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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: Eva Prichard File No: �l>
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a/k/a: Social Security No: 195-16-4217
Date of Death: June 4 2015 Age at death: 90
Decedent was domiciled at death in CUMBERLAND County, pA (Srare)with his/her last
principal residence at ManorCare Health Services 1700 Market Street Camn Hill Borout;h Cumberland Countv,PA 17011
Street address,Post Office and Zip Code City,Township m•Boraugh County
Decedent died at ManorCare Health Services 1700 Market Street Camp Hill Borough Cumberland Countv,PA 17011
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 $ 50,000.00
If not domici[ed in Pennsylvania. ......... . . ......... ... Personal property in Pennsylvania $
If not domiciled in Pennsylvania. .. .. ......... . .... ..... Personal property in County �
Valae of rea!estate in Pennsylvania...... .... ..... . . . ....... ....... . . . ... . .... . .. .. ... . . ... . $
TOTAL ESTIMAT�D VALC;G. . . . $ 50.000.00
Real estate in Pennsylvania situated at:
(Attach additional sheets,if necessary.) Street address,Post Office and Zip Code City,Township or Borough County
� 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 9�22�2009 and Codicil(s)
thereto dated
State relevant circumstances(e.g.renunciallon,death of ezecieta�,etc.)
Except as follows: after the execution of the instrument(s)offered for probate Decedent did not ma�ry,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 (Ifappticable)
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.
�NO EXCEPTIONS � EXCEPTIONS
Petitioner(s),after a proper searcb has/have ascertained that Decedent left no Will and was survivedby tl�e following spouse(ifany)and heirs(attach
additional sheets, if necessary):
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Petitioner(s)Printed Name Petitioner(s)Printecl Address_ ` " " �'
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Michael Wa ne Prichard 30 Oak Road York Haven PA 17370 � ��= "
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Janet Louise Prichard Jones 1141 Loo Drive,Harrisbur ,PA 17112 _
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The Petitioner(s)above-named swear(s)or affirm(s)the statements in the foregoing Petition are true a correct to the best of the knowledge and belief
of Petitioner(s)and that,as Personal Representative(s)of the Decedent,the Petitio r( 1 well and truly administer the estate according to la�
Sworn to or ffirmed bscribed�ore � - Date � ��i I
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BOND Required: � YES � NO To the Register of Wills:
FEES• Please enter my appeararice b}� my signature below:
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Bond.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Printed Name: Benjamin J.F3utler
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Estate of Eva Prichard File No: � l_ �� � `�
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AND NOW, (1 .�17(7 �g , �a�� , in consideration of the 1fo.regoing Petition,
satisfactory proof having been presented before me,IT IS DECREED that Letters ,re�/�l�/'� C.�!
are hereby granted to �� I' j G� �° "�'��� ,� � �h
�Gr/�� U�S'� i� ` h � in the above estate and(if applicable)that
the instrument(s) dated � �
described in the Petition be admi ted to probate and filed of reeord as the last Will (�nd Codicil(s)) of Decedent.
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REGISTER OF WILLS CERTIFICATE OF
CUMBERLAND COUNTY GRANT OF LETTERS
PENNSYLVANIA
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Es ta te Of: EVA PRICHARD
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WHEREAS, on the 19th day of June 2015 an instrument dated
September 22nd 2009 was admitted to probate as the last will of
EVA PRICHARD
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late of CAMP H/LL BOROUGH, CUMBERLAND County,
who died on the 4th day of June 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:
MICHAEL WAYNE PRICHARD and JANET LOUISE PRICHARD JONES
who have duly qualified as EXECUTOR(R/X)
and have agreed to administer the estate according to Iaw, 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 19th day of June 2015.
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EVA PRICHARD �7 `�r
I, EVA PRICHARD, of Swatara Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, do
make,publish and declare this to be my Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all Wills and
Codicils by me at any time made.
ITEM 1. I direct that all inheritance and estate taXes becoming due by reason of
my death, whether such taxes may be payable by my estate or by any recipient of any property,
shall be paid by my Executors out of my residuary estate, as an expei�lse and cost of
administration of my estate. My Executors shall have no duty or obligation to obtain
reimbursement for any such tax so paid, even though on proceeds of irlsurance or othef•property �`
not passing under this Will. In t�e absolute discretion of my Executoi-s, they may pay such taxes
immediately or may postpone the payment of taxes on future or rem���iilder interests until the time
possession thereof accrues to the beneficiaries. I also direct my Executors to pay the expenses of
my last illness and funeral expenses from the property passing under this Will as an expense and
cost of administration of my estate.
ITEM 2. I give and bequeath the sum of Nine Thousand($9,000.00) Dollars to
my grandson, ROGER PRICHARD, of Virginia, if he survives me.
ITEM 3. I give and bequeath the sum of Nine Thous��nd ($9,000.00) Dollars to
my granddaughter, JILL DIEHL, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, if she �urvives me.
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ITEM 4. I give and bequeath the sum of Nine ($9,000.00) Dollars to my
grandson, JARED PRICHARD, of Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, if hc survives me.
ITEM 5. I give, devise and bequeath all the rest, residue and retnainder of my estate of
any kind whatsoever, real, personal or mixed, and wherever situate ulito my children, JANET
LOUISE PRICHARD JONES of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, BEVERLY JEAN PRICHARD
FLYNN of Land-O-Lakes, Florida, and MICHAEL WAYNE PRICHARD of York Haven,
Pennsylvania, equally, share and share alike. In the event that one or more of my children should
predecease me, his or her share shall be distributed to his or her cliildren, if any, in equal shares,
or if none, to my surviving children in equal shares. My daughter, JANET LOUISE PRICHARD
JONES, borrowed the sum of Ten Thousand ($10,000.00) Dollars from me in August of 2006.
That amount and any additional amounts that JANET LOUISE PRICHARD JONES may have
borrowed from me after the date of this, my Last Will and Testament, to the extent not repaid
during my lifetime, shall be repaid to my estate by JANET LOUISE PRICHARD JONES by
deducting said loan amounts from JANET LOUISE PRICHARD JON ES' distributive share from
my estate. In the event that the amount of said loans exceeds the amount of said distributive
share, the excess shall be forgiven. I would like my daughter, JANET LOUISE PRICHARD
JONES, to have my precious diamond ring as part of her inheritance. The ring would be
appraised, and the appraised value would be part of and not in addition to JANET's equal share
of my estate. If JANET declines to accept the ring, then my daughter, BEVERLY JEAN
PRICHARD FLYNN, shall have the right to accept it under the same terms and conditions. If
BEVERLY declines to accept the ring, then my son, MICHAEL
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WAYNE PRICHARD, shall have the right to accept it under the sa�ne terms and conditions. If
MICHAEL declines to accept the ring, then the ring shall be sold and distributed as a part of my
residuary estate.
ITEM 6. In addition to the powers conferred by law, my Executors shall have the
following powers:
(a) To retain in their absolute discretion and for such period as to them �
shall seem advisable, any and all assets constituting my estate, witliout liability for any loss
incurred by reason of the retention of such assets.
(b) To change investments and properties, and to invest and reinvest all or
any part of the corpus of my estate, in such securities, investments, or other property as to them
seem advisable and proper, irrespective of whether the same are authorized far the investment of
estate funds by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
(c) To sell all or part of the property which at any time may constitute a
part of my estate, at such time, upon such terms, for cash or on credit, with or without security, in
such manner and at such prices, either at public or private sale, as to t11em shall seem advisable
and proper, and to execute good and sufficient deeds and bills of sale therefor.
(d) To lease any property held by them and for the duration of the term,
irrespective of the provisions of any statute or of the termination of my estate; and to mortgage,
pledge, collect, convert, redeem, exchange, or otherwise dispose of any securities or other
property at any time held by them.
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(e) To borrow money, whether to pay taxes, exercise subscriptions,rights,
and options, pay assessments ar to accomplish any other purpose of any nature incidental to the
administration of my estate, and to pledge any securities or other property held by them as
security therefor.
(� To enforce any bonds, mortgage, or other obligations or liens held
hereunder; to enter upon such contracts and agreements and to make stich compromises or
settlements of debts, claims, or controversies as they may deem necessary or advisable; to submit
to arbitration any matter or difference; to vote personally or by proxy any shares of stock which
may at any time be held by them hereunder.
(g) To consent to the reorganization, consolidation, merger, liquidation,
readjustment of or other change in any corporation, company or association, or to the sale or
lease of the property thereof or any part thereof, any of the securities or other property of which
may at the time be held by them thereunder, and to do any act or exercise any power with
reference thereto that may be legally exercised by any person owning similar property in his own
right, including the exercise of conversion, subscription, purchase or other options, the deposit or
exchange of securities, the entrance into voting trusts, and the making of agreements or
subscriptions which they may deem necessary or advisable in connection therewith, all without
applying to any court for permission to do so, and to hold, redeem, sell or otherwise dispose of
any securities or other property which they may so acquire, irrespective of whether the same be
authorized for the investment of estate funds by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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(h) To cause to be registered in their names as E�ecutars hereunder, or in
the names of their nominees without qualification or description, any sccurities at any time held
in my estate.
(i) To determine the manner in which the expenses incidental to or
connected with the administration of my estate hereby established shal L be apportioned as
between income and principal.
(j) To carry out agreements made by me during my lifetime, including the
eonsummation of any agreements relating to the capital stock of corporations owned by me at the
time of my death, and including the continuation of any partnership oi'which I may be a member
at the time of my death whenever the terms of the partnership agreement obligate my estate or
personal representative to continue my interest therein, and to enter into agreements for the
rearrangement or alteration of my interests or rights or obligations under any such agreements in
effect at the time of my death.
(k) To apportion extraordinary and stock dividends received by them
between income and principal in such manner as they may see fit; provided, however, that all
rights to subscribe to new or additional stock or securities, and all liquidating dividends shall be
deemed to be principal.
My Executors may freely act under all or any of tlie powers of this Agreement
given to them in all matters concerning my estate hereby established, after forming their
judgment based upon all the circumstances of any particular situation as to the wisest and best
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course to pursue, without the necessity of obtaining the consent or approval of any court, and
notwithstanding that they may also be acting as an individual, or as an agent for other persons as
an individual, or as an agent for other persons or corporations interested in the same matters, or
may be interested in connection with the same matters as stockholders, directors or otherwise.
The powers herein granted to my Executors may be exercised in whole or in part,
from time to time, and shall be deemed to be supplementary to and not exclusive of the general
powers of executors pursuant to law, and shall include all powers necessary to carry the same
into effect. The enumeration of specific powers herein shall not be coristrued in any way to limit
or affect the general powers herein granted.
ITEM 7. If any income or principal shall be payable to any beneficiary who shall
be a minor ar shall be under a legal disability or in the sole judgment of my Executors shall
otherwise be unable to apply such payments to his or her own best advantage (hereinafter
referred to as minority or incapacity), my Executors shall hold such income and principal during
minority or incapacity and shall apply such income and principal to the health, maintenance,
support and education of such beneficiary during minority ar incapacity without the appointment
of any guardian or committee or any authority of court and shall make all or any portion of any
such payment in any one ar mare of the following ways:
(a) Directly to such beneficiary.
(b) To the legal guardian or conservator or custodian under the Uniform
Transfers to Minors Act of such beneficiary.
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(c) To a relative of such beneficiary to be expended by such relative for
the benefit of such beneficiary.
(d) By themselves, expending the same far the benefit of such
beneficiary.
Any remaining income and principal to which such beneficiary shall be entitled shall be paid and
distributed to such beneficiary on the termination of minority or incapacity.
ITEM 8. I hereby nominate, constitute and appoint my son, MICHAEL WAYNE
PRICHARD, and my daughter, JANET LOUISE PRICHARD JONES, as Co-Executors of my
estate. In the event that either is unable or unwilling to serve in this c�ipacity, I then nominate,
constitute and appoint the other as sole Executor of my estate.
My Executors are specifically relieved from the duty or obligation of filing any
bond or bonds.
My Executors are hereby authorized to disclaim any interest in property in
accordance with Chapter 62 of the Probate, Estates and Fiduciaries Code or Section 6103 thereof
and may do so without court authorization.
ITEM 9. For the convenience of my Executors, I note that this Will has been
prepared by Ronald D. Butler, Esquire and the Butler Law Firm.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal to this my Last
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Will and Testament, this o` �day of � �.�'�_- __ , 2009.
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We, EVA PRICHARD, P.,��.4�a `� , L7;r;�-.�d�':- , and
�go2�µ �-. ��tN.�cN� , the Testatrix and the witnesses respectively, whose
names are signed to the attached or foregoing instrument,being first diily sworn, do hereby
declare to the undersigned authority that the Testatrix signed and executed the instrument as her
Last Will 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 purpose therein expressed, and that each of
the witnesses, in the presence and hearing of the Testatrix, signed tlie �Vill as witness and that to
the best of their knowledge, the Testatrix was at that time eighteen years of age and older, of
sound mind and under no constraint or undue influence.
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Subscribed, sworn to and acknowledged before me by �VA PRICHARD, the
Testatrix, and subscribed and sworn to before me by �,,�,a�D `�e__ ,t-rc-�r'Z- ,
and ��goi2q� �} �(�„�,.�or•�� , the witnesses, this_�..„�-^' day of
�s�p,�-�,�g�� , 2009.
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My Commission Expires:
COM�40t�WEALTH OF PENNSYLVMNA
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CHERYL l.. FERCUSOPI, PbtMY P�C
City �f Harrisburg, Dauph�n County
My Comrnission Expnes April 6, 2012
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