Petition are true and correct to the t of the knovt"ge atlif belief of Petitioners)and that,as Personal Representatives)of the Decedent,Petitloner(s)/w'ill well and truly administer'the estate acciliong to law. Sworn to or affirmed att `s bscribkd d@fo me the _ day ;�.y J Dare By: _._ Date Fqr a oats BOND Required? R Yes ❑X No To the Register of Wills: FEES 'r/ Please enter my appearance by my signature below: Letters.... ..............._.............._ $ S' nature: t 4 )Short Certificate(s).......... C ( I Renunciation(s)............... i 7 Codicil(s)......................... � l_)Affidavit(s)....................... Printed Name: LISA MARIE COYNE Esq Bond......................................_...... Supreme Cou Commission._........_........ ' ID Number: 53788 Other 1Q Firm Name: Coyne&Coyne,P.C. Address: 3401 Market Street Camp Hill,PA 170114227 Phone: 717/737-0464 Automation Fee... �,,,i Fax: 71717373181 JCS Fee,.... ...................... ....... TOTAL............................._.....___. $ E-mail: Ifsa @coyeandcoyne.com - DECREE OF THE REGISTER Date of Death: 0310112014 Estate of EUGENE C RICE File No: 21-14 . ( atk/a: AND NOW, ,�C.} ,in consideration Of the foregoing Petition, satisfactory proof having been presented a me,IT IS DECREED that Letters Testamentary are hereby granted to Steven C.Rice in the above estate and(if applicable)that the instrument(s)dated 0 512 812 01 0 described in the Petition be admitted to probate and filed of record as the last Will(and Codicil(s))of Decedent. ister of Wills I. 212 copyright(0)2011 fomt software only The Le ner Group,In . ga y LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF EUGENE C. RICE 1, EUGENE C. RICE, a resident of and legally domiciled in Sun City Center, Hillsborough County, Florida, and a citizen of the United States, do hereby make, publish and declare this document to be my Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all former Wilts and Codicils made by me. t ARTICLE I FAMILY N ri I am married to GLORIA C. RICE. I have four (4) children, each of whom is now living; namely, my sons, GREGG A. RICE, RONALD E. RICE, STEVEN C. RICE and JEFFREY C. RICE. ARTICLE II TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY I give all of my personal and household effects, clothing, jewelry, furniture, furnishings, tools and equipment, automobiles and any other items of tangible personal property in accordance with a written statement or list which I may prepare prior to my death. It shall be presumed that no written statement or list exists if none is found within thirty (30) days after appointment of my Personal Representative. Except as otherwise provided in any such written statement or list, I give all such tangible personal property to my wife, GLORIA C. RICE, or if she should not survive me by thirty (30) days, to such of my sons, GREGG A. RICE, RONALD E. RICE, STEVEN C. RICE and JEFFREY C. RICE (excluding more remote descendants), who survive me by thirty (30) days, to be divided approximately equally among them as they agree. i ' r ARTICLE III RESIDUE I give all of the residue of my estate, wherever situated, to my wife, GLORIA C. RICE, if she survives me by thirty (30) days. If my wife does not so survive me, I give all of the residue of my estate, in-equal shares, to such of my sons, GREGG A. RICE, RONALD E. RICE, STEVEN C. RICE and JEFFREY C. RICE, who survive me by thirty (30) days; provided, however, if a child does not so survive me but leaves descendants who so survive me, I give the share such child would have received if such child had so survived me to such child's descendants who so survive me, per stirpes. For purposes of this ARTICLE III, RICHARD MARC JOHNSON, the stepson of my son, RONALD E. RICE, shall be considered as his descendant. ARTICLE IV PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE A. Appointment. I appoint my wife, GLORIA C. RICE, as Personal Representative of my estate and this Will. If for any reason my wife should fail or cease to serve as Personal Representative, I appoint my son, STEVEN C. RICE, as alternate or successor Personal Representative. B. Powers. My Personal Representative shall be authorized to take any action deemed by my Personal Representative to be for the best interest of my estate without any limitations and without securing the authority or approval of any court and any and all decisions made and actions taken by my Personal Representative in good faith shall be binding and conclusive on all parties. This provision shall be given the widest possible construction and it shall, without limiting the generality thereof, include, in addition to those powers granted by law, the power to pay, settle or abandon all claims and obligations existing in favor of or against my estate, whether or not fled in court, or to permit assets which may secure obligations to remain subject to such obligations, whether or not such assets are assets of my estate; to borrow money; to lend money to any beneficiary of my estate; to pledge assets; to vote stock in person, by proxy or by participation in a voting trust; to participate in any reorganization, merger, refinancing or other transaction; to sell, convey, exchange or lease property, both real and personal, and grant options, easements and licenses therein, for such price and 2 c6lz_ upon such terms and credit as my Personal Representative may deem proper; to invest funds and retain any property in my estate without any limitation prescribed by law for investments by fiduciaries and regardless of any risk, nonproductivity or lack of diversification; to claim and collect any insurance proceeds and to obtain insurance coverages of any kind; to repair, alter or demolish any building or structure; to hold property in nominee form; to allocate receipts and disbursements between income and principal, consistent with generally accepted fiduciary accounting principles; to make any and all tax elections or determinations as may be available, without any duty to make adjustments between beneficiaries whose interests may be increased, decreased, created or eliminated by such elections or determinations; to make any division, allocation or distribution in cash or in kind or both without regard to income tax basis and to make non pro rata and non homogeneous distributions; to employ such agents, custodians, investment advisors or attorneys-in-fact or at law, as my Personal Representative deems advisable; to delegate any powers to any Co-Personal Representative; to deal with any organization in which my Personal Representative may be employed or otherwise interested in; to select an ancillary fiduciary, attorney or agent to act with respect to property in any jurisdiction where it is impractical or inconvenient for my Personal Representative to act; to distribute assets directly to a minor, or to a person who is determined by my Personal Representative to be unable properly to manage his or her affairs, or to apply assets for the direct or indirect benefit of such a person, or to distribute assets to a parent, guardian, custodian under a Uniform Gifts to Minors Act (and my Personal Representative is authorized to appoint such a custodian), or to any other person deemed suitable by my Personal Representative to be so applied; and my Personal Representative shall not be responsible for the application by such persons, and the certificates of my Personal Representative as to ' such distributions or applications shall be the full and sufficient receipts therefor. C. Bond. No bond or other security shall be required of any Personal Representative wherever acting, the same being specifically waived. ARTICLE V ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS A. Expenses. My Personal Representative shall pay all funeral expenses; costs of administration, including ancillary, and including the reasonable fees and expenses of my Personal Representative and attorneys, which may be determined by reference to applicable state statute or published fee schedules in effect from time to time; costs of safeguarding and delivering devises; the expenses of my last illness; and other proper charges against my estate. 3 B. General Provisions, My Personal Representative may at any time distribute such assets or sums to any beneficiary of my estate, as advance distributions of principal or income, as my Personal Representative determines would be advantageous in the administration of my estate, or of benefit to such beneficiary. Wherever used in this Will, the singular shall include the plural and the plural the singular, and any gender shall include all genders, unless the context otherwise requires. The words "Personal Representative" shall include any Co-Personal Representative and any successor Personal Representatives. The words "child", "children", "son", "daughter", "descendant" or "descendants" shall include adopted persons. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, in the presence of the witnesses, this C�L+ :day of , 2010. trc�- & (SEAL) t UGENE C. RICE Witnesses'Attestation and Signatures This Will, consisting of four (4) typewritten pages, including this attestation clause, was by the above-named EUGENE C. RICE, signed, sealed, published and declared as and to be his Last Will and Testament, in the presence of us, the undersigned, who, at his request and in his presence and in the presence of each other, have hereunto signed our names as attesting witnesses and EUGENE C. RICE was at such time of sound mind and understood he was executing a Will. l of Sun City Center, Florida. �, ��fSun City Center, Florida. 4 Acknowledgment of Testator STATE OF FLORIDA COUNTY OF HILLSBOROUGH 1, EUGENE C. RICE, declare to the officer taking my acknowledgment of this instrument, and to the subscribing witnesses, that I signed this instrument as my Will. E GENE C. RICE Affidavits of Subscribing Witnesses We, the undersigned witnesses, having been sworn by the officer signing below, declare to that officer on our oaths that the Testator, EUGENE C. RICE, declared the instrument to be his Will and signed it in our presence and that we each signed the instrument as a witness in the presence of the Testator and in the presence of each other. ITNE WI NESS Acknowledged and subscribed before me by the Testator, EUGENE C. RICE, who is personally known to me or who has produced a driver license as identification, anA sworn to and subscribed before me by the witnesses, 11"e r 1`/ mewP- , who is personally known to me o who has produced a driver license as identification, and -$G1S !.},J M: M l)hl: , who is personally known to me or who has produced a driver license as identification, and subscribed by me in the presence of the Testator and the subscribing witness%�%0IM+u1r,,,,,, on the day of 2010. �P�•sOU�pFS%., w0 ���sioN� , uo�es zt,ap 9 � �/ • `* -938'161 o" Notary Public, State Florida ;QQ` My Commission Expires: REGISTER OF WILLS CERTIFICATE OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY GRANT OF LETTERS PENNSYLVANIA 0 No. 2014- 00212 PA No. 21- 14- 0212 Estate Of: EUGENECRICE !First,Middla,Lasti Late Of: LOWERALLEN TOWNSHIP CUMBERLAND COUNTY Deceased Social Security No: 172-01-5662 n o 9:CD s WHEREAS, on the 7th day of March 2014 an instrumeng-,ja�ted ,)" ,CD Ma.y 28th 2010 was admitted to probate as the last will EUGENE C RICE (First,Middle,Last) N T7 late of LOWER ALLEN TOWNSHIP, CUMBERLAND County, d T who died on the 1st day of March 2014 and, WHEREAS, a true copy of the will as probated is annexed hereto. THEREFORE, I, LISA M. GRAYSON, ESQ. , Register of Wills in and for CUMBERLAND County, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, hereby certify that I have this day granted Letters TESTAMENTARY to: STEVEN C RICE who has duly qualified as EXECUTOR(RIX) and has agreed to administer the estate according to law, all of which fully appears of record in my office at CUMBERLAND COUNTY COURTHOUSE, CARLISLE, PENNSYLVANIA. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office on the 7th day of March 2014. e ei o i0 u[ **NOTE** ALL NAMES ABOVE APPEAR (FIRST, MIDDLE, LAST)