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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12-01-14 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: Farmers and Merchants Trust Company of Chambersburq Decedent's Information Name: Donald S.Sailer File No: 21-14 - �� ;2C? a/kla: Donald Stanley Sailer (Assigned by Register) a/k/a: a/k/a: Social Security No: Date of Death: 10/29/2014 Age at Death: 89 Decedent was domiciled at death in Cumberland County, pq (State)with his/her last principal residence at 411 Petersburg Road,Carlisle 17015 South Middleton Cumberland Street address,Post Office and Zip Code City,Township or Borough County Decedent died at 411 Petersburg Road,Carlisle 17015 South Middleton Cumberland PA Street address,Post Office and Zip Code City,Township or Borough County State Estimate of value of decedenYs property at death: If domiciled in Pennsylvania...................... All personal property $ 250,000.00 If not domiciled in Pennsylvania................ Personal property in Pennsylvania $ If not domiciled in Pennsylvania................ Personal property in County $ Value ofreal estate in Pennsylvania................................................................... $ 425,000.00 TOTAL ESTIMATED VALUE $ 675,000.00 Real estate in Pennsylvania situated at q11 Petersburg Road,Carlisle 17015 South Middleton Cumberland (Attach additiona/sheets,ifnecessary.) 1270 Pleasantview Drive Chambersburg Franklin Street address,Post Office and Zip Code City,Township or Borough County , ❑X A. Petition for Probate and Grant of Letters Testamentary Petitioner(s)aver(s)that he/she/they is/are the Executor(s)named in the Last Will of the Decedent,dated 03/26/2013 and Codicil(s) thereto dated State relevant circumstances(e.g.,�enunciation,death of executor,etc.) Except as follows:after the execution of the instrument(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.C.S.§3323(g),and did not have a child born or adopted;and Decedent was neither the victim of a killing nor ever adjudicated an incapacitated person. Q NO EXCEPTIONS � EXCEPTIONS ❑ B. Petition for Grant of Letters of Administration (If applicable) c.t.a.,d.6.n.,d.6.n.c.t.a.,pedente lite,durante absentia.durante minoritate If Administration,c.t.a ord.b.n.c.t.a.,enter date of Will in Section A above and comnlete 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. �NO EXCEPTIONS � EXCEPTIONS ^� Petitioner(s),after a proper search has/have ascertained that Decedent left no Will and was survived by the foll g spouse(if�)an�he�q(attach additional sheets,if necessary): � � � � � '+c� c� ,�,3 � Name Relationship Address � � � ;,� rrz -�-- '�'� ..,_.. t''a �� "� C� _, � �� '� � <: :�, C:) -+y� � :� , �..,._ . -'J f.� ►"' �tl ...�j �-" �� � � Form RW-02 rev.10-11-2011 Copyright(c)2011 form software only The Lackner Group,Inc. Page 1 of 2 Oath of Personal Representative OfficialUseOnly COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA } } SS: COUNTY OF Cumberland } Petitioner(s)Printed Name Petitioner(s)Printed Address Farmers and Merchants Trust Company of 20 South Main Street Chambersburg P.O.Box 6010 Chambersburg,PA 17201 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)o the Decedent,P�titi ner(s)will well and truly administer the estate according to law. Swom to or affirmed and subscribed before '��t'�`'�• 1�---�-- �'�", ��, Date L c%l4 r / � � L� �4vr4t,v`a ���:-: iI�4���,s.-� 7.��.�i_�"_�.�'. Date me thyis�day of ,� By: 1 � (�Lr�E-y—���_ oate For the Register Date BOND Required? YES � NO To the RegisterofWills: Please enter my appearance by my signature below: FEES: f � �%� Letters.......................................... $ �I l.• Attorney Signature: � � � ( ��,a )Short Certificate(s)......... ��/.(,� ( )Renunciation(s).............. ( )Codicil(s)........................ �-.� ( )Affidavit(s)...................... Printed Name: eorge E.Wenger�. � � � Bond............................................. Q � Supreme Court � � � � � Commission.................................. ID Number: 19231 � ,.� � � �� � Other � -i �.�'1.�1 t_l.hl� 1 t k�:�(.: � �� � �4� r.� Firm Name: Hoskinson&Weng�r. � '�� �'� �� ti n' 1��L� Address: 147 East Washington�St ee£�'� � � -�-� ,; j_,L.1�)�.� , �> _ro.� � __' '-�� .� Chambersburg, PA,:172A9 }—a � � � � < _ :' � -rf R � Phone: 717-263-8535 Automation Fee............................ _� �' Z-' Fax. JCSFee....................................... G,:C. ; TOTAL......................................... $ ��+��. �� E-mail: gewengerjr@hoskinson-wengerlaw.com DECREE OF THE REGISTER Date of Death: 10/29/2014 Social Security No: Estate of Donald S.Sailer File No: 21-14-���� a/k/a: Donald Stanley Sailer AND NOW, , , in consideration of the foregoing Petition, satisfactory proof having been presented before me, IT IS DECREED that Letters Testamentary are hereby granted to Farmers and Merchants Trust Company of Chambersburg in the above estate and(if applicable)that the instrument(s)dated 03126/2013 described in the Petition be admitted to probate and filed of record as the I t Will(and odicil ) of Decedent. , � � 7�(.1:� (�'Y�� R ister of Wills �� � ,�� 7 � ���'�, ' Copyright(c)2011 form software only The L ckner Gro ,'nc � Page 2 of 2 � ���� `���� ��t� � .e���t�.�� I, DONALD S. SAILER, of 1270 Pleasantview Drive, Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, being of sound mind, memory and understanding, do make, publish and declare this as and for my Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking and making void any and all other Wills and/or Codicils by me at any time heretofore made. FIRST 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. SECOND I give the sum of Two Thousand ($2,000.00) Dollars to ST. JOHN'S UNITED e CHURCH OF CHRIST, Lincoln Way East, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, for their general uses and purposes as they see fit. � THIRD I give the sum of Three Thousand ($3,000.00) Dollars to my Daughter, RUTH ANN MENGLE. If she does not survive me this bequest shall lapse. FOURTH y'� I give the sum of Three Thousand ($3,000.00) Dollars to my Granddaughter, STACEY GAUNTLETT-MILLER. If she does not survive me this bequest shall lapse. FIFTH I give, devise and bequeath all the rest, residue and remainder of my estate to my Granddaughter and her Husband, MICHELLE KANN and JOSHUA KANN, or the survivor of them. If both should predecease me then all the rest, residue and remainder shalf pass to their children in equai shares and if either is under the age of 18, I give devise and bequeath said shares to FARMERS AND MERCHANTS TRUST COMPANY OF CHAMBERSBURG as custodian under The Uniform Transfer to Minors Act. SIXTH I direct that any and all Inheritance, Estate and Transfer Taxes imposed upon my estate passing under this Will or otherwise shall be paid out of the principal of my residuary estate. �,, � � � � � � rn � � E�� -� � t� � r�, �- c� � .w? �.,, r-- :,�� � �`Y rT� t�—� �:a � G �.; CJ 1 _�.�,1 �..m,. :.•.., --a -�;�� -Fl .-..5 1..:� � -+� � � {._:.. f_e ...r f7 � -� f,a, r' n� __.. --� r�" ,.., � „ •• SEVENTH In addition to the powers conferred by law, I authorize my personal representatives, in their absolute discretion: A. To manage real estate. B. To invest and reinvest in all forms of property without being confined to legal investments, and without regard to the principle of diversification. C. To exercise any option or rights arising from ownership of investments. D. To compromise claims without court approval, and without the consent of any beneficiary. EIGHTH I appoint FARMERS AND MERCHANTS TRUST COMPANY OF CHAMBERSBURG as Executor of this Will. No fiduciary appointed herein shall be required to file a bond for performance of fiduciary duties. IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and seal to this my Last Will and Testament on o2 , 2013. 'C� J�1-���� � ^ (SEAL) DONALD S. SAILER Signed, published and declared by the Testator, DONALD S. SAILER, as and for his Last Will and Testament, in the presence of us, who have, at his request, signed this Will as Witnesses, in the presence of the Testator, DONALD S. SAILER, and of each other. WITNESS: WITNESS: f �- 2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA . COUNTY OF FRANKLIN . I, DONALD S. SAILER, 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 Testament; and that I signed it willingly and as my free and voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed. WITNESS my hand and official seal, the day and year aforesaid. C�MP�IONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA �/6titi�� �' I NOTARIAL SEAL DONALD �. SAILE�, �ESTATOR MARGARET��1.ACKERMAN,Notary Public Chambersburg Boro,Franklin County My Commission Expires Oct. 12,2015 A Notary Public AFFIDAVIT COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA . COUNTY OF FRANKLIN : We, George E. Wenger, Jr. and L.jN�A ti, �i ��iNSt�l`j , the Witnesses, whose names are signed to the attached or foregoing instrument, being first duly sworn and qualified according to law, do depose and say to the undersigned authority that we were present and saw the Testator sign and execute the instrument as his Will; that the Testator had signed willingly (or willingly directed another to sign for him) and executed it as his free and voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed; that each of the subscribing Witnesses, in the presence and hearing of the Testator, signed the Will as a Witness; and that to the best of our knowledge the Testator was at the time 18 years of age or older, of sound mind and under no constraint or undue influence. ;� � �- WITNESS WITNESS Sworn and subscribed to before me this COMMONWEA�TH OF PENNSYLVANIA ��� day of (���� , 2O�3. NOTARIAL SEAL MARGARET M.ACKERMAN, Notary Public � Chambersburg Boro,Franklin County My Commission Expires Oct. 12,2015 Notary Public 3 Corporate Resolution I, Lee Ann Novak, being duly constituted Corporate Secretary of Farmers and Merchants Trust Company of Chambersburg,do hereby certify that the following is a true copy of a resolution duly adopted at a meeting of the Board of Directors of this corporation,duly called and held on July 24, 2014 at which a quorum was present and voting; that said resolution is still in full force and effect and has not been rescinded,that said resolution is not in conflict with the Charter or By-Laws of the corporation: RESOLVED,that Robin L.Murray,Loraine J.Whorley,or Darlene M.McCurdy of the Trust Department of Farmers & Merchants Trust Company of Chambersburg are hereby authorized and empowered to sign on behalf of this corporation for the purchase and redemption of mutual funds and certificates of deposit issued by other financial institutions; RESOLVED,that Lise M. Shehan, Diana L. Sponseller, Warren M. Hurt, James P. Probst, Ronald R. Froeschle, Heather C. Hershey, Dennis L. Wilson, Becky A. Mull, Avis M. Graham, Carole L. Crist, David C. Gority, Andrew M. Otto, David Yi Luo, Marissa Pinto Burt, or Matthew W. Berger is hereby authorized and empowered in the name and on behalf of this corporation, to transfer, endorse, buy, sell, assign, set over and deliver any and all shares of stock, bonds, debentures, mutual funds, insurance and annuity products and all other securities now or hereafter standing in the name of this corporation, in any fiduciary capacity such as trustee, custodian, attorney-in-fact, executor, administrator or surrogate, and to make, execute and deliver under the corporate seal of this corporation any and all written instruments of assignment and transfer necessary or proper to effect the authority hereby conferred. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Corporate Secretary be and he�eby is authorized and directed to affix the seal of this corporation to any papers exec�d�n purs�nce�frn c7 the foregoing resolution and attest the same. � � � �`�'�'-, � � .:�;, � �-- -_� � !"`" r �"1 F—� IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my hand and af�i"���il�e se�of!�� co oration this �'� da of � 2014. ''�' ��' ���° � `= � IP Y �.�.�ry-:�,��c.,�� � �:� r, .=.= c� . .�'� �,, � rn _,.� � � � C�� , rn �Uo� orporate Secretary G:\Trust[nvestment\Forms\Trust resolution.doc REGISTER OF WILLS Certificate of Grant of Letters CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA J ;.�,,�„-��z �-..� �;"`' ��� No. 21-14-1130 � � � � .1�. ��.� �~ PA No. 21-14-1130 � � � u-�� ,,�''�, ` � r� �' � � c.n � <�' � ESTATE OF Donald S. Sailer -z� � ,— --� � �, � 1.._ �,, �-� � r-� r� � { a/k/a Donald Stanley Sailer ': r�, �F�` :�' �' ,, � ,� � , , c� � �;,, �,� Late Of: South Middleto�_Township, Cumberland �o��t� � '�' K .__ .,�. .�. r M � � �""; �" Deceased _� � � r� ����--�,v��,�. ,���w'`�� Social Security No. - � � � � WHEREAS, on the 1 st day of December, 2014, the instrument dated March 26, 2013, was admitted to probate as the Last Will of Donald S. Sailer alk/a Donald Stanley Sailer late of South Middleton Township, who died on the 29th day of October, 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 the County of Cumberland, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, hereby certify that I have this day granted Letters Testamentary to Farmers and Merchants Trust Company of Chambersburg, who duly qualified as Executor and who agreed to administer the estate according to law, all of which fully appears of record in my office at Carlisle, Pennsylvania. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office the 1 st day of December, 2014. `,. `f' r � � � t ���t �, �` ��P�lf � t l._ i, , €�� � f �� Register of Wills ;'� � , ` �_._.._.. f r . . ; � , ,. � 6, r.- � � � � � � r ,� ( �� � ,�, (' r � , �� . � , -- (t,, �' { i� _t{ `-� _ _. , � , . , . _ ._.--F_. Deput}�-��`_ � � ,. **NOTE** ALL NAML'S ABOVE APPEAR (FIRST, MIDDLE, LAST)