HomeMy WebLinkAbout09-08-15 PETITION FOR GRANT OF LETTERS
REGISTER OF WILLSOF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
Petitioner(s) named below, who is/aze 18 yeacs of age or older, apply(ies) foc Letters as specified below, and in
snpport theceof aver(s)the folLowing and respectfully request(s)thc gcant of Letrexs in the app[opciate fonn'
Decedent's Informallon �,�� ��C���
Name: Martha M. Landis File No:
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Date of Dea[h: Auq st 7 2015 Age at death: 88
Decedent was domiciled at death in Cumberland County, Pennsvlanla (Sro�e)with his/hec last
principal residence at 813 Nesbit Drive 17013 Carlisle Cumberland
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Decedent died at Cadisle Re ional Medical 17013 Carlisle Cumbetland PA
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Estimate oCvalue of decedenPs property ac death: 500 000.00
lJdomicdedin Pennrylvnnia_ . ... .. .... . .... . . ..... . . All personal properry S
Ijnotdomiailed in Pennsy(vania. .. . . .. . . ... .......... .. Personal propetly in Pennsylvama $
Ifnat Eomiciled in PeMryfvania. .. . ... . . ... ........ .... Personal pmpeny in County $
,,,_ ,,. , , ._ _ . S 200000.00
VaWe aJrea!esmte in PennryNania. .. ... . . ..... .. ....... . . .... .
.... . . . ....
T07AL ESTiMATED VALUE. . . . 8 700 000.00
Real estate in Pemisylvania simated at 813 Nesbit Drive 17013 Carlisle Cumbedand
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diwrca procaedi�6 wherein the gvouods for divoroc had been established as defiued iv 23 Pe_C.S. §3323(g),aud did nofliave a<hild bom or
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in 23 Pa.QS.§3323(�avd wae veither the vic[im o[a killing nor evu adjodfwted en inoapacitated pe�sov.
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Peunonev(s)Pvivted Name Petltiomr(s)Pnnted Addms
M. William Landis 1321 Sheffeld Sireet, Pittsburgh, PA 15233
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FEES: Please enter my appearance by m�� sigoature below:
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DECREE OF TAE REGISTER-
Estate of Mariha M. Landis File No: a� — �CJ— I�Ua—
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AND NOW, O��� �:� ,�� t/ � , 2015 , in eonsideration of the foregoing Petirion,
satisfactory proof having beeu presented efore me,IT IS DECREED that Letters Testimentarv
azeherebygcautedto M.WilliamLandlsR�ce 1'�/�INq.[� "� �cLic� 'c ��K�
IL\�l�Q✓ iA'i�� t 2�k� 1 C.��l l� i � in the above estate and(if applicable)that
the instrumeu[(s)dated Sep�ember 27 2012
descdbed in the Petition be admi[ted to pxobare and filed of reGoid as the last Will(pn Codicil(s))of Decedent.
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RECORDED OFFICE OF
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LLAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
?015 'SEP .1 28 of
0 R R j-, r sr. C,C, .. MARTHA M. LANDIS
CUMBBE ' ? r
I, MARTHA M. LANDIS, of the Borough of Carlisle, Cumberland County,
Pennsylvania, declare this to be my Last Will and Testament and revoke any and all wills and
codicils heretofore made by me.
ITEM I: My personal representative shall pay from the residue of my estate
the expenses of my last illness, funeral and burial debts duly allowed against my estate, and estate
taxes occasioned by my death and incurred with respect to all taxable property,whether passing by
this Will or by operation of law or contract.
ITEM II: I bequeath those articles of my automobiles, personal effects,
household goods, and other tangible personal property of like nature (not including cash or
securities), together with any existing insurance thereon, if any, as set forth in a separate
memorandum which I shall place with my Will to the persons therein designated. If I shall leave
no separate memorandum, or with regard to my automobiles, personal effects, household goods,
and other tangible personal property of like nature (not including cash or securities)not referenced
by such memorandum, bequeath such items to my son, M. WILLIAM LANDIS. If M.
WILLIAM LANDIS shall not survive me, I direct my Executor to liquidate such property by sale
(public or private), charitable donation, or by discard. My executor's decisions as to how to
liquidate this property shall be absolute. All proceeds shall pass with the residue of my estate.
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ITEM III: I devise and bequeath the residue of my estate, of every nature and
wherever situate as follows:
Seventy percent(70%) to my son M. WILLIAM LANDIS of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania;
Ten percent (10%) to each of my grandchildren, JOSHUA Q. W. LANDIS,
CHRISTOPHER Q. W. LANDIS and MALIEKA T. LANDIS [three equal shares].
ITEM IV: I appoint my Son,M.WILLIAM LANDIS,Executor of my Estate.
Should my Son fail to qualify or cease to act as Executor, I appoint my friend, FORREST
BROWN, of Carlisle, PA [830 Franklin St.] as Executor of my estate.
ITEM V: I direct that my Executor or his successors shall not be required to
post a bond as a condition to being appointed Executor.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, MARTHA M. LANDIS, have hereunto set my hand and
seal to this my Last Will and Testament, consisting of three(3)printed pages, each of which bears
my signature,this 27th day of September 2012.
AL)
artha M. Landis, Testatrix
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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA )
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COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND )
Nle l�a�� W [,a•���s
WE,MARTHA M.LANDIS,TAYLOR P.ANDREWS,an ,
the Testatrix and witnesses, respectively, whose names are signed to the foregoing or attached
instrument,"being"first duly, sworn, do hereby declare'to the undersigned authority that the
Testatrix signed and executed the instrument as and for her Last Will and Testament and that she
signed willingly and that she executed as her free and voluntary act for the purposes therein
expressed, and that each of the witnesses, in the presence and hearing of the Testatrix, signed the
Will as witnesses and that to the best of their knowledge the Testatrix was at the time eighteen(18)
or more years of age, of sound mind and under no constraint or undue influence.
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Martha M. Landis, estatrix
ay or ndrews, Witness
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Subscribed, sworn to and acknowledged before me by MARTHA M. LANDIS, the
Testatrix, and subscribed to and sworn or affirmed to before me by YLOR P. ANDREWS and
ROi�ALD r Tnuxren�r witnesses, this 27th day of Sep ber 2 1 .
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(SEAL)
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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
NOTARIAL SEAL
SHELLY SEXTON,Notary Public
Carlisle 6oro,Cumberland County
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