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Home My WebLink About04-14-14 _ __ Reset 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: Janet B.Hockensmith File No• _ �� f' �a� • (Assigned by Register) a/k/a: �a� Social Security No: Date of Death: Anri17,2014 Age at death: 83 Decedent was domiciled at death in Cumberland County,penncylvania (state)with his/her last principal residence at 447 North Mountain Road Newville Cumberland Coun Street address,Post Oftice and Zip Code City,To ip or Borough . County Decedent died at Sarah Todd Memorial Home, 1000 South West Street Carlisle Cumberland Countv PA Street address,Post Oftice and Zip Code City,Township or Borough County State Esrimate of value of decedenYs property at death: If domiciled in Pennsylvania............................ All personal property $ 2,000.00 If not domiciled in Penxsylvania. ....................... Personal property in Pennsyivania $ If not domiciled in Pennsy[vania. >...................... Personal property in County $ Value of real estate in Pennsylvania......................................................... $ RS,nno nn TOTAL ESTIMATED VALUE. ... $ 87,000.00 Real estate in Pennsylvania situated at: 447 North Mountain Road,Newville Cumberland Countv (Attach additional sheets,ifnecessary.) Street address,Post Oftice and Zip Code City,Township or Borough County � A. Petition for Probate and Grant of Letters Testamentarv Peritioner(s)aver(s)he/she/they is/are the Executor(s)named in the last Will of the Decedent,dated August 17, 1994 and Codicil(s) thereto dated n/a State relevant circumstances(e.g.renunciation,death of 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 party 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 bom or adopted;and Decedent was neither the vicrim 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.,d.b.n.c.t.a.,pendente lite,durante absentia,durante minoritate If Administration,c.t.a. or db.n.c.�a.,enter date of Will in Section A above and complete list of heirs. Except as follows: Decedent was not a parry 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 Q EXCEPTIONS � � �' � C'� Peritioner(s),after a proper search has/have ascertained that Decedent left no Will and was survived by the following spous�f�)and he�lzttae� � additional sheets,:f necessary): � G7 Cn �7 � �, r- �,,,_,, --�t rv Name Relationshi Address . V; � Q O c� � ° 3 -_ . � ►-+ c� --� ►�-.+ rry Za► C„) a CT'� '�'1 Fo,m ew o2 rev.10/11/2011 Page 1 of 2 Oath of Personal Representative Official Use Only COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA } } SS: ,�, COUNTY OF Cumberland } � � '� O i"t'i n Petitioner(s)Printed Name Peritioner(s)Printed AddressG� `� S p Ro er L.Hockensmith 445 North Mountain Road Newville PA 17241 � �' r t"`' � rn A � �s � Z . 7ti O C'� � "+�1 -�.S �j � 'r� � '�1 . � � �"' � a �,,� u' ° The Petitioner(s)above-named swear(s)or affirm(s)the statements in the foregoing Perition are true and conect t e best of the laio�dge and b�l ef of Petitioner(s)and that,as Personal Representative(s)of the De ent,the Petitione s)wi well and truly a ster the estate accord' g to law. Sworn to or affirmed an subs ribed before Date � me th' day of /"i G�O� Date By. Date F t Register Date BOND Required: Q YES Q NO To the Register of Wills: FEES' Please enter my appearance by my signature below: . , Letters. . . . ... . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . $ Ul/V�� Attorney Sig ture: ( � )Short Certificate(s).. .. . . ob ( )Renunciation(s).. . .. . .. . ( )Codicil(s). . . . . . . . . . . . . ` ( )Affidavit(s).. . . . .. . .. . . Bond... . . . .. . . . . .. . . .. . . . . . . P nted Name: Ronal .Johnson,Es Commission. . . . . . .. . . .. .. .. . . preme Court Other .. . . .. . . ID Number: 16453 i�� . . .. . . '�� . . . . .. Firm Name: Andrews&Johnson , .�✓ , , . . .. . . • Address: 7st wP�r p�**+frPt 4treet . .. . .. . . rarr,�iP�pA ]701'i . .. . .. Phone: 717-243-0123 Automation Fee. . . .. . . .. . . . . . . •� Fax: 71�-243-0061 JCS Fee. •S 0 Email: �p�r,h„cnn(p�=a net _ .. . .. . . . . TOTAL. . .. . .. . . . . . .. . .. . .. . $ � G �� DECREE OF THE REGISTER Estate of Janet B.Hockensmith File No: -rLd� '�— �� r' a/k/a: AND NOW, , �� ,in consideration of the foregoing Petition, satisfactory proof hav' been presented before me,IT IS DECREED that Letters Testamentarv " are hereby granted to Roger L.Hockensmith ;_ in the above estate and(if applicable)that the instzument(s)dated Au st 17 1994 ' described in the Petition be admitted to probate and filed o r ord as the last Wil nd Codicil(s))of Decedent. gister of Wills Form RW-01 rev.10/11/2011 / � of 2 , �, �. � ��. �� _ . � , � ,� � � REGISTER OF WILLS CERTIFICATE OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY GRANT OF LETTERS PENNSYLVANIA No. 2014- 00346 PA No. 21- 14- 0346 Es ta t e Of: JANET B HOCKENSMITH (First,Middle,LasU La te Of: UPPER FRANKFORD TOWNSHIP CUMBERLAND COUNTY Deceased Social Securi ty No: WHEREAS, on the 14th day of April 2014 an instrument dated August 17th 1994 was admitted to probate as the last will of JANET B HOCKENSMITH (First,Middle,Lastl late of UPPER FRANKFORD TOWNSH/P, CUMBERLAND County, who died on the 7th day of April 2014 and, WHEREAS, a true copy of the will as probated is annexed hereto. THEREFORE, I, L/SA 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: ROGER L HOCKENSMITH who has duly qualified as EXECUTOR(R/Xl and has agreed to administer the estate according to 1aw, all of which fully appears of record in my office at CUMBERLAND COUNTYCOURTHOUSE, CARLISLE, PENNSYL VANIA. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office on the 14th day of April 2014. ;- � � �..f�,. � �. ��,; . � Register o Wils"� � � �- c� � , _ f ��L L' �` ��L�L'� p � � �._. � ,,. J Deputy c� r � c�.� � r`"s i,,. a �,°a ��_,-/ � �,- � a � ca e� �� '� �n � o �= �- w � -�-� wn �" � � � � � � c� c� � c�.� w � � � � � � c� "� **NOTE** ALL NAMES ABOVE APPEAR (FIRST, MIDDLE, LAST) p CA � , •q_ � a � � � ja : �. � E o a v ao � � ;� ca c� c� c� u� � LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT w w ?" c� z „"z� c5 f-- �"� .� � � cr cn � ca x W OF U W � � � W � �'" � � JANET B. HOCKENSMITH a' o C� ti I, JANET B. HOCKENSMITH, of Upper Frankford Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, being of sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding, do hereby make, publish and declare this as and for my Last Will and Testament, � hereby revoking all other wills and codicils heretofore made by me. .� °� � FIR5T: I direct that all my just debts and funeral expenses, including my grave marker, shall be paid from the assets of my estate as soon as practicable after �� my decease. � `�� ' x SECOND: I give and bequeath my cedar chest to my Daughter, " � SUSAN M. KEARNAN. Ex e W � � THIRD: I give, devise and bequeath the residue of my estate, of every � nature and wherever situate, to my Husband, ALBERT R. HOCKENSMITH, providing he shall survive me by thirty (30) days. Should my Husband, ALBERT R. '' HOCKENSMITH, predecease me or die on or before the thirtieth day following my r death, I give, devise and bequeath the residue of my estate, of every nature and '`� wherever situate, to my Son, ROGER L. HOCKENSMITH, provided that should he predecease me or die on or before the thirtieth day following my death, his share shall be distributed to his issue equally living on the thirty-first day following my death. FOURTH: No provision is made in this will for my Son, EUGENE A. HOCKENSMITH, not because of any lack of affection or love for him, but because I have already provided for him during my lifetime. FIF'I'H: No provision other than the specific bequest provided in Paragraph Second is made in this will for my Daughter, SUSAN M. KEARNAN, not because of any lack of affection or love for her, but because she is well provided for in her own right. SIXTH: 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. 2 5EVENTH: I nominate, constitute and appoint my Husband, ALBERT R. HOCKENSMITH, Executor of this, my Last Will and Testament. Should my Husband, ALBERT R. HOCKENSMITH, fail to qualify or cease to act as Executor, I appoint my Son, ROGER L. HOCKENSMITH, Executor of this, my Last Will and Testament. EIGHTH: I direct that my Executors and their successors shall not be required to give bond for the faithful performance of their duties in this or any other jurisdiction. IN WITNE5S WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal to this, my Last Will and Testament�pnsisting of o (2) typ ritten pages, each identified by my signature, this �� day of , 1994. `i-�� "��''�(SEAL) � Janet B. Hockensmrth Signed, sealed, published and declared by the above-named Testatrix, JANET B. HOCKENSMITH, as and for her Last Will and Testament, in the presence of us, who, at her request, in her sight and presence, and in the sight and presence of each other, have hereunto subscribed our na s as witnesses. > _ �.'°� COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA ) : SS. COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND ) I, JANET B. HOCKEN5MITH, Testatru�, 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 and Testament; that I signed it willingly; and that I signed it as my free and voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed. ` n�'� .1�? ��/�,�i,►��. �SE�'�L,) Hockensmith, Testatr� �.�rcl•. �i�`. 76��.,� Notary Public NOTARtAI SEAL BRENDA L. BREHM.NOTARY RIBUC GARIISl.E f�C1RQ. CUMBERW�Ol�I�ItY AFFIDAVIT M��U�A�!SS�Oh EXPIRES JAltl11�RY g, � We, RONALD E. JOHNSON and ��/w � /'�rQcc,s, the witnesses whose names are signed to the attached or for going instrument, being duly qualified according to law, do depose and say that we were present and saw Testatrix sign and execute the instrument as her Last Will and Testament; that JANET B. HOCKEN5MITH signed willingly and that she executed it as her free and voluntary act for the purpose therein e�cpressed; that each of us in the hearing and sight of the Testatru� signed the Will as witnesses; and that to the best of our knowledge the Testatru� was at that time 18 or more years of age, of sound mind and under no constraint or undue influence. Sworn or affirmed to and subscribed to before me by RONALD OHNSON and T y/oi � �irclrtw� witnesses, this f7� d of �cc s�` , 1994. ) onald E. o Wi � ) , Witness ,' /�: i>02tan�C`. �;��.�`•�i�*.. Notary Public NOTARIAL SEpL BRENOA L BREHM, NOTARY pU8({� CARUSLE @OAp, CUMBERIANp C�tI1r MY COMA9iSCi0N EXPIRES JA►illqRy g, f�