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Home My WebLink About04-28-14 Reset PETITION FOR GRANT OF LETTERS REGISTER OF WILLS OF Cumberland COUNTY,PENNSYLVANIA Petitioners) 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: Ernest August Kotschessa Sr File No: a/k/a: (Assigned by Register) a/k/a: a/k/a: Social Security No: Date of Death:April 14,2014 Age at death:93 Decedent was domiciled at death in Newville County,Cumberland-t_Pennsylvania (State)with his/her last principal residence at 21OBilzSpriny Rd. Newville PA 17241 Neyville Cumberland Street address,Post Office and Zip Code City,Township or Borough K County L. ST /�P.v rVS /S d h'6 %wf. Decedent tiled at 210 Big Sp ring Rd Newvillc PA 17241 le Cumberland PA Street address,Post Office and Zip Code City,Township or Borough County Stott Estimate of value of decedent's property at death: Ifdoeniciled in Pennsyl vania........ ................... . All personal property $ 4,007.07 If not domiciled in Pennsylvania. .........—........... Personal property in Pennsylvania $ If not domiciled in Pe nnsylvania. ....................... Personal property in County $ Value of real estate in Pennsyl vania... ... ....... ...... .............. .. ... .......... . ...... .. $ TOTAL ESTIMATED VALUE, ... 4.007.07 Real estate in Pennsylvania situated at: _ (Attach additional sheers,ifnecessarp.) 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)heishe/they is/are the Executor(s)named in the last Will of the Decedent,dated October 19, 1998 and Codieil(s) thereto dated State relevant circumstances(eg.renunciation,death afererutor,err.) Except as follows: after the execution of the instmmen4s)offered forprobate Decedent did not many,was not divorced,was not aparty 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. Q NO EXCEPTIONS V EXCEPTIONS N R. Petition for Grant of Letters of Administration (Tf applicable) E c.t.a.,d.b.s.,dAn.c.t.a.,pendente life, ra �e absent!jduraW tgls roritate If Administration,e.t.a or d b.n.c.La,enter date of Will in Section A above and cB pl elist oFReirs.4 m o N oti Except as follows: Decedent was not a party to a pending divorce proceeding wherein the grounds for divd�e'Aad�en a t�lishedtanefined in 23 Pa.C.S.§3323(g)and was neither the victim of akilling nor ever adjudicated an incapacitated person. N tz 0 NO EXCEPTIONS Q EXCEPTIONS , -rt Petitioner(s),a0era proper searchbas/have ascertained that Decedent left no Will and was survivedby the folio w+ Sousee(ifauypandltetrsl{7tNrach. additional sheets,if'necessary): N - C:) Name Relationship Addreps' FoPm RIV--02 re,,.1011I 12611 Page l Oft Oath of Personal Representative official use Only COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA ', J SS: COUNTY OF Cumberland } Petitioner(s)Printed Name Petitioner(s)Printed Address Ernest A Kotschessa it 311 E.Vine Street Stowe PA 19464 The Petitioner(s)above-named swears)or aflirm(s)the statements in the foregoing Petition are me and correct to the best of the knowledge and belief of Petitioner(s)and that,as Personal Represenrative(s)of the Decedent,t/h/�ee,Petifioner(s)will well and truly administer the estate according to law. Sworn t5egiste'firmed an bscroed b o 2 j Date 4/_Z e •14 me thi of Date $Y Date Date BOND Required: Q YES .(5 NO To the Register of"Wills: FEES: ...rrrr.r.r.555555��1 \ Please enter my appearance by my signature below: Letters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ Attorney Signature: ( 3 ) Short Certificate(,).. . . . . ( )Renunciation(s).. . . . . . . . ( )Codicil(s). . . . . . . . . . . . . ( )Affidavit(s).. . . . . . . . . . . ^� 0 Bond_ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Printed Name: n s � tart Commission. . . . . . . . . . . Supreme Court -v O Other T h- :. . . . ID Number: rn ? G7 � . . . . . . T7 D r tV "a rrt ` rn . . . . . . . . Firm Name: t— Z m co X O . . . . . . . . Address: Z - 7c O O . . . . . . . . O C7 Q . . . . . . . . 71 N r tY7 Phone: s N 07 Automation Fee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fax: JCS Fee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Email: DECREE OF THE REGISTER //JJ �j/ Estate of Ernest August Kotschessa Sr File No: of /T VI�2 a/k/a: AND NOW, U/ in conso of the fore Ding Petition, satisfactory proof having been presented before me,IT IS DECREED at Lett r �) are hereby granted tc �rYlQ wtA in th�eabov estate and(if a cable)that the instrument(s) dated described in the Petition be admitted to probate and filed of record as the last Will tzd Codicil(s))of Decedent. e tster of Wills , ' I �� Fonn RW02 rep. 1011712011 �/ Page 2 of � y- yam t Bill atO &P'gtamPnt OF ERNEST A. KOTSCHESSA 7"c=15 m I, ERNEST A. KOTSCHESSA, of Middletown, Dauphin County',1 n syl is '� rn `K being of sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding, do majg,publisl�jnd Na h n�� declare this to be my Last Will and Testament hereby revoking all°othei 'dVills a Jy z ei . Codicils by me at any time heretofore made. ITEM 1: I direct that all of my just debts and currently due debts and funeral expenses 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. ITEM H: I give, devise and bequeath my entire estate, whether real or personal, or wheresoever the same may be situate or located, to my wife, GRACE TELESK KOTSCHESSA. ITEM III: In the event that my wife, GRACE TELESK KOTSCHESSA, should predecease me, I give, devise and bequeath my entire estate, whether real or personal or wheresoever the same may be situate or located, in equal shares, to my children, ERNEST A. KOTSCHESSA, JR., RICHARD L. KOTSCHESSA, SHERRY ANN BINKLEY and BONNIE MARIE KOTSCHESSA CORBETT, per stirpes, and the WATCHTOWER BIBLE AND TRACT SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA, located at 100 Watchtower Drive, Patterson, New York 12563-9204. It is my intention that my children and the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania each receive a one- fifth (1/5th) share of the residue of my estate. ITEM IV: I nominate, constitute and appoint my wife, GRACE TELESK KOTSCHESSA, as Executrix of this my Last Will and Testament. In the event that she is unable or unwilling to serve in this capacity, then I nominate, constitute and appoint my son, ERNEST A. KOTSCHESSA, JR., as Executor of this my Last Will and Testament. ITEM V: It is hereby directed that my Executrix shall pay all inheritance, estate, succession and legacy taxes to which my estate for the transfer of any property hereunder may be subject, and to charge such taxes as a part of the expense of the administration, payable out of my residuary estate. ITEM VI: I direct that no Executrix or other fiduciary named, nominated or appointed in this my Last Will and Testament shall be required to post any bond or give any security of any type for any purpose whatsoever, any law or rule of the Court of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or any other jurisdiction to the contrary notwithstanding. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this !�—day Of g G 1 (5 R , 1998. Ernest A. Kotschessa Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said Ernest A. Kotschessa, the above named Testator, as and for his Last Will and Testament, in the presence of us, who at his request and ' his presence and in the presence of each other, all being present at the same ' , ve hereunto su cribed our names as witnesses hereto. Residing � Residing �— COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA COUNTY OF DAUPHIN I, ERNEST A. KOTSCHESSA, nfrs-!t�and�, the Testator and the witnesses respectively, whose names are signed to the attached or foregoing instrument, being duly qualified according to law, do hereby declare to the undersigned authority that we were present and saw Testator sign and execute the instrument as his Last Will, that he signed willingly (or willingly directed another to sign for him), and that he executed it as his free and voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed; that each of the witnesses, in the presence and hearing of the Testator signed the Will as witnesses; and that to the best of our knowledge the Testator was at that time eighteen(18) or more years of age, of sound mind and under no constraint or undue influence, and I, the said Testator, 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. A TTOR r NESS NESS Subscribed, sworn to and acknowledged before me by Ernest A. Kotschessa, the Testator, and subscribed and sworn to before me bb zrrd . wi ses, this /!/ day of 1998. y Public tdOTARiA�SEA KAY t.DVVULET,Notary Public Qlof Nmhi�yur0,Dauphin County,PA M %oinmicaion Expires March 19,2002 < O i 4 %r<,C S5