HomeMy WebLinkAbout09-11-15 (2) PETITION FOR GRANT OF LETTERS
REGISTER OF WILLS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
Pe�itioner(s)nametl below,who islare 18 years o(a9e or oltler,apply(iesJ for Lelters as specified below,and in support Ihereo(aver(s)ihe
following and respeIXNlly requesl(s)lhe gtant o(lette�s in�he appropria�e torm'.
Martin P C�ris[o her
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Name: FronkH.Gh�istopher FileNo: 21 - S — �0�
alkla'. f�ank Howa�tl Ch�isto her (Assigned by Register)
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��a Soclal Security No: 10�-2<-0995
�ate of Dea[h: OB/OV2015 Fge a[Death: 9Z
Decetlentwastlomiciledaltleathin CumbeAantl
Gounty, PA (Sfare)with his/heNast
Mechanicsbur i'l050 Hamptlen Cumberland
principalresidenceat 5245�eeMeltlAvenue, 9 cnvi�nsmvo�eomugn coumy
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Dau hin PA
Decedenitliedat HomelantlCenter,Ha��isbu�g,PA'11110 HartlsNbu�r9o�eomuyn cou�P s�"`
S�mel a40ress.Posl Ottiw an0 2ip GoOe
Estimate ot value of tlecetlenPs pmperty at tleath: Over 250.00
I/domiciletl in Pennsyl✓ania...................... All personal pmpeNy $
Nnot tlomiciletl in Pennsylvania................ Personal propehy in Pennsylvania 5
1/not domiciletl in Pennsylvania................ Personal pmperty in Counly $ Over 190,000.00
Value o/real esfate in Pennsylvania...............................................................��" TOTAL ESTIMATED VALUE S 190,Z50.00
aeeies�a�e��nvannsN�emanweieaa� 5205DeerFleltlAvenue.Mec�anicsburg i]O50 Hamptlen
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Pe[itioner(s)aver(s)lhat �e/shellhey islare Ne Executor(5)nametl in the Lasl Will of the Decetlent da�etl
tM1ereto dated
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Except as follows:aRer Ihe execution of the ins�rument(s)oHeretl for prabate,Decetlent tlid not marry,was not tlivorceq was not a party lo a pentling
dlvarce pmceeding wherein�he grounds tor divorce had been eslablishetl as defnetl in 23 Pa C.S.§3323(g),antl did nol have a child bom or
atlop�etl',antl Oecetlenf was nei�herlhe viIXim of a killing nor ever atlludica�etl an incapacitaletl person.
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Peti�ioner(s),after a proper search haslhave ascertainetl Iha�Oeceden�lefl no Will antl was survivetl by iM1e following spoure(if any)an0 heirs(ettach
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COMMONWEALTHOFPENNSYLVANIP } SS'.
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Petitioner(sJ PriMetl Name Petitioner(s)Prinletl Atltlress
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Martin P Chris[opher New Kings[own,PA i]U�Z
Petitloner(s)wlll wel antl fmly edminlsler lhe esla[e acc� � �@�
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belie(of Pe�i[ione�(s)and tha�,as Personal Represen�ative(s)of oaie
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DECREE OF THE REGISTER Date of Death: 0 810113 01 5
Social Security No'. 1833<-0895
File No: �� ��
Es[ate of Frank H.Ghrislo het
alkla. Fronk Howartl Chri o her '_ 1 !vL— ,in wnsideration of the Poregoing Petition,
AND NOW. �` ��}
satisfactory pmof having been presen tl before me,IT IS DELREED thal Letters Testamenta
are hereby grantetl to Martin P Chrislopher
in the above eslate and(if appliw�le)ihal ihe Instrument(s)tlaletl 10100/2001
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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT '- _-' �;� �'- `-'
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FRANK H. CHRISTOPHER - � � . ' � - �'
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I, FRANK H. CHRISTOPHER,of 5245 Deerfield Avenue, Mechanicsbur.g�,CuinleeQland
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County,Pennsylvania,revoke any prior Wills ac�d Codicils and declaze this to be my'�✓ill.
ITEM 1. I give my residence at 5245 Deerfield Avenue, Mechanicsburg,
Pennsylvania to my son, MARTIN P. CHRISTOPHER, if he survives me by thirty days. If
my son, MARTIN P. CHRISTOPHER is no[ living on the thirty first day afrer my dea[h, my
reside�ce shall be sold and I give the proceeds in equal shares to my daughrers, MARILYN
GARIS and DONNA ANTOLICK, subject to the survivorship clause in Item 2 of this will.
ITEM 2. I give the contents of aIl of my accounts w�th the PennsylvaniaState
Employee's Credit Union in equnl shares to my daughters,MARILYN GARIS and DONNA
ANTOLICK,if they sucvive me by thirty days. If either or both MARILYIJ GARIS oc DONNA
ANTOLICK ace not living on the thirty ficst day after my death,I give the pre-deceased daughter's
share to that daughter's children in equal shares.
ITEM 3. 1 give the rest,residue and remainder of my estate tu my issue,per stirpes.
ITEM 4. I dicect that all myjust debts and the expenses of my last illness and
disposition of my remains shal I be paid from my estate as soon as practicable afrer my death and as
part of the expensc of the administrationof my estate.
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11'F.M 5. In addition to the powers conferred by the common law,statute,or nny other
provisions hereby,my Personal Representativesand Trustee are hereby empowercd as follows:
(a) Except foc the�ghts created by the gift to Martin P. CLvistophec in
Item 1 of this Will,to sell at public or private sale,to exchange,to lease,to pledge,ro
mortgage,to transfer,to convert,or otherwise dispose of,o�grant options with cespect to,
any and all property,real,personal,or mixed,at any time forming a oart of my probate or
trust estates,in such manner,at such time oc times,for sueh purposes,for such price or
prices,and upon such[erms,credits,and conditions as shall be decmed advisable or
necessary unde�the circumstances;
(b) To make disvibution in division of the probate estate in cash,in kind,
or partty in both;
(c) To distribute items of tangible personal properry to a minoc or to his
or her guardian or to any person taking care of the minor to hold for Ihe minor within the
limits authorizedby statute or cule of law;
(d) To compromise any claim oc eontroveesy;
(e) 7'o apportion between principal and income any receipts and
disbursemcnts and ro ascertain income and principal in accordance with the statutes and
rules of law of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania;
(� To make,execute,aclmowledge,and delive�any and all instiuments
which may be deemed advisable or necessary to carry out any of the powers herein granted
or provided by law;
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(g) To invest and reinvest the principal of the estate together with any
accumulated income thereon in all forms of peoperty without being limited by any statute or
mle of law conceming investments by fiduciaries;
(h) To disclaim iuheritnncesand intecests iu property.
ITEM 6. No bo�d shall be requi�ed of my Peisonal RepmsentativesandTrustee,but if
bond is ueverthelessrequi�ed,it shall be without surery.
1TEM 7. Notwithstandingany other provision of this will,I dicect that if any
beneficiary of mine is under eighteen Q 8)years of age,my Trustee shall retain whateve�shaxe such
benefieiary otherwise would have receivedhe�evndec and apply so much of such shace o�the
income thereof as my Trustee considers advisable for the beneficiary'ssupport,education,and
welfare,accumulating any income not needed for these purposes. When a beneficiary attains the
age of eighteen(18)years,the Tmstee shall distributeto such bene6ciarythe then remaining
principal and income of his or her share,discharged of the trust.
ITEM 8. I appoint my son,MARTIN P. CHRISTOPHER,Executor. lf he is unable
or unwillingto secve as my Execumr,then I appoint my daughtee,DONNA ANTOLICK,
Executrix.
CfEM 9. My executor(rix)shall have the authority to appoint a trustee foe any trust
ecea[ed under this will.
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1'CEM10. FortheconvenienceofmyaltemateExecutor,InotethatthisWillhasbeen
prepared by David H. Martineaq Esquire,and the law firm of Metzger,Wickersham,Knauss&
Erb,RC.
Executedon 2001.
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Frank H.Christopher
Signed,sealed,published and declared by the above named Testa[or,FRANK H.
CHRISTOPHER,as and foi his Last W ill and Testarnent,in the pcesence of us,who,at his request,
in his sight and pcesence,and in the sight and presence of cach other,have hereunto subscribed ou�
names as wimesses.
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Counry of Cumberland �
We,FRANKH. CHRISTOPHER,and P•v�1 !i. P'�w��'naoti. and
d � (11 !Yl'llt� �theTcstatorandthewitnesses,respectively,whose
❑ames ar signed to the attached oc foregomg mstmment,beiug ficst duly swom,do hereby declaze
to the uode�signed authoriry that the Testator signed and executed the instrume�t as his last W il l and
that he had signed willingly(oi willingly directed another to sign for ltim),and that he executed it as
his free and voluntary act foe the purposes therein expressed,and that each of the wifiesses,in the
presence and heazing of the Testatoc,signed the W ill as wifiess and that to the best of our
knowledge the Testator was at that[ime eighteen years of age or older,of sound mind and under no
constraint or undue influence. �
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SWORN in or a%rmed nd acknowledgedbefore me by the above named Testator and
witnesses this��ay of � �—�Fo , 2001.
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Notary Public
My Commission Expires:
(SEAL)
NOTAPIAL SEAL
CAPOL A.LYTEP,NOTAflY PUBUC
Ha�tlsOurp.DauDhin County
My Commission by�ms Dec.28 200�
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REGISTER OF WILLS CERTIFICATE OF
CUMBERLAND COUNTY GRANT OF LETTERS
PENNSYLVANIA
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� e No. 2075- 00967 PA No. 29- 15- 0967
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�'Z' �.u�' � Estate Of: FRANKHCHRISTOPHER
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V � � � � a�k�a: FRANKHOWAROCHRISTOPHER
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�h� � � Late Of: HAMPDEN TOWNSHIP
y CUMBERLAND COUNTY
��>� Deceased
Y750 Social Security No: 783-24-0895
WHEREAS, on the llth day of September 2015 an instrument dated
October 8th 2001 was admitted to probate as the last will of
FRANK H CNRISTOPHER
w.:c maeia.i=:o
a/k/a FRANK HOWARD CHRISTOPHER
late of HAMPDEN TOWNSH/P, CUMBERLAND County,
who died on the lst day of August 2015 and,
WHEREAS, a true copy of the will as probated is annexed hereto.
THEBEFORE, I, L/SAM. GRAYSON, ESQ. , Register of Wills in and
for CUMBERLAND County, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, hereby
certify that I have this day granted Letters TESTAMENTARYto:
MARTIN P CHRISTOPHER
who has duly qualified as EXECUTOR(R/X)
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,
CARUSLE, PENNSYLVANlA.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have heYeunto 5et my hand and affixed the Seal
of my office on the 71 th day of Septembei 2015.
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