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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 ' _ I (fD
Name: Howard F Miller File No:
a/k/a: (Assigned by Register)
a/k/a:
a/k/a: Social Security No:
Date of Death: 08/21/2014 Age at death: 97
Decedent was domiciled at death in Cumberland County,Pa (state)with his/her last
principal residence at 134 N.Dickinson Schl Rd Carlisle Pa 17015 Dickinson Two Cumberland County Pa
Street address,Post Office and Zip Code City,Township or Borough County
Decedent died at 38 N Dickinson Schl Rd Carlisle Pa 17015 Dickinson Two Cumberland County Pa.
Street address,Post Office and Zip Code City,Township or Borough County state
Estimate of value of decedent's property at death:
If domiciled in Pennsylvania..*...........*.......*"*".. All personal property $ 219,000.00
If a ot domicited in Pennsy lvania. ....................... Personal property in Pennsylvania $
If not domiciled in Pennsylvania. ....................... Personal properry in County $
Value of real estate in Pe nnsylvania......................................................... $ 1)97,000 nn
TOTAL ESTIMATED VALUE. ... $ 506.000.00
Real estate in Pennsylvania situated at:
(Attach additional sheets,ifnecessary.) Street address,Post Office and Zip Code City,Township or Borough County
A. Petition for Probate and Grant of Letters Testamentary �i
Petitioner(s)averts)he/she/they Ware the Executor(s)named in the last Will of the Decedent,da 6�$� (�y A d CeiycA)
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Exceptasfollows:after the execution of the instmment(s)offered for probate Decedent did not marry,was not divorEed,masgot a pgbpto a pmdWg
divorce proceeding wherein the grounds for divorce had been established as defined in 23 Pa.C.S.§3323(g),aQ. dq not'have a child brn9r
ad pted;and Decedent was neither the victim of a killing nor ever adjudicated an incapacitated person. c0 C7 C =D -n ,T
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B. Petition for Grant of Letters of Administration (If applicable) -v i r to d
c.t.a.,d.b.n.,d.bm.c.t.a-pendente lite,durapee absentia,duraQ minority e
If Administration,c.ta. or t&b.n.c.ta.,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.
0 NO EXCEPTIONS 0 EXCEPTIONS
Petitioner(s),aftera proper search has/have ascertained that Decedent left no Will and was survivedby the following spouse(ifany)and heirs(attach
additional sheets,ifnecessary):
Name Relationship Address
Form RW--02 rm loa7no11 Page I'of 2
Oath of Personal Representative Official Use only
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA }
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Petitioner(s)Printed Name Petitioner(s)Printed Address
Geoffrey G Miller 38 N Dickinson Schl Rd Carlisle Pa 17015
Huntley H Miller 42 N Dickinson Schl Rd Carlisle pa 17015
The Petitioner(s)above-named swears)or affirm(s)the statements in the foregoic)�con n ale true and correct to the best of the knowledge and belief
of Petitioner(s)and that,as Personal Representative(s)of the Decedent to one 1 well and truly administer the estate according to law.
Sworn to or affirmed and subscribed before Date
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DECREE OF THE REGISTER o
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AND NOW, CX > X 3`e'� I `t , in consideration of the foregoing Petition,
satisfactory proof having been presented before me,IT IS DECREED that Letters ��17�MC�t'l�0.
are hereby granted to C,4o_pffre�!I (}t vil I iev— 4 h1-_)-ah e�L
i( I in the above estate and(if applicable)that
the instrument(s) dated YY1Q / t Z
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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M05.805 REV(4(111
RECORDED OFFICE OF
REGISTER OF ,'/ILLS
2919 SEP 3 en 9 use LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
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CUMBERUIUD "; HOWARD F. MILLER
I, HOWARD F. MILLER, now domiciled in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,
declare this to be my Last Will and Testament. l revoke all other wills and codicils that I may
have previously made.
Article I
My just debts and expenses of my last illness, funeral, and administration of my estate
shall be paid by my Executor from the principal of my residuary estate as soon as practicable
after my death.
Article II
All inheritance, estate, and succession taxes (including interest and penalties thereon, but
not including any generation skipping tax) payable by reason of my death shall be paid out of
and be charged generally against the principal of my residuary estate without reimbursement
from any person. This provision is not a waiver of any right which my Executor has to claim
reimbursement for any such taxes which become payable as the result of any property over
which I have the power of appointment.
Article III
I give, devise and bequeath my tangible personal property in accordance with any
memorandum I have handwritten or signed, located with my will or with my valuable papers and
found within 30 days of the probate of my will. Gifts may only be to persons who survive me or
to organizations which exist at my death, and if there is a conflict, the memorandum having the
latest date shall govern. To the extent no such memorandum is found, or all of my tangible
personal property is not disposed of pursuant thereto, my tangible personal property shall be
added to my residuary estate and pass under Articles IV and V hereof.
Article TV
If my spouse, MARGUERITE E. MILLER, survives me by one hundred seventy (170)
days, I give, devise and bequeath to any spouse cash, securities or other property of my estate
having a value equal to the amount, if any, that my spouse would be entitled to receive if she
exercised her elective share rights as set forth in section 2201 et seq. of the Pennsylvania
Probate, Estates and Fiduciaries Code (the "PEF Code"); provided, however, that this bequest
shall be reduced to the extent my spouse has waived the right to elect under PEF Code section
2207 or forfeited the right to elect under PEF Code section 2208. In computing the amount of
this bequest, it shall be assumed that my spouse has elected under PEF Code section 2204(c) to
retain all beneficial interests in property that she would otherwise be required to disclaim if she
exercised her elective share rights.
Provided my spouse survives me for one hundred seventy (170) days and she has not
waived or forfeited her elective share rights, it is my intention, that as a result of my death, she
receive property having a value equal to (but not more than) that which she would receive if she
were to exercise her elective share rights.
My Executor shall have the sole discretion to select the assets which shall constitute this
bequest. If my spouse does not survive me by one hundred seventy (170) days, or in the event
my spouse (or her legal representative) disclaims any portion of this bequest, this bequest, or the
disclaimed portion thereof, shall be distributed as part of my residuary estate.
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This bequest shall be distributed, in trust, to my hereinafter-named Trustee to be held,
administered and distributed as follows:
A. To expend and apply so much of the net income and so much of the principal of
the Trust as the Trustee shall consider advisable for the support, health, and care of
MARGUERITE E. MILLER, for the remainder of her lifetime.
B. In the event of MARGUERITE E. MILLER's death, the trust shall terminate,
and the remaining principal and accumulated income of the trust shall be distributed in equal
shares outright to my children, GEOFFREY G. MILLER, HUNTLEY H. MILLER, KAREN
M. BLACKBIRD and RENEE M. ANDWOOD,per stirpe.s.
C. No beneficiary or remainderman of this Trust shall have any right to alienate,
encumber, or hypothecate his interest in the principal or income of the Trust in any manner, nor
shall any interest be subject to claims of his creditors or liable to attachment, execution, or other
processes of law.
D. I hereby appoint my sons, GEOFFREY G. MILLER and HUNTLEY H.
MILLER, as Co-Trustees of any Trust(s) created in this Will for the benefit of my spouse, In
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the event of the renunciation, death, or inability to act, for any reason whatsoever of
GEOFFREY G. MILLER and HUNTLEY H. MILLER, I nominate, constitute and appoint
my daughter, KAREN M. BLACKBIRD, successor Trustee, of any Trusts) created in this Will
for the benefit of my spouse.
E. In order to carry out the purposes of the Trust established by this Will for the
benefit of MARGUERITE E. MILLER, the Trustee, in addition to all other powers granted by
this Will or by law, shall have the following powers over the Trust estate, subject to any
limitations specified elsewhere in this Will:
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(a) to retain in the form received and/or to sell either at public or private sale,
any real estate or personal property except that which I specifically bequeath herein;
(b) to manage real estate;
(c) to invest and reinvest in all forms of property without being confined to
legal investments, and without regard to the principal of diversification;
(d) to exercise any option or right arising from the ownership of investments;
(e) to compromise claims without court approval and without consent of any
beneficiary;
(f) to file fiduciary/income tax returns and pay the tax due for any year for
which such a return is required;
(g) to make distributions in cash or in kind, or in both, and to determine the
value of any such property;
(h) to receive required minimum distributions from any individual retirement
account of which the trust beneficiary is the beneficiary; to make.elections with regard to
individual retirement accounts; and to distribute the required minimum distribution to or for
the benefit of the trust beneficiary(ies). Payments made hereunder to or for the trust
beneficiary's benefit from any qualified plan or individual retirement account payable to the
trust by reason of my death shall equal at least the amount of the mandatory minimum
distributions from such plans or accounts and shall comply with the requirements of
Revenue Ruling 89-89, I.R.S. 1989-27. No qualified assets shall be used to pay
administrative expenses or taxes of my estate;
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(i) to employ any attorney, investment advisor, or other agent deemed
necessary by my Executor; to pay from my estate reasonable compensation for all their
services;
(j) to conduct alone or with others, any business in which I am engaged in or
have an interest in at the time of my death; and
(k) to receive reasonable compensation in accordance with their standard
schedule of fees in effect while their services are performed.
Article V
All the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, of whatsoever nature and wheresoever
situate, I give, devise and bequeath IN EQUAL SHARES to my children, GEOFFREY G.
MILLER, of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, HUNTLEY H. MILLER, of Carlisle, Pennsylvania,
KAREN M. BLACKBIRD, of Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania and RENEE M. ANDWOOD, of
Bedford, New Hampshire, per stirpes. If any of my children fail to survive me by thirty (30)
days, but leave descendants who survive me by thirty (30) days, those descendants shall receive,
per stirpes, the share the child would have received had he or she survived me by thirty (30)
days. The share of any deceased child who does not have living issue shall be divided and
distributed to my remaining children,per stirpes.
Article VI
I nominate, constitute and appoint my sons, GEOFFREY G. MILLER and HUNTLEY
H. MILLER, as Co-Executors of my Last Will and Testament. In the event of the renunciation,
death, or inability to act, for any reason whatsoever of my Co-Executors, 1 nominate, constitute
and appoint my daughter, KAREN M. BLACKBIRD, successor Executrix of my Last Will and
Testament. I direct that my Co-Executors or successor Executrix be permitted to serve without
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(i) to employ any attorney, investment advisor, or other agent deemed
necessary by my Executor; to pay from my estate reasonable compensation for all their
services;
0) to conduct alone or with others, any business in which I am engaged in or
have an interest in at the time of my death; and
(k) to receive reasonable compensation in accordance with their standard
schedule of fees in effect while their services are performed.
Article V
All the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, of whatsoever nature and wheresoever
situate, I give, devise and bequeath IN EQUAL SHARES to my children, GEOFFREY G.
MILLER, of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, HUNTLEY H. MILLER, of Carlisle, Pennsylvania,
KAREN M. BLACKBIRD, of Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania and RENEE A. ANDWOOD, of
Bedford, New Hampshire, per stirpes. If any of my children fail to survive me by thirty (30)
days, but leave descendants who survive me by thirty (30) days, those descendants shall receive,
per stirpes, the share the child would have received had he or she survived me by thirty (30)
days. The share of any deceased child who does not have living issue shall be divided and
distributed to my remaining children,per stirpes.
Article VI
I nominate, constitute and appoint my sons, GEOFFREY G. MILLER and HUNTLEY
H. MILLER, as Co-Executors of my Last Will and Testament. In the event of the renunciation,
death, or inability to act, for any reason whatsoever of my Co-Executors, I nominate, constitute
and appoint my daughter, KAREN M. BLACKBIRD, successor Executrix of my Last Will and
Testament. I direct that my Co-Executors or successor Executrix be permitted to serve without
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bond. In addition to those powers granted by law, I grant them power to distribute in cash or in
kind, in like or in unlike shares, and to file any qualified disclaimer I could have filed if living.
My Co-Executors or successor.Executrix shall receive reasonable compensation for services
rendered to my estate.
Article VII
In addition to the,powers conferred by law, I authorize my Co-Executors or successor
Executrix in his/her absolute discretion:
(a) to retain in the form received and to sell either at public or private sale, any real
estate or personal property except that which I specifically bequeath.herem,
(b) to manage real estate,
(c) to invest and reinvest in all forms of property without,being confined to legal
investments, and,without regard to the principal of diversification,
(d) to exercise any option or right arising from the ownership of investments,
(e) to compromise claims without, court., approval , and without consent of any
beneficiary,
(f) to file any federal income tax return for any year for which I have not filed such
return prior to my death,
(g) to make distributions in cash or in kind, or in both, and to determine the value of
any such property,
(h) to employ any attorney, investment advisor, or other agent deemed necessary by
my Co-Executors or successor Executrix; and to pay from my estate reasonable compensation
for all their services,
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I, HOWARD F. MILLER, Testator, who signed the foregoing instrument, having been
duly qualified according to taw, acknowledge that I signed and executed this instrument as my
Will, and that I signed it willingly as my free and voluntary act for the purposes therein
expressed.
Sworn to or affirmed and
Acknowledged before me by
HOWARD F. MILLER,the Testator
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Notary Public 'HOWARD F MILLER
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
Notarial Seal
Melissa M.Kain,Notary Public
Susquehanna Twp.,Dauphin County
My Commission Expires Aug.11,2010
We, the undersigned witnesses who signed the foregoing instrument, being duly qualified
according to law, depose and say that we were present and saw the Testator sign and execute this
instrument as his Will; that he signed and executed it willingly as his free and voluntary act for
the purposes therein expressed; that each of us in his sight and hearing signed the Will as
witnesses, and that to the best of our knowledge, that he was at that time eighteen (18) years or
more of age, of sound mind, and under no constraint or undue influence.
Sworn to or affirmed and
Subscribed to before me _
and is Kc-P.fl�4> r..n Witne s
witnesses, on S 12009.
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Notary Public
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
Notarial Seai
Melissa M.Kain,Notary PWNc
Susquehanna Twp.,Dauphin County $
MY COMMSion Expires Aug.11,2010
REGISTER OF WILLS CERTIFICATE OF
CUMBERLAND COUNTY GRANT OF LETTERS
PENNSYLVANIA
of cu�y�
No. 2014- 00822 PA No. 21- 14- 0822
.?? Estate Of: HOWARD FMILLER
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Late Of: DICKINSON TOWNSHIP
CUMBERLAND COUNTY
Deceased
1750 Social Security Na:
WHEREAS, on the 3rd day of September 2014 an instrument dated
May 5th 2009 was admitted to probate as the last will of
HOWARD F MILLER
(First,Middle,Lesn
late of DICKINSON TOWNSHIP, CUMBERLAND County,
who died on the 21st day of August 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 TESTAMENTARYto:
GEOFFREY O MILLER and HUNTLEY H MILLER
who have duly qualified as EXECUTOR(RIXJ
and have agreed to administer the estate according to law, all of which
fully appears of record in my office at CUMBERLAND COUNTY COURTHOUSE,
CARLISLE, PENNSYLVANIA.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal
of my office on the 3rd day of September 2014.
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