HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-02-14 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: Kenneth W. Whitmire File No: 21 — I LA " `4�l )
a/k/a: KeAnC4\ WC (Assigned by Register)
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Date of Death: 2/12/10 Age at death: 74
Decedent was domiciled at death in Cumberland County, PA (State) with his/her last
principal residence at 6950 Wertzville Road 17025 Silver SprinP Township Cumberland
Street address,Post Office and Zip Code City,Township or Borough County
Decedent died at 6950 Wertzville Road 17025 Silver Spring 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 Pennsylvania................................All personal property $
Ifnot domiciled in Pennsylvania.............................Personal property in Pennsylvania $
If not domiciled in Pennsylvania.............................Personal property in County $
Value of real estate in Pennsyl vania.............................................................. $ 43,700.00
TOTAL ESTIMATED VALUE.... $ 43,700.00
Real estate in Pennsylvania situated at: 935 Gobin Street 17013 North Middleton Twp Cumberland
(Attach additional sheets,fnecessary) Street address,Post Office and Zip Code City,Township or Borough County
® A. Petition for Probate and Grant of Letters Testamentary
Petitioner(s)averts)he/she/they is/are the Executor(s)named in the last Will of the Decedent,dated 1/7/10 and Codicil(s)
thereto dated None._Joann W}Iitmire died on_5L4/2_012
State relevant circumstances(e.g.renunciation,death ofececutor,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 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.,d.b.n.c.t.a.,pendente lite,durante absentia,durante minordate
If Administration,at.a. 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 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 .
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Petitioner(s),after a proper search has/have ascertained that Decedent left no Will and was survived by the follov8g spouse(if wand heir{gtych
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Form RW-02 rev.10111/2011 Page I Of 2
Oath of Personal Representative official Use only
COMMONWEALTH OFPENNSYLVANIA } RECORDED OFFICE OF
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COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND SS: ""STEP, OF WILLS}
Petitioner(s)Printed Name Petitioner{s}Prr s� s t- t
1203 E Powderhorn Road CLERK Q
Vickie Yeager ---- Mech_anicsburg-_. - SPA 17050
- ORPR tIS� COURT
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-- ----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 Representatives)of the Decedent,the P titfoner(s)will well and truly administer the estate according to law.
Swom to affirmed and subscribed before ( 0 � �,�'j']� �
_ Date 16-«t9--�`-�—
M6 is -- day of — A Date
By: Dale
the Register R,eglster Date
BOND Required: Q YES M NO To the Register of Wills:
FEES: Please enter my appearance by my signature below:
Letters................. ... . .. $ _ki•L_ Attorney Signature: - �
( — )Short Certificates(s) . . .. . .
( )Renunciation(s)..........
{ }Codicil(s)
( )Affidavit(s). . .. .. . .. . . ..
Bond Printed Name: Seth T. Mose e _
Commission .................... _ Supreme Court
Oil 1' tD Number: 203046
� a`4'fJ . . .. . .. . . 1 Firm Name: 10 Ear n Law Offices -- -- --_-
! � Address. 10 East Nigh Street
. . .. • " Carlisle PA 17013
...—.... --- Phone: (717)243-3341
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_ Fax: (717)243-1M0
Automation Fee . . .. ... . .. . ... . . . Email: smoseb> y@martspnlaw.com
JCS Fee .. ............ ........ .
TOTAL ... ...................$ ---
DECREE OF THE REGISTER tt
Estate of Kenneth W.Whitmire__ __ File No: 21
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AND NOW, --_ d`" .�I_ , in consideration of the foregoing Petition,
satisfactory proof having been prdsented before me,IT IS DECREED that Letters Testamentary
are hereby granted to Vickie Yeager --_ _
_. -_ in the above estate_and(if applicable)that
the instrument(s)dated ! ' 7= U V
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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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
I, KENNETH W. WHITMIRE, of the Township of Silver Spring, County of
Cumberland, and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, being of sound and disposing mind, memory
and understanding, do make,publish and declare this as and for my Last Will and Testament,
v hereby revoking and making void all former wills and codicils by me at anytime heretofore
made.
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FJRSTt`I ordef'and direcf that all my just'debts-and funeral e'enses be ad Itp :
Executrix or Executors, as the case may be, hereinafter named, as soog,af..cppvementicy,,ngy be,
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done after my decease.
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` SECOND. I give, devise and bequeath all the rest, residue an 3 &aAde"f 11%IZ3tate,
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real, personal and mixed, whatsoever and wheresoever situated unto ilry wife, n4aely,03ANN
A.WHITMIRE, absolutely and in fee simple, if she survives me by as many as sixty(60)days.
THIRD. If my wife,JOANN A. WHITMIRE,does not survive me by as many as sixty
(60) days, then and in that event, I order and direct that my Estate be distributed and disposed of
as follows:
A. I give and devise my unimproved land in Marion County, Florida, known as Lots
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 in Block 23, Unit 2 as shown on Plat of Orange Blossom Hills recorded
in Flat Book"G", Page 23 of the Public Records of Marion County, Florida, unto my
daughter,namely,VICKIE YEAGER, in fee simple.
B. I give and devise my residential real estate known and numbered as 935 Gobin
Street, in Middlesex Township, Cumberland County,Pennsylvania,unto my son,
namely, RICHARD WHITMIRE, in fee simple.
C. I give and devise my lot of land situated in Silver Spring Township, Cumberland
County, Pennsylvania, known and numbered as 6943 Wertzville Road, unto my son,
namely, STEVEN WHITMIRE, in fee simple.
D. 'i give, devise and bequeath all the rest, residue and remainder ol:my Estate. real,
personal and mixed,whatsoever and wheresoever situated, in equal shares unto my
LAW OFRCES
SNELSAKER& three(3) children, namely,VICKIE YEAGER, RICHARD WHITMIRE and STEVEN
BRENNEMAN, P.C.
WHITMIRE, share and share alike, absolutely and in fee simple.
E. If any beneficiary named hereinabove should predecease me, I order and direct that
the subject matter of the foregoing gift or gifts to such deceased beneficiary shall be
distributed unto his or her issue per stirpes by representation and not per capita, it being
my intention that such issue of the deceased beneficiary shall be substituted for his, her or
their deceased ancestor, as the case may be.
LASTLY. I nominate, constitute and appoint my wife, namely, JOANN A. WHITMIRE,
to be the Executrix of this, my Last Will and Testament, but if for any reason she should fail to
qualify as such Executrix or cease so to serve, then and in that event, I nominate, constitute and
appoint my daughter, namely, VICKIE YEAGER, to be the Executrix hereof. If both of the
above named persons should fail to qualify as such personal representative or cease so to serve,
then and in that event, I nominate, constitute and appoint my sons, namely, RICHARD
WHITMIRE and STEVEN WHITMIRE,to be the Executors of this, my Last Will and
Testament. I order and direct that none of the above named persons shall be required to post
bond or other security as a condition of qualification of appointment as my personal
representative(s) hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, 1, KENNETH W. WHITMIRE,have hereunto set my hand
and seal to this my Last Will and Testament, which consists of two (2) typewritten pages to each
of which I have affixed my signature this 7'h day of January, A.D. Two Thousand Ten (2010).
(SEAL)
KENNETH W. WHITMIRE
The preceding instrument, consisting of this and one (1) other typewritten pages, each
identified by the signature of the Testator, was on the date thereof signed, sealed, published and
declared by KENNETH W. WHITMIRE, the Testator therein named, as and for his Last Will
and Testament, in the presence of us, who, at his request, in his presence and in the presence of
each other, have subscribed our names as witnesses hereto.
LAW O CES
SNELBAKER& _2_
BRENNEMAN. P.C.
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA)
: SS.
COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND )
We, KENNETH W. WHITMIRE, RICHARD C. SNELBAKER and SANDRA K.
SHOWERS, 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 his Last Will and Testament and that he
had signed willingly, and that he executed it as his free and voluntary acf for the purposes therein
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 his or her knowledge, the Testator was at that time
eighteen years of age or older, of sound mind and under no constraint or undue influence.
Testator
Witness
Witness
Subscribed, sworn to and acknowledged before me by KENNETH W. WHITMIRE, the
Testator, and subscribed and sworn to before me by RICHARD C. SNELBAKER and SANDRA
K. SHOWERS, the witnesses, this 7`h day of January, 2010.
Notary Public
COMMONWEAL TH OF PENNSYLVANIA
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Susan L Matraa,Nnlary Pubfic
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MY ConxAWM E)pkw Nov.24.2077
Member,Pennsylvania A�soci-,n&N w%,
LAW OFFICES
SNELBAKER&
BRENNEMAN. P.C.