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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: Bettie R.Elliott File No: �2� "�� y - � �;��
a/k/a: (Assigned by Register)
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a/k/a: Social Security No:
Date of Death: October 17.2014 Age at death: 85
Decedent was domiciled at death in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (state)with his/her last
principal residence at 47 Hemlock Circle 17241 Newville,West Pennsboro Twp. Cumberland
Street address,Post Office and Zip Code City,Township or Borough County
Decedent�iied at Community General Osteopathic Ho�ital 17109 Harrisburg Dauphin 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 $ 50,000.00
If not domiciled in Pennsylvania. . ... . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . Personal property in Pennsylvania $ O��
If not domiciled in Pennsylvania. . . ... . .. . . . . . ..... . . . . . Personal property in County $ 0.00
Value of real estate in Pennsylvania.. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .. . .. .. . . . .. . . . . . . .... $ 0.00
TOTAL ESTIMATED VALUE. . . . $ 50.000.00
Real estate in Pennsylvania situated at: n/a
(Attach additional sheets,if necessary.) 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 March 11,2010 and Codicil(s)
thereto dated n/a
5tate relevant circumstances(e.g.renunciation,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.
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� B. Petition for Grant of Letters of Administration (If applicable)
c.t.a., d.b.n., d.b.n.c.t.a.,pendente lite, durante absentia, durante minoritate
If Administration,c.t.a. or c�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 de6ned
in 23 Pa.C.S. §3323(g)and was neither the victim of a killing nor ever adjudicated an incapacit�ed person. �--.� �
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Petitioner(s)Printed Name Petitioner(s)Printed Address
Karen E.Elliott-Tho 1240 N.Utah Street,Arlin ton,VA 22201
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 Decedent,the Petitioner(s)will well and truly administer the estate ac�ing to law.
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DECREE OF THE REGI5TER
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satisfactory proof having been presented before me, IT IS DECREED that Letters Testamentarv
are hereby granted to Karen E.Elliott-Thorp
in the above estate and{if applicablel that
the instrument(s) dated March 11, 2010
described in the Petition be admitted to probate and filed of record as the last Will (and Codicilis)1 of Decedent.
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BETTIE R. ELLIOTT
I, BETTIE R. ELLIOTT, now of 47 Hemlock Circle,Newville, Cumberland County,
Pennsylvania, 17241, do publish and declare this to be my Last Will and Testament, hereby
revoking all other prior wills and codicils made by me.
FIRST: Fami� Background and Appointment of Executor.
(A) Familv and Background Information. I am not currently married. My child is
KAREN E. ELLIOTT-THORP. Throughout this Will, KAREN E. ELLIOTT-THORP,will
be referred to as "my daughter" or"my child". The word "issue" will include my daughter as
well as my other descendants.
(B) Appointment of Executor. I appoint as my Executrix and Successor Executor
(all hereinafter referred to as Executrix or Executor) under this Will, the following named
persons to serve without bond and without being required to account to any Court:
Executrix: My daughter, KAREN E. ELLIOTT-THORP.
Successor Executor: My son-in-law, JOHN M. THORP.
SECOND: Funeral and Last Illness Expenses; Taxes.
(A) Expenses of Funeral and Last Illness. I direct my Executor to pay my funeral
expenses and the expenses of my last illness from my estate.
(B) Taxes. I direct my Executor to pay any and all estate, inheritance, succession,
legacy, transfer and other death taxes or duties, by whatever name called, including any and all
interest and penalties thereon, imposed under the laws of any jurisdiction by reason of my death,
upon or with respect to any and all property included in my gross estate for the purpose of such
taxes, whether such property passes under or outside of this Will, out of my residuary estate,
without being prorated or apportioned among or charged against the respective devises, legatees,
beneficiaries, transferees, or other recipients of any such property or charged against any property
passing or which may have passed to any of them. The Executor shall not be entitled to
reimbursement for any portion of any such taxes from any such person.
THIRD: Tangible Personal ProAertv. Except for those items excluded below and
those items enumerated in the Letter of Instruction, I bequeath to my daughter, KAREN E.
ELLIOTT-THORP, living at the time of my death, all tangible personal property, including but
not limited to clothing,jewelry, heirlooms, furniture, personal effects, motor vehicles, and all
other similar articles, which I own, and the insurance thereon, to be divided as they may select in
as nearly equal shares as is practical. If my daughter, KAREN E. ELLIOTT-THORP, should
predecease me, I bequeath her share of the tangible personal property of my estate to her
husband, JOHN M. THORP, to be shared with my grandchildren. If there is any disagreement
as to distribution, I direct my executor to make such distribution. The decision of my executor �
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shall be final and binding. Any items not selected or any items which my executor considers
unsuitable for my grandchildren may be distributed or sold in the sole discretion of my executor
and, if sold, the net proceeds therefrom shall be added to the residue of my estate. Tangible
personal property shall not include: (1) any and all property used by me in any business, (2) cash
on hand or on deposit in banks, (3) stock or securities, (4) any type of evidence of indebtedness,
and (5) any life, health or accident insurance policies.
Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Article THIRD, I may leave a separate,
dated and unsigned Letter of Instruction, which I shall place with my Will, containing directions
as to the ultimate disposition of certain of the property bequeathed under this Article THIRD, and
such Letter of Instruction shall determine the distribution of such items.
FOURTH: Residuary Gifts.
(A) I give, devise and bequeath all the rest, residue and remainder of my
estate, of every kind and character, real, personal and mixed, tangible and intangible, and
wherever situated, including any lapsed or renounced legacies or devises (and including any
property over which I may have a power of appointment), to my daughter, KAREN E.
ELLIOTT-THORP,per stirpes. If KAREN E. ELLIOTT-THORP should predecease me, I
give, devise and bequeath all the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, of every kind and
character, real, personal and mixed, tangible and intangible, and wherever situated, including any
lapsed or renounced legacies or devises (and including any property over which I may have a
Power of Appointment), to the Trustee hereinafter named, in separate and equal trusts, one for
each of my grandchildren, EMMA K. THORP and DAVID E. THORP, for the following uses
and purposes:
(1) To accumulate the net income and to expend and apply so much of
the net income, accumulated income, and principal of this Trust as the Trustee, in
its sole and absolute discretion, deems advisable for the health, maintenance,
support and education (including vocational and college education, both under
graduate and graduate) of my grandchildren, EMMA K. THORP and DAVID E.
THORP, after taking into consideration their other readily available assets and
sources of income, or during illness or emergency. The Trustee may apply the net
income, accumulated income, and principal of this Trust for the health,
maintenance, support and education of my grandchildren should they, by reason of
age, illness, or any other cause, in the opinion of my Trustee, be incapable of
disbursing it. The Trustee shall expend the funds as equitably among my
grandchildren as is practicable but not necessarily equally having in mind that the
main purpose of this Trust is to make possible an adequate standard of living and
education for my grandchildren.
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(2) During the minority of the grandchild, which I define as not having
attained the age of twenty-five (25) years, to pay any part or all of the income to,
or to accumulate any part or all of the income for the benefit of the grandchild,
which in the sole discretion of my Trustee is determined to be reasonably
necessary for the grandchild's health, education, support and maintenance. Any
income not so paid shall be added to the principal of the Trust.
(3) After the grandchild has attained the age of twenty-five (25)years,
to pay all of the income to the grandchild in such periodic installments as the
Trustee shall find convenient but at least monthly.
(4) To pay to the grandchild at any time or times prior to the
termination of the grandchild's separate trust, such sums from or any part or all of
the principal as my Trustee may, in its sole discretion, determine to be reasonably
necessary for the grandchild's health, education, support, and maintenance,
including the costs of vocational and college education, both undergraduate and
graduate, and the expenses of any illness or accident which may affect him or her.
(5) To pay to the grandchild, upon their attaining the age of thirty (30),
one-half('/z), cumulatively, of the initial principal of his Trust.
(6) To pay to the grandchild, upon their attaining the age of thirty-five
(35), the entire principal of their Trust remaining at that time.
(7) Upon the death of a grandchild prior to their thirty-fifth (35th)
birthday, the Trustee shall pay the then-remaining principal, if any, to the
predeceased grandchild's then-living issue, or if the grandchild has no such issue,
to my then-living issue, per stirpes, provided that any distribution to my issue
shall be added to the grandchild's separate trust if a trust is then in existence.
(C) Distributions During Administration. Prior to final distribution of my estate,
the Executor, in his discretion, may make partial distributions to one or more beneficiaries or
Trusts. As a consequence, the Executorship and any Trusts created under this Will may exist
contemporaneously. A distribution may be made subject to any indebtedness or liability of my
estate.
FIFTH: Snendthrift Provision. No beneficiary shall have the power to anticipate,
encumber or transfer his or her interest in the estate or any trust estate in any manner other than
by the valid exercise of a power of appointment. No part of the estate or any trust estate shall be
liable for or charged with any debts, contracts, liabilities or torts of a beneficiary or subject to
seizure or other process by any creditor of a beneficiary.
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SIXTH: Appointment of Trustee and Successor Trustees.
(A) I nominate, constitute and appoint my son-in-law, JOHN M. THORP, to act as
Trustee of all Trusts created by my Will.
(B) The Trustee may resign from the Trusts without the necessity of any Court
proceeding if at least thirty(30) days written notice is given to each beneficiary (including a
beneficiary's natural or legal guardian or legal representative, in the case of a beneficiary under a
legal disability) who might then be entitled to receive a distribution from the Trust Estate. Upon
the death, resignation, removal or incapacity of the Trustee, then a Successor Trustee may be
appointed by a majority of the beneficiaries who might then be entitled to receive a distribution
from the Trust Estate, provided that the Successor Trustee is a financially sound and competent
corporate trustee. A Successor Trustee may be any bank or trust company and may be domiciled
anywhere. Any Successor Trustee thus appomted, or, if the Trustee shall merge with or be
consolidated with another corporate fiduciary, then such corporate fiduciary, shall succeed to all
the duties and to all the powers, including discretionary powers, herein granted to the Trustee.
SEVENTH: Powers of Trustee and Executor. In addition to the powers and duties as
may have been granted elsewhere in this Will, but subject to any limitations stated elsewhere in
this Will, the Executor and Trustee (when applicable) shall have and exercise exclusive
management and control of the Estate or Trusts, respectively, and shall be vested with the
following specific powers and discretion, in addition to the powers as may be generally conferred
from time to time upon them by law:
(A) In the management, care and disposition of the Trusts or Estate, the Trustee and
Executor, respectively, shall have the power to do all things and to execute such instruments as
may be deemed necessary or proper, including the followmg powers, all of which may be
exercised without order of or report to any Court:
(1) To sell, exchange or otherwise dispose of any property at any time held or
acquired hereunder, at public or private sale, for cash or on terms, without advertisement,
including the right to lease for any term notwithstanding the period of the Trust, and to
grant options, including any option for a period beyond the duration of the Trust; except
that, in lieu of any binding shareholder agreement or buy/sell agreement to the contrary,
the Executor and Trustee shall not be permitted to sell the stock or any other ownership
interest in any business owned by me, or my spouse, or held in trust, at my death, without
first offering the same for sale to my grandchildren, or without next offering the same to
the corporation or business represented by such ownership interest for redemption.
(2) To invest and reinvest all or any part of the Trust Estate in any
common or preferred stocks, shares of investment trusts and investment
companies, bonds, debentures, mortgages, deeds of trust, mortgage participations,
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notes, real estate, or other property the Trustee, in the Trustee's discretion, selects;
provided that the Trustee may not invest in any stock or securities issued by the
corporate Trustee or issued by a parent or affiliate company of such Trustee; in the
manner that, under the circumstances then prevailing (specifically including, but
not limited to, the general economic conditions and the anticipated needs of the
Trust and its beneficiaries), persons of skill, prudence, and diligence, acting in a
similar capacity and familiar with those matters would use in the conduct of an
enterprise of similar character and similar aims, to attain the Settlor's goals under
this trust agreement.
(3) To retain for investment any property deposited with the Trustee or Executor
hereunder; except that the Trustee or Executor may not retain for investment any stock in
the corporate Trustee or Executor, or in a parent or affiliate company of such Trustee or
Executor.
(4) To vote in person or by proxy any corporate stock or other security and to
agree to or take any other action in regard to any reorganization, merger, consolidation,
liquidation, bankruptcy or other procedure or proceedings affecting any stock, bond, note
or other security.
(5) To use attorneys, real estate brokers, accountants and other agents, if such
employment is deemed necessary or desirable, and to pay reasonable compensation for
their services.
(6) To compromise, settle or adjust any claim or demand by or against the Trusts
or Estate and to agree to any rescission or modification of any contract or agreement
affecting the Trusts or Estate.
(7) To renew any indebtedness, as well as to borrow money, and to secure the
same by mortgaging, pledging or conveying any property of the Trusts or Estate,
including the power to borrow from the Trustee at a reasonable rate of interest.
(S) To retain and carry on any business in which the Trusts or Estate may acquire
an interest, to acquire additional interest in any such business, to agree to the liquidation
in kind of any corporation in which the Trusts or Estate may have an interest and to carry
on the business thereof, to join with other owners in adopting any form of management
for any business or property in which the Trusts or Estate may have an interest, to become
or remain a partner, general or limited, in regard to any such business or property and to
hold the stock or other securities as an investment, and to employ agents and confer on
them authority to manage and operate the business, property or corporation, without
liability for the acts of such agent or for any loss, liability or indebtedness of such
business if the management is selected or retained with reasonable care.
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(9) To register any stock, bond or other security in the name of a nominee,
without the addition of words indicating that such security is held in a fiduciary capacity,
but accurate records shall be maintained showing that such security is a Trust or Estate
asset and the Trustee or Executor shall be responsible far the acts of such nominee.
(B) Whenever the Trustee or Executor is directed to distribute any Trust principal or
Estate assets in fee simple to a person who is then under twenty-one (21) years of age, the
Trustee or Executor shall be authorized to hold such property m Trust for such person until
he/she becomes twenty-one (21) years of age, and in the meantime shall use such part of the
income and the principal of the Trusts or Estate as the Trustee or Executor, respectively, may
deem necessary to provide for the proper support and education of such person. If such person
should die before becoming twenty-one (21)years of age,the property then remaining in trust
shall be distributed to the personal representative of such person's estate.
(C) In making distributions from the Trusts or Estate to or for the benefit of any minor
or other person under a legal disability, the Trustee or Executor need not require the appointment
of a guardian, but shall be authorized to pay or deliver the same to the custodian of such person,
to pay or deliver the same to such person without the intervention of a guardian, to pay or deliver
the same to a legal guardian of such person if one has already been appointed, or to use the same
for the benefit of such person.
(D) In the disbursement of the Trusts or Estate and any division into separate trusts or
shares, the Trustee or Executor shall be authorized to make the distribution and division in
money or in kind, or both, regardless of the basis for income tax purposes of any property
distributed or divided in kind, and the distribution and division made and the values established
by the Trustee or Executor shall be binding and conclusive on all persons taking hereunder. The
Trustee or Executor may in making such distribution or division allot undivided interests in the
same property to several trusts or shares.
(E) The Trustee and Executor shall be authorized to lend or borrow, including the
right to lend to or borrow from my estate or the estate of my spouse or any trusts which I or my
spouse may have established during life or by will at an adequate rate of interest and with
adequate security, and upon such terms and conditions as the Trustee or Executor shall deem fair
and equitable.
(F) The Trustee and Executor shall be authorized to sell or purchase at the fair market
value as determined by the Trustee or Executor, any property to or from my estate, the estate of
my spouse, or any trust created by me or my spouse during life or by Will, even though the same
person or corporation may be acting as Executor of my estate or the estate of my spouse or as
Trustee of any of my other trusts.
(G) The Trustee and Executor shall have discretion to determine whether items should
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be charged or credited to income or principal or allocated between income and principal as the
Trustee or Executor may deem equitable and fair under all the circumstances, including the
power to amortize or fail to amortize any part or all of any premium or discount, to treat any part
or all of the profit resulting from the maturity or sale of any asset, whether purchased at a
premium or at a discount, as income or principal or apportion the same between income and
principal, to apportion the sales price of any asset between income and principal, to treat any
dividend or other distribution of any investment as income or principal, or apportion the same
between income and principal, to charge any expense against income or principal or apportion
the same, and to provide or fail to provide a reasonable reserve against depreciation or
obsolescence on any assets subject to depreciation or obsolescence, all as the Trustee and
Executor may reasonably deem equitable and just under all the circumstances.
(H) If at any time the total fair market value of the assets of any trust established or to
be established hereunder is so small that the corporate Trustee's annual fee for administering the
trust would be the minimum annual fee set forth in the Trustee's regularly published fee schedule
then, in effect, the Trustee in its discretion shall be authorized to terminate such trust or to decide
not to establish such trust, and in such event the property then held in or to be distributed to such
trust shall be distributed to the persons who are then or would be entitled to the income of such
trust. If the amount of income to be received by such persons is to be determined in the
discretion of the Trustee, then the Trustee shall distribute the property among such of the persons
to whom the Trustee is authorized to distribute income, and in such proportions, as the Trustee in
its discretion shall determine.
EIGHTH: Rights and Liabilities of Executor and Trustee. No bond or other security
shall be required of any Executor. This instrument always shall be construed in favor of the
validity of any act or omission by any Executor or Trustee, and any Executor or Trustee shall not
be liable for any act or omission except in the case of gross negligence, bad faith or fraud.
Specifically, in assessing the propriety of any investment of a Trust, the overall performance of
the entire Trust shall be taken into account. Each Executor and Trustee shall be entitled to
receive reasonable compensation for services actually rendered to my estate or to my Trusts, in
an amount the Trustee or Executor normally and customarily charges for performing similar
services during the time which he/she performs the services.
Prior to final distribution of my estate, the Executor, in his discretion, may make partial
distributions to one or more beneficiaries or Trusts. As a consequence, the Executorship and any
Trusts created under this Will may exist contemporaneously. A distribution may be made subject
to any indebtedness or liability of my estate.
NINTH: Tax Elections.
(A) In determining the estate, inheritance and income tax liability relating to my
Estate, the Executor's decision as to all available tax elections shall be conclusive on all
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concerned. In accordance with IRC Section 2632(a) and without regard to whether a Federal
estate tax return is actually filed, my Executor shall allocate so much of the Federal Generation
Skipping Transfer(GST) exemption amount as will fully exempt any generation skipping
transfer which may occur under this Will.
(B) The Executor may, in its discretion, determine the date as of which my gross
estate shall be valued for the purpose of determining the applicable tax payable by reason of my
death.
(C) The Executor may, in its discretion, decide whether all or any part of certain
deductions shall be taken as income tax deductions (even though they may equal or exceed the
taxable income of my estate and whether or not claimed or of benefit on my estate's income tax
return) or as estate tax deductions when a choice is available; and in the event that all or any part
of such deductions are taken as income tax deductions, no adjustment of income and principal
accounts in my estate shall be made as a result of such decisions.
TENTH: Definitions and General Provisions.
(A) Survival. Any beneficiary who dies within sixty (60) days after my death shall be
considered not to have survived me.
(B) Captions. The captions set forth in this Will at the beginning of the various
articles hereof are for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed to define or limit
the provisions hereof or to affect in any way their construction and application.
(C) Children. As used in this Will, the words "child" and "children" shall include
persons who are legally adopted and the issue of said persons, whether born in or out of wedlock,
so long as any person born out of wedlock is acknowledged in a written instrument executed by
the one of their natural parents who is a descendant of mine to be the child of said descendant.
The word "issue" shall include descendants of all generations including adopted persons. A
posthumous child shall be considered as living at the death of his parent. Except for
discretionary distributions which may be made unequally among a group of persons and
distributions pursuant to a valid exercise of a power of appointment, in making a distribution to
the children of any person, the property to be distributed shall be divided into as many shares as
there are living children of the person and deceased children of the person who left children who
are then living. Each living child shall take one share and the share of each deceased child shall
be divided among his then-living descendants in the same manner.
(D) Code. Unless otherwise stated, all references in my Will to section and chapter
numbers are to those of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the corresponding
provisions of any subsequent federal tax laws applicable to my estate.
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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
OF
BETTIE R. ELLIOTT
PAGE 9
(E) Other terms. The use of any gender includes the other genders, and the use of
either the singular or the plural includes the other.
(F) Powers of Appointment are Exercised. By this Will I exercise any and all
Powers of Appointment which I possess at the time of my death.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, BETTIE R. ELLIOTT, the Testatrix, have to this my
Last Will and Testament, typewritten on ten (10) pages, including the Acknowledgment and
Affidavit, set my hand and seal this t l`�^day of March, 2010.
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BETTIE R. ELLIOTT
Signed, sealed, published and declared by the above-named Testatrix, as and for her Last Will
and Testament, in the presence of us, who have hereunto subscribed our names at her request, as
witnesses hereto, in the presence of the said Testatrix, and in the presence of each other. Each of
us further declares that he or she believes the Testatrix to be of sound mind and memory. The
preceding instrument consists of this and nine (9) other consecutively numbered typewritten
pages including the Acknowledgment and Affidavit.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AFFIDAVIT
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COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND :
The Testatrix and the witnesses whose names are signed and subscribed to the attached or
foregoing instrument, being first duly sworn and qualified according to law, do hereby
acknowledge, depose and say to the undersigned authority, that the Testatrix signed and executed
the instrument as her Last Will in the presence of the witnesses; that she signed it willingly or
willingly directed another to sign it for her; that she executed it as her free and voluntary act for
the purposes therein expressed; that each of the witnesses were present and saw the Testatrix sign
and execute the instrument as her Last Will; that each subscribing witness in the hearing and
sight of the Testatrix signed the will as witnesses; and that to the best of their knowledge the
Testatrix was at that time eighteen years of age or older, of sound mind and under no constraint
or undue influence.
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Sworn to or affirmed, subscribed to, and acknowledged, before me by the above-named
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COMMONWEALT'H OF PENNSYLVANIA ' My ommission Expires:
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Member,Pennsylvania Assoaialton of Natarlas
REGISTER OF WILLS CERTIFICATE OF
CUMBERLAND COUNTY GRANT OF LETTERS
PENNSYLVANIA
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Es ta te Of: BETTIE R ELLIOTT
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WHEREAS, on the 7th day of November 2014 an instrument dated
March llth 2010 was admitted to probate as the last will of
BETTIE R ELLIOTT
(First,Middle,LasU
late of WEST PENNSBORO TOWNSH/P, CUMBERLAND County,
who died on the 17th day of October 2014 and,
WHEREAS, a true copy of the will as probated is annexed hereto.
THEREFORE, I, LISA M. GRA YSON, ESQ. , Regi s ter of Wi 11 s in and
for CUMBERLAND County, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, hereby
certify that I have this day granted Letters TESTAMENTARY to:
KAREN E ELLIOTT-THORP
who has duly qualified as EXECUTOR(R/X)
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 office on the 7th day of November 20�4.
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