HomeMy WebLinkAbout08-21-15 PETITION FOR GRANT OF LETTERS
REGISTER OF WILLS OF_12.1)MUCrtarl 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: Ca -
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a/k/a: (Assigned by Register)
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a/k/a: Social Security No:
Date of Death: 0 14 20 Age at death: SS
Decedent was domiciled at death in C.LL n 1,0-r 1" County, P A (State)with his/her last
principal residence at Z W i✓)d So WoV 0L.-K -u54 ,r,S 6D r-0 7-i, keen,lS.e.�k��
Street address,Post Office and Zip Code City,Township or Eforough p County
Decedent died at 20'S S -rbc pi v o l o j Lj P K c�'`1t , Mp-c,(r�a r�i c.S�i,,nl 1 4 C ,,,6,A" 17-090
Street address,Post Office and Zip ode City,Township or Borough County State
Estimate of value of decedent's property at death:
If domiciled in Pennsylvania............................ All personal property $ 9:Q, 0-p-p
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. ... $ 40,V10-0
Real estate in Pennsylvania situated at: C" l�tllyhp}-}i S�►� 0 0.S�- Q v�,ns� T�
(Attach additional sheets,ifnecessaiy) Street address,Post Office and Zip Code City,Township or Borough County tl
[(A. Petition for Probate and Grant of Letters Testamentary bt0�I`I 107
Petitioner(s)aver(s)he/she/they is/are the Executor(s)named in the last Will of the Decedent,dated C an=ofiail(s)
thereto dated c- rn C)
State relevant circumstances(e.g.renunciation,death of executor,etc.) b C7
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Except as follows: after the execution of the instrument(s)offered for probate Decedent did not marry,was not divorced;lia@ not kpparty to a-pending
divorce proceeding wherein the grounds for divorce had been established as defined in 23 Pa.C.S. §3323(g)`an&did.not have a child b6V,or
adopted;and Decedent was neither the victim of a killing nor ever adjudicated an incapacitated person.
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❑ B. Petition for Grant of Letters of Administration (If applicable) cr -n
c.t.a.,d.b.n.,d.b.n.c.t.a.,pendente lite,durante absentia,d r ite 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.
F-1 NO EXCEPTIONS ❑EXCEPTIONS
Petiti nrr(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,ifnecessary):
Name Relationship Address
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Oath of Personal Representative Official Use Only
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA }
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COUNTY OF Cumberland }
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The Petitioner(s)above-named swear(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,as Personal Representative(s)of the Decedent,the Petitioner(s)will well and truly administer the estate according to law.
Swom to or affirmed and subscribed before raenl-1 9A�.t_,Cg___ Date
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AND NOW, 1l.�J ,in consideration of the foregoing Petition,
satisfactory proof having been f1desented before me,IT IS DECREED that Letters t
are hereby granted to �aYpn E. t!J A t�
in the above estate and(if applicable)that
the instrument(s)dated
described in the Petition be admitted to pro at�riiled of ftcord as the last Will(and Codicil(s))of Decedent.
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RECORDED CFrICE OF
RECISTIF'' n' V!ILLS
?01� AUG �3 �. � �z LAST WILL & TESTAMENT
OF
C E T CAMERON A. BRUCE
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C U M Bt�AM,E>�(�l�i . BRUCE, now of 22 Windsor Way, Camp Hill, Cumberland
County, Pennsylvarid,17011, declare this to be my Last Will and hereby revoke all prior
Wills and Codicils previously made by me.
Item I. I direct that all expenses of my last illness and funeral, including my
grave marker and perpetual care shall be paid from my residuary estate as soon as
practicable after my decease as part of the expense of the administration of my estate.
Item II. 1 direct that all taxes that may be assessed in consequence of my death of
whatever nature and by whatever jurisdiction imposed shall be paid from my residuary
estate as a part of the expense of the administration of my estate and without
apportionment.
Item III. 1 devise and bequeath the rest, residue and remainder of my estate of
whatever nature and wherever situate, to my wife, KAREN E. BRUCE, now of 22
Windsor Way, Camp Hill, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, 17011 provided that she
shall survive me by thirty(30) days.
Item IV. In the event that my wife fails to survive me by thirty (30) days, I
devise and bequeath the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, of whatever nature and
wherever situated to my children, to share and share alike, VLADISLAV MICHAEL
BRUCE and SERGEI ALEXANDER BRUCE, per stirpes and in the event that either
dies without leaving issue to the survivor of them. At the time of making this will both of
my children are minors and live with me. No property should be distributed to either of
my children until the child reaches the age of twenty five (25) and the same shall be
distributed only as set forth hereinafter.
Item V. If my wife and I should die under such circumstances that it cannot be
detennined which of us survives, I shall be deemed to have survived my wife for all
purposes hereunder. If any other beneficiary hereunder shall die within thirty(30) days
after me, or within thirty(30) days after any other person the survival of whom
detennines his or her rights hereunder, then such beneficiary shall be deemed to have
predeceased me or such other person for all purposes hereunder.
Item VI. In addition to such other powers and duties as may be granted
elsewhere herein or which may be granted by law, the fiduciaries hereunder shall have
the following powers and duties, without the necessity of notice to or consent by the
Court:
a. To retain all or any part of my property, real or personal, in the form in
which it may be held at the time of its receipt, including any closely held business in
LAST WILL & TESTAMENT
OF
CAMERON A. BRUCE
I, CAMERON A. BRUCE, now of 22 Windsor Way, Camp Hill, Cumberland
County, Pennsylvania, 17011, declare this to be my Last Will and hereby revoke all prior
Wills and Codicils previously made by me.
Item I. 1 direct that all expenses of my last illness and funeral, including my
grave marker and perpetual care shall be paid from my residuary estate as soon as
practicable after my decease as part of the expense of the administration of my estate.
Item II. I direct that all taxes that may be assessed in consequence of my death of
whatever nature and by whatever jurisdiction imposed shall be paid from my residuary
estate as a part of the expense of the administration of my estate and without
apportionment.
Item III. 1 devise and bequeath the rest, residue and remainder of my estate of
whatever nature and wherever situate, to my wife, KAREN E. BRUCE, now of 22
Windsor Way, Camp Hill, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, 17011 provided that she
shall survive me by thirty(30) days.
Item .IV. In the event that my wife fails to survive me by thirty (30) days, I
devise and bequeath the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, of whatever nature and
wherever situated to my children, to share and share alike, VLADISLAV MICHAEL
BRUCE and SERGEI ALEXANDER BRUCE, per stirpes and in the event that either
dies without leaving issue to the survivor of them. At the time of making this will both of
my children are minors and live with me. No property should be distributed to either of
my children until the child reaches the age of twenty five (25) and the same shall be
distributed only as set forth hereinafter.
Item V. If my wife and I should die under such circumstances that it cannot be
determined which of us survives, I shall be deemed to have survived my wife for all
purposes hereunder. If any other beneficiary hereunder shall die within thirty(30) days
after me, or within thirty(30) days after any other person the survival of whom
determines his or her rights hereunder, then such beneficiary shall be deemed to have
predeceased me or such other person for all purposes hereunder.
Item VI. In addition to such other powers and duties as may be granted
elsewhere herein or which may be granted by law, the fiduciaries hereunder shall have
the following powers and duties, without the necessity of notice to or consent by the
Court:
a. To retain all or any part of my property, real or personal, in the form in
which it may be held at the time of its receipt, including any closely held business in
which I have an interest, and any stock of any corporate fiduciary hereunder, as long as in
the exercise of their discretion it may be advisable so to do, notwithstanding that said
property may not be of a character authorized by law.
b. To invest and reinvest any funds held hereunder in any property, real or
personal, including,but not by way of limitation, bonds, preferred stocks, common
stocks, and common trust funds, even though such property would not be considered
appropriate or legal for a fiduciary apart from this provision.
C. To sell, convey, exchange, partition, give options to buy or lease or
otherwise dispose of any property, real or personal at any time held by them, with or
without order of court at their option, at public or private sale or otherwise, for cash or
other consideration or for such credit terms as they think proper, and upon such terms and
for such prices as they may determine, and to convey such property free of all trusts.
d. To borrow money from any person, including any fiduciary hereunder, for
any purpose in connection with the administration hereof, to execute promissory notes or
other obligations for amounts so borrowed, and to secure the payments of such amounts
by mortgages or pledges of any property, real or personal, which, may be held hereunder.
e. To make loans, secured and unsecured, in such amounts, upon such terms,
at such rates of interest, and to such persons, firms or corporations as they may deem
advisable.
f. To renew or extend the time for payment of any obligation, secured or
unsecured, payable to or by them, for as long a period of time and on such terms, as they
may determine, and to adjust, settle and arbitrate claims or demands in favor of or against
them.
g. In dividing or distributing any property, real or personal, included herein,
to divide or distribute in cash, in kind, or partly in cash and partly in kind.
h. To hold, manage, and develop any real estate which may be held by them
at any time, to mortgage any such property in such amounts and on such terms as they
may deem advisable, to lease any such property for such term or terms, and upon such
conditions and rentals as they may deem advisable, whether or not the teen of any such
lease shall exceed the period permitted by law or the probable period of retention under
this instrument; to make repairs, replacements and improvements, structural and
otherwise, in connection with any such property, to abandon any such property which
they may deem to be worthless or not of sufficient value to warrant keeping or protecting,
and to permit any such property to be lost by tax sale or any other proceeding.
i. To employ such brokers, banks, custodians, investment counsel, attorneys,
and other agents, and to delegate to them such duties, rights and powers as they may
determine, and for such periods as they think fit.
j. To register any securities at any time in their names as fiduciary, or in the
naives of nominees, with or without indicating the trust character of the securities so
registered.
k. With respect to any securities held hereunder, to vote upon any
proposition or election at any meeting of the person or entity issuing such securities, and
to grant proxies, discretionary or otherwise, to vote at any such meeting; to join or
become a party to any reorganization, readjustment, merger, voting trust, consolidation or
exchange, and to deposit any such securities with any committee, depository, trustee, or
otherwise, and to pay out of the trust created herein, any fees, expenses, and assessments
incurred in connection therewith; to exercise conversion, subscription or other rights, and
to receive or hold any new securities issues as a result of any such reorganization,
readjustment, merger, voting trust, consolidation, exchange or exercise of conversation,
subscription or other rights and generally to take all action with respect to any such
securities as could be taken by the absolute owner thereof.
1. To engage in sales, leases, loans, and other transactions with my estate, the
estate of my wife, or any trust established by either of us, even if they are also fiduciaries
or beneficiaries thereof.
in. To make all necessary proofs of death under the insurance policies of
which they are the beneficiary, to execute any receipts for the proceeds and to institute
any action to collect said proceeds and to make adjustments of any claim thereunder,
provided, however, that they need not institute any action unless they shall have been
indemnified against all expenses and liabilities to which they may become subject as a
result thereof. If, however, they desire to institute such action without indemnification,
they are hereby authorized to be reimbursed for all expenses and liabilities incurred as a
result thereof from any amounts which may be held in trust hereunder then or hereafter.
n. To exercise all elections which they may have with respect to income,
gift, estate, inheritance or other taxes, including without limitation execution of joint
income tax returns, election to deduct expenses in computing one tax or another, election
to split gifts, and election to pay or to defer payment of any tax, in all events without their
being bound to require contribution from any other person.
o. To operate, own, or develop any business or property held hereunder in
any form, including without limitation sole proprietorship, limited or general partnership,
corporation, association, tenancy in common, condominium, or any other, whether or not
they have restricted or no management rights, as in their discretion think best.
Item VII. In the event that both of my children have not yet reached the age of
thirty-five (35) on the date of distribution to either of them, I direct that any distribution
to such child be put into a trust fund to be used for necessary living expenses for that
child and to distribute thirty(30)percent of the principal to that child upon reaching the
age of twenty-five (25) and the remainder of his principal to be distributed to him upon
his reaching the age of thirty-five(35). In the event that a child designated herein dies
before distribution, the amount remaining undistributed shall be distributed to his
brother's trust hereunder or, if the said trust has been distributed, to the surviving brother.
The trustee, named hereinafter, shall use the funds in trust, at his or her prudent
discretion, reflecting the values that my wife and I have, for the benefit of the child
designated as beneficiary for his necessary living expenses, medical expenses and
educational expenses.
Item VIII. I hereby authorize and empower my Executor or Executrix, named
herein, to sell any of the real or personal property which I may own at the time of my
death, as he or she shall, in his/her prudent discretion, deem appropriate for the best
interest of my estate and my beneficiaries, upon whatever terms or conditions he or she
deems to be appropriate and to execute, acknowledge and deliver all proper writings,
deeds of conveyance and transfer thereof.
Item IX. I appoint as Executrix of this, my Last Will, my wife, KAREN E.
BRUCE. If my wife is unable or unwilling to serve as Executrix, I appoint my sister,
CAROLE A. BRUCE, now of 1103 Baldwin Street, Mechanicsburg, Cumberland
County, Pennsylvania, 17055, Executrix of this,my Last Will.
Item X. In the event that my wife does not survive me or is unable to serve as
custodian of my children until either of them has reached the age of majority, I direct and
nominate as guardian of the children, THOMAS TYREE and MAUREEN TYREE,
husband and wife, now of 3 Carleton Court, Camp Hill, Cumberland County,
Pennsylvania or the survivor of them. In the event that THOMAS TYREE and
MAUREEN TYREE do not continue to be married during the period of time when they
serve as guardian of my minor children or either of them, I nominate MAUREEN
TYREE as custodian and guardian of my minor children, or either of them.
Item XI. I nominate as trustee for any trust to be set up hereunder,
THOMAS TYREE and MAUREEN TYREE or the survivor of them.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set and this day
of J 0 We , 2007
CAMERON A. BRUCE
The preceding instrument, consisting of this and four (4) other typewritten pages,
identified by the signature of the Testator CAMERON A. BRUCE, was on the day and
date thereof signed, published and declared by CAMERON A. BRUCE, as and for his
Last Will, in the presence of us, who, at his request and in his presence and in the
presence of each
other,have subscribed our names as witnesses hereto.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
SS.
COUNTY OF
I, CAMERON A. BRUCE, the Testator 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 that I signed
it willingly and as my free and voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed.
Sworn to or affirmed and acknowledged before me by CAMERON A. BRUCE,
Testator this 1 day of —Jove, 52007.
AMERON A. BRUCE
Notary Pub c
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
Notarial Seal
Susan J.England,Notary Public
Lower Allen Twp.,Cumberland County
My Commission Expires Sept.29,2009
Member,Pennsylvania As of Notaries
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
: SS.
COUNTY OF DAUPHIN
WE, the undersigned witnesses whose names are signed to the attached or
foregoing instrument, being duly qualified according to law, do depose and say that we
were present and saw the Testator sign and execute the instrument as his free and
voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed; that each subscribing witness in the
hearing and sight of the Testator signed the Will as a witness; and that to the best of our
knowledge, the Testator was at that time 18 or more years of age, of sound mind and
under no constraint or undue influence.
Sworn to or affirmed and subscribed before me by the undersigned witnesses, this
day of 1 N S-- 12007.
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Wit ess
Notary Publi
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
Notarial Seal
Susan J.England,Notary Public
Lower Allen Twp.,Cumberland County
My Commission Expires Sept.29,2009
Member,Pennsylvania Association of Notaries