HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-13-14 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)the following and respectfully request(s)the grant of Letters in the appropriate form:
Decedent's Information
Name: Margaret A . Ross File No: ` �- i —Z3Z
a/k/a: (Assigned by Register)
a/k/a:
a/k/a: Social Security No:
Date of Death: 2/2/2014 Age at death: 91
Decedent was domiciled at death in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (State) with his/her last
principal residence at 9 Courtland Road 17011 Lower Allen Township Cumberland
Street address,Post Office and Zip Code City,Township or Borough County
Decedentdiedat 111 S . Front St - 17101 City( of Harrisburg Dauphin PA
Street address,Post Office 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 $ 22,000 - 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................................................. $ 115,300 - 00
TOTAL ESTIMATED VALUE.... $ 137,300 - 00
Real estate in Pennsylvania situated at: 9 Courtland Road 17011 Lower Allen Township Cumberland
(Attach additional sheets,ifnecessary.) Street address,Post Office and Zip Code City,Township or Borough County
® A. Petition for Probate and Grant of Letters Testamentary
Petitioner(s)aver(s)he/she/they is/are the Executor(s)named in the last Will of the Decedent,dated 10/7/2009 and Codicil(s)
thereto dated
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State relevant circumstances(e.g.renunciation,death ofexecntor,etc.) _
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Except as follows:after the execution of the instrument(s)offered for probate Decedent did not marry,was not divorced,w art y to ndin�'{
divorce proceeding wherein the rounds for divorce had been established as defined in 23 Pa.C.S.§3323 :'
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adopted;and Decedent was neither the victim of a killing nor ever adjudicated an incapacitated person.
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® NO EXCEPTIONS ❑EXC.EPTIONS
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❑ B. Petition for Grant of Letters of Administration(If applicable)
c.t.a.,d.b.n.,d.b.n.c.I.a.,pendente life,durante a0lta,durante&Vorit P-Q
If Administration,c.t.a. or d.b.nx.t.a., enter date of Will in Section A above and complete list of heirs. X-
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.
❑ 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):
Name Relationship Address
Form RW-02 rev. 10/11/2011 Page 1 of 2
Oath of Personal Representative Official Use Only
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA }
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COUNTYOF Cumberland }
Petitioner(s)Printed Name Petitioner(s)Printed Address
268 Boas Street, Apartment 3
Helen M . Szemesi Harrisburg PA 17102
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 that,as Personal Representative(s)of the Decedent,the Petitioner(s)will well and truly administer the estate according to laws
Sworn to or affirmed and subscribed before .. on-�9-4� Date !
me thi day of wl T Date
By: Date
For the Register Date
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BOND Required: ❑ YES M NO To the Register of Wills: ' 3
FEES: Please enter my appearance by my signature
Letters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $
Attorney Signature: C-"
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Short Certificates(s) . . . . . . ,�• C7r
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( )Codicil(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ^�
( )Affidavit(s). . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bond Printed Name: Gerald J - Shekletski , Esq •
Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Supreme Court
Other \01i t I . . . . . . . . . C" c� ID Number: 40486
�5 ;c Firm Name: Stone LaFaver & Shekletski
. �5' Address: 414 Bridge Street
P . O . Box E
New Cumberland PA 17070
Phone: 717-774-7435
. . . . . . . . Fax: 717-774-3869
Automation Fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Email: gshekletskia@stonelaw• net
JCS Fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
TOTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 3L+?JSCL
DECREE OF THE REGISTER
Estate of Margaret A • Ross File No: 2-1 - 14-2�-
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AND NOW, MOM) 14�— ��S"1 in consideration of the foregoing Petition,
satisfactory proof having been presented before me,IT IS DECREED that Letters Testamentary
are hereby granted to Helen M - S z e m e s i
in the above estate and(if applicable)that
the instrument(s)dated 10/7/2 0 0 9
described in the Petition be admitted to probate and filed of record as the last Will (and Codicil(s))of Decedent.
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Form RW-02 rev, 10!l1/20/l &01'r Of 2
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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
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MARGARET A. ROSS r
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I, MARGARET A. ROSS, of Camp Hill, Cumberland Cowhty, '..
'Pennsylvania, make, publish and declare this as and for my Last
Will and Testament, hereby revoking all other Wills. and Codicils
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heretofore made by me.
FIRST: * I devise and bequeath all ,the rest., residue and
remainder of my estate of whatever nature and wherever situate,
including any property over which I hold power of appointment and
together with any insurance policies thereon, to my `ni,ece, HELEN
M. SZEMESI, of Apt . #3 , 268 Boas Street, 'Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
17102 . Should she predecease me then to ROBERT M. SZEMESI, son
of my niece, HELEN M. SZEMESI, of Apartment #3 , 268 Boas Street,
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17102 .
SECOND: No provision is made in this, my Last Will and
Testament, for JOSEPH SZEMESI, son of my niece, HELEN M. SZEMESI .
THIRD: In addition to all powers granted to them by
law and by other provisions of this Will, I give the fiduciaries
acting hereunder the following powers, applicable to all proper-
zy;- exercisable-without court approval and effective until, actual
distribution of all property:
(A) To sell at public or private sale, or to lease,
for any period of time, any real or personal property and to give
options for sales, exchanges or leases, for such prices and upon
such terms (including credit, with or without security) or
conditions as are deemed proper. This includes the power to give
legally sufficient instruments for transfer of the property and
ti to receive the proceeds of any disposition of it .
(B) To partition, subdivide, or improve real estate
and to enter into agreements concerning the partition, subdivi-
Sion, improvement, zoning or management of real estate and to
impose or extinguish restrictions on real estate.
(C) To compromise any claim or controversy and to
abandon any property which is of little or no value.
(D) To invest in all forms of property, including
stocks, common trust funds and mortgage investment funds, without
restriction to investments authorized for Pennsylvania fiduci-
aries, as are deemed proper, without regard to any principle of
r diversification, risk or productivity.
(E) To exercise any option, right or privilege granted
in insurance policies or in other investments .
(F) To exercise any election or privilege given by the
Federal and other tax laws, including, but not necessarily being
limited to, personal income, gift and estate or inheritance tax
laws .
(G) To make distributions to my herein named benefici-
aries in cash or in kind or partly in each.
(H) To borrow money from themselves or others in order
to pay debts, taxes, or estate or trust administration expenses,
to protect or improve any property held under my will, and for
investment purposes .
(I) To select a mode of payment under any qualified
retirement plan (pension plan, profit sharing plan, employee
stock ownership plan, or any other type of qualified plan) to the
extent the plan or the law permits them to do so, and to exercise
any other rights which they may have under the plan, in whatever
manner they consider advisable.
FOURTH: I direct that all inheritance, estate,
transfer, succession and death taxes, of any kind whatsoever,
which may be payable by reason of my death, whether or not with
respect to property passing under this Will, shall be paid out of
the principal of my residuary estate.
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FIFTH: I nominate and appoint HELEN M. SZEMESI,
Executrix of this, my Last Will and Testament . In the event of
the death, resignation or inability to serve for any reason
whatsoever of the said HELEN M. SZEMESI, I nominate and appoint
ROBERT M. SZEMESI, Executor of this, my Last Will and Testament.
I direct that my Executrix or Executor, as the case may be, and
their successors, shall not be required to post security or a
bond for the performance of their duties in any jurisdiction.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF; I have hereunto set my hand and
seal to this, my Last Will and Testament, this -7�k day of
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2009 .
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(SEAL)
MARGAR A. ROSS
Signed, sealed, published and declared by the above-
named Testatrix as and for her Last Will and Testament in our
presence, who, at her request, in her presence and in the
presence of each other, have hereunto subscribed our names as
attesting witnesses .
Address
Address
elf
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OATH OF SUBSCRIBING WITNESS(ES)
REGISTER OF WILLS ; > �
Cumberland COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA
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Estate of Margaret A. Ross Deceased
James D. Bogar and Beth B. Lengel , (each) a subscribing witness to
(Print Name/s)
the Z Will El Codicil(s)presented herewith, (each) being duly qualified according to law, depose(s) and
say(s)that she/he/they was/were present and saw the above Testator/Testatrix sign the same
and that she/he/they signed the same and that she/he/they signed as a witness at the request of
the Testator/Testatrix in her/his presence and in the presence of each other.
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(Signatu e) (Signature)
1 West Main Street J 1 West Main'Street
(Street Address) (Street Address)
Shiremanstown, PA 17011 Shiremanstown, PA 17011
(City,State,Zip) (City,State,Zip)
Executed in Register's Office Executed out of Register's Office
Sworn to or affirmed and subscribed Sworn to or affirmed and subscribed
before me this day before me this day
of of o?D
-Deputy for-Register of Wills _ Notary Public
_ My Commission Expires:.
(Signature and Seal of Notary or other official qualified to
administer oaths. Show date of expiration of Notary's Commission.)
NOTE: To be taken by Officer authorized to administer oaths. Please have present the original or copy of instrument(s)at time of notarization.
Form RW-03 rev. 10.13.06: NOTARIAL SEAL
CAROL A.BOOAR,NOTARY PUBLIC
SHIREMANSTOWN BORO,CUMBERLAND COUNTY
MY COMMISSION EXPIRES NOVEMBER 13,2015
REGISTER OF WILLS CERTIFICATE OF
CUMBERLAND COUNTY GRANT OF LETTERS
PENNSYLVANIA
No. 2014- 00232 PA No. 21- 14- 0232
Estate Of: MARGARET A ROSS
(First,Middle,Last)
Late Of: LOWER ALLEN TOWNSHIP
CUMBERLAND COUNTY
0 Deceased
Social Security No:
WHEREAS, on the 12th day of March 2014 an instrument dated
October 7th 2009 was admitted to probate as the last will of
MARGARET A ROSS
/First,Middle,Last)
late of LOWER ALLEN TOWNSHIP, CUMBERLAND County,
who died on the 2nd day of February 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:
HELEN M SZEMESI
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 12th day of March 2014.
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**NOTE** ALL NAMES ABOVE APPEAR (FIRST, MIDDLE, LAST)