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Home My WebLink About07-31-14 PETITION FOR PROBATE AND GRANT OF LETTERS Register of Wills of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Petitioner, named below,who is 18 years of age or older, applies for Letters as specified below, and in support thereof, avers the following and respectfully requests the grant of Letters in the appropriate form:: ,DECEDENT'S INFORMATION II � yy Estate of LOUIS E. SMITH File No. Deceased Social Security No. 204-12-9394 Date of Death: JULY 14, 2014 Age at Death: 89 Decedent was domiciled at death in CUMBERLAND County, Pennsylvania,with his last family or principal residence at 376 Lowther Street, Lemoyne Lemoyne Borough Cumberland County PA 17043 (List street,address,towrdcity,county,state,zip code) Decedent died at Messiah Village 100 Mt Allen Drive 17055 Mechanicsburg Cumberland County PA List street,address,Post Office and zip code City,township or Borough County,State Decedent at death owned property with estimated values as follows: (If domiciled in PA) All personal property $ 226.000.00 (If not domiciled in PA) Personal property in Pennsylvania $ (If not domiciled in PA) Personal property in County $ Value of real estate in Pennsylvania $ 118.500.00 TOTAL $ 344.500.00 Real Estate situated as follows: 376 Lowther Street Lemoyne 17043 Lemoyne Borough Cumberland Co PA Pttachd addition/sheets ifnecessary) Street address,Post Office and Zip Code City,Township or Borough County,State QA. Petition for Probate and Grant of Letters Testamentary Petitioner avers she is the Alternate Executrix named in the Last Will of the Decedent, dated August 12, 2003 Louis E. Smith named his wife Christine H Smith Executrix of his Will Christine H Smith predeceased the Decedent having died April 24 2004 Petitioner is the Alternate Executrix named in the Will State relevant circumstances,e.g.renunciation,death of Executor,etc. Except as follows, After the execution of the instrument offered for probate, Decedent did not marry,was not divorced, and was not a party to a pending divorce proceeding at the time of death wherein grounds for divorce has been established as defined in 23 Pa.C.S.A. § 3323(g)and did not have a child born or adopted and the Decedent was neither the victim of a killing and was never adjudicated an incapacitated person Q NO EXCEPTIONS ❑ EXCEPTIONS ❑ B. Petition for Grant of Letters of Administration(if applicable) enter:c.t.a.;d.b.n.c.t.a.;pendent elite;durante absentia;durante minoritate If Administration, c.t.a. or d.b.n.c.t.a., Except as follows: Decedent was not a party to a pending divorce proceeding at the time of death wherein grounds for divorce has been established as defined in 23 Pa.C.S.A. § 3323(g)and was neither a victim of a killing and was never adjudicated an incapacitated person •n ❑ NO EXCEPTIONS ❑ EXCEPTIONS �� c_ Petitioner, after a proper search, has ascertained that Decedent left no Will and was survived by illowinC62�ou65 i),, any)and heirs (attached additional sheets, if necessary) p c� Oct- -- , Name Relationship Residen — ct T OATH OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE =0 COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA Official Use cw� COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND Petitioner's Printed Name Petitioner's Printed Address LINDA L.GOULD A/K/A LINDA G.GOULD 1340 Oak Drive Macungie, PA 18062 The Petitioner above-named swears nroffinmathat the statements in the foregoing Petition are true and correct to the best of the knowledge and belief of Petitioner and that, as personal representative of the Decedent, Petitioner will well and truly administer the estate according 87law. ,Sworn 8}and affirmed and subscribed rr . ' LINDA L..avuLu/vmn LINDA u.^xvv`" Before me^d,is7 day of 01 2014. , For zer BOND Required 0 YES 0 N FEES: To The Register of Wills Letters.. ~. Please enter Noy appearance bwuny signature below: ShortCurtifiooto(n) $ Attorney Si t re, � ) Renunciation.............1 { �Cmdbj { �AMidovit(s).................. Q ,Bond Commission $ Printed Name: EDMUND G. MYERS Other $ Supreme Court Will � $ Firm Name: Johnson, Duffie, Stewar: & Weidner. �_j Address: 301 Market Street, P.O. Box $ J .'s Lemoyne, PA 17043 $_ Phone: 717-761-4540 Automation JCS Fee . ..~....... TOT/@.--, $ L-0115. 5K Email: egm(2jdswr.corn DECREE T3 THE REGISTER ` Estate of LOUISE.SMITH Deceased. File No. g Social Date of Death: July 14,2014 AND 2014. in consideration of the foregoing Petition, satisfactory proof 'having been presented beh{oa me, ITI8 DECREED that Letters Testamentary nm hereby Dmotndtu LINDA L, GOULD A/&tA LINDA G.GOULD in the above estate and that the instrument dated August 12, 2003 descdbed in the Petition be admitted tu probate and filed nf record ao the Last Will of the Decedent. ' egister of Wills LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT BE IT REMEMBERED THAT I, LOUIS E. SMITH, a resident of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, being of sound mind, memory and understanding, do make, publish and declare this to be my LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT, hereby revoking any and all Wills and Codicils previously made by me. I I declare that I am married to CHRISTINE H. SMITH. II I direct that all my just debts and funeral expenses shall be paid from my residuary estate as soon as practicable after my decease. III 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 e as a c F;, part of the expense of the administration of my estate. IV r o I give, devise and bequeath all my property, whether real or personal, wherever situate, including any property over which I may have a power of appointment to my wife, CHRISTINE H. SMITH,provided that she survives me by thirty(30)days. V If I should predecease my wife, CHRISTINE H. SMITH, I request that she make the following gifts: $1,000.00 to the Shriners Hospitals for Crippled Children, c/o Zembo Temple, Harrisburg,Pennsylvania; $1,000.00 to the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum and Library, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation having its headquarters in Lexington,Massachusetts; $1,000.00 to the Masonic Homes Guest and Building Fund, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania VI If my wife, CHRISTINE H. SMITH, shall predecease or fail to survive me by thirty (3o) days, I give, devise and bequeath all of my property, whether real or personal, wherever situate, including any property over which I may have a power of appointment, as follows: THIRTY PERCENT(30%)to my daughter-in-law, LINDA G. GOULD,per stirpes; TEN PERCENT(1a%)to my granddaughter, LISA ANN HARTZELL,per stirpes; TEN PERCENT (lo%) to my granddaughter, ROBYN ELIZABETH BLEILE, per stirpes; TEN PERCENT(ro%)to my cousin, DEBRA WILKINSON,per stirpes; THIRTY PERCENT (30%) to the ENDOWMENT FUND OF GRACE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Lemoyne, PA; TEN PERCENT(i o%)to our family friend, DEBRA VARSANYI,per stirpes. VII I desire that I be buried in the East Harrisburg Cemetery in the Hartzell Lot, Section 36, Block "D", Lot 26, Grave 1. 1 request that the Parthemore Funeral Home of New Cumberland handle the funeral arrangements. VIII I nominate, constitute and appoint my wife, CHRISTINE H. SMITH, as Executrix of this LAST WILL, to serve without bond. If my wife is unable or unwilling to act in that capacity, then I nominate, constitute and appoint my daughter-in-law, LINDA G. GOULD, as Executrix of this LAST WILL,to serve without bond. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, LOUIS E. SMITH, have set my hand to this LAST WILL this day of 2003. LOUIS E. SMITH �T Signed, sealed, published and declared by the above-named LOUIS E. SMITH as and for his last Will and Testament, in the presence of us, who, at his reques in his presence, and in the presence of each other, have hereunto sub cribed ou names messes. v ACKNOWLEDGEMENT COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA ss. COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND 1, LOUIS E. SMITH, Testator, 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; that I signed it as my free and voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed. LOUIS E. SMITH Sworn or affirmed to and a knowledged before me by LOUIS E. SMITH, Testator, this �I� c/ day of 2003. Notary Public NOTARIAL SEAL DEBORAH L.RYAN,NOTARY PUBLIC CITY OF MECHANICSBURG,CUMBERLAND COUNTY MY COMMISSION EXPIRES JUNE 11,mjA AFFIDAVIT COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA SS. COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND r � We, I akk i . W46f and z..i�a JP� 4rv�a)1 the witnesses whose names are signed to the attached or foregoing instrument, being duly qualified according to law, do depose and say that we were present and saw Testator sign and execute the instrument as his LAST WILL, that LOUIS E, SMITH signed willingly and that he executed it as his free and voluntary-act for the purposes therein expressed; that each of us in the hearing and sigwof the Testator signed the Will as witnesses; and that t9 the best of our kncwl�dge, the Testator was at the time 18 years of age or mo , of so d mind under no constraint or undue influence, �t�—�� Sworn or affirmed to and acknowledged before me this /a2 day of 2003. .I,C ltT . Notary Public NOTARIAL SEAL DEBORAH L.RYAN,NOTARY PUBLIO CITY OF MECHANICSBURG,CUMBERLAND COUNTY MY COMMISSION EXPIRES JUNE 11.2006