HomeMy WebLinkAbout09-03-15 PETITION FOR GRANT OF LETTERS
REGISTER OF WILLS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
Petitioneqs)nametl below,who islare 18 years of aqe or oltler,appty(ies)to�Leflers as specifetl Celow,antl in support thereof aver(s)ihe
following antl respecHully reques[(s)ihe grant o(Let�ers in�he appropria[e fortn:
Carl M Glosenqer
Deeetlent's Infortnation �1
Name: Sylvia A.Bennett File No: 21-05 — n�Y 7
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a/k/a: Social Security No:
Date of Death: O8/30/Y015 A9e at Dea[h: 6Y
DecedentwasdomiciletlaltleaNin Cvmberlantl County. PA (Stak)wilh�is/herlas[
principal residence al 6 Jenny Drive,Boiling Springs 1100] Soulh Mitltlleton Cumbetlantl
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Decedent died at 6 Jenny Orive,Boiling Springs 1]00] South Mitldle[on Cumbedantl PA
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Es[imate of value of tlecetlenfs propehy at tleat�'
I/domiciletlln PennsyNania...................... All personal property $ ]6150.00
I/notdomiciletlinPennsylrenia................ PersonalpropertyinPennsylvania $
I/not tlomiciletl in Pennsylvania................ Personal pmperty in Coun�y $
Value o/real estare in Pennsylvania............................ 8 20,000.00
TOTAL ESTIMATED VALUE E 9fi,159.00
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Petltioner(s)aver(s)�ha� he/sha/ihey lslera Ihe Executor(s)named In[he Last Wlll of[he�ecedent,de�ed W/U9/2010 and Codicil(s)
�hereto tlaled none
sia�a reie.an�a,wmsa�re:le s.,re��,�aim�.eenm ore.��ro.,em.l
Except as�ollows-.aker the execution o(Ihe instrumen�(s)oReretl for pmbate,Decetlent did not marry,was no�tliwrceq was not a party to a pending
divorce proceetling wherein�he grountls fortlivorce hatl been established as tlefined In 23 Pa.G5.§3323(g),antl tlitl not have a chiltl bom or
atlopteQ antl Deceden�was neither the vic�im ot a killing nor ever atljudicatetl an incapacitatetl person.
�NO E%CEPTIONS � EXCEPTIONS
❑B. PeCtion tor Grant of Lettere of Adminis[ra[ion (uappiica�ie)
c[e_.d4n..a hn c Le..petlente li(e,Cvrsnte absanlia tlwanfe minontete
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Except as follows:Decetlent was not a party to pentlin9 divorce proceetlinp wherein the grountls Por divorce had been established as deMed
in 23 Pa.GS.§3323(g)antl was nei[her tbe vidim of a killing nor ever adutlicatetl an inwpacitated person.
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COMMONWEALTHOFPENNSYLVANIA }
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Petitioner(s)Prin�etl Name Peti�ioner(s)Pnnted Atldress
Carl M.Glosenger 6 Jenny Drive
Boiling Springs,GA 1]00�
The Petitioner(s)above-nametl svrear(s)oraffirtn(s)ihe statemenis in the foregoing Petition are tme antl correct t e best af thbT'nowleAyei9ptl
belief of Petilioner(s)antl ihat,as Personal Represen�a�ive(s)of the DeceGenl,Pe�itioner(s)will well antl truty atlm�t¢1he estat�crorQ�)qyy'm}law.
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FEES: Please en�er my appearance by my signature below'
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DECREE OF THE REGISTER
Da[e of Death: OBI20I2015
Social Securiry No:
ESGte ot Svlvia A.Bennett File No: 27-15
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ANONOW, � � ��1 e1� , 2��5 ,Inconsitleratlonoft�eforegoingPetltloq
satisfac[ory pmof having been presen�ed before me.IT IS DECREED�hal Le�ters TesGmenGry
are hereby grented to Catl M.Glosenger
in the above estate antl(i/applicable)that the instmment(s)datetl 0 7/0 912 014
tlescribetl in the Petition be admitled to proDate antl filed of record as ihe la {N{ill(and Codicil�s))of ecedenl.
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I, SYLVIA A. BENNETT. currently residing at 6 Jenny Drive, Boiling Springs,�umliC�nd
County, Pennsylvaoia, 17007, do hereby declaze this to be my Last Wil] and Testament, �ewking all
other Wills and Codicils heretofore made by me. I declare that I am a widow and [ do not have a�y
childrea I further declare that I have the following six (� siblings, Robert A. Glosenger, Kenneth E.
Glosenger, Cazl M. Glosenger, Pau] D. Glosengec, Steven V. Glosenger, and Bruee A.Glosenge�.
ITEM ONE: I direct that all my valid debts and the expe�ses of my last illness and
funeral be paid from my estate as soon as practicable after my death.
ITF.M TWO: 1 give, bequeath, and devise all of thc rest, residae, and remainder of
the property that I own at the time of my death, both real and personal, of every kind and description,
whe�ever si[uated, to which I may be legally or equitably entitled a[the time of my dca[h (my"[esiduary
estate� to my brother, CARL M. CLOSGNGER. In the event Carl M. Glosenger fails to s�rvive me,
this gift shall lapse and I give my residuary estate ro my brother, KENNETH E. GLOSENGER. In the
event Kenneth F.. Glosenger fails to survive me,this gift shall lapse and I give my residuary estate to my
brother, 6RUCF. A. GLOSENGER. In the event 6ruce A. Glosenger fails [o survive me, this gift shall
lapse and I give my- residuary estate to my brother, PAUL ll. GLOSENUER. In [he event Paul D.
Glosenger fails ro survive me, this gift shal] lapse and I give my residuary estate to my bro[hec,
ROBERT A. GLOSENGER. lo the event Robert A. Glosenger fails to survive me, this gift shall lapse
and I give my residuary estate to my beneficiaries as follows:
A. To WVIA SCRANTON, PF.NNSYLVANIA PU6LIC RADIO, I give TEN PERCENT
Q 0%) of the residue of my estate, only in the event that thcy are still playing classical music.
If this radio station is no longer playing classical music then this gift shall lapse and be
distributed among by other surviving beneficiaries under this Item 1'wo.
B. To my nieces, SARAII L. SNOWDEN and MARY M. GLOSIiNGGR, or the survivor of
them, I give NINETY PERCENT(90%)of the residue of my estate in equal shu'cs.
f have mt provided any dis[ributio�s for my brother, SI'EVEN V. GLOSENGER, no[ lor any lack of
love or affectioq but for reasons that are good and sufiicient to me.
ITEM THRF.F,: Should any beneficiary of mine be under the age of twenty-fivc (25)
years, my Trustee hereinafter named shall hold such beneficiary's share of my estate, as Trustee, IN
TRUST and shall in��est, rei�vest and distribute ihe principal and net income of s�ch beneficiary's share
as follows:
A. Until such beneficiery attains the age of twenty-five (25)years, my Trustee, in my Trustee's sole
but reasonable disc�etion, may pay or apply the income and any or all of the principal of such
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beneficiary's shaze for the health, maintenance, support arid education of such bcnoficiary I
considering all other sources of income available to such beneficiary and known to my Trustee. '
Upon such beneficiary attaining the age of twenty-five (25) yeazs, my Trustee shall distribute
the balance of the principal and accumulatcd income, if any, of each such beneficiary's share to �
such bene8ciary.
B. Should the principal of the Trust Estate, in the sole opinion of my 'Prustee, be or become too
small to wanant placing or co�tinuing of such fund in trust or should its administration be or
become impractical for any other reason, my "Crustee, in the exercise of thei� solc discre[ioq
may pay such share absolutely to the person maintaining such beneficiary or mav place such
shazes in the beneficiarv's name in an interest-bearing deposit in any bank, bank and trust �
eompany or national banking association ol�his choosing payable to the beneficiary a[ majority,
or i£said beneficiary has reached his or her majority,then m him or her direcdy. �.
C. All shazes of principal and income hereby given shall be free &om anticipation, assignmen[, 'I
pledge o� obligation ot my beneficiary(s), and shall not be subject to any execution or �
attachmcnt.
ITEM FOUR: I appoint my brother, CARL M. GLOSENGER, Personal '
Reproscntative of this my WiIL [n the event Carl M. Glosenger is unable or unwilling to act or coo[inue '
to act as my Personal Representative, I appoint my brother, KENNETH E. GLOSENGF.R, Personal
Rep�esentative of this my Will. In the event Kenneth E. Glosenger is unable or unwilling to act or
continue to act as my Pexsonal Representative, I appoint my brother, BRUCE A. GLOSENGER,
Pecsonal Representative of this my W ill. I appoint my sister-in-]aw, JANIS L. GLOSENGER, Trustee of
the "trust(s) created under Item '1'hree, above. In the event Janis L. Glosenger is uoable or unwilling to
act or continue to act as Trustee, I appoint my ncphcw, DAVID C. GLOSENGER, Trustee of the
i'rust(s) c�ealed uudec Item Three, above.
ITEM FIVE: No bond shall be required of any fiduciary hereunder in any jurisdiction.
No fiduciary hereunder shall have any liability for any mistuke or error ofjudgmen[made in good faith.
ITEM SIX: I authorize my Personal Representative(s) and Trustee(s)to exercise the
followi�g powers in additioo to those given by law,to be exercised in their sole discre[ion:
A. To retain any or all of the assets of my estate, without regazd to ariy principle of
diversification, risk or productivity;
13. To invest in all forms of property without res[riction to investmenls aulhorized for any type uf
fiduciary;
C. 'Io compromise any claim or controversy;
D. To loan money to or buy properiy&om my estate;
E. To borrow money from any person, including any F.xecuror or Trustee, and to mortgage or
pledge any real or personal property;
F. To sell at public or private sale, to exchange or to lease for any period of timq any real or
personal pruperty, and to give options for sales, exchanges or leases, all for such prices and
upon such terms and conditions as they deem proper;
G. To allocate receipts and expenses to principal or income or par[ly[o each as they deem proper;
H. To repair,alter or improve any real or personal property;
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��, L To distribute in cash or in kind or partly in each at valuatioos£xed by them; I�,
' J. To keep reaso�able amoun[s of cash in a bank uninvested if deemed advisable for the pmtection '
� ofthepri�cipal;
I K. To subscribe for or to cxercise options for stocks, bonds or other investments; tojoin in any plan
I of lease, mortgage, merger, consolidation, reorganization, foreclosure or voting trust ar�d to
I deposit securities thereunder, and to gcncrally exercise all the rights of sewriry holders or
� employees of any corporanon;
L. To register securities in the name oF a uominee or i� s-uch manner thal title shal] pass by
delivcry;
�� M. To add to the principal of any hust created by this instrument any real or personal proper[y
, received lrom any pecso�by Deed, Will or in any other manner;
��. N. To exercise al] power, authoriry and discretion given by this instnunent after the termination of
� any trust created herein until the same is fully distributed;
. O. To use their sole discretion in deciding whether stock dividends on stock they hold i� trust
' should be apportioned to principal or income, except stock dividends of regulated investment
wmpanies which shall be added to principal;
�. P. To commingle the assets of any trust estate created by this Will i� any one o� more wmmon
� funds for greater comenience and flexibiliry;
� Q. To employ agents, accou�tants, engineers and such other pecsons, professional or utherwise, as
. may be necessary for Ihe proper administration of this estate or trust and to pay their
�� compensation from such funds; and
'�, R. To disclaun all or auy interest in a property passing to me or my estate.
ITEM SEVGN: I realize that Personal Representatives aze given disecetion by law to
make various elections which affect the income and estate taees payable by estates and beneficiuries, as
well as [he relative shares of beneficiaries, such as taking administration expenses as deductions for
either estate or income tac purposes, selecting options foc the payment of employae death benefts,
clecting to take a qualified terminable interest as part of the marital deduction, selecting alternate
valuation dates, postponing the payment of taxes, tiling joi�t income tac or gitt tavc retums and
redeeming corporate stock 7'he dccisions made by my fiduciazics in ariy of these matte�s shall bc
binding upon, and not subject to question by, any alTected persons. I rely upon my fiduciaries to take
into consideration the total income and estate taxes payablc by rcason of their decisions includi�g those
payable by my survivors, and they a�e authorized in lheir discretion, but not reyuirecl, to make
adjustments between income and priucipal as a result thereof.
ITEM EIGEIT: I direct tha[ al] es[ale, inheri[arice and other taxes i� the uature thereof,
together with any interest and penalties thereoq becoming payable because of my death with respect to
the property cons[imting my gross estate for death tax purposes, whether or not such property passes
under this my Last Will and Testament, shall be paid from the principal of my residuuy estate, and no
I pecson ceceiving or having a beneficial interest in any such properry, whether under this my Last Will
and Testament or othenvise, shall at any time be required to contribute to or refund any part thercof;
PROVIDGD, however, that this direction shall not apply to the taxes on any property included i� my
estate solely because of a power of appointrneut thcrcovcr which 1 possess but have not exercised or on
any qualified terminable interest or to any genecation- skipping t�a�sfer ta�es.
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ITEM NINF.: No gift or beneficiel interest shall be subject [o anticipation,
assignment,pledge, obligation, or alienation of my beneficiary(s), whethec voluntary or involuntazy, and
the income and principal thereof shall not be subject to any execution oc attaehment.
ITEM TEN: If any beneficiary, person or en[iTy in any man�er, directly or indirectly,
wntests or attacks this 4✓ill or any of its provisions, or objects to the accounts or actions of my fiduciaries,
without probable cause, such beneficiary, person or entiry shall pay all costs, including but not limited to
attomeys' fees,arising in conneetion with such contest, attack or objection ineurred by my estate, such trust
or sueh fiduciary peisonally. 1� the event that such beneficiary, person or entity does not prevail in such
' aetioq any share or interest in my estate or such trust wMch would otherwise pass to sueh beneficiary,
i person, entiry or �emainderma� u�dcr this W ill shall be revoked and the property consisting of such share
I shall be disposed oFi�the manner provided herein as if that contesting person or eutity had predeceused me
without surviving issue.
ITEM ELEVF,N: Should any of the provisions of my Will be for any reason declared
invalid, such invalidiry shxll not affect any of the other provisions of this Will and al] invalid provisions
shall be wholly disregazded in interpreting this Will.
ITEM TWELVE: This Will shall be construed,regulated and govemed by a�d ii�
accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylva�ia.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, 1 have at Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvaoia, on J�ly 9, 2014, set my hand -
aod seal to this my Last Will a�d Testament consist��g of four (4) pages plus any wimess,
ack�owledgement, affidavit and certification pages.
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SYLVIA A. BF,NNEI"f
SIGN�D, SEALED, PUBLISHED AND DECLARED BY SYLVIA A. BEIVNETT, the above named
Testatcix, as and foc her Last Will and Testameny in the pcesence of us, who, at her �equest and in her
presence, and in the presence of cach other, have hereunto subscribed our names as wifiesses.
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� We, SYLVIA A. BP.NNETT, ���{�1�IW and
c�� 1C�+ F G f the Testatrix and the witnesses
respeetively, whose names are signed to the attached o� foregoing instrumeut, beiug fi�st duly sworq do
hereby declace to the undersigned authoriTy that the Testat�ix signed and exec�ted [he instrument as- her
Last Will and Testament 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 purposes therein exp�essed, and that each of the
witnesses, in the presence and hearing of the Testatrix, signed the Will as witness and that to the best of
their knowledge the Testatrix was at that time eighteen years of age or older, of sound mind and under
no constraints or undue influence.
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SYLVIA A. BENNE"1"I�
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W ITNESS
Subscribed, swom to and acknowledged before me by SYLVIA A. BENNETf, the"festatrix �
a��d the witnesses, on July 9, 2014.
Not y P ic or A Attorney
GOMMONWFALTH OF PENNSYlyµq
NOTqpIAI SERL
FEBECCA L STAIiX
N�iary vuelic
UGPER ALLEN MP, CUMBERL�NO CM7Y
MY Gommission Exptrea M�y Iy,q017
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REGISTER OF WILLS CERTIFICATE OF
CUMBERLAND COUNTY GRANT OF LETTERS
PENNSYLVANIA
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-';r� ett� No. 2015- 00947 PA No. 27- 15- 0947
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� (+a��" � Estate Of: SYLVIAABENNETT
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_ ' '� Late Of: SOUTH MIODLETON TOWNSHIP
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Deceased
-- Social Security No:
1750
WHEREAS, on the 3rd day of September 2015 an instrument dated
July 9th 2014 was admitted to probate as the last will of
SYLVIA A BENNETT
rvn:r,m;om..eam
late of SOUTHMlDOLETONTOWNSHIP, CUMBERLANOCounfy,
who died on the 20th day of August 2015 and,
WHEREAS, a true copy of the will as probated is annexed hereto.
THEREFORE, 7, L/SA M. GRA VSON, ESQ. , Register of Wills in and
for CUMBERLAND County, in the CommonweaZth of Pennsylvania, hereby
certify that I have this day granted Letters TESTA MENTARYto:
CARL M GLOSENGER
who has duly qualified as EXECUTORlR/X/
and has agreed to administer the estate according to law, all of whicii
fully appears of record in my office at CUMBERLAND COUNTY COURTHOUSE,
CARLISLE, PENNSYLVAN/A.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal
of my office on the 3�d day of September 2015.
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