HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-26-14 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 X11 Ia 1 tt 1-77
Name: Robert J. Shoemaker File No: tl�I i T lJU) !O
a/k/a: (Assigned by Register)
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alk/a: _ Social Security No:
Date of Death: 311 012014 _ Age at death: 90 —
Decedent was domiciled at death in Cumberland — County, Penns Ivy ania __ (State)with his/her last
principal residence at 239 Shinpensburg Mobile_Ests. 17257 $h p�ensburg Township Cumberland
Street address,Post Office and Zip Code City,Township or Borough County
Decedent died at 239 Shippensburg Mobite Est 17257 Shippensburg Township ___Cumberland PA
Street address,Post Office and Zip Code City,Township or Borough County State
Estimate of value of decedent's property at death:
Ifdomieiled in Pennsylvatrfa................................All personal property $ --. 1 000.00
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.... $ 1.000.00
Real estate in Pennsylvania situated at: --
(Attach additional sheets,ifnecessary.) Street address,Post office and Zip Code City,Township or Borough County
M 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 3/.812006 and Codicils)
thereto dated DODe... '-
pgW L Shoemaker predeceased on Au ust 2012
State relevant circumstances(cis remanciadan,death oferecator,etc) "' o
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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 i t a party tee- pent44 C-:`
divorce proceeding wherein the grounds for divorce had been established as defined in 23 Pa.C.S.§3323(g),and did nd7Rav4U child b�r b
adopted;and Decedent was wither the victim of a killing not ever adjudicated an incapacitated person. M
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13 B. Petition for Grant of Letters of Administration(if applicable) �
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If Administration,ato.or d b.n.c l.d.,enter date of Will in Section A above and complete li Qoehheirs, o rte-- rno
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Except as follows: Decedent was not a party to a pending divorce procceding wherein the grounds for divorce had been es,iabliswil as ik;=ed
in 23 Pa.C.S.§3323(g)and was neither the victim of a killing nor ever adjudicated an incapacitated person.
❑ NO EXCEPTIONS 13 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(aturch
additional sheets, if necessary):
Name Relationship - Address
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Oath of Personal Representative Official Use Only
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA }
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COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND }
Petitioner(s)Printed Name Petitioner(s)Printed Address
239 Shippensburg Mobile Estates
Russell W. Brookens Jr. Shippensburg PA 17257
1385 Second Avenue
Richard S. Shoemaker Chambersburg PA 17202
The Petitioner(s)above-named swears)or affirm(s)the statements in the foregoing Petition are We 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)r It well and dy adminis r the estate according to law.
Sworn t oaffirmed an subscribed before �, Date
me this day Date .3 L
By: Date
For the Register Date
BOND Required: ❑ YES M NO To the Register of Wills:
FEES: Please enter my appearance by my signature below:
Letters. . ... . . ... . ... . ... ... .. S 20.00 Attorney Signature:
(3 )Short Certificates(s) ...... 15.00
( )Renunciation(s)..........
ry
( )Codicil(s) .. ............
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Affidavit(s) m
. ... .. . ... . ..
P intt�e Name: JOBI Ullln of a tTt n
Bond ......................... S preme Court rn = n cn
Commission ................ ....
Other will 15.00 ID Number: 17516 I� r °
Inheritance Return 15.00 C, rn Po °
Firm Name: Zullinger-Davis PC x -; o
Inventory .. . ...... 15.00
Address: 14 North Main Stree
Suite 200
• Chambersbur- o --a PA(=$72(C[
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......... Phone: (717)264-6029 -� T
..... .... Fax: (717)264-1884
Automation Fee .......... ....... 5.00 Email: jzullinger(a)zullinger-davis com
ICS Fee .... ............... .... 23.50
TOTAL ........ ..............$ 108.50
DECREE OF THE REGISTER 7
Estate of Robert J. Shoemaker File No:
a/k/a:
AND NOW, �(�1 l l i 2014 in consideration of the foregoing Petition,
satisfactory proof having been presented before me,IT IS DECREED that Letters TestamentaN
are hereby granted to Russell W. Brookens Jr. and Richard A. Shoemaker
in the above estate and(if applicable)that
the instrument(s)dated March 8 2006
described in the Petition be admitted to probate and filed of rec d as the last Will(and Codicil(s))of Decedent.
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JRZ - 5 . 1 shoemaker. lw March 1, - 2006°
RECORDED OFFICE OF
REGISTER OF WILLS
2014 MRR 26 Ail 10 94
LAST WILL AND TESTAMENJLERK OF
ORPHANS' COURT
CUMBERLAND CO., PA
I, ROBERT J. SHOEMAKER, of 239 Shippensburg Mobile Estates,
Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, being of sound and disposing mind,
memory and understanding, do hereby declare this to be my , will,
hereby revoking any and all former wills and codicils thereto by me
heretofore made .
I .
I direct that all my just debts and funeral expenses,
including all expenses of my last illness, shall be paid from my
estate as soon as practicable after my decease as a part of the
expense of the administration of my estate .
(1�
II .
I give, devise and bequeath the residue of my estate of every
nature, and wherever situate to my wife, Peggy L. Shoemaker,
providing she shall survive me by thirty days .
III .
Should my wife, Peggy L. Shoemaker predecease me or die on or
before the thirtieth day following my .death I give, devise and
bequeath the residue of my estate of every nature and wherever
situate to my children, namely Russell W. Brookens, Jr. and Richard
A. Shoemaker, in equal shares, provided that the share of any child
who predeceases me, or dies on or before the thirtieth day following
my death shall be distributed to said beneficiary' s issue, per
stirpes, living on the thirty-first day following my death, and in
default of any such then-living issue, such share shall be added to
the share or shares of my other children.
IV.
Any fiduciary under this will shall have the following powers
in addition to those vested in them by law and by other provisions
of my will applicable to all property whether principal or income,
including property held for minors, exercisable without Court
approval, and effective until actual distribution of all property:
A. To retain any and all of the assets of my estate, real or
personal, without regard to any principle of
diversification of risk.
B. To invest in all forms of property including stock,
common trust funds and mortgage investment funds without
restriction to investments authorized for Pennsylvania
fiduciaries as they deem proper, without regard to any
principle of diversification of risk.
C. To sell at public or private sale, to exchange or to
lease for any period of time any real or personal
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property and to give options for sales, exchanges or
leases, for such prices and upon such terms or conditions
as they deem proper.
D. To allocate receipts and expenses to principal or income
or partly to each as they from time to time think proper.
E . To compromise any claim or controversy.
F. To distribute in cash or in kind or partly in each.
G. To hold property in their names without designation of
any fiduciary capacity or in the name of a nominee or
unregistered.
V.
I direct that all taxes that may be assessed in consequence of
my death of whatever nature and by whatever jurisdiction imposed,
shall be paid from my residuary estate as a part of the expense of
the administration of my estate.
VI.
I appoint my wife, Peggy L. Shoemaker as executrix of this my
will . Should my wife, Peggy L. Shoemaker predecease me, fail to
qualify or cease to act, I appoint my sons, Russell W. Brookens,
Jr. and Richard A. Shoemaker, as co-executors of this my will .
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VII.
No bond shall be required of any fiduciary hereunder in any
jurisdiction.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and seal to this my
last will and testament, consisting of five typewritten pages, the
first three of which bear my signature in the ;margin for the
purpose of identification this _�—`' day of
200.6 .
Signed, sealed, published and declared by the above-named
testator as and for his last will and testament in our presence,
who in his presence, at his request and in the presence of each
other have hereunto set our hands as attesting witnesses .
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We, ROBERT J. SHOEMAKER,
Joe/_F/_ i.. i i !C F and
�Ii(.hole 7, A�ikr� the testator and the witnesses respectively,
whose names are signed to the attached or foregoing instrument,
being first duly sworn, do hereby declare to the undersigned
authority that the testator signed and executed the instrument as
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his last will and testament and that he 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 said testator
signed the will as witnesses and to the best of their knowledge
said signer was at that time eighteen years of age or older, of
sound mind and under no constraint or undue influence .
TestatdY
itFless
Witnes
Subscribed, sworn to and acknowledged
before me by the above-named signer and
subscribed and sworn to before me by the
atov^e,-named witnesses this '2' day of
No a ublic
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
Notarial Seal
Teresa J. Burkholder. Notary Public
Shippensburg Bow, Cumberland County
My Commission Expires Aug. 6, 2008
Member.Pennsylvania Association of Notaries
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REGISTER OF WILLS CERTIFICATE OF
CUMBERLAND COUNTY GRANT OF LETTERS
PENNSYLVANIA
No. 2014- 00278 PA No. 21- 14- 0278
Estate Of: ROBERT SHOEMAKER
!Fist,Middle,las0
Late Of: SHIPPENSBURG TOWNSHIP
CUMBERLAND COUNTY
0 Deceased
Social Security No:
WHEREAS, on the 26th day of March 2014 an instrument dated
March 8th 2006 was admitted to probate as the last will of
ROBERT J SHOEMAKER
1F,.1,Middle,Last/
late of SHIPPENSBURG TOWNSHIP, CUMBERLAND County,
who died on the 10th 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 TESTA MENTARYto:
RUSSELL W BROOKENS JR and RICHARD A SHOEMAKER
who have duly qualified as EXECUTOR(RIX)
and have agreed to administer the estate according to law, all of which
fully appears of record in my office at CUMBERLAND COUNTY COURT HOUSE,
CARLISLE, PENNSYLVANIA.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal
of my office on the 26th day of March 2014.
g1'ster of Will
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