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Home My WebLink About03-24-15 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 requests the grant of Letters in the appropriate form: Susan M. Hofer Decedent's Information _ O�/a Name: Marguerite M.Garland File No: 21 -15 () a/k/a: �^�pnhine Marg��prihc Mr.l a��c;ariand (Assigned by Register) a/k/a: a/k/a: Social Security No: 198-07-4098 Date of Death: 01/19/2015 Age at Death: 95 Decedent was domiciled at death in Cumberland County, pA (State) with his/her last principal residence at 5225 Wilson Lane #213 Mechanicsburg 17055 Lower Allen Cumberland Street address,Post Office and Zip Code City,Township or Borough County Decedent died at 5225 Wilson Lane,#213,Mechanicsburg 17055 Lower Allen Cumberland PA Street address,Post Office and Zip Code City,Township or Borough Counry State Estimate of value of decedenYs property at death: If domiciled in Pennsylvania........................ All personal property $ 50,000.00 Ifnot domiciled in Pennsylvania................. Personal property in Pennsylvania $ If not domiciled in Pennsylvania................. Personal property in County $ Value of real estate in Pennsylvania........... $ TOTAL ESTIMATED VALUE $ 50,000.00 Real estate in Pennsylvania situated at (Attach additional sheets,if necessary.) Street address,Post Office and Zip Coda City,Township or Borough County ❑X A. Petition for Probate and Grant of Letters Testamentarv Petitioner(s)aver(s)that he/she/they is/are the Executor(s)named in the Last Will of the Decedent,dated 03/14/1995 and Codicil(s) thereto dated 09/26/2011 (State 2levant circumstances,e.g.,renunciation,death of executor,etc.) Except as follows:after the execution of the instrument(s)offered for probate,Decedent did not mar ,was not divorced,was not a partv 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. �X NO EXCEPTIONS� EXCEPTIONS � B. Petition for Grant of Letters of Administration (Ifapplicable) c..a.; . .n.; . .n.c..a.;pe en e ite; uran e a sen ia; urante minon a e If Administration,c.t.a or d.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 Q EXCEPTIONS Petitioner(s),after a proper search has/have ascertained that Deoedent left no Will and was survived by the following spouse(if any)and heirs(attach additional sheets,if necessary): Name Relationship Address -.� ___. ..... ,..� ��.::, . � - ; :> .. c:, -� ,:, `�:.� _._ ....,. _ _., . ,... _�::7 �.., �; � "(::1 �--^-� . " ,. _ �: . �. '- ,..:_ �� .... . �..,, . � . - -�, ,_ .. ' ' . ... _.... , . _..�... _. �'7 � . C..J ��t Form Rw OZ rev.10-11-2011 Copyright(c)2011 fortn software only The Lackner Group,Inc. +;�;P.age�'of 2 � ti� Oath of Personal Representative Official Use Only COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA } } SS: couNn oF Cumberland � Petitioner(s)Printed Name Petitioner(s)Printed Address Susan M.Hofer 32801 Ocean Reach Drive Lewes,DE 19958 _.� r.. . , __ __ � �..__.. .., ,.. _. u-, � . �.f 3 �-_, , � � : :z , :._. �� _,t� ; . _� �; � 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�edge an�'t belief of Petitioner(s)and that,as Personal Representatroe(s)of the D edent,Petitioner s)will w II and truly administer the'estate ac�Qrding.t I,auy Sworn to 9 a�med an s scribed before ' ' �a�� i / Date me t i day o r Date By For e Reg ter Date BOND Required? � Yes � No To the Register of Wills: Please enter my appearance by my signature below: FEES DO Letters............................................ $ Q' AttorneySign ur (', ( s)Short Certificate(s).......... � •�o ' ( )Renunciation(s)............... � �� ` `'t"` (_�)Codicil(s)......................... � D ( )Affidavit(s)....................... Printed Name: David A Wion Bond.............................................. Supreme Court Commission................................... ID Number: 06883 Other w�� ,oo Firm Name: Caldwell&Kearns P.C. Address: 3631 North Front Street 1') LUG � i1 V. Q.oa y Harrisburg,PA 17110 Phone: 7171232-7661 Automation Fee............................. � Fax: �� JCS Fee......................................... , . �j D TOTAL........................................... $ , E-mail: DECREE OF THE REGISTER Date of Death: 01/19/2015 Social Security No: 198-07-4098 Estate of Marguerite M.Garland File No: 21 -15— � a/k/a: Josephine Marguerite McLain Garland AND NOW, p� .5 ,in consideration of the foregoing Petition, satisfactory proof having been presented before me,IT IS DECREED that Letters Testamentary are hereby granted to Susan M.Hofer in the above estate and(if applicable)that the instrument(s)dated 0311411995 09/26/2011 described in the Petition be admitted to probate and filed of record a Will(a d C �cil(s))of D e ent. Register of Wills Copyright(c)2011 fortn software only The Lackner Group,Inc. Page 2 of 2 REGISTER OF WILLS Certificate of Grant of Letters CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANI a � , ., , ;. �,� , �-�,�`' � r ';'. No. 21-1�-0310 �:� � �=;�`4 ; � PA No. 21-15-0310 � � � � , � _. � " � � ;�� ESTATE OF Marguerite M. Garland ` r �� ,�. � a/k/a Josephine Mar�uerite McLain Garland P ��°,. _,;_ ' <��, �`�;. � Late Of: Lower Allen Township, Cumberland County, Deceased z , � , E`'� � Social Security No. � �f.�>.: �,i,�,,/'�1 1 WHEREAS, on the 25th day of March, 2015, the instrument dated March 14, 1995, was admitted to probate as the Last Will and Codicil dated September 26th 2011 of Marguerite M. Garland a/k/a Josephine Marguerite McLain Garland late of Lower Allen Township, who died on the 19th day of January, 2015, 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 Susan M. Hofer, who duly qualified as Executrix 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 25th day of March, 2015. ~ �_�� 'L t,,, Register of Wills ! r � . � . `�.�, ; C:�? t'„ .--� ^ �. � r ' �. . G..,_ . , i !...._ (��:_. .. Deputy �,� �� , Fr= ;�`�*1�bTE** ALL NAMES ABOVE APPEAR (FIRST, MIDDLE, LAST) . � �:: �. . �✓ �._ .__ � _. c':= c � �- _., c.:% ,. �nY t.:> Z..' t_:: <_-.� �..... _. , � �,�� ._7 :.:=:_:'�_> ;.� I�� .�z �i1� �.n� �P�t�mPi�� =:� ' :a _ � . . i� . i�., ' i _ � O F _..._ , i , -�:� i � MARGUERITE M. GARLAND -.-� i > I �.`' . ,� ,-_; I , MARGUERITE M. GARLAND, of Swatara Township, Dauphin ��_� `� -:� County, Pennsylvania, being of sound mind, memory and understanding, do make, publish and declare the following to be j my Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking and making void, any i � and all wills , codicils and testamentary dispositions by me at i � any time heretofore made. ' ITEM I . I direct that all my just debts and funeral ' expenses be paid and satisfied by my Executrix hereinafter named �ias soon as conveniently may be after my decease. � ITEM II . If Astro Chapter #380 Order of the Eastern Star is ' still in existence at the time of my death, my Eastern Star Past I' Matron Jewel, a round silver disc containing five ( 5 ) diamonds with a chain and gavel, shall be returned to the Trustees of Astro Chapter #380 Order of the Eastern Star; in the event that I' Astro Chapter #380 Order of the Eastern Star is no longer in �; existence having given up its Charter; then I give the Eastern �,, �� Star Past Matron Jewel to my daughters, Sandra E. Gaughan and iSusan M. Hofer to be disposed of as they see fit. ITEM III . At the time that my husband, WILLIAM L. GARLAIVD, and I married, we entered into an Anti-1Vuptial Agreement wherein and whereby we agreed that our respective estates would go to our individual or independent families , and that each of us in consideration of such agreement agreed that we would make no �� claim against the others estate , nor make any claim for the surviving spouse ' s statutory distributive share of the others I� estate as is provided by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. I would advise that, notwithstanding the Anti- III) Nuptial Agreement, there will be assets which we have acquired II between the two of us during our marriage which shall be held in our joint names; such assets it is my understanding and desire � will go to my husband, William L. Garland. I make no further provision for my said husband in this my Last Will and Testament and the provisions of the Anti-Nuptial Agreement of November 19 , 1984 remain in full force and effect as of the date of the execution of this Will. ITEM IV. Al1 the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, whether real, personal or mixed, and wherever situate , I give, devise and bequeath to my children, SANDRA E. GAUGHAN, SUSAN M. HOFER and DELBERT S. FORKER, in equal shares . In the event that any of my said children shall not survive me leaving issue surviving him or her, the share to which he or she would have been entitled shall be distributed to and among his or her issue , per stirpes. If any one of my said children shall die without issue, the share to which he or she would have been entitled shall be distributed to the surviving children, or his or her issue , per stirpes. ITEM V. I nominate , constitute and appoint PIVC BANK as Guardian of the estate of any minor who becomes a beneficiary under this Will. ITEM VI . I nominate, constitute and appoint my daughter, SAIVDRA E. GAUGHAN, as Executrix of this my Last Will and Testament. If my said daughter is unwilling or unable to serve in this capacity, then I appoint my son, DELBERT S. FORKER, as Executor of this my Last Will and Testament. If my said son should also be unable or unwilling to serve in this capacity, then I appoint my daughter, SUSAN M. HOFER, as Executrix of this my Last Will and Testament. 2 I ITEM VII . All estate , inheritance, transfer, legacy, , succession, and other death taxes of any nature, payable by reason of my death, which may be assessed or imposed upon or with ; , respect to property passing under this Will or property not passing under this Will, shall be paid out of my estate as an � expense of administration, and no part of said taxes shall be Ilapportioned or prorated to any legatee or devisee under this Will or any person owning or receiving any property not passing under this Will. ITEM VIII . No fiduciary acting hereunder as Executrix or Executor, shall be required to post bond or enter security in this or any other jurisdiction. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I , MARGUERITE M. GARLAND, have hereunto �� set my hand and seal this �1-�day of ;�l'�� ,-�_,�_;�_�� , 1995. � � r�-; y. ; � �`�r� ,c�.Ci,E.r� %?�'� • ' �cr .�t i�A4-c� ( SEAL) , Marguerite M. Garland Signed, sealed, published and declared as and for the Last Will and Testament of MARGUERITE M. GARLAND, the Testatrix, in our presence, who in her presence, and in the presence of each other, and at her request, have hereunto set our hands as subscribing witnesses hereto. r� ! F� P � �C%�..�-- � �>`�d�-�: U ` ;�z..- S� �. ,�� , � 1 1Vame Addres ' � �`- � � A , , �` `" " � � �r � C.--�''� � - �C�.�- ;�f �. �•ti �' ,% - Name dress r 3 � COMMONWEALTH OF PEIVNSYLVANIA : . SS: COUNTY OF DAUPHIN . We , MARGUERITE M. GARLAND, �` �J,j, � � , 7 �-:-� , /� '� �� and �� ' �rs.t ,�� r ��.�� , the Testatrix and the � witnesses respe tively, whose names are signed to the attached or foregoing instrument, being first duly sworn, do hereby declare to the undersigned officer that the Testatrix signed the instrument as her Last Will and that she signed voluntarily and that each of the '' witnesses in the presence of the Testatrix at her request, and in the presence of each other, signed the Will as a witness and that to the best of the knowledge of each witness, the Testatrix was at that time 18 or more years of age, of sound mind and under no constraint or undue influence. �-, � � Y." „ ,- ��_�f��C.tS�-�i.Rs�-x= ��' ��CL�k.-Gt'��c�--C.� mesta�' ix - Marguerite�. Garland , r i' � ��• r Witness L__--' i �r > `- �Witness Sworn to and subscribed before me by MARGUERITE M. GARLAND, the Testatrix, and subscribed and sworn to before me �� ....�. ►�. i,.:r i�J and ` ;- , the witnesses, on this, day` of �; . ', 1 , 1995 . r � � Not Publicr My Commission Expires: NOTARIA� S�A� ANN J. 1.�►�� Notary Rublla H�,rrlaburg• D&'�Ahin Gounty, p;9g5 M� Gn�,mission �xP`,res Oct. 30. 4 i CO1�ICI L TO ��.�x �i11 �.n� ��t�lit�xtt OF MARGUERITE M. GARLAND I, MARGUERITE M. GARLAND, of the Township of Lower Allen, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, declare this to be a Codicil to my Last Will and Testament dated March 14, 1995. FIRST: I remove ITEM III of my Last Will and Testament in its entirety. SECOND: I revise ITEM VI of my Last Will and Testament aforesaid as follows: "ITEM VI: I nominate, constitute and appoint my daughter, SUSAN M. HOFER, as Executrix of this, my Last Will and Testament. If my said daughter is unwilling or unable to serve in this capacity, then I appoint my son, DELBERT S. FORKER, as Executor of this, my Last Will and Testament." THIRD: In all other respects, I ratify and confirm my Last Will and Testament, dated March 14, 1995. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this �day of , 2011. �N-��,,,� l+r,, .&�a,,,Q a,,..� (Seal) Ma�rite M. Garland Signed, sealed, published and declared by the above-named Marguerite M. Garland, as and for a Codicil to her Last Will and Testament, in the presence of us, who, at her request, in her presence, and in the presence of each other, have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses. . ��"/�� Na Address �. ��.�,.,.�...� �� -- - � � ��-,-I�, �- �� =/ 7l u/ � t—(� �`�� ` Name Address - �; -, , . , � ____ ,, , .._; �� . �.-, ___3 ; . y _ _�� _ �.� . - ,_. _,,� �_� , _�_3 �� Commonwealth of Pennsylvania : : SS County of Dauphin : Man uen�.�e M. Gan�and ��+` �:. We, 9 � � 1f..rr 1'lr/r �� t��,:,/i � �Cf,�' _- , .�: and ri,cr i z'r� c'�<�' �°'' ��';, , the Testatrix 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 Testatrix signed and executed the instrument as a Codicil to her Last Will and Testament and that she had signed willingly (or willingly directed another to sign for her), and that she executed it as her free and voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed, and that each of the witnesses, in the presence and hearing of the Testatrix, signed the Codicil to the Will as witness and that to the best of his or her knowledge the Testatrix was at that time eighteen (18) years of age or older, of sound mind and under no constraint or undue influence. 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