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Home My WebLink About03-30-15 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 request(s)the grant of Letters in the appropriate form: Decedent's Information a�� r - 03�{� Name: SARA B. HARPER File No: J a/k/a: SARA BELLE HARPER (Assigned by Register) a/k/a: aJk/a: Social Security No: Date of Death: March 13, 2015 Age at death: 90 Decedent was domiciled at death in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Srate)with his/her last principal residence at 38 Abb_ey Ct., Carlisle 17015 South Middleton Twsp Cumberland Street address,Post Oftice and Zip Code City,Township or Borough County Decedent died at 38 Abbev Ct., Carlisle 17015 South Middleton Twsp Cumberland PA Street address,Post OfTice and Zip Code City,Township or Borough County State Estimate of value of decedent's property at death: Ifdomiciled in Pennsylvania.......... .................. All personal property $ 400,000.00 If not domiciled in Pennsylvania. .............. ......... Personal property in Pennsylvania $ If not domiciled in Pennsylvania. ....................... Personal property in County $ Valare of real estate in Pennsylvania......................................................... $ 130,000.00 TOTAL ESTIMATED VALUE. ... $ 530,000.00 Real estate in Pennsylvania situated at: 38 AbbeV Ct., Carlisle 17015 South Middleton Twsp Cumberland (Attach additional sheets,if necessary.) Street address,Post Office aud 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 AUgust 8, 2012 and Codicil(s) thereto dated n/8 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 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 nar ever adjudicated 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 Relationshi Address � � � � � � C? � �'? � � :�i �' r,,`� 7� �T� �y C_ � �,� r,� m �" '"'S C� 7 w '�f) ? - .. • ' " � ^,.,."� �� . ''`.:,y �.a'�..� ..�� li ►-� s�_ r�n ;�? ►—' �" p -_� � ^c1 Form RW-02 rev.10/11/2011 ' �e 1 of 2 �'"p �� n �t � � � --� �-,� � ""� t�. Cr� �'..:`� c_:� ,\ y Oath of Personal Representative �`� �'. �f��a se oniy-:, � ,�.r . ,� ..� . ', �.��f �.- ; �. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA } -�„ `�,,,, y= C"n a } S S: k:;,:,; t.�? t � c� iJ � COUNTY OF Cumberland } - � � Petitioner(s)Printed Name Petitioner(s)Printed Address LARRY V. BOOR 931 Forest Court, Carlisle, PA 17013 The Petitioner(s)above-named swear(s)or affirm(s)the statements in the foregoing Petition are true and cottect to the best of the knowledge and belief of Petitioner(s)and that,as Personal Representative(s)of the Decedent,the Petitioner(s)will well and huly administer the estate according to law. Sworn to r affirmed a d ubscribed before Y Date 3 3d � me th' d��ay of ar�h , O�S Date By. ' Date Fo he R gister Date BOND Required:QYES QNO To the Register of Wills: FEES' Please enter my appearance by my signature below: Lett s.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ �"'� � Attorney Signature: - ( � ) Short Certificate(s). . . . . . ' � �� i ( )Renunciation(s).. . . . . . . . ,- - ( )Codicil(s). . . . . . . . . . . . . � - ( )Affidavit(s).. . . . . . . . . . . Bond.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Printed lvame: Adam R. Deluca Esquire Commission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Supreme Court th r . . . . . . . . ID Number: 311738 � .oa Firm Name: Allied Attorneys of Central Pennsylvania n � � , . . , , , ��b address: 61 W. Louther Street ' " . . , , , , Carlisle, PA 17013 . . . . . . . . Phone: 717-249-1177 Automation Fee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fax: 717-249-4514 7CS Fee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . •J Email: adeluca alliedattornevsllc.com TOTAL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . � . b DECREE OF THE REGISTER Estate of Sara B. Harper File No: �� /��'��3� I a/k/a: Sara Belle Harper AND NOW, .�=-(�/ ( � 3G , �O l5 , in consideration of the foregoing Petition, satisfactory proof having been presented before me,IT IS DECREED that Letters Testamentary are hereby granted to Larrv V Boor in the above estate and(if applicable)that the instrument(s) dated Auqust 8 2012 described in the Petition be admitted to probate and filed of rec rd as the last Will(and C d' il(s))of Decedent. � �� egister of Wills Form RW-02 rev.�oillizo�i age 2 of REGISTER OF WILLS CERTIFICATE OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY GRANT OF LETTERS PENNSYLVANIA � , _� , No. 2015- 0034� PA No. 21- 15- 0341 Estate Of: SARA B HARPER lFiist,Middle,Lastl a/k/a: SARA BELLE HARPER La te Of: SOUTH MIDDLETON TOWNSHIP CUMBERLAND COUNTY Deceased Social Securi ty No: WHEREA5, on the 30th day of March 2015 an instrument dated August 8th 2012 was admitted to probate as the last will of SARA B HARPER (First,Middle,LasU a/k/a SARA BELLE HARPER late of SOUTH M/DDLETON TOWNSH/P, CUMBERLAND County, who died on the 13th day of March 2015 and, WHEREAS, a true copy of the will as probated is annexed hereto. THEREFORE, I, L/SA M. GRAYSON, ESQ. , Register of Wills in and for CUMBERLAND County, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, hereby certify that I have this day granted Letters TESTAMENTARY to: LARRY V BOOR who has duly qualified as EXECUTOR(R/Xl and has agreed to administer the estate according to law, all of which fully appears of record in my office at CUMBERLAND COUNTY COURT HOUSE, CARLISLE, PENNSYL VANIA. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office on the 30th day of March 20�5. � �_%, ' ' ' ��--� Register of ills 1 � �/ �tit De u y Lz.. S' e� tf3 O �.:'". !1J � (�.J t'..... 1'�:.,. 'i .C.� t--� . , � �,L :.i:. � l.,w... L", Lt.. t:t_ � :> ��.:� , ,�'7 e ,. �� ". ,�.�,,. 4 .� � �;��,...�� L...� �'�» ""'.. C:l f-,.. � ....1 '�t C:.I EY E17 c� C:� � L�:1 �; � � **N�''�'* ALL NAMES ABOVE APPEAR (FIRST, MIDDLE, LAST) . ��., ' � � � � � � � c� Q i-� � � � �,-� � :�°� r> r- ��_y c;-3 C.J �,.i �-�-� � �t p r t::� , . , ¢M3 �J � c::7 -� '1 --t-Y .� "1 " �.�, „: <'� `t F,.,,� a' f'r7 ,� 1 v't Cn � N � LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF SARA B. HARPER I, SARA B. HARPER, of 38 Abbey Court, The Villas, South Middleton Township, Cumberland County,Pennsylvania, being of sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding, do make, publish and declare this to be my Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking and making void all previous Wills and Codicils heretofore made by me. I declare that I am now the widow of John W. Harper, who died on February 7, 1997. I had two (2) children prior to my marriage to John W. Harper, to wit: A daughter Sara Suzanne �. Parker of 9115 Grant Avenue, Manassas, Virginia 20110 and a daughter Janet Joyce Grams of 9 C�,�` �,. East Country Club Drive, Phoenix, Arizona 85014. I have no deceased children or any other a - children living by my husband or otherwise. I also have three grandchildren from my daughter Janet Joyce Grams, to wit: Lesa Lynn Bornost, a granddaughter born August 4, 1968, Travis Tyler Grams, a grandson born August 28, 1969, and Daniel Roe Heatherly Grams, a grandson born February 4, 1976. Page 1 of 8 Last Will & Testament of Sara B. Harper FIRST Arrangements for my burial site have already been made with Cumberland Valley Memorial Garden. I am to be placed with my deceased husband, John W. Harper, in the Mausoleum purchased prior to my death. SECOND I order and direct my personal representative hereinafter named to pay all of my just debts, funeral expenses and expenses involved or connected with the administration of my estate as soon after my death as is reasonably possible. However, my personal representative need not accelerate and pay those unmatured obligations which, in his,her or its opinion, it might be � proper and more advantageous to retain or renew and pay as they become due and payable. � '�\ �,� THIRD \ I give, devise and bequeath items of my personal property according to a separate memorandum which I will place with my Will and deposit with my Attorney. In the absence of such disposition by memorandum, I direct that the said tangible personal property be divided between my residual beneficiaries with due regard for their personal preferences in as nearly equal shares as practical, with the value of such dispositions being credited to the share of each respective recipient. Page 2 of 8 Last Will & Testament of Sara B. Harper FOURTH I give, devise and bequeath the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, together with all insurance proceeds thereon of whatever nature and wheresoever situate to my children and grandchildren that survive me by sixty(60) days, in the following percentages: A. To my daughter, SARA SUZANNE PARKER, forty percent (40%), B. To my daughter, JANET JOYCE GRAMS, forty percent (40%), C. To my granddaughter, LESA LYNN BORNOST, ten percent (10%), D. To my grandson, TRAVIS TYLER GRAMS, ten percent (10%). FIFTH I grant my personal representative the following powers in addition to and not in , �� `�� limitation of such powers as my personal representative shall hold by law: (a) To retain all property received including the stock of any corporate fiduciary acting hereunder, provided such property remains productive. (b) To join in any corporation, partnership, recapitalization, merger, reorganization or voting trust plan; to delegate authority with respect thereto; to deposit investments under agreements and pay assessments; and generally to exercise all rights of investors, including but not limited to, the voting of shares. Page 3 of 8 Last Will & Testament of Sara B. Harper (c) To manage, operate, repair, improve, mortgage or lease on any terms any real estate held or owned by my estate. (d) To operate any business that I may own at my death. (e) To invest any funds of my estate in any stocks, bonds, notes or other securities or property, real or personal, without regard to the principle of diversification or any other statute or general rule of law in his, her or its absolute discretion, it being my intention to give my personal representative the broadest investment powers possible, providing such investments do not unnecessarily prevent the prompt settlement of my estate. n� . �'� (� To sell or otherwise dispose of any property, real or personal, tangible or �, ',; intangible, at any time forming a part of my estate in any manner and on such terms and conditions as my personal representative shall see fit in his, her its absolute discretion. (g) To borrow money for the payment of taxes of for any other proper purposes in the administration of my estate, and to mortgage or pledge estate assets as security. (h) To compromise claims without court approval including, but not limited to, any controversies with the United States of America or the Commonwealth of Page 4 of 8 Last Will & Testament of Sara B. Harper Pennsylvania concerning estate and inheritance taxes on any interests that may pass under this my Last Will and Testament. (i) To distribute in cash or in kind upon any division or distribution of my estate. (j) To undertake any and all acts deemed necessary and proper by my personal representative far the proper, advantageous and prompt management of the settlement of my estate. (k) In general, to exercise all powers in the management of my estate which any individual could exercise in the management of similar property owned in his own � ri ht, u on such terms and conditions as to him, her or it may seem best and to � g P � .. �� execute and deliver all instruments and to do all acts which he, she or it deems `` necessary or proper to carry out the purposes of this, my Last Will and Testament. SIXTH No interest of any beneficiary of my estate, either in income or in principal, shall be subject to anticipation ar pledge, assignment, sale or transfer in any manner, nor shall any beneficiary have the power in any manner to charge or encumber his interest either in income or principal, nor shall the interest of any beneficiary be liable or subject in any manner while in the possession of my personal representative for the liability of such beneficiary. Page 5 of 8 Last Will & Testament of Sara B. Harper SEVENTH I nominate, constitute and appoint my friend, LARRY V. BOOR, as personal representative of this my Last Will and Testament. I direct that my personal representative shall not be required to give or post bond for the faithful performance of his, her or its duties in this or any other jurisdiction. EIGHTH I hereby declare it to be my expressed desire that my personal representative employ the law firm of Stephanie E. Chertok, Esquire, of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, for legal advice ,� �� and assistance regarding this my Last Will and Testament, they having considerable knowledge `� \ of my affairs, views and wishes respecting any matters that may arise at the probate of this instrument, the administration of my estate, and the execution of the powers herein mentioned. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand to this my Last Will and Testament this�day of � � , 2012. � WITNESS: , _��./.��''`J SARA B. HARPER �� • Page 6 of 8 Last Will & Testament of Sara B. Harper ACKNOWLEDGMENT COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA : : SS COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND : I, SARA B. HARPER,the testatrix whose name is signed to the attached or foregoing instrument, having been duly qualified according to law, do hereby acknowledge that I signed and executed the instrument as my Last Will and Testament; that I signed it willingly, and that I signed it as my free and voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed. 1 ��.�/� �� ✓ � ' SARA B. HARPER �,� � ~,� L Sworn or affirmed and acknowledged before me by SARA B. HARPER the testatrix this �da�of , 2012. �� i" ��*�� ;� �L � 7�t:r` ,.'u> r.�...�zo�i�i,�a,r°�.,��+ki�'�.,»:."ili4�w � � ,��_ '�r;�J�tsiEtil��f�'�4�16`��..a.a�'i� v e r;;?v ,��.� v� �t,,.:al i� �'tiiae�"�V ':�'!�° � ,�z,Yn 6�� i.�................�...��..._...a...��.._......�._�..,�n...._.�.........�.,k Page 7 of 8 Last Will & Testament of Sara B. Harper AFFIDAVIT COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA : : SS COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND : WE, �� R - �� and ��i�GL' �� rnin�ir��the witnesses whose names are attached to the foregoing document, being duly qualified according to law, do depose and say that we were present and saw testatrix sign and execute the instrument as her Last Will and Testament; that she signed willingly and that she executed it as her free and voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed; that each subscribing witness in the hearing and sight of the testatrix signed the Last Will and Testament as witnesses and that to the best of our \`� knowledge the testatrix was at the time 18 or mare years of age, of sound mind and under no , � constraint or undue influence. _ � i � �� . ; � Sworn or affirmed and subscribed before me by ��IYt ��c� and �`�c:.e l..-�ly►�yn�r�v►,�n, this �� day of - , 2012. � � ��14^ t y {. 4'.. � �,ti�tj�lk��" �:�.51a sc.."> ,i 4;t.�i ��5,..,od�w e f �1��z��, ��CQ�C��i�iF��"i�4 °�f �� `�1Piiif ��Lht�11 t,�YlfS:%�C;a�1i:�'•'��r i�4.�3 �,��,...��,'�� Page 8 of 8