HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-25-15 PETITION FOR GRANT OF LETTERS
REGISTER OF WILLS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
Petitioner(s)nametl below,who islare 18 years of age or oltleq appty(ies)ior Letlers as specifetl below,antl in supPort Ihereof aver(s)the
following and respac0ully repuesqs)�he grant of Letters in the appmpna[e brtn:
Barba2 J.GonfzantlGatricieGontzWilson
DecetlenPslnformation 3 2
Name: Ruth H.Go� File No: 21 " �5" (i�(J�-:/
a/k/a: (AsaigneC Ey Registar)
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a/kla'. Soclal Security No:
Date o(Oeath: 03/09/2015 Age at Death: 88
DecedeMwasdomlcllatlattlealhin GumbeAantl County, PA (Stare)wi�hhislherlasl
principal resitlence a� 5225 Wilson Une,Sle.329,Machanicnburg 1]O55 Lower Allen CumbetlanC
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Estimate ot value of tlecetlenfs D�operty at tlealh'.
Iltlomiciledin PennsyNania...................... All personal pmpetly E 749.000.00
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I/nofdoMclletllnVennsyrvania................ PersonalpropehyinCounty E
vai�e olreai esrare in PennsN.ania................................................................... S o.00
TOTAL ESTIMATED VALUE S Y11.000.00
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Petitioner(s)aver(s)that helshetthey is/are Ihe Exewror(s)nametl in the Lasi Will ofihe Decetlent,tlatetl OB/]7H967 antl Codicil(s)
thereto tlatetl
s�a�eraia.emr.r��m:u�re:(e.e.,re meiro..aeemo�e.a�om..ercl
Except as kllows:atler t�e executian of the insWment(s)oHered br probate.�ecetlent tlitl not marry,was not tliwrceq was not a patly lo a pentling
divorce proceeding wherein ihe grounds(or tlivorce had been esta0lishetl as tlefned in 23 Pa.GS.g 3323(g),and CiE not have a chiltl�om or
atlopteC;antl Decetlentwas neRher Ue victim of a killing nareveradludicateE an inwpackatetl person.
�NOE%CEPTIONS � EXCEPTIONS
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ct a..tl 6n..C 6 n cf e..peEenfe lite.tluranfe aDsen(a.tluranfe minon2R
If Administro6on,c.t.a or tl.b.n.c.t.a.,
Except as follows:Decedent was not a party to penCing tlivorce pmceetline wherein the grountlslor tliwrce hatl been establishetl as tlefnetl
in 23 Pa.C.S.§3323(97 antl was neitM1er tbe vic[im of a killing nor ever ad"ryElcated an incapacitatatl person.
�NO E%CEPTIONS � EXCEPTIONS
PetRioner(s),aflera propersearch has/have ascehainetl ihat Decetlent left no Will antl was survivetl by the following spouse(if any)antl heirs(attach
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Peti�ioner(s)Printed Name Petitioner(s)P�inted AOGress
Ba�bara J.Gontr 32 Gale Roatl
Camp Hill,PA 1]011
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PaWcia Gon�Wllson . , :��, �nty,F,cC��- PO Box106
��(kp���.y�(t L . �wn,PA 19041
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T�e Petitioner(s)above-nametl swear(s)or aKrtn(s)the statements in the toregoing Petition are true antl wrred lo ihe best of the knowletlge antl
belief o!Peti�ioner(s)antl that,as Personal Representative(s)of Ihe Deceden�,P tition r(s)will well antl truly atlministerthe estata accorAin��
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DECREE OF THE REGISTER
Date ot Death: OS/09/2015
Social5ecuriry No:
Es�are of Ru�h H.Gon� File No: 21—/S'L"i/�
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AND NOW, f�� � , u� � ,in wnsideration of the foregoing Petition,
satisfactory proaf having been presentetl betore me,IT IS DECREED that Letters Teabmenlarv
areherebygrantetlto BarbaraJ.GonizantlPalriciaGonRWllson
in the above estate and(if appliwble)that t�e instrument(s)tlatetl OBIYTH98�
descnbetl in ihe Petitian Ce atlmittetl�o praba�e and fled of recorE as s(-Will(antl d il(s)) �(z/dent. /' n /1
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I, RUTH H. GONTZ, of 50 Kensington Drive, Camp Hill,
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, make, publish and declare this as
. and for my Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all other
Wills and Codicils heretofore made by me.
FIRST: I give and bequeath my household furniture and
furnishings, my personal effects, jewelry, clothing, automobiles
and all other tangible personal property, including all insurance
policies covering those items, to my husband, THOMAS EUGENE GONTZ,
provided he survives me by sixty ( 60) days; or, if he does not so
survive me, to my children who survive me, to be divided between
them equally as they may agree.
SECOND: I devise and bequeath all the rest, residue and
remainder of my estate of whatever nature and wherever situate,
including any and all property held in trust for me by Common-
wealth National Bank, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in accordance with
an inter vivos trust, same being entitled "Trust Agreement" , dated
August 27, 1987 , together with any insurance policies thereon,
unto my husband, THOMAS EUGENE GONTZ, provided he survives me by
sixty (60) days.
c� THIRD: Should my husband, Thomas Eugene Gontz,
� predecease me or die on or before the sixty-first (61st) day
following my death, I devise and bequeath all the rest, residue
�� and remainder of my estate of whatever nature and wherever
�� situate, together with any insurance policies thereon, unto my
children, PATRICIA L. GONTZ and BARBARA J. GONTZ, in equal shazes.
FOURTH: In addition to all powers granted to them by
law and by other provisions of this Will, I give the fiduciaries
acting hereunder the following powers, applicable to all property,
exercisable without court approval and effective until actual
distribution of all property:
(A) To sell at public or private sale, or to lease, for
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any period of time, any real or personal property and to give I
options for sales, exchanges or leases, for such prices and upon
such terms (including credit, with or without security) or
conditions as are deemed proper. This includes the power to give
legally sufficient instruments for transfer of the property and to
receive the proceeds of any disposition of it.
(B) To partition, subdivide, or improve real estate and
to enter into agreements concerning the partition, subdivision,
improvement, zoning or management of real estate and to impose or
extinguish restrictions on real estate.
(C) To compromise any claim or controversy and to
abandon any property which is of little or no value.
(D) To invest in all forms of property, including
stocks, common trust funds and mortgage investment funds, without
restriction to investments authorized for Pennsylvania fiduci-
aries, as are deemed proper, without regard to any principle of
diversification, risk or productivity.
(E) To exercise any option, right or privilege granted
in insurance policies or in other investments.
(F) To exercise any election or privilege given by the
Federal and other tax laws, including, but not necessarily being
limited to, personal income, gift and estate or inheritance tax
laws.
(G) To make distributions to my herein named benefici-
�� aries in cash or in kind or partly in each.
� (H) To borrow money from themselves or others in order
�"� to pay debts, taxes, or estate or trust administration expenses,
`� to protect or improve any property held under my will, and for
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( I ) To select a mode of payment under any qualified
retirement plan (pension plan, profit sharing plan, employee stock
ownership plan, or any other type of qualified plan) to the extent
the plan or the law permits them to do so, and to exercise any
other rights which they may have under the plan, in whatever
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FIFTH: I direct that all inheritance, estate, transfer,
succession and death taxes, of any kind whatsoever, which may be
payable by reason of my death, whether or not with respect to
property passing under this Will, shall be paid out of the princi-
pal of my residuary estate.
SIXTH: All interests hereunder, whether principal or
income, which undistributed and in the possession of the fiduci-
aries acting hereunder, even though vested or distributable, shall
not be subject to attachment, execution or sequestration for any
debt, contract, obligation or liability of any beneficiary, and
furthermore, shall not be subject to pledge, assignment, convey-
ance or anticipation.
SEVENTH: I nominate and appoint my husband, THOMAS
EUGENE GONTZ, Executor of this, my Last Will and Testament. In
the event of the death, resignation or inability to serve for any
reason whatsoever of the said Thomas Eugene Gontz, I nominate and
appoint PATRICIA L. GONT2 and BARSARA J. GONTZ, or the survivor
thereof, Co-Executrixes of this, my Last Will and Testament. I
direct that my Executor or Executrix, as the case may be, and
their successors, shall not be required to post security or a bond
for the performance of their duties in any jurisdiction.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
to this, my Last Will and Testament, this 27th day of August,
1987.
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Ruth H. Gontz
Signed, sealed, published and declared by the above-
named Testatrix as and for her Last Will and Testament in our
presence, who, at her request, in her presence and in the presence
of each other, have hereunto subscribed our names as attesting
witnesses.
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OATH OF NON-SUBSCRIBING WITNESS(ES)
RF.GIS�PEROF WILLS
CUMBFRLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
Gstate of Ru[h H. Gontz , Deceased
Barbara J. Gon[z and patricia Gontz Wilson
(cach) being duly qunlified according to law, depose(s) and say(s) that she/he /they was/ were well-
xcquaintcd with Ruth H. Gontz and am/are familiar
with the handwriting and signature of the decedcnt, and thnt the signature o( Ruth H. Uontz
ro tlic foregoing instmmcnt purporting to bc thc Last Will and TestamenUCodicil of
Ruth H. Gontz is in his/her own proper handwriting.
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Camp Ilill PA 1701 I Lawu, PA 1704L
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REGISTER OF WILLS Certificate of Grant uf Letters
CUVI73ERLAND COtinTY, PENNSYLVAVIA
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/ ;�i `s �\ s ESTATE OF Ruth H. Gon[z
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WHERBAS, on the 25th day of March, 2015, the instrument dated
August 27, U87, was admitted to probate as the Last W ill oC Ruth 1I. Gontz late of
Lower Allen Townshiq who died on the 9[h day of March,2015, and
WFIEREAS, a true copy of the will as probated is annexed hereto.
THERfiFORE, ], Lisa M. Grayson, Esq., Registcr of W ills in and for the County of
Cumberland, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, hereby certify that I have this day
gra�ted Letters Testamentary to Barbara J. Gontz and Patricia Gontz Wilsoq f/n/a
Patricia L. Gontz who duly qualified as Executrix and who agreed [o administzr the estate
according to law, al] of which fully appea�s of record in my officc at Cadisle,
Pennsyivania.
IN "lESTIMONY W HEREOF, I have hereunm set my hand and a�xed[he seal of my office
the 25th day of Mmch,2015.
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