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Home My WebLink About06-10-15 IN THE COURT OF COMMON PL1;AS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA ORPHANS' COURT DIVISION NO. 21-15-397 ESTATE OF DONALD F. PRATT PRAECIPE TO ATTACH Please attach the Last Will and Testament of Donald Pratt dated February 19, 2002. Respectfully submi�ted, BARIC SCHERER I:,LC � , , � David A. Baric, F.sc�uire Date: June 10, 2015 I.D. # 44853 19 West South Sti•eet Carlisle, Pennsylvania 17013 (717) 249-6873 � c-� �:� �-- �-.., o `'� �r� .�,7 V�,' ..v' t�.. �� ,, •� _ �..., , ,,y, _; -_ _._ �"� _, , .., � a —� . . .,., .. ��.... ,.._._ ... ,.,J 1—„� � � ,1 � ��..� ._� --� i l . a C�� . ,,. �,:;,1 C.n.� �..:i ':�� C7� �.7 AJ '-,�\. v i � I LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF DONALD PRATT �� I, Dar�ald Pratt, of Cumbe�i�t�d Cot�nty, Peflt�sy��nia, being of sot�t�d and disposing mind, memory and understanding, do hereby make, pubiish and declare this as and for my Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all other wills and codicils� heretofore made by me. FlRST � 1 direct the payment of my debts and the expense� of my iast iNness and funeral from my estate as soon after my death as conveniently may be done. � is connection I authorize m ersonal representative to expend funds � Further, �n th , Y P � from my estate, in such amount as my personal representative shall consider e� necessary and desirable #or#he purchase, erec#ion and inscription o#a suitable marker for my grave. SECOND I may identify, in a subsequent writing, the disposition of certain items of property and it is my direction to my Executors to follow those instructions. Additionally, my h�irs may select itemS of personal property which my Executor(s) shall value and charge against #he heir's share of#he estate. I give the sum of $5,000 to Heidi Maurice Sowers and a like amount to Brooke Maurice. , � ,m,��,�-��,�.,�� , , . � - 1 � THlRD I All the rest, residue and remainder ofi my estate, read, personal or mixed l � wherever situate, I give, devise and bequeath, in equal shares, unto my neice Kathy i Maurice and my sister Grovene K. Starner, should they survive me by a period of thirty (30) days. Should my sister predecease me or fail to survive me by thirty (30) days, then I give, devise and bequeath her share to Kathy Maurice. Should Kathy Maurice predecease me or fail to survive me by thirty (30) days, then 1 give, devise and � bequeath her share to her children. Provided that with respect to an heir, if they have not reached age thirty (30) � I ive devise and bequeath their share of my estat� to Glenn prior to my death, g , Maurice as Trustee, under the foilowing eonditions: � A) My Trustee shall hold the principal of the Trust for each heir in a separate trust under the following provisions: 1. My Trustee shall pay to or for the benefit of my heir the net income from his trust in quarter-annual installments during his life, together with so much principal as my Trustee, from time to time, sha11 deem advisable for his heaith, maintenance, support and complete education. 2. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, after attainment of twenty- five (25) years the heir may withdraw one-half (1/2) of the principal of his trust valued as of said birthday and after attaining age thirty (30) years the heir �h ithdraw the remainder of said principal and undistributed income. � ,,.,��,, ,� ,�,� � � . , � � i 3. Upon the death of of an heir prior to the termination of his trust, my � Trus#ee shall distribute the remair�ing principal as the heir shall appoint by speci#ic reference to this power in his will, or if such power is not exercised in full, the unappointed principal shall be distributed to his issue, per stirpes, or in default of such � issue, as otherwise provided by law. � � FOURTH I nomina#e, constitute and appoint , Kathy M�urice and Grovene K. b� Starner, as Co- Executors of this my Last Will and Testament. I relieve my personat � representative from the necessity of posting security in connection with his or her duties as such in any jurisdiction in which he or she may be called upon to act insofar � as I am able by law to dp so. � FiFTH In addition to the powers conferred by law, I authorize my Co-Executors in their absolute discretion: A. To retain in the form received, and to sell either at public or private �' sale any real or personal property. ; �� B. To manage real estate. C. To invest and reinvest in all forms of property without being confined to legal investments, and without regard to the principal of diversification. D. To exercise any option or rights arising from ownership of investments. E. To compromise claims without court approval, and without the consent of any beneficiary. ' SIXTH This Will shall be interpreted pursuant to the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania where i# was prepared and execu#ed. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, 1 have hereunto set my hand and seal to this, my Last Will and Testament, consisting of four (4) typewritten pages, the first three (3) pages of which bear my signature in the margin for the purpose of identification, this the 19th day of February, 2002. � SEAL I � ) ' Donald Pratt Signed, sealed, published and declared by the above named testator Donald Pratt , as and for his Last Will and Testament, in the presence of us, who, at his request, in his sight and presence, and in the sight and presence of each other, have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses. ��ji� ADDRESS I � � .�kw�o,� �`, ��`s� Q� I�a �3 �,,/"'�t.��.,' � . a�(��,IADDRESS r�� iv �tit��ad .�t. !�!P- . I-�f� fl��?T �� t�.��`�::-�� , � ,.,K.�oru_.n�-�rm' r f �' I I I �I I I I � ' COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA : I COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND � � � � �� and ��""�'`�� ,� We, Donald Pratt,�,1��•'U✓t the testator and the witnesses, respectively, whose names are signed to the attached or foregoing instrument, being first duly sworn, da hereby declare to th� undersigned � authority that the testator signed and executed the instrument qf t�i� Last Will, and that he signed willingly and that he executed as his free and voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed, and that each of the witnesses, in the presence and hearing of the testator, si�ned the Will as witnesses, and that to the best of their knowledge, the #estator was at the time eighteen (18) years of age or older, of sound mind and under no constraint or undue influence. 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