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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 ( �
Name: David L.Hittie File No: c�I � �['9(o' 1'j
a/k/a: (Assigned by Register)
a/k/a:
a/k/a: Social Security No:
Date of Death: June 14,2014 Age at death: 65
Decedent was domiciled at death in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (State)with his/her last
principal residence at 125 Channel Drive,Carlisle,PA 17013 North Middleton Township Cumberland
Street address,Post Office and Zip Code City,Township or Borough County
Decedent died at Memorial Hospital 325 South Belmont Stree,York,PA 17403 Spring Garden Twp. York Pennsylvania
Street address,Post Office and Zip Code City,Township or Borough County State
Estimate of value of decedent's property at death:
Ifdomiciled in Pennsylvania....... .... ..... ............ All personal property $ 1,000.00
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. ... S 1,000.00
Real estate in Pennsylvania situated at: Sandstone Road,Berlin,PA Brothers Valley Twp. Somerset
(Attach additional sheets,if necessmy.) 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)he/she/they is/are the Executor(s)named in the last Will of the Decedent,dated November 2, 1992 and Codicil(s)
thereto dated_N/A v
State relevant circumstances(e.g.renunciation,death of executor,etc.) G
Except as follows: after the execution of the instrument(s)offered for probate Decedent did not many,was not divor was lgot a party to a pertdiia
divorce proceeding wherein the grounds for divorce had been established as defined in 23 Pa.C.S. §3323(g),ai d-di�'ngt7have ild b
adopted;and Decedent was neither the victim of a killing nor ever adjudicated an incapacitated person. :7 fir, ...-
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O NO EXCEPTIONS (D EXCEPTIONS Sons-Jonathan D.Hittie born 4/30/1993 and Benjamin R.Hiftie-bopp,3/7!095 t
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B. Petition for Grant of Letters of Administration (If applicable) CO r- til
c.t.a.,d.b.n.,d.b.n.c.t.a.,pendente lite,durante ab-s�ntia,dur�t minroitdo
If Administration,ca.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.
0 NO EXCEPTIONS 0 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):
Name Relationship 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
Robin M.Hittie 125 Channel Drive Carlisle PA 17013
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 Decede t,the Petitioner(s)wil well and truly administer the estate according to law.
Sworn to r affirmed and subscribed before Date /d /f 20
me this day o Date
By: Date
For the Register Date
BOND Required: Q YES 2 NO To the Register of Wills:
FEES: Please enter my appearance by my signature below:
Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 20.00 Attorney Signature:
( 2)Short Certificate .. . . . . 10.00
( )Renunciation(s)... .. . . . . . .
( )Codicil(s). . . . . . . . . . . . .
( )Affidavit(s).. . . . . . . . . . .
Bond.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Printed Name: Christopher M.Vedder
Commission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Supreme Court
Other . . . . . . . . ID Number: 38497
Inheritance Tax Return . . .. . . 15.00 rst
Inventory . . . . . . 15.00 Firm Name: Morris&Vedder LLP X C> ca �?
. . . . . . . . Address: 32 North Duke Street -
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. . . . . . P.O. Box 149 • r--
. . . . . . . . York,PA 17405 '-".' C0 cr
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843-9815 T' � --n -7,1
. . . . . . . . Phone: (717)843
Automation Fee. 5.00 Fax: (717)846-2813 r
JCS Fee. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.50 Email: nmvedderap morris-vedtler'cnm C rn
TOTAL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 100.50 , fV U) O
DECREE OF THE REGISTER -7
Estate of David L.Hittie File No:
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AND NOW, 005 fiber _,in consideration of the foregoing Petition,
satisfactory proof having been presented before me,IT IS DECREED that Letters Testamentary
are hereby granted to Robin M.Hittie
in the above estate and(if applicable)that
the instrument(s) dated November 2 1992
described in the Petition be admitted to probate and filed of record as the last Will (and Codicil(s))of Decedent.
ister of ills/ PlIf"'Wib—Page
Form RW-02 rev.10//1/20/1 2 of 2
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LAST WILL AMD TESTAMENT
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ca <= I3avid L. Hit-tie, of 121 Channel Drive, Carlisle, Cumberland County,
+ a1benre y3cvan,ia, being of sound and disposing mind, memory, and understanding,
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c� t- do 1& ' declare this as and for my last will and testament hereby
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I direct the payment of my debts and expenses of my last illness and
funeral from my estate as soon after my death as conveniently may be done.
If there be no cemetery lot available for my interment, owned by me at the
time of my death, I authorize my personal representative to purchase such
cemetery lot with a contract for perpetual care, using therefor funds from
my estate, in such amount as my personal representative shall consider
necessary and desirable, and I authorize my personal representative to
cause title to or ownership of such lot so purchased to be vested in such
person as my personal representative shall designate.
Further, in this connection, I authorize my personal representative to
expend funds from my estate, in such amount as my personal representative
shall consider necessary and desirable, for the purchase, erection, and
inscription of a suitable marker for my grave.
SECOND
I give and devise my one-seventh (1/7) interest in the farm which I
own with my brothers and sisters, and located in Brothers Valley Township,
Somerset County, Pennsylvania, unto such of my brothers and sisters who are
living at the time of my death. I direct that the Pennsylvania Transfer
Inheritance Tax that shall be paid upon this one-seventh (1/7) interest
shall be paid by my surviving brothers and sisters and shall not be paid
from the residuary of my estate.
THIRD
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I give, devise and bequeath all the rest, residue and remainder of my
estate unto my wife, Robin M. Hittie, if she survives me by thirty (30)
days. In the event she fails to survive me by thirty (30) days, I give,
devise and bequeath all the rest, residue and remainder of my estate unto
my children, per stirpes.
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FOURTH
In the event that my wife predeceases me, or does not survive me by
thirty (30) days, and at the time of my death I am not survived by any
issue, I then give, devise, and bequeath all of the rest, residue and
remainder of my estate as follows:
A. I give and bequeath unto my nephew, Robert Hittie,
the sum of $1,000.00 upon the condition that he
use said sum to care for any animals that I may
own at the time of my death.
B. I give and bequeath all photographs and photo albums
which are in my possession at the time of my death
unto my nephew Scott Hittie, for him to either retain
or distribute among my relatives as he sees fit.
C. All of the rest, residue and remainder I give, devise,
and bequeath as. follows:
1. Two-thirds (2/3) to my nieces and nephews,
per stirpes;
Z. One-third (1/3), in as nearly equal shares
as is practicable, unto the following
individuals: My wife's grandmother, Lillian
K. White; my wife's mother, Evelyn Minshull;
my wife's father, Fred Minshull; my wife's
sister, Valerie Shuty; my wife's sister,
Melanie Barry; and my wife's niece, Mikel
Barry.
FIFTH
I direct that any and all Inheritance, Estate and Transfer Taxes
imposed upon my estate passing under my will shall be paid out of the
principal of my residuary estate.
SIXTH
In addition to the powers conferred by law, I authorize my personal
representative, in his or her absolute discretion:
A. To retain in the form received, and to sell either at public sale or
CAprivate sale any real or personal property.
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 principle of
diversification.
D. To exercise any option or rights arising from ownership of
investments.
E. To compromise claims without court approval, and without the consent
of any beneficiary.
F. To not sell any real estate occupied by my spouse and I as a marital
home if minor children are living at the time of my death and it is
practical to retain ownership of the real estate so that my minor
children may live in said real estate until they graduate from high
school.
SEVENTH
I appoint Dauphin Deposit Trust Company, with principal offices
located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, guardian and trustee of any intangible
personal property or the proceeds of sale of real or tangible personal
property, including, but not limited to all proceeds of insurance on my
life, which passes to a person under the age of twenty-five years and with
respect to which I am authorized to appoint a guardian or trustee and have
nototherwise specifically done so. In addition to the powers given by
law, I authorize the guardian/trustee (a) to use such amounts of both
income and principal as it in its sole discretion, deems proper for the
support, education and welfare of such minor or beneficiary without leave
of any court, and (b) to invest in any property without restriction to
legal investments. The guardian/trustee shall not be required to give bond
or furnish sureties in any ,jurisdiction. I hereby direct upon any
beneficiary attaining eighteen years of age that the guardian shall become
the trustee of funds held by it and shall hold the funds in trust for any
such minor or any other beneficiary under the age of twenty-five years
until such beneficiary attains the age of twenty-five years, and that all
bequests to a minor, or all funds passing to a minor under this last will
and testament, or any beneficiary under twenty-five shall be held by the
guardian as trustee of such funds until the said minor or beneficiary
attains the age of twenty-five (25) years.
EIGHTH
In the event my said wife, Robin M. Hittie predeceases me, I appoint
my nephew, Bradley Hittie, or if not living or available, my nephew Scott
Hittie, guardian of the person of any of my children who may be minors at
the time of my death.
NINTH
I nominate, constitute, and appoint my wife, Robin M. Hittie as
Executrix of this my last will and testament. In the event of the
renunciation, death, resignation, or inability to act for any reason
whatsoever of my said wife, I nominate, constitute and appoint my nephew,
Scott Hittie, surviving Executor of this my last will and testament. I
hereby relieve my personal representative from the necessity of posting
security in connection with their duties as such in any jurisdiction in
which they may be called upon to act insofar as I am able by law to do so.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal to this my
last will and testament, this day of e—t-10' 1992.
(SEAL)
David L. Hittie
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, in his eight and presence, and in the sight and presence of each
o er, have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses.
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CZONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA:
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COUNTY OF FRANKLIN
1, David L. Hittie, the 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 that I signed it willingly and as my free and voluntary act for
the purposes therein expressed.
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We, i�2'I1 (1, (1_1104(01 and ��O / C H-c/, _, 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 the testator sign and execute the instrument as his last
will; that the testator signed willingly and executed it as his free and
voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed; that each subscribing
witness in the hearing and sight of the testator signed the will as a
witness; 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.
Sworn to or affirmed and acknowledged before me by David L. Hittie,
e testator, and sworn to or affirmed nd subscribed to before me by
AUi GAUP/— and witnesses, this .G
day of �- �. 1992.
David L. Hi�ttie
Witness -
Witness
Notary
REGISTER OF WILLS CERTIFICATE OF
CUMBERLAND COUNTY GRANT OF LETTERS
PENNSYLVANIA
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No. 2014- 00967 PA No. 21- 14- 0967
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WHEREAS, on the 8th day of October 2014 an instru?nent'�daFed
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November 2nd 1992 was admitted to probate as the last-yi11 of rn
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DAVID L HITTIE Co -n
(First,Middle,Last)
late of NORTH MIDDLETON TOWNSHIP, CUMBERLAND County,
who died on the 14th day of June 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 TESTAMENTARY to:
ROBIN M HITTIE
who has duly qualified as EXECUTOR(RIX)
and has agreed to administer the estate according to law, all of which
fully appears of record in my office at CUMBERLAND COUNTY COURTHOUSE,
CA RL ISL E, PENNS YL VA NIA.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal
of my office on the 8th day of October 2014.
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**NOTE** ALL NAMES ABOVE APPEAR (FIRST, MIDDLE, LAST)