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Home My WebLink About12-29-14 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: Agnes C.Means Decedent's Information tt Name: Gerald B.Means File No: 21-14 — (')--1 D a/k/a: Gerald B.Means Sr. (Assigned by Register) a/k/a: a/k/a: Social Security No: Date of Death: 11/17/2014 Age at Death: 60 Decedent was domiciled at death in Cumberland County, PA (State)with his/her last principal residence at 700 Sand Bank Road,Mount Holly Springs 17065 South Middleton Cumberland Street address,Post Office and Zip Code City,Township or Borough County Decedent died at Lebanon VA Hospital Lebanon Lebanon 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 $ 750.00 if not domiciled in Pennsylvania................ Personal property in Pennsylvania $ if not domiciled in Pennsylvania................ Personal property in County $ Value of real estate in Pennsylvania................................................................... $ 233,400.00 TOTAL ESTIMATED VALUE $ 234,150.00 Real estate in Pennsylvania situated at 700 Sand Bank Road,Mount Holly Springs 17065 South Middleton Cumberland (Attach additional sheets,if necessary.) 344 Mt.View Rd.,,Mount Holly Springs 17065 Dickinson Cumberland Street address,Post Office and Zip Code City,Township or Borough County ®A. Petition for Probate and Grant of Letters Testamentalnr Petitioner(s)aver(s)that he/she/they is/are the Executor(s)named in the Last Will of the Decedent,dated 05/01/1997 and Codicil(s) thereto dated C' State relevant circumstances(e.g.,renunciation,death of executor,etc.) r tI Except as follows:after the execution of the instrument(s)offered for probate,Decedent did not marry,was not divorcp�r rl,2partnding divorce proceeding wherein the grounds for divorce had been established as defined in 23 Pa.C.S.§3323(g),aOI-dd�Ihot fiavepn child gn� adopted;and Decedent was neither the victim of a killing nor ever adjudicated an incapacitated person. CO Fir, rn _ ®NO EXCEPTIONS ❑ EXCEPTIONS C> w ❑ B. Petition for Grant of Letters of Administration (If applicable) Cz ata.,d.b.n.,d.b.n.c.t.a.,pedenteVe,C ante absePkidura"1ztQ i�mritate om if Administration,c.t.a ord.b.n.c.t.a.,enter date of Will in Section A above and complete list of heirs. � t-- m Except as follows:Decedent was not a party topending divorce proceedingwherein the grounds for divorce had been establ�d ash d in 23 Pa.C.S.§3323(g)and was neither the victim of a killing nor ever adudicated 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 following spouse(if any)and heirs(attach additional sheets,if necessary): Name Relationship Address Form RW-02 rev.t0-1 t-2o1 i Copyright(c)2011 form software only The Lackner Group,Inc. Page of 2 Oath ofPersonal Representative Official Use Only COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA } } QS: COUNTY OF Cumberland } Petitioner(s)Printed Name Petitioner(s)Printed Address Agnes C.Means 700 Sand Bank Road Mount Holly Springs,PA 17065 Name as listed in Will: Agnes C.Rhinehart 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,Petitioner(s)will well and truly administer the estate according to law. Sworn to affirmed and subscribed before Date / Fie me thi day of Date For the Register 7= Date F� F� Th8m�� ooNu��quimuv �� YES �� mo p| � b signature below: FEES: Lottem-------------- o 310.00 Attorney Signature: ( 1 )Short CartifinateV0......... � "`=""cia""",^---' ( )CndidK$-------- ( )Affidavit(s)..... ............. Bond............................................ Supreme Court --------------'-- ID Number: 6282 Other Will 15.00 Inheritance Tax Return 15.00 Firm Name: Salzmann Hughes,P.C. 9;4 Will 16.00 Address: 354 Alexander Spring:13oad,Suite rn Carlisle,PA 17015 LTI Phone: 717-249-6333 Automation Fee...... .......... .......... 5,00 Fax: 717-249-7334 JCSree ......... ---................ TOTAL...... .................................. $ CJj DECREE OF THE REGISTER Date v,Death: 11/17/2014 Social Security No: Estate of Gerald B.Means File No: a/k/a: Gerald B.Means Sr. AND NOW, . �=��_��__- . "'consideration"'the foregoing Petition, satisfactory proof having been presented before me,nr|SDECREED that Letters Testamentary are hereby granted to Agnes CMeans i tt j/1� tt, RUJORDED RHISTER OF WILLS ? it E29CM ? 96 LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT 1 OLER.V, OF U OF ORPHANS' COURT GERALD B. MEANS C'UYBERLAHD GC.., PA I, GERALD B. MEANS, of South Middleton Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, do make, publish and declare this to be my Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all Wills and codicils by me at any time made. ITEM 1. I direct my Executor, hereinafter named, to pay the expenses of my last illness and funeral expenses from the property passing under this Will as an expense and cost of administration of my estate. ITEM 2. I give, devise and bequeath unto AGNES C. RHINEHART, of Mt. Holly Springs, Pennsylvania, if she survives me, absolutely and in fee simple, all my property, real, personal and mixed, of whatsoever nature or kind and wheresoever the same shall be at the time of my death. ITEM 3. In the event that AGNES C. RHINEHART should predecease me, or if she and I should die as a result of a common disaster or under such circumstances that it is difficult or impossible to determine who died first, I direct my Executor to sell all of my real and personal property and to reduce my estate to cash. However, I direct my Executor to first have all of said real and personal property appraised. I do not want any of the real or personal property sold on a distress-sale basis. It is to be sold at a price determined by my Executor to be reasonable in relation to appraised value. In the interim, my Executor is to manage all of said real and personal property r according to the powers set forth in Item 4 below. I give and bequeath all the rest, residue and remainder of my estate unto PNC Bank, N.A. as Trustee, IN TRUST, with the proviso that said property is not to be distributed to the Trustee by the Executor until such time as it has all been reduced to cash. The Trust shall be for the following uses and purposes: (a) The Trustee shall divide the trust corpus into five (5) equal shares for my son, GERALD B. MEANS, JR. , of Alta, Iowa; my daughter, JENNIFER MARIE MEANS, of Alta, Iowa; CHARLES PAUL RHINEHART, JR. , of Gardners, Pennsylvania; BRIAN LEE RHINEHART, of Gardners, Pennsylvania; and DUSTIN ADAM RHINEHART, of Gardners, Pennsylvania, and shall allocate one of such equal parts to each beneficiary. (b) The Trustee shall pay to or expend and apply for the benefit of my beneficiaries so much of the income and principal as it, in its sole discretion, deems necessary for the proper support, maintenance, welfare and education of said beneficiaries. Any such distribution shall be made only from the part of the trust property designated as being for the beneficiary benefited. Any income not distributed shall be added to principal. (c) The Trustee shall pay over to each beneficiary the entire principal of his or her part as it shall exist at his or her attaining the age of twenty-five (25) years. In the event that one -2- of the beneficiaries predeceases me or dies prior to attaining the age of twenty-five (25) years, his or her part shall be distributed to his or her children, if any, in equal shares, or if none, it shall be added to the parts being held for the other beneficiaries of this Trust. If such beneficiary shall have previously attained the age of twenty-five (25) years, then his or her shale shall be distributed.outright and not added to his or her part. (d) No part of the income or principal of the property held under this Trust shall be subject to attachment, levy or seizure by any creditor, spouse, assignee or trustee or receiver in bankruptcy of any beneficiary prior to his or her actual receipt thereof. The Trustee shall pay over the net income and the principal to the parties herein designated, as their interests may appear, without regard to any attempted anticipation, pledging or assignment by any beneficiary under a trust, and without regard to any claim thereto or attempted levy, attachment, seizure or other process against said beneficiary. ITEM 4. The Executor and Trustee shall possess, among others, the following powers: (a) To vary or to retain investments, when deem desirable by the Executor or Trustee, and to invest in such bonds, stocks, notes, real estate mortgages or securities or in such other property, real -3- or personal, as the Executor or Trustee shall deem wise, without being restricted to so-called "legal investments" and without being limited by any statute or rule of law regarding investments by fiduciaries. (b) To sell, either at public or private sale and upon such terms and conditions as the Executor or Trustee may deem advantageous to the estate or trust, any or all real or personal estate or interest therein owned by the estate or trust severally or in conjunction with other persons, and to consummate said sale or sales by sufficient deeds or other instruments to the purchaser or purchasers, conveying a fee simple title, free and clear of all estate or trust and without obligation or liability of the purchaser or purchasers to see to the application of the purchase money or to make inquiry into the validity of said sale or sales; ,also, to make, execute, acknowledge and deliver any and all deeds, assignments, options or other writings which may be necessary or desirable in carrying out any of the powers conferred upon the Executor or Trustee in this paragraph or elsewhere in this instrument. (c) To mortgage real estate, and to make leases of real estate extending beyond the terms of the estate or trust hereunder. (d) To borrow money from any party, including the Executor or Trustee, to pay indebtedness of the estate or trust therefor. �\�, � -��J -4- a (e) To pay all costs, taxes, expenses and charges in connection with the administration of the estate or trust, including a reasonable compensation to agents. (f) In the discretion of the Executor or Trustee, to unite with other owners of similar property in carrying out any plans for the reorganization of any corporation or company whose securities form a part of the estate or trust. (g) To vote any shares of stock which form a part of the estate or trust. (h) To assign to and hold in the estate or trust an undivided portion of any asset. (i) To do all other acts in their judgment deemed necessary or desirable for the proper and advantageous management, investment and distribution of the estate or trust. ITEM 5. I nominate, constitute and appoint AGNES C. RHINEHART, as Executrix of my estate. In the event that she in unable or unwilling to serve in this capacity, I then nominate, constitute and appoint PNC BANK, N.A. to be the Executor of my estate. My Executors and Trustee are specifically relieved from the duty or obligation of filing any bond or bonds. -5- IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand and seal to this my Last Will and Testament this day of 14 A.D. , 1991. J 'A (SEAL) GERALD B. MEANS WITNESS: residing at �S 11444,,o .� � � . . residing atjj = -6- COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA ) SS. COUNTY OF DAUPHIN ) We, GEkZALD B. MEANS, A0JJALt1 �. c3T C_�� and U`rt"H E. 6 u-t-C q-jz- the Testator and the witnesses respectively, whose names are signed to the attached or foregoing instrument, being first duly sworn, do hereby declare to the undersigned authority that the Testator signed and executed the instrument as his Last Will and that he had signed willingly (or willingly directed another to sign for him) and that he executed it 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 witness and that to the best of their knowledge, the Testator was at that time eighteen years of age or older, of sound mind and under no constraint or undue influence. GERALD B. MEANS Witness Witness Subscribed, sworn to and acknowledged before me by GERALD B. MEANS, the Testator, and ubscribed and sworn to before me b , NAQ�o _b- 0-r(-F-k- and &-J-t-(4 �� KoT-(_F-/2 , the witnesses, this _day of /V1}�`/ 199v. tary Public - My Commission Expires: NOTARIAL SEAL CHERYL L.FERGUSON,Notary Public City of Harrisburg,Dauphin County My Commission Expires April 6,2000 REGISTER OF WILLS CERTIFICATE OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY GRANT OF LETTERS PENNSYLVANIA �F CUF No. 2014-01210 PA No. 21- 14- 9210 Estate Of: GERALD B MEANS O D �Z (First,Middle,Last V R` Late Of: SOUTH MIDDLETON TOWNSHIP �l CUMBERLAND COUNTY t Deceased 9750 Social Security No: WHEREAS, on the 29th day of December 2014 an instrument dated May 1st 1997 was admitted to probate as the last will of GERALD B MEANS o M.n /First,Middle,Last] rri — C3 C 7 (1) xi late of SOUTH MIDDLETON TOWNSHIP, CUMBERLAND County, � �� ry M d rn who died on the 17th day of November 2014 and (Cn.� ca CoCD WHEREAS, a true copy of the will as probated is an 96d h:Br-et-T -n THEREFORE, I, LISA M. GRAYSON, ESQ. Regif§-)te of d6il�-s pn and � C� for CUMBERLAND County, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Web3rT( certify that I have this day granted Letters TESTAMENTARY to: AGNES C MEANS 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, CARLISLE, PENNSYL VA NIA. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office on the 29th day of December 2014. C 6 v r / RegA ter of Wills C/Y* A-) D putt' **NOTE** ALL NAMES ABOVE APPEAR (FIRST, MIDDLE, LAST)