HomeMy WebLinkAbout09-26-14 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:
Linda P.Shank and William H.Shank
Decedent's Information {�2
Name: P.Joanne Rice File No: 21
a/k/a: Joanne Rice Pearl Joanne Rice (Assigned by Register)
alk/w Pearl Joanne Jeffries P.Joanne Jeffries
a/k/a:
Date of Death: 0911212014 Age at Death: 78
Decedent was domiciled at death in Cumberland County, PA (State)with his/her last
principal residence at 1318 North Pitt Street,Carlisle 17013 Carlisle Cumberland
Street address,Post Office and Zip Code City,Township or Borough County
Decedent died at Church of God Home,801 N Hanover Street Carlisle Cumberlad 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 $ /!QS_e.as
ffnot domiciled in Pennsylvania................ Personal property in Pennsylvania $
If not domiciled in Pennsylvania................ Personal property in County $
Value ofreal estate in Pennsylvania.................................................................. $ cJ,$7a o00
TOTAL ESTIMATED VALUE $ (o js Odo
Real estate in Pennsylvania situated at 131$North Pitt Street,Carlisle 17013 Carlisle Cumberland
/Attach addifior+ar sheets,Nnacessarvf 773 Limestone Ridge Road,Etiiotfsburg 17024 Spring Township Perry
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)that he/she/they is/are the Executors)named in the Last Will of the Decedent,dated 07/31/2014 and Codicil(s)
thereto dated
State relevant Circumstances lag,,renuncatton,dawn of executor,etc)
Except as follows:after the execution of the instrume%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.0.S. §3323(g),and did not have a child born or
adopted;and Decedent was neither the victim of 6 killing nor ever adjudicated an incapacitated person.
R NO EXCEPTIONS [ EXCEPTIONS
❑ 8. Petition for Grant of Letters of Administration (If applicable)
ata-d.An_db.n.c.ta.,pedexte lite durante absentia.durante minor)tate
If Administration,c.t.a or d.b.n.c.I.e.,enter date of Will in Section A above and complete list of heirs.
Except as follows:Decedent was not a party to 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.
F1 NO EXCEPTIONS Q EXCEPTIONS
Petitioner(s),after a proper search has/have ascertained that Decedent left no Will and was survived by the following spouse(if any)and heirs(attach
additional sheets,if necessary):
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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA }
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COUNTY OF Cumberland }
Petitioner(s)Printed Name Petitioner(s)Printed Address
Linda P.Shank 1012 Shannon Lane
Carlisle,PA 17013
William H.Shank 1012 Shannon Lane
Carlisle,PA 17013
The Petitioner(s)above-named swears)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 tfi pe ent,P(gl�tioner( iII we no truly administer the estate according to law.
Sworn to or affirmed and subscribed before t f Dale
me IN day of �, .r(,tG Data
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For the Register Date
BOND Required? ❑ YES d NO To the Register of Wills:
Please enter my appearance b my signature below:
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DECREE OF THE REGISTER
Date of Death: 09/1212014
Social Security No:
Estate of P.Joanne Rice File No: 21 ^ J 7 .
a/k/w Joanne Rice Pea 1 Joan_ne,Rica Pearl Joanna Jeffries P.Joanne Jeffries
AND NOWT in consideration of the foregoing Petition,
satisfactory proof having been presented before me,IT IS DECREED that Letters Testamentary
are hereby granted to Linda P.Shank and William H.Shank
in the above estate and(if applicable)that the instrument(s)dated 07131/2014
described in the Petition be admitted to probate and filed of record as t last Will(and Codicil(s)) ecedent.
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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
I, P. JOANNE RICE, of Carlisle Borough, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, being of
sound and disposing mind and memory,do hereby make,publish and declare this to be my Last Will
and Testament, hereby revoking any and all former Wills or Codicils made by me.
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I direct that all my legally enforceable debts, funeral expenses, testamentary expenses and
all death taxes(whether such taxes may be payable by my estate or by any recipient of any property)
shall be paid from my residuary estate as soon as practicable after my decease and as part of the
administration of my estate. My Executors 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.
2.
I give such items of personalty as are itemized in a certain list, if any,to the persons named
thereon, which list is signed and dated by me at the end thereof.
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I give, devise and bequeath all the rest, residue and remainder of my estaw,TPth reAnd 2 c
personal property,in equal shares unto my niece,LINDA P. SHANK,and her husbarO ILF M Y; r'Dr
H. SHANK.
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I nominate, constitute and appoint my niece, LINDA P. SHANK, and her husNbandrn r ,<=�
WILLIAM H. SHANK,or such of them as are willing and able to serve, as Executors of my estate.
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5.
I direct that all fiduciaries acting under this Will, whether or not named herein, shall not be
required to give bond for the faithful performance of their duties in any jurisdiction.
6.
I authorize and empower my Executors in their sole and absolute discretion,to purchase or
otherwise acquire and retain any investments of which I die seized or any real or personal property
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of any nature; to sell, lease, pledge, mortgage, transfer, exchange, dispose of or grant options in
regard to any or all property of any kind forming a part of my estate for such terms and such prices
as they may deem advisable; to borrow money for any purposes connected with the protection and
preservation of my estate;to mortgage or pledge any real or personal property forming a part of my
estate or to join in or secure the partition of same; to compromise any claims or demands of my
estate against others or of others against my estate; to make distribution in kind and to cause any
share to be composed of cash,property or undivided fractional shares in property different in kind
from any other share;to employ agents, attorneys and proxies and to delegate to them such powers
as my Executors consider desirable and to pay reasonable compensation for such services as may be
rendered by such agents,attorneys and proxies; and to execute and deliver such instruments as may
be necessary to carry out any of these powers. In addition,I direct that my Executors shall have the
power to conduct an inventory of any safe deposit box necessary to the administration of my estate.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto sett my hand and seal this 31 s` f July,2414,
(SEAL)
P. Jcee Rice
SIGNED,SEALED,PUBLISHED AND DECLARED by the above-named Testatrix,as and for her
Last Will and Testament, in the presence of us, who at her request, have hereunto subscribed our
names•as witnesses thereto, in the presence of the said Testatrix and of ef/ach other.
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COMMONWF,ALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA }
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COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND )
We, P. Joanne Rice, Katie J. Maxwell and Melissa A. Scholly, the Testatrix and the
witnesses,respectively,whose names are signed to the foregoing instrument,being first duly sworn,
do hereby declare to the undersigned authority that the Testatrix signed and executed the instrument
as her last Will and that the Testatrix has signed willingly,and that the Testatrix executed it as her
free and voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed, and that each of the witnesses, in the
presence and hearing of the Testatrix, signed the Will as a witness and that to the best of his/her
knowledge the Testatrix was at that time eighteen years of age or older,of sound mind and under no
constraint or undue influence.
/Joanne Rice, Testatrix
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Witness
Subscribed, sworn to and acknowledged before me by P. Joanne Rice, the Testatrix, and
subscribed and sworn to before me by Katie J. Maxwell and Melissa A. Scholly,the witnesses,this
31 ' day of July, 2014.
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COMMONWEALTH_OF PENNSYLVANIA
NOTARIAL SEAL
Dena S.Brumbaunh,Notary Public
Carlisle Boro,Cumberland County
My Commission Expires Feb. 18,2618
MEMBER,PENNSYLVANIA ASSOOIATION OF NOTARIES
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REGISTER OF WILLS CERTIFICATE OF
CUMBERLAND COUNTY GRANT OF LETTERS
PENNSYLVANIA
4 OF �C4d�q'�
No. 2074- 00930 PA No. 21- 14- 0330
9 Estate Of: P JOANNE RICE
5 (PksL Middle,Lasd
a/kja: JOANNE RICE PEARL JOANNE RICE
PEARL JOANNE JEFFRIES P JOANNE JEFFRIES
u' v Late Of: CARLISLE BOROUGH
CUMBERLAND COUNTY
1750 Deceased
Social Security No:
WHEREAS; on the 26th day of September 2014 an instrument dated
July 31st 2014 was admitted to probate as the last will of
P JOANNE RICE
(Fist Middle.Last)
a/kla JOANNE RICE PEARL JOANNE RICE PEARL JOANNE JEFFRIES P JOANNE JEFFRIES
late of CARLISLE BOROUGH, CUMBERLAND County,
who died on the 12th day of September 2014 an
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:
LINDA P SHANK and WILLIAM H SHANK
who have duly qualified as EXECUTOR/RIX)
and have agreed to administer the estate according to law, all of which
fully appears of record in my office at CUMBERLAND COUNTY COURTHOUSE,
C&gSLWENNSYL VAN1A.
s-+ JN ggS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal
o r y o�idt �n;:)the 26th day of September 2014.
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