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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 � ' (� _ n��
Name: D.Bruce Conner File No: �` � �
a/k/a: Donald Bruce Conner (As �gned by Register)
a/k/a: Donald B onner
a/k/a; Social Security No:
Date of Death: 07/27/2014 Age at death: 88
Decedent was domiciled at death in Cumberland County,pennsylvania (Stare)with his/her last
principal residence at 5296 Cherrv Court Mechanicsbur� 17055 Lower Allen Townshiv Cumberland
Street address,Post Office and Zip Code City,Township or Borough County
Decedent died at 100 Mt Allen Drive Mechanicsbur� 17055 Upper Allen Townshin Cumberland 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 $ 240,000.00
If not domiciled in Pennsylvania. ......... ..... ......... Personal property in Pennsylvania $
If not domiciled in Pennsylvania. .. .............. ... .... Personal property in County $
Value of real estate in Pennsylvania................................................. ........ $
TOTAL ESTIMATED VALUE. ... $ 240.000.00
Real estate in Pennsylvania situated at:
(Attach additional sheets,if necessary.) Street address,Post O�ce and Zip Code City,Township or Borough County
� A. Petition for Probate and Grant of Letters Testamentary
Petitioner(s)aver(s)he/she/they is/are the Executor(s)named in the last Will of the Decedent,dated 2�26/2010 �nd Codicil�)
thereto dated N/A --Renunciation of Beverlv U.Fowler Conner n .r- -r� �'
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State relevant circumstances(e.g.renunciation,death of executor,etc.) '� ; ,� �,
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Except as follows: after the execution of the instrument(s)offered for probate Decedent did not marry,was not divor �'w`_as not a pi�to a p�'nd�g
divorce proceeding wherein the grounds for divorce had been established as defined in 23 Pa.C.S. §3323(g),a�d�d not have a child bc�r�i'Q€�
adopted;and Decedent was neither the victim of a killing nor ever adjudicated an incapacitated person. G � � �-�
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� B. Petition for Grant of Letters of Administration (If applicable) Q'
c.t.a.,d.b.n.,d.b.n.c.t.a.,pendente lite,durante absentia,durante minoritate
If Administration,c.t.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
Petitioner(s),after a proper search has/have ascertained that Decedent leR no Will and was survived by the following spouse(if any)and heirs(attach
additional sheets,ifnecessary):
Name Relationshi Address
Form RW-02 rev.10/11/2011 Page 1 of 2
Oath of Personal Representative
Official Use Only
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA }
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COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND }
Petitioner(s)Printed Name Petitioner(s)Printed Address
Rick Olewiler 2058 Faversham Wa York PA 17402
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 Representative(s)of the De nt,the Petitione will well and truly administer the estate according to law.
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DECREE OF THE REGISTER
Estate of D.Bruce Conner File No:�/���� /�,�
a/k/a:Donald Bruce Conner a/k/a Donald B.Conner
AND NOW, , �� ,in consideration of the foregoing Petition,
satisfactory proof having been resented before me,IT IS DECREED that Letters Testamentarv
are hereby granted to Rick Olewiler
in the above estate and(if applicable)that
the instrument(s)dated 2/26/2010
described in the Petition be admitted to probate and filed of record as the last Will(a Codicil(s))of Decedent.
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REGISTER OF WILLS CERTIFICATE OF
CUMBERLAND COUNTY GRANT OF LETTERS
PENNSYLVANIA
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No. 2014- 00732 PA No. 21- 14- 0732
Es ta t e Of: D BRUCE CONNER
/Fi�st,Midd/e,Lastl
a/k/a: DONALD BRUCE CONNER DONALD B CONNER
La te Of: LOWER ALLEN TOWNSHIP
CUMBERLAND COUNTY
Deceased
Soci al Securi ty No:
WHEREAS, on the 6th day of August 2014 an instrument dated
February 26th 2010 was admitted to probate as the last will of
D BRUCE CONNER
(First,Middle,Lastl
a/k/a DONALD BRUCE CONNER DONALD B CONNER
late of LOWERALLEN TOWNSH/P, CUMBERLAND County,
who died on the 27th day of July 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:
RICK OLEWILER
who has duly qualified as EXECUTOR(R/Xl
and has agreed to administer the estate according to law, all of which
fully appears of record in my office at CUMBERLAND COUNTY COURT HOUSE,
CARLISLE, PENNSYL VANIA.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal
of my �affice � the 6th day of August 2014.
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DONALD B. CONNER, of Lower Allen Township, Cumberland Count� ,o �� � ;
Pennsylvania, do make, publish and declare this to be my Last Will and Testament,
hereby revoking all Wills and Codicils by me heretofore made.
ITEM I: Familv Information. I am married to
BEVERLY U. FOWLER CONNER. I am limiting provisions for my wife, not from
lack of affection, but because her separate resources are ample. I was previously
married to CAROL A. CONNER, who predeceased me, and EMMALYNN C.
CONNER from whom I was divorced. I have no children.
ITEM II: Death Taxes. I direct that all inheritance
and estate taxes becoming due by reason of my death, whether payable by my
estate or by any recipient of any property, shall be paid by the Executor out of the
residue of my estate, as an expense and cost of administration of my estate, except
that no taxes shall be charged against any gift qualifying for the marital or
charitable deduction in my estate. The Executor shall have no duty or obligation to
obtain reimbursement for any such tax so paid, even though on proceeds of
insurance or other property not passing under this Will.
ITEM III: Debts and Final Expenses. I direct the
Executor to pay the expenses of my last illness, my legally enforceable debts, and
funeral expenses from the residue of my estate as an expense and cost of
administration of my estate.
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� ITEM IV: Tangible Personal Property.
(a) Written List. I may leave a written list in my safe deposit
box or elsewhere disposing of certain items of my tangible personal
property. The Executor shall dispose of items of my personal property
; as specified in the written list. If no written list is found in my safe
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deposit box or elsewhere and properly identified by the Executor
within thirty (30) days after the probate of my Will, it shall be
presumed that there is no other statement or list. Any subsequently
discovered list shall be ignored.
(b) If Wife Survives. If I die before my wife, BEVERLY
FOWLER CONNER, I give to her all my tangible personal property
not set forth in the written list referenced in paragraph (a), including
� but not limited to, all of my household furniture and furnishings,
books, pictures, jewelry, silverware, automobiles, wearing apparel and
all other articles of household or personal use or adornment and all
policies of insurance thereon.
(c) If Wife Predeceases. If I do not die before my wife, I give
any property of the type described in paragraph (b) and not set forth in
a written list to the beneficiaries named in ITEM VI to be divided
among them as they agree. Should there be no agreement, the
' Executor shall divide this property among them in as nearly equal
portions as the Executor, in the discretion of the Executor, deems
appropriate, having due regard to the personal preferences of the
beneficiaries.
ITEM V: Cash Gift. I give the sum of FIFTY
THOUSAND ($50,000) DOLLARS to my former wife, EMMALYNN C. CONNER, of
Camp Hill, Pennsylvania. However, if she predeceases me or has remarried, this
gift shall lapse.
ITEM VI: Residue. I give the residue of my estate, not
disposed of in the preceding portions of this Will as follows:
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(a) ONE-FOURTH (1/4) to my nephew, ROGER CONNER,
of Potomac, Maryland;
(b) ONE-FOURTH (1/4) to my niece, DEBRA OLEWILER,
of York, Pennsylvania;
(c) ONE-FOURTH (1/4) to my step-son, STEVEN ERIC
OLSON, of Clarksburg, Maryland; and
(d) ONE-FOURTH (1/4) to my step-daughter, LINDA
BLACK, of Mt. Airy, Maryland.
If any of the foregoing beneficiaries does not survive me, the share of the deceased
beneficiary shall be distributed to his or her then living issue, per stirpes. If he or
she is not survived by any issue, that share shall lapse.
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ITEM VII: Administrative Powers. In addition to the
powers granted at law, the Executor shall possess the following powers, each of
which shall be construed broadly and may be exercised without court approval, but
in a fiduciary capacity only:
(a) Retain Investments. To retain any investments I have at
my death, including specifically those consisting of stock of any bank
even if I have named that bank as the Executor.
(b) Varv Investments. To vary investments and to invest in
bonds, stocks, notes, real estate mortgages or other securities or in
other property, real or personal, without being restricted to so-called
"legal investments", and without being limited by any statute or rule of
law regarding investments by fiduciaries.
(c) Division of Assets. In order to divide the principal of my
estate or make distributions, the Executor is authorized to distribute
personal property and real property partly or wholly in kind, and to
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I allocate specific assets among beneficiaries so long as the total market
� value of each share is not affected by the division, distribution or
allocation in kind. The Executor is authorized to make, join in and
consummate partitions of lands, voluntarily or involuntarily, including
giving of mutual deeds, or other obligations, with as wide powers as an
individual owner in fee simple.
(d) Sell Assets. To sell either at public or private sale any or
� all real or personal property severally or in conjunction with other
persons, and to consummate sale(s) by deed(s) or other instrument(s)
to the purchaser(s), conveying a fee simple title. No purchaser shall be
obligated to see to the application of the purchase money or to make
inquiry into the validity of any sale. The Executor is authorized to
make, execute, acknowledge and deliver deeds, assignments, options or
other writings as necessary or convenient to carry out the powers
conferred upon the Executor.
(e) Encumber Real Estate. To mortgage real estate, and to
make leases of real estate.
(� Borrow Monev. To borrow money from any person,
including the Executor, to pay indebtedness of mine or of my estate,
expenses of administration or inheritance, legacy, estate and other
taxes, and to assign and pledge assets of my estate.
(g) Pav Costs. To pay all costs, taxes, expenses and charges
in connection with the administration of my estate.
(h) Distributions Without Court Order. To make
distributions of income and of principal to the proper beneficiaries,
during the administration of my estate, with or without court order, in
such manner and in such amounts as my Executor deems prudent and
appropriate.
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(i) Rights as Stockholder. To exercise voting rights with
respect to securities which form a part of my estate, and to exercise all
the powers incident to the ownership of securities.
(j) Reorganize. To unite with other owners of property
similar to property in my estate to carry out any plans for the
reorganization of any company whose securities form a part of my
estate.
(k) Disclaim. To disclaim any interest in property which
would devolve to me or my estate by whatever means, including but
not limited to the following means: as beneficiary under a will, as an
appointee under the exercise of a power of appointment, as a person
entitled to take by intestacy, as a donee of an inter vivos transfer, and
as a donee under a third-party beneficiary contract.
(1) Tax Returns. To prepare, execute and file tax returns of
any type required by applicable law, and to make all tax elections
authorized by law.
(m) Allocate Expenses. To allocate administrative expenses
to income or to principal, as the Executor deems appropriate.
However, no allocation to income shall be made if the effect of the
allocation is to cause a reduction in the amount of any estate tax
marital deduction or estate tax charitable deduction.
(n) Employ Advisors. To employ custodians of property,
investment or business advisors, accountants and attorneys as the
Executor deems appropriate, and to compensate these persons from
assets of my estate, without affecting the compensation to which the
Executor is entitled.
(o) Basis Adiustment. To make any adjustment to basis
authorized by law, including, but not limited to increasing the basis of
any property included in my estate, whether or not passing under this
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I' Will, by allocating any amount by which the bases of assets may be
increased. The Executor shall be under no duty and shall not be
�, required to allocate basis increase exclusively, primarily, or at all to
I� assets which pass as part of my probate estate as opposed to other
property for which a basis adjustment is allowable. The Executor shall
I allocate basis increase equitably among those beneficiaries receiving
property as a result of my death, but shall not be liable to any person,
nor subject to removal or surcharge, for any reasonable allocation of
basis increase.
I (p) Compromise Claims. To compromise claims.
(q) Other Acts. To do all other acts in the Executor's
judgment deemed necessary or desirable for the proper and
advantageous management, investment and distribution of the estate.
ITEM VIII: Beneficiaries Under Age 25. If a beneficiary
under the age of twenty-five (25) years is entitled to receive assets under this Will,
the person who served as Executor of my estate shall retain those assets as
Custodian for the beneficiary under the Pennsylvania Uniform Transfers to Minors
Act. The Custodian may receive and administer all assets authorized by law, and
shall have full authority as provided in the Pennsylvania Uniform Transfers to
� Minors Act to use assets in the manner the Custodian deems advisable for the best
interests of the beneficiary. I also designate the person who served as Executor of
my estate as successor Custodian of any property for which I am custodian under
any Uniform Gifts to Minors Act or Uniform Transfers to Minors Act.
ITEM IX: Survival. Any person who has died within
thirty (30) days of my death, or under such circumstances that the order of our
deaths cannot be established by proof, shall be deemed to have predeceased me.
ITEM X: Executors. I make the following provisions
with respect to Executors:
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� (a) Initial Executor. I appoint my wife, BEVERLY U.
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FOWLER CONNER, to serve as Executor.
� (b) Successor Executor. In the event that my wife is unable
or refuses to serve as Executor, I appoint RICK OLEWILER to serve as
Executor.
(c) Compensation. The Executor shall have the right to
receive reasonable compensation for services rendered and
reimbursement for reasonable expenses.
(d) Standard of Care. No Executor shall be liable or
accountable for any loss that may result from the good faith exercise of
the authority granted in this Will.
(e) Securitv. The Executor is specifically relieved from the
duty of filing bond or entering security.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand and seal to this, my
Last Will and Testament, consisting of this and the preceding six (6) pages, at the
end of each page of which I have also set my initials for greater security and better
identification this „�� day of � , 20(G .
(_.��� (SEAL)
D. BRUCE CONNER a/k/a
DONALD BRUCE CONNER a/k/a
DONALD B. CONNER
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We, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Will was signed,
sealed, published and declared by the above-named Testator as and for his Last
Will and Testament, in the presence of us, who, at his request and in his presence
and in the presence of each other, have hereunto set our hands and seals the day
and year first above written, and we certify that at the time of the execution
thereof, the Testator was of sound and disposing mind and memory.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
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I I, D. BRUCE CONNER, 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 and
Testament; that I signed it willingly; and that I signed it as my free and voluntary
� act for the purposes therein expressed.
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D. BRUCE CONNER
Sworn to and subscribed before
me this�l-�day of �C��,r�
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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
NOTARIAL SEAL
CYNTHIA J.RULE,Notary Public
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the Witnesses whose names are signed to the attached or fo egoing instrument,
being duly qualified according to law, do depose and say that we were present and
saw Testator, D. BRUCE CONNER sign and execute the instrument as his Last
Will and Testament; that Testator signed willingly and that he executed the Will as
his free and voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed; that each of us in the
hearing and sight 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.
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COMMONWEALTH OF PEt�6N5YLVAIVIA
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RENUNCIATION
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REGISTER OF WILLS ��1'BF..a�� �
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
Estate of D. Bruce Conner a/k/a Donald Bruce Conner a/k/a Donald B. Conner , Deceased
I, Beverly U. Fowler Conner , in my capacity/relationship as
(Print Name)
executor/wife of the above Decedent, hereby renounce the right to
administer the Estate of the Decedent and respectfully request that Letters be issued to
Rick Olewiler
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(Date) (Signature)
5296 Cherry Tree Court
(Street Address)
Mechanicsburg, PA 17055
(Cary,State,Zip)
Executed in Register's Office Executed out of Register's Office
Sworn to or affirmed and subscribed Before the undersigned personally appeared the
before me this day pariy executing this renunciation and certified
of , that he or she executed the renunciation for the
purposes ed within on this c�8'i-�— day
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Deputy for Register of Wills Not Public
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(Signature and Seal of Notary or other official qualified to
administer oaths. Show date of expiration of Notary's Commission.)
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
NOTARIAL SEAL Public
CYNTHIA J R�e�umberland County
Form xw o6 ��ev.10.13.06 Borough of Lemoy 3,2016
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