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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12-23-14 PETITION FOR GRANT OF LETTERS R�UISTBR OF WILLS OF Cumberland COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. Petitioner(s) named below, who is/are 18 years of age or older, a��ply(ies) for I,ettcrs as specified below, and in suppoi•t thereof aver(s)the f'oliowing and respectful(y request(s)the grant of Letters in the appropriate forn�: Decedent's Information Namc: Jerome Martin File No: _ [p,.�' ��' l�� a/k/a: (Assigned b,y Register) a/k/a: alk�a: 5ocial Security No: Date of Death: December 11, 2014 Age at death: 101 Deccdent was domiciled at death in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania �Srnre� with his/her last principal residencc at 195 Enola Street Enola, East Pennsboro Township Cumberland 5treet xddress,Post Oi'fice and'I.,ip Code City,'1'ownship or Bo�•ough County Decedent died at 503 North 21st Street Camp Hiil Cumberland PA Street address,Nost Office and%ip Code Cit,y,7'ownship or Borough � Count}� State� Estimate o1'value of decedenPs property xt death: Ifdo��riciled i�r Pennsyb�a�ria.......... .... ........... .. . All personal property $ 5'00,�°�.�� /f no1 doniicile�!in Pe�+nsVlvarria. .. .. .. .. . . .. ....... .... Personal properry in Pennsylvania $ If�iot donriciled i�r Pe�rjr�ylvania. . . .. ............ . .. .. .. Personal property in County $ f�alree oJ'reu!estnte in Pefres;ylvuuia..... ...... .. ..... ....... ..... . .. . .... .. .. . .... ... . ...... $ 7,I��� .�� TOTAL ESTIMA'fED VALUI:. ... $ �/7y.iOd p,pp Real estnte in Pennsylvania situatcd at: (Ai�nch addilioiia/,rheers,iJ rrecess�u}�J Street address,Post Oflice and Iip C:ude City,'I'ownship m•Borou�h Counly � A. Petition for Probate and Grant of Lettei•s Testamentary Petitioner(s)aver(s)he/she/they is/are the Gxecutor(s)named in the last Will of the Decedent,dated November 17, 2�06 and Codicil(s) thereto d<tted nnna St:�te relevant circumstances(e.g.ren���rcirrlinn,�lenth o/'cccc:cvnor,e�c.) Cxcept as follows: aftcr the execution of the iustrument(s)offered for probate Decedent did not marry,was not divorced,�vas not a party to�pending clivorce proceeding���herein the grounds for divorce had been established ns defined in 23 Pa. C.S. §3323(g),and did not have ti child born or adopted;and Decedcnt was neither the victiin of a killing nor ever adjudicated an incap�citatcd person. �NO EXC�P7'IONS Q EXCEP7'IONS � B. Yetition for Cra�rt o1'Letters of Administration (Ifappiicable> c.t.�r.,r/.b.n.,d.b.n.c.t.a.,pc:rutefiie lite,d��rante«bsenuci,durante nii�ia�ila�e If Administratinn,c.t.a. or ct.b.n.c.t.a.,enter date of Will in Section A above and completc list of heirs. Cxc�pt ns follaws: Decedent was noY a party to a pending divorce proceeding wherein the grounds for divorce had betn est�ablishcd as deCi�ed in 23 Pa.C.S.§3323(g)and was neither the victim of a killing nor ever adjudieated an incapacitatecl�crsc>n. Q NO EXCGI''CIONS � EXCF.P'TIONS Petitioner(s),�ittcr�j proper search has/have ascerlained that Decedent leR no Will and w1s survi��ed by the following spouse(ifany)and heirs(n�Inch adclilional sheet.s, if neces�sarr): Name Relationshi Address l�i�rn�RYV-02 reu l0i l li?Ol 1 �c1�C 1 Ot 2 Oath of Personal Representative oee�;ui use oniy— COMMONWtiALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA } } SS: courrTv ot� Cumberland � Petitioner(s)Prinled Name Petilioner(s)Printed Address Shirley E. Kirkessner 16 Woburn Abbey Avenue, Camp Hill, PA 17011 7'he Petitioner(s)tibave-named sweai(sj or aiTirnijs)the statements in fhe i'oregoing Petition are Irue and correct lo the besl of the knowledge and belief of Yctitioner(s)and that,�s Personai RepresFenta+.ive(s)of the i�e�edeiu,tl�e Pet�it' er s)�fll weH and truly udminister the estatc according to law. fl � �----Uate/ Sworn to or affirmed�nd subscribed h�for /L 1 � me thi.� `� day of , @Y1�t:';�1� oaie F3y: � �}-���--� n��� /��•die Regi.r7er ' Date BOND Required: Q YF.S Q NO To the Kegister nf Wills: FEES' . Pleuse enter my uppearance by my signature below: Lett•.. . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . . .. . � � � (J O Aitorney Signature: ( ,�Short Certit'icate(s).. . . . . U(� ( )Renunciation(ti)... . . . . . . ` ( )C;'odicil(s). . . . . . . . . . . . . ( )At'f'idavit(s).. .. . . . . . . . . ��„��.. . . .. .. .. .. .. . . . . . . . . . . rr��cea Na�ne: Michael A. Scherer, Esquire Commission. . .. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . Supreme Court (1th r . . . . . . ID Numbcr: 61974 � . , . . . . � E�irm tvat„e: Baric Scherer LLC q��r��s: es ou reet ��� n✓:':. : : :: : _�� Carlisle, PA 17013 . ,, . , , ``.v�� Phone: (717)249-6873 Autom�tian Fcc. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . �Lv�_ Fax: 717 249-5755 Jcs t�'ee. r.•,�nail: msc erer baricscherer.com .. . .. . . . .. TOTA1... . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ l ��'�� DECREE OF THE REGISTER Lstate of Jerome Martin Fite No: �� �/�" / /�,U�J a/k/a: AND NOW, � , �O/ , in eonsideratiou of the foregoing Petition, satisfactory proof havmg een presented beforc me,IT IS DECREED that Letters testamentary are hei•eby granted to Shirley Kirkessner in the abovic estate and(if applicable)that the instrument(s)dated November 17 2006 desc►•ibcd in the Petition be admitted to probate and filed of r ord as the last Will (�nd i il(s))of Decedent. �� egister of Wills Fiu'atKFV-01 rrr. !0%ll,'30/! f 2 REGISTER OF WILLS CERTIFICATE OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY GRANT OF LETTERS PENNSYLVANIA op cu�ye y l� No. 2014- 01205 PA No. 21- 14- �205 �� ��� �� � � 9� Estate Of: JEROMEMARTIN � lFiisG Middle,LasU v �� � Late Of: EASTPENNSBORO TOWNSHIP � y N , CUMBERLAND COUNTY Deceased Social Security No: 1750 WHEREAS, on the 23rd day of Decemher 2014 an instrument dated November 17th 2006 was admitted to probate as the last will of JEROME MARTIN (Fi�sL Middle,Lastl late of EAST PENNSBORO TOWNSH/P, CUMBERLAND County, who died on the llth day of December 2014 and WHEREAS, a true copy of the will as probated is annexed hereto. THEREFORE, I, L/SA 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: SHIRLEY E KIRKESSNER 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 23rd day of December 2014. ' � ��l��C.� • rn`J � Regist of i s � _, �, .:� � 1 ` ' C �� - � � � G.:� � t3..- ` Deputy �l � � ` ` W ....! r,a �.� �'`, C.� -, l3., C� G.% . �-- C�? t'..7 , � l�.. LL. A �,. C? <::? Gr1 + c'. `� � �Y� M 1.t.1 '�"-' �! � ta.Y N J '`� C� � E�. � C.7 �y- ct] � � � � o � �-- v � � *�TE** ALL NAMES ABOVE APPEAR (FIRST, MIDDLE, LAST) . � . , (��G� C���f��G�,�►� � I! OF JEROME MARTIN I i I I, JEROME MARTIN, of, Enola, Cumberiand County, Pennsylvania, do hereby declare this to be my Last Will and Testament and hereby revoke all Wills and Codicils previously made by me. I � �, '�� ITEM ONE: I direct the payment of my debts and the expenses of my last illness and i � funeral from my estate as soon after my death as conveniently may be done. i f�I i `'�� I have purchased a cemetery lot wherein my wife, Blanche A. Martin, is interred and it is i � � � my desire to be interred with her at the same location. j � I `'� ITEM TWO: I give and bequeath such of my personal property as may be listed on a � `N � signed and dated memorandum kept with my Will to the persons named thereon, provided �r��_ ; .�`"�J _:' they survive my death. Should such a memorandum not be found with my Will, it shall be � i conclusively presumed that none was prepared, and all of my personal property shall pass i i according to the remaining provisions of this Will. I iTEi�i �Fi�CcE: i give, d�vise arii� uequea�� th� r�st, resiuuz and r�mair��r cf my estate of whatever nature and wherever situate to my children, JOHN E. MARTIN, RONALD J. � MARTIN and SHIRLEY KIRKESSNER, in equal shares, perstirpes. � I � Page 1 of 4 . , �� ITEM FOUR: While in the hands of my fiduciaries, neither the principal nor the �', income of my estate or any trust created hereunder shall be liable for the debts of any i I � beneficiary hereunder, nor shall the same be subject to seizure or attachment by any creditor i of any beneficiary under any writ or proceeding at law or in equity, and no beneficiary hereunder shall have any power to sell, assign, encumber or in any manner to anticipate or dispose of his or her interest in the trust estate or in the income produced thereby. ITEM FIVE: I direct that no Executrix or other fiduciary named, nominated, or appointed by this my Last Will and Testament shall be required to post any bnnd or give any i security of any type for any purpose whatsoever, any law or rule of the court of the E� Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or any other jurisdiction to the contrary notwithstanding. I �� � ��� direct that the law of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall apply to any interpretation or � application of the validity of this instrument. i ITEM SIX: My Executrix shall have the following powers in addition to those vested in � �, them by law and by other provisions of this Will, applicable to all property, real, personal or ��+4 I �J �';�mixed and wheresoever situate, including property held for minors, whether principal or income, exercisable without court approval, and effective, with respect to each item of said property until actual distribution thereof. A) To r�t�in, �s inve�t►ren#s ef m;� estate c�r tr�st, any Qr all assets of my estate, real, personal, or mixed, without regard to any principal of diversification, and to purchase and acquire real or personal property and to hold any or all of such real and personal property retained or acquired without making the same productive of income. Page 2 of 4 B To ermit the children, or an of them to occu an real estate retained or ) p Y , PY Y acquired upon such terms and conditions as my Executrix or Trustee shall deem proper. C) To pay all taxes, charges and expenses of maintenance, upkeep, improvements, development, protection, preservation and investment of any retained or acquired real or personal property, such payments to be made from either principal or income as my Executrix or Trustee shall determine. ' D) To retain or invest any and all funds, whether principal or income, in any real '',, � or personal property without restriction to legal investments; to purchase investments at I premiums; to exercise all rights of a security holder or share holder in any corporation; and to lease, mortgage, pledge, give options upon or sell at public or private sale and without , approval of any court, any real or personal property, or portion or portions thereof, irrespective � of the manner or the means by which the same was acquired by my said Executrix. E) To make payment or distribution herein provided for in cash, kind or partly in ; cash and partly in kind, at valuations fixed by my Executrix at the time of distribution. ; ITEM SEVEN: I appoint my daughter, SHIRLEY KIRKESSNER, Executrix of this my Last Will and Testament. iIN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal to this, my Last Will ' and Testament, consisting of four (4) typewritten pages, the first two (2) of which bear my I signature in the margin for the purpose of identification, on this the 17th day of November, li 2006. I '� (�� � a,�, � � �.� �„u. I , � (SEAL) .'' JEROME MARTIN i I I I Page 3 of 4 � i I, � y i 'i �� I Signed, sealed, published and declared by the above named Testator, Jerome Martin, � i as and for his Last Will and Testament, in the presence of us, who, at his request, in his sight and presence, and in the sight and presence of each other, have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses. _ � ADDRESS �n � � ` � �D��" � � Cw ( ADDRESS ��� ✓�/�'�4�n �_ �� I�/�(' ��lf t^�� / 7��7 COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA : � : SS. j COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND : ( We, Jerome Martin, Michael A. Scherer, Esquire, and �°�� S�� e''t� , the I I � Testator and the witnesses, respectively, whose names are signed to the attached or i i foregoing instrument, being first duly sworn, do hereby declare to the undersigned authority i that the Testator signed and executed the instrument of his Last Will and Testament, and that � I he signed willingly and that he executed as his free and voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed, and that each of the witnesses, in the presence and hearing of the Testator, signed the Will as witnesses, and that to the best of their knowledge, the Testator was at the time eighteen (18) years of age or older, of sound mind and under no constraint or undue influence. Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 17`h day of November, 2006. � �--> . ,-. �����'�-�� � ``�c'-=-r>�'��--. COMMONiNEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA Nctarial Seal Amanda.L.Fisher,Notary Public Page 4 of 4 Carlisle goro,Cumberland County My Cbmrni,;sion�xpires Apr.17,2010 ^+12rnber,Pennsylvania Association of Notaries \ ,� t�r� ,`' h' 1 OATH OF SUBSCRIBING WITNESS(E S) REGISTER OF WILLS Cumberland COLJNTY, PENNSYLVANIA Estate of Jerome Martin , Deceased Michael A. Scherer and Robin L. Scherer �PrrnrNameis� , (each) a subscribing witness to the�Will ❑Codicil(s)presented herewith, (each) bein dul b y qualified according to law, depose(s)and say(s) that ����/they �aax/were present and saw the above Testator/� and that ���they signed the same and that � sign the same ����they signed as a witness at the request of the Testator/���� in ��/his presence and in the presence of each other. � � . (Sz t eJ � (Si nature I 563 Mountain Road �streerAad,ess� 563 Mountain Road (Street Address) Boiling Springs,PA 17007 ���h�,state,z,p� Boiling Springs,PA 17007 (Ciry,State,Zrp) Executed in Register's Office Sworn to or affirmed and subscribed Executed out ofRegister's Office Sworn to or affirmed and subscribed before me this day before me this �g+�- day of � °f a.��� ---_,�_. Deputy for Register of Wills � a Public My Commission Expires: (Signature and Seal of Notary or other official qualified to administer oaths. Show date of expiration of Notary's Commission.) NOTE: To be pken by Officer authorized to administer oaths. Please have present the original or copy of instrument(s)at time of notarization. FormRW-03 rev. l0.)3.p6 COA�!MONV�JE�LTH OF PENNSYLVANIA N�i ARIAL SEAL Andrea P,9. Ramos,Notary Public Carlisle Boro, Cumberfand County My Cammission Expires Aprii 3,2Q18 MEMEER, PENNSYLVANIA ASSOGIATION OF NO7ARIES