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ESTATE OF : IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
`DOROTHY J. WARD : CUMBERLAND COUNTY,PENNSYLVANIA
ORPHANS' COURT DIVISION
NO. 21-14-0468
PRAECIPE TO ATTACH EXHIBIT TO AMENDED PETITION UNDER SECTION 3102
OF THE PROBATE, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES CODE FOR
SETTLEMENT OF SMALL ESTATE
TO THE HONORABLE JUDGES OF SAID COURT:
On behalf of the Petitioner, Sherry Jean Ward, comes the law firm of Irwin & McKnight,
P.C. and presents the following Praecipe to Attach Exhibit to the Amended Petition for
Settlement of a Small Estate, filed on September 29, 2014, under the provisions of Section 3102
of the Probate, Estates and Fiduciaries Code and pursuant to local Orphans' Court Rule 6.11-2
and in support thereof avers that:
(1) Your Petitioner, Sherry Jean Ward is a competent adult residing at 909 Boulevard,
Westfield,NJ 07090, and is the daughter of the above decedent.
(2) Dorothy J. Ward, a widow, died on February 25, 2014 at the age of 87 years, but
prior thereto lived and was domiciled at I Longsdorf Way, Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pennsylvania.
(3) A Petition for the Settlement of a Small Estate for Dorothy J. Ward was filed on
May 13, 2014, and an Amended Petition was filed on September 29, 2014.
(4) Dorothy J. Ward died with a Will. No Letters have been issued. The original
copy of decedent's Last Will and Testament dated, March 17, 1989, is attached
hereto to be included with the filed Ameneded Petition of September 29, 2014, as
Exhibit"E."
WHEREFORE, your Petitioner respectfully requests that the attached Exhibit be included
with the Amended Petition filed, September 29, 2014, and an Order be made authorizing Sherry
Jean Ward to act as Fiduciary for the Estate of Dorothy J. Ward and close the accounts with
Metro Bank and Wells Fargo with the proceeds made payable to the Estate of Dorothy J. Ward
pursuant to Section 3102 of the Probate, Estates and Fiduciaries Code.
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LAS WILL AND TESTAMENT
OF
DOROTHY J. WARD
I, DOROTHY J. WARD, of the Borough of Kingston, County of Luierne and
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby make and publish this to be my
Last Will and Testatment revoking all former Wills heretofore made
by me.
ITEM 1 : I direct that all my just debts and funeral expenses
be paid as soon as convenient after my death.
ITEM 2: I give, devise and bequeath all of my property, real
and personal , to my beloved husband, JAMES F. WARD.
ITEM 3: Should my husband, JAMES F. WARD, predecease me, then in
that event, I give, devise and bequeath all of my property, real and
personal , to my children, SHERRY JEAN WARD, MALLORY ANN WARD, JAMIE
WARD and GRETCHEN WARD, share and share alike.
ITEM 4: I nominate, constitute and appoint my husband, JAMES
F. WARD, Executor of this my Last Will and Testament. Should my
husband, JAMES F. WARD, be unable to serve in that capacity for any reason
whatsoever, then in that event, I appoint my daughter, SHERRY JEAN
WARD, Executrix in his stead. No bond shall be required of my Executor
in this or any other jurisdiction.
IN , WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this
day of 1989.
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Dorothy J a
Signed, sealed, published and declared by the Testatrix above named,
as and for her Last Will and Testament, in the presence of us, who have
hereunto, at her request, subscribed our names in her presence, and in
the presence of each other, as witnesses hereto.
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