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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: Vesta R.Zook File No:
a/k/a: Vesta Romaine Zook (Assigned by Register)
a/k/a:
a/k/a: Social Security No:
Date of Death: February 8,2015 Age at death: 94
Decedent was domiciled at death in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (state)with his/her last
principal residence at 1000 W. South Street,Carlisle,PA 17013 Carlisle Borough Cumberland
Street address,Post Office and Zip Code City,Township or Borough County
Decedent died at 1000 W. South Street Carlisle PA 17013 Carlisle Borough Cumberland 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 $ 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............. ... ... ...................................... $ 90,000.00
TOTAL ESTIMATED VALUE. ... $ 81.000.00
Real estate in Pennsylvania situated at: 460 Easy Road Carlisle PA 17013 North Middleton Twp Cumberland
(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 February 21, 1996 and Codicil(s)
thereto dated
*(ane of the subscribing witnesses,Krista King,is deceased
State 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.
NO EXCEPTIONS ®EXCEPTIONS
® 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 db.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.
®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):
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Form RW-02 rev./0////20// Page 1 of 2
Oath of Personal Representative Official Use Only
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Petitioner(s)Printed Name Petitioner(s)Printed Address
Alinda M.Flaharty 170 Willow Grove Road Carlisle PA 17013
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Randall L.Zook 70 Willow Grove Road,Carlisle,PA 17013
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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 kn wledge and'belief
of Petitioner(s)and that,as Personal Representative(s)of the Decedent,the Petitioner(s)will well and truly administer the estate accordinf:to-law.
Sworn to or affirmed.and.subscribed before Date
met 's, �dppay,of.�hn is Q3,� 1 Date
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the Peaistee�' Date
BOND Required: Q YES Q NO To the Register of Wills:
FEES: Please enter my appearance by my signature below:
Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ j Attorney Signature:
( 4) Short Certificate(s). . . . . .
( )Renunciation(s).. . . . . . . .
( )Codicil(s). . . . . . . . . . . . .
( )Affidavit(s).. . . . . . . . . . .
Bond.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Printed Name: Andrew H. Shaw
Commission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Supreme Court
Other . . . . . . . . ID Number: 87371
yen ) Firm Name: Law Office of Andrew H. Shaw,P.C.
r-e i1j'y" . . . . . . . /7 Address: 200 S. Sig Garden St.
. . . . . . . . Suite 11
. . . . . . . . Carlisle,PA 17013
. . . . . . Phone: 717-243-7135
Automation Fee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fax: 717-243-7872
JCS Fee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 C) Email: andr.w ashawlaw.ccm
TOTAL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $,3/,S;5CO.00
DECREE OF THE REGISTER /fir I `
Estate of Vesta R.Zook File No: r;/l j15 2 1 V
a/k/a: Vesta Romaine Zook
AND NOW, 12�jt'(�_ �� 2 ' ,in consideration of the foregoing Petition,
satisfactory proof having been presegeea before me,IT IS DECREED that Letters Testamentary
are h�reby granted to Alinda M.Flaharty and Randall L.Zook
in the above,estate and(if applicable)that
the instrument(s)dated February 21, 1996 -
described in the Petition be admitted to probate and filed of record as the last Will(acid Codicil(§))of Deecdent.
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FormRW-02 rev.1011112011 2 of 2
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OATH OF SUBSCRIBING WITNESS
Estate of Vesta R.Zook No. j H 6-
Also known as Vesta Romaine Zook
Deceased
Robert G. Frey
(each)a subscribing witness to the will/codicil presented herewith,(each)being duly qualified according
to law, depose(s)and say(s) that he present and saw
Vesta R.Zook the testat rix
, sign the same and that
he signed as a witness at the request of the testatrix in h er
presence and(in the presence of each other)(in the presence of the other subscribing witness(es).
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Sworn to or affirmeands bscribed 5 South Hanover Street
B fore me this r day of Carlisle, PA 17013
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OATH OF NON-SUBSCRIBING WITNESS
Estate of Vesta R.Zook No.
Also known as Vesta Romaine Zook
Deceased
Cindy Zook
(each)a subscriber hereto,(each)being duly qualified according to law, depose(s)and say(s)that
she is familiar with the signature of Vesta R. Zook ,testat rix of(one of the
subscribing witnesses to)the codicil/will presented herewith and that she believe/believes the signature
on the codicil/will is in the handwriting of Vesta R.Zook to the best of
her knowledge and belief.
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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENTOF t7i ' `—' -
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VESTA R. ZOOK 1, M cri �
I, VESTA R. ZOOK, married woman, o 1621 Waggoners Gaps Roada)Carlisle s
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, being of sound and disposing mind,�nemory,�and
understanding,do hereby make, publish, and declare this as and for my Last Will and,Testament?
hereby revoking and making void any and all Wills by me at any time heretofore made. � C'n'
1. I direct my hereinafter named Executor to pay all of my debts to which I am bound and
the expenses of my funeral, last illness, and of the administration of my estate as soon after my
death as may be found convenient to do so.
2. I declare that I am currently married to Chester L. Zook; and that I have six (6)
children: Wanda Kell, Alinda Flaharty, Randall Zook,'Sharon Peffer, Robert Zook, and Doreen
Lebo. I further declare that I have no other children.'
3. All the rest, residue, and remainder of my estate, real, personal, or mixed, and
wheresoever the same may be situate,I give, devise, and bequeath to my husband, Chester L.
Zook, his heirs and assigns, to the exclusion of my child or children, born or unborn, provided
my said husband shall survive me by a period of ninety (90) days. In the event that my said
husband should predecease nie or-fail to.survive me'by the aforesaid period of ninety (90) days,
then in such event all the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, real, personal and mixed, and
wheresoever the same may be situate, I give, devise and bequeath in equal shares to such of my
children as shall survive me by a period of ninety (90) days, the share any deceased child would
have received to pass to his or her issue per stirpes, and if there be no issue such share shall lapse
and be added to the remaining share or shares per stirpes. At the present time I have# children as
aforementioned.
4. Should any person less than 21 years of age be entitled to distribution from my estate,
in such event the share that person would otherwise have received shall be paid to my Executor, in
trust. I authorize the herein named trustee or guardian to receive and invest the same, and to pay
the income arising therefrom, together with so much of the principal thereof as in his opinion is
necessary or desirable to be expended for the proper maintenance,support, and education of such
person, to or for the benefit of such person, and upon such person attaining 21 years of age to pay
to him or her the then remaining principal together with any undistributed income.
5. I hereby nominate, constitute,and appoint my husband, Chester L. Zook, as Executor
of this my Last Will and Testament, but should he predecease me or fail to qualify, then in such
event I nominate, constitute, and appoint my my son, Randall Zook, and my daughter, Alinda
Flaharty,or either of them as Executors,and I further direct that none of them shall be required to
post any bond to secure the faithful performance of his or her duties in the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania or in any other jurisdiction.
6. In addition to the powers conferred by law, my herein named Executors and Trustees
are empowered:
a. To invest any part of the trust corpus in such securities,investments, or other
property as may be deemed advisable and proper, irrespective of whether the same are
authorized for the investment of trust funds under the laws of any governing jurisdiction.
b. With respect to any corporation,the stocks, bonds, or other securities of which
may be held, to vote in person or by proxy on any shares of stock; to consent to the
merger, consolidation or reorganization of such corporations; to consent to the leasing,
mortgaging, or sale of the property of any such corporations; to make any surrender,
exchange or substitution of such stocks, bonds, or other securities as an incident to the
merger, consolidation or reorganization of such corporations; to pay all assessments,
subscriptions and other sums of money which may be deemed wise and expedient for the
protection and 'maintenance of the proportionate interest of the investment in. such .
corporations;to exercise any option or privilege which may be'conferred upon the holders
of such stocks, bonds, or other securities of such corporations either for the conversion of
the same into other securities or for the purchase of additional securities,and to make any
and all necessary payments which may be required in connection therewith;and generally
to have and exercise as to all such stocks, bonds, and other securities, the powers of an
individual owner who is under trust obligation.
c. To hold the trust corpus in one or more consolidated funds in which separate
shares shall have undivided interests.
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d. To sell at public or private sale for cash or upon credit, or partly for cash and
partly on credit, and upon such terms and conditions as shall be deemed proper, any part or
parts of the trust estate,and no purchaser at any such sale shall be bound to inquire into the
expediency or propriety of any such sale or to see to the application of the purchase money
arising therefrom.
e. To keep on hand and uninvested such moneys as may be deemed proper and for
such period as may be found expedient.
f. To compromise,settle,or arbitrate any claim or demand in favor of or against the
trust estate.
g. And authorized in the discharge of fiduciary duties, to employ counsel and to
determine and to pay such counsel reasonable compensation which shall be charged against
the principal or income of the trust fund, and shall further be entitled to charge against the
principal or income such other reasonable expenses and charges as may be necessary and
proper to incur for the proper discharge of fiduciary duties and for the proper.management
and administration of the trust estate.
h. In making any division of property into shares for the purpose of any
distribution thereof directed by the provisions of the trust, to make such division or
distribution, either in cash or in kind, or partly in cash and partly in kind, as shall be
deemed most expedient, and in making any division or distribution in kind may allot any
specific security or property or any undivided interest therein to any one or more of such
shares, and to that end may appraise any or all of the property so to be allotted and the
judgment as to the propriety of such allotment and as to the relative value for purposes of
distribution of the securities or property so allotted shall be final and conclusive upon all
persons interested in the trust or in the division or distribution thereof.
i. Authorized to register any shares of stock or other assets of any trust in their own
names or in the name of a nominee.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, on this page 2 of 2 pages, I have hereunto set my hand
and seal to this my Last Will and Testament written this 21 st day of February, 1996.
AL)
VESTA R. ZOOK
Signed, sealed,published and declared, by VESTA R. ZOOK,the Testatrix above named,
as and for her Last Will and Testament, in our presence, who, in her presence, at her request, and
in the presence of each other, have hereunto subscribed our names as attesting witnesses.
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