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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-27-15 Reset 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: Benjamin Savidge File No: a/k/a: (Assigned by Register) a/k/a: a/k/a: Social Security No: Date of Death: February 20,2015 Age at death: 85 Decedent was domiciled at death in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (State)with his/her last principal residence at 42 Oakwood Drive Wormleysburg Cumberland Street address,Post Office and Zip Code City,Township or Borough County Decedent died at 42 Oakwood Drive Wormleysburg 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 $ 1,730,000.00 If not domiciled in Pennsylvania. ....................... Personal property in Pennsylvania $ If not domiciled in Pennsylvania. ................... .... Personal property in County $ Value of real estate in Pennsylvania......................................................... $ TOTAL ESTIMATED VALUE. ... $ 1.730.000.00 Real estate in Pennsylvania situated at: (Attach additional sheets,if necessary.) Street address,Post Office and Zip Code City,Township or Borough County �v Ca 4 A. Petition for Probate and Grant of Letters Testamentary c ' Petitioner(s)aver(s)he/she/they is/are the Executor(s)named in the last Will of the Decedent,dated ' :7 andT�o thereto dated April 2,2014 Carolyn Enid Savidge.and Thomas P (;acki renunciations *� -� — State relevant circumstances(e.g.renunciation,death of executor,etc.) CI7 f»} f7 Except as follows: after the execution of the instrument(s)offered for probate Decedent did not marry,was not divdr¢ed,yv5s notA"toy pending divorce proceeding wherein the grounds for divorce had been established as defined in 23 Pa.C.S. §3323(g);al4dii snot a cl�iddh rn or —' ^� adopted;and Decedent was neither the victim of a killing nor ever adjudicated an incapacitated person. , ; ► w y,. M. NO EXCEPTIONS C)EXCEPTIONS t} c-2`, 0 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 d.b.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. 0 NO EXCEPTIONS Q 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.10/11/2011 Page 1 of 2 Oath of Personal Representative Official Use Only COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA } } SS: COUNTY OF Pennsylvania } Petitioner(s)Printed Name Petitioner(s)Printed Address Grace Elizabeth Savidge 146 Sycamore Ridge Drive Bermuda Run NC 27006 A The Petitioner(s)above'tamed sweaj(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 tas Persona;.Repiesentative(s)of the Decedent,the Petitioner(s)will well and truly administer the estate according to law. Sworn r o affifned,and subscribed before � ��� Date - z7 me thi Na-y�o �'c ?' ,�OI Date By: { l--tt,f)'- Date For the Register Date BOND Required: Q YES (D NO To the Register of Wills: FEES: {{ Please enter my appearance by my signature below: Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ Attorney Si ature: ( 4)Short Certificate(s). . . . . . �O ( Z )Renunciation(s).. . . . . . . . 1 r� ( )Codicil(s). . . . . . . . . . . . . ( )Affidavit(s).. . . . . . . . . . . Bond.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Printed Name: Thomas P.Gacki Commission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Supreme Court OtherwiI I . . . • • • • • ID Number: 44864 I nVOOro 124 . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . �) Firm Name: Eckert Seamans . . . . . . . . Address: 213 Market Street,8th Floor Harrisburg,PA 17101 Phone: 717-237-6093 Automation Fee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fax: 717-237-6019 JCS Fee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3�j',Ij 0 Email: -tgacki(4eck rtceamanc cnm TOTAL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ I I"1g,spe-e6 DECREE OF THE REGISTER Estate of Beniamin Savidge File No: 21" Co 33� a/k/a: AND NOW, 'rna 3 ,��V , inconsideration of the foregoing Petition, satisfactory proof having been presented before me,IT IS DECREED that Letters Testamentary are hereby granted to Grace Elizabeth Savidge in the above estate and(if applicable)that the instrument(s)dated April 2,2014 described in the Petition be admitted to probate and filed of record as the last Will (and myamm� Cod eicill(s))of Decedent. ister of W 1s j M4?j� Form RW-o1 rev.10111120111� 6ike 2 of 2 REC4R� 0 QFr". ICE dr -REGiSTI"R cf wiu-s� WILL ?01'5 MR 27 M 1111 O F GLEE`k 0F. BENJAMIN SAVIDGE OR'PHAt4S" `C 0 , r,- ` I01, BE=NJAMIN SAVIDGE, of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, make this .my Last Will, hereby revoking any and all former Wills or Codicils made by me. ARTICLE ONE Payment of Last Expenses I direct my Personal Representative to pay the expenses of my last illness and my funeral expenses as soon as may be convenient after my death. ARTICLE TWO Tangible Personal Property Section 1. Spouse Surviving. I give my automobiles, household and personal effects, and other tangible personal property of like nature (not including cash or securities), together with any existing insurance thereon, to my spouse, CAROLYN ENID SAVIDGE, if my said spouse survives me by sixty (60) days. Section 2. Spouse Not Surviving. If my said spouse fails to survive me' by sixty (60) days, I give said property as I may have provided in a memorandum kept with the original of this Will, or to the extent not so provided, to such of my children as are living on the sixty-first (61st) day after my death in such shares or by such items as they may agree upon. Any such property not so distributed shall be sold and the proceeds added to my residuary estate and pass under Article Three hereof. ARTICLE THREE Residue All of the residue of my estate, excluding any property over which I have a power of appointment, I give to the Trustees under the BENJAMIN SAVIDGE AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOCABLE TRUST dated today, as amended at any time prior to my death, (hereinafter, the "Revocable Trust") to be added to and to form a part of the Trust Estate held under said Revocable Trust, or, if said Revocable Trust is not in effect at the time of my death, to be held in trust on the same terms and conditions specified in the instrument(s) governing said Revocable Trust as it existed at fL0540030.1} the time of the execution of this Will or of the last codicil hereto, with like effect as if said terms and conditions were set forth herein verbatim. ARTICLE FOUR Personal Representative I appoint my spouse, CAROLYN ENID SAVIDGE and THOMAS P. GACKI, as my Co-Personal Representatives under this Will. My said spouse, or any successor Personal Representative, shall have' the authority, in his or her sole discretion, to appoint another individual or bank as an additional or successor Personal Representative, or to renounce his or her appointment in favor,of another individual or a bank. If my said spouse is,unable or unwilling to act or to continue to act as my Personal Representative under this Will, and a successor has, not been appointed, appoint my daughter, GRACE ELIZABETH SAVIDGE and THOMAS P. GACKI, as successor Co-Personal Representatives. If my said daughter is,unable or unwilling to act or to continue to act as my Co-Personal Representative under this Will, I appoint DEBORAH E. CONRAD, as successor Co-Personal Representative. In the event THOMAS P. GACKI is ,unable or unwilling to actor to continue to act as my Co- Personal Representative, no successor Co-Personal :Representative to. THOMAS P. GACKI is mandatory. In addition to the powers conferred by law, my Personal Representative shall have the following discretionary powers, exercisable without the need to obtain court approval: Section 1. Power to Retain Assets. To retain as part of my estate any property received hereunder, without any duty of diversification. Section 2. . Power to Invest. To invest.and reinvest the principal-of my estate in such stocks, bonds, mortgages, securities or other property, real or personal, without being limited to the classes�of securities or investments in which fiduciaries are by law authorized to invest funds. Section 3. Power to , Deal With Assets. To sell, exchange,, lease, encumber, option or otherwise dispose of all or any portion of my estate, real or personal in such manner and upon• such terms and conditions as are deemed advisable, and to make, execute and deliver any documents necessary to effectuate any powers herein granted. 1 Section 4. Tax Powers. In connection with the making and filing of all income tax, estate, inheritance and other death tax, gift tax and other tax returns and the paying of such taxes, to make such elections, . decisions, concessions and settlements, including extensions of time for the payment of any Federal estate taxes or other taxes due, as may be deemed .proper, without liability to :any person thereby affected, and without the,necessity of,making compensating adjustments. - 2 - and other taxes of a similar nature payable by reason of my death, I authorize my Personal Representative to borrow money and for that purpose to mortgage any such real estate and to execute and deliver all notes, 'bonds, mortgages, and other instruments and to perform all acts necessary, proper or convenient in connection therewith, any and all such loans and mortgages to be made in the sole discretion of my Personal Representative and for such amounts and upon such terms as my Personal Representative deems proper. I authorize my Personal Representative, without the necessity of petitioning any court for approval or confirmation, to sell at any time all or part of the real estate which I own at my death to, any one or more of my children or their issue for such price and upon such terms and conditions as all of my surviving children may agree. ARTICLE FIVE Waiver of Bond I direct that no Personal Representative or any other fiduciary named hereunder shall be required to give bond for the faithful performance of duty in any jurisdiction. ARTICLE SIX Source of Payment of Debts, Expenses and Taxes All estate taxes, inheritance taxes, transfer taxes and other taxes of similar nature, together with any interest and penalties thereon, payable by reason of my death upon the property constituting my gross estate for death tax purposes, whether or not such property passes under this Will, and all debts, costs of administration and other proper expenses, paid by my Personal Representative shall, except to the extent paid by my Trustees, be paid from the principal of my residuary estate passing under Article Three, without reimbursement from or apportionment among the legatees or devisees or persons having a beneficial interest in any such property. Assets sold by my Personal Representative to make payments hereunder shall be selected, to the extent advisable, so as to minimize the recognition by my estate of gain for income tax purposes. My Personal Representative may enter into such agreement to pay all or any part of the death taxes on any future interest as may be deemed appropriate, and such agreement shall be binding upon all parties in interest. - 4 - ARTICLE SEVEN Interpretation of Will Section 1. Singular and Plural; Use of Gender. Whenever used herein, the singular shall .include the plural, the plural the singular and .the .use -of any gender shall be applicable to all genders. Section 2. Definition_ of Child, Children or Issue. Whenever the terms "child," "children" and "issue" are used herein, such terms shall be-interpreted to.include adopted children, regardless of the date of adoption, .with full effect as if they were the natural children of the adopting parents. Such terms are also intended to include persons in,gestation at any pertinent time under this Will, ,provided such persons survive birth by thirty (30) days. Section 3. Captions. The captions.of articles and sections of this Will are for convenience of reference only and shall not,affect the interpretation of this Will. Section 4. Governing Law. I hereby declare that I am. a domiciliary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and that the succession laws and other applicable laws of the 'Commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall control the interpretation of this Will and the ownership of any other -property passing at the time of my death other than under this Will, and that no succession laws of any other nation or state shall have any applicability to this Will or the ownership of any other property passing at the time of my death other than under this Will. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal to the original of this Will only this 2nd day of April, 2014. (SEAL) BENJAMIN SAVIDGE Signed, sealed, published and declared by the above-named, Maker, as and for said person's Will in the presence of us and each of us, who, *at said person's request, in said person's presence and in the presence of each other, have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses thereto the day and year last above written. Residingat Gl/I� Residing at o '` - 5 - ftFCQRrt? C'FI✓ICE 0 ' REC` S-TEil 0,F..WTLLS- ?DIS ,MRR 27 Hn 1132 RENUNCIATION 0 RR H A Pt C.-Om—? T REGISTER OF WILLS :C 3ER4r,� �, Cumberland COUNTY,PENNSYLVANIA Estate of Benjamin Savidge .Deceased I, Carolyn Enid Savidge ,in my capacity/relationship as (Print Name) Spouse and named Co-Executor of the above Decedent,hereby renounce the right to administer the Estate of the Decedent and respectfully request that Letters be issued to Grace Elizabeth Savidge 2-M- (Date) (Signature) 42 Oakwood Drive (Street Address) Wormleysburg, PA 17043 (City.State,Zip) Executed in Register's Office Executed out of Register's Office Sworn to or affirmed and subscribed Before the undersigned personally appeared the before me this day party executing this renunciation and certified of that he or she executed the renunciation for the purposes stated within on this o�" f-' day ofQ`G Gam_. O_L5 Deputy for Register of Wills 6 ublic Commission Expires: (Signature and Seal of Notary or other official qualified to administer oaths. Show date of expiration of Notary's Commission.) OMMONWEALTH OFENN LVA IA NOTARIAL SEAL Jayne K,Brinkley,Notary/Public Form RW-06 rev.10.13.06 RW-06 r x City of Harrisburg,Dauphin County ,My Commis#Ion Expires July 20,2018 N E ,PENNSYLVANIA A550WATION OF N A IE 1 CC RECORDED OF ICEr_ REG1SMR C'F MLL.-S HIS MRH 27 Pn 1132' C-LE R 4 F RENUNCIATION ,ORPRARS' Cry i 'C U R E'r, C" F` REGISTER OF WILLS Cumberland -COUNTY,PENNSYLVANIA Estate of Benjamin Savidge _ , Deceased I, Thomas P. Gacki ,in my capacity/relationship as (Print Name) named Co-Executor of the above Decedent,hereby renounce the right to administer the Estate of the Decedent and respectfully request that Letters be issued to Grace Elizabeth Savidge I 7/ L (Date) (Signature) 213 Market Street 8th Floor (Street Address) Harrisburg, PA 17112 (City,State,Zip) Executed in Register's Office Executed out of Register's Office Sworn to or affirmed and subscribed Before the undersigned personally appeared the before me this day party executing this renunciation and certified of that he or she executed the renunciation for the purposes stated within on this day of ✓S Deputy for Register of Wills tary Pu ie " My Commission Expires: r (Signature and Seat of Notary or other official qualified to administer oaths. Show date of expiration of Notary's Commission.) . 'OMMONWEALTH OF PENNIXLYANIA NOTARIAL SEAL ' Jennifer L.Sko}F,Notary Public Form RW-06 rev.10.13.06 RW-O6 ° City of Harrisburg,Dauphin County *Commission Expires Dec.9,Mill M ER,. 4 MNS LVAMIA A890CIATION