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Date nf Dea[h: September 14 2015 Agc at dca[h: 74
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DECREE OF THE RF,GISTF,R
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satis(actory proof having been p ented efore m� e,IT IS DF.CRF,F.D tha� Lcltcrs Teslamenlary
arc hereby g�auted to Maudce S. Rhine
in thc abovc cstatc and(if applicable) that
the instru�nent(a] duted MaY 8, 1997
deticribed in the Pclition be admilled io prubat� flnd filed of r ord as�he Iast W ill (and od�nl(s)) of Decedeot.
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WILL
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MARLENE A. RHINE � -
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I, MARLENE A. RHINE, presently of Cumberland County, Penrisylvania,
declare this to be my will and hereby revoke all prior wills and codicils made
by me.
1. Personaltv. I bequeath such items of my tangible personal
property as are specifically itemized on the list, i£ any, in my handwriting,
signed and dated by me at the end thereof, and attached to this, my Will, to
the person(s) named thereon to receive such items. I bequeath all of my
remaining tangible personal property not used in business or for the
production of income, including without limitation, furniture, Eurnishings,
clothing, objects of art and decoration, and the like, and any motor vehicles
which I own, together with the insurance thereon, to my husband, Maurice S.
Rhine, if he survives me. If my husband does not survive me, then I bequeath
such remaining property to my mother, Kathryn R. Staub.
2. Residence. If my husband survives me, and at my death ovr usual
principal residence is owned in a manner which will not result in passage oE
full title to him by operation of law, then I devise to him my enCire interest
in said residence, together with all insurance thereon.
3. Residue. I bequeach, devise, and appoinc all ci.e resc oi my
property, of whatever natvre and wherever situated, including property over
which I hold a power of appointment, to my husband, Maurice S. Rhine, if he
survives me, or, if my husband does not survive me, to my mother, Kathryn R.
Staub.
4. Svrvival. If any beneficiary should die within sixty (60) days
after me, then such beneficiary shall be deemed to have predeceased me for all
purposes of this will .
5. Soendthrift Clause. No interest (whether in income or principal,
whether or not a remainder interest, and whether vested or contingent) of any
beneficiary hereunder shall be subject to a�ticipation, pledge, assignment,
sale or transfer in any manner, nor shall any beneficiary have power in any
manner to charge or encumber his or her said interest, nor shall the said
interest of any beneficiary be liable or subject in any manner while in the
possession of my Eiduciaries for any liability o£ such bene£iciary, whether
such liability arises from his or her debts, contracts, torts, or other
engagements of any type.
6. Facilitv of Pavment for Minors or Incapacitated Persons. any
amounts or assets which are payable or distributable to a minor or
incapacitated person hereunder may, at the discretion of my fiduciaries, be
paid or distributed to the parent or guardian oE such minor or incapacitated
person, to the person with whom such minor or incapacitated person resides, to
a trust existing primarily or exclusively for the benefit of such minor or
incapacitated person, or directly to such minor or incapacitated person, or
may be applied £or the use or benefit of such minor or incapacitated person.
�. Powers. In addition to svch other powers and duties as may be
granted elsewhere herein or which may be granted by law, my fiduciaries
hereunder shall have the following powers and duties, without the necessity of
notice to or consent of any court, but svbject to any applicable requirements
of ordinary due care:
(a) To retain all or any part of my property, real or
personal, in the form in which i[ may be held at the time of its
receipt, including any closely held business in which I have an
interest and the stock of any corporate fiduciary, i£ ever any, 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 no[ by way ot
limitation, bonds, preferred stocks, common stocks and other
securities of domestic or foreign corporations or investment
trusts, mortgages or mortgage participations, mutual funds with or
without sales or redemption charges, and common trust funds, even
though such proper[y would not be considered appropriate or 1e9a1
for a fiduciary apart from this provision.
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(cI To sell, convey, exchange, partition, give options to
buy or lease upon, or otherwise dispose of any property, real or
personal, at the time held by them, at public or private sale or
otherwise, for cash or other consideration or o� credit, and upon
such terms and Eor such price 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, to secure the payments of
such amounts by mortgages or pledges of any property, real or
personal, which may be held hereunder, and to receive property
encumbered by debts and mortgages and to take subject to and/or
assume same.
(e) To make loans, secured or 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 as
fiduciaries, Eor as long a period or periods of time and on such
Cerms, as they may determi�e, and to adjuat, settle, and arbitrate
claims or demands in £avor of or against them.
(g) In dividing or distributing avy property, real or
personal, included herein, to divide or distribute in cash, in
kind, or partly in cash avd partly in kind.
(h) Without limitation o£ powers elsewhere granted herein,
to hold, manage and develop any real estate which may be held by
them at any time, to mortgage any such property in svch amovnts
and ov 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 term of any
sach lease shall exceed the period permitted by law or the
probable period oE retention under this instrument; to make
repairs, replacements and imprwements, structural or 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
warr�nt keeping or protecti�g, and Co permit any such property to
be lost by tax sale or any other proceedings.
(i) To employ such brokers, ba�ks, custodians, investment
counsel, attorneys, accountants and other agents, and to delegate
to them such duties, rights and powers as they may determine, and
£or such periods as they think Eit.
(j) To register any securities at any time in their own
names, in their names as Eiduciary, or in the names o£ nominees,
indicating the trust character of the securities so registered.
(k) With respect to a�y secvrities Pormi�g a pazt of my
estate, to vote vpo� any propositio� or election at any meeting of
the corporation issuing such securities, and [o 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
sewrities with any commit[ee, depository, trustee or otherwise,
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and to pay out of the assets held hereunder, any fees, expenses
and assessments incurred in connection therewith, to exercise
conversion, svbscription or other rights, and to receive or hold
any new securities issued as a result of any such reorganization,
readjustment, merger, voting trus[, consolidation, exchange or
exercise of conversion, subscription or other rights and generally
to take all action with respect to any such securities as could be
take� by the absolute owner thereof.
(1) To engage in sales, leases, loans, and other
transactions with the estate oE my husband, the estate of my
mother, or any trust established by me, my husband, or my mother,
even if they are fiduciaries or beneficiaries thereof.
(m) To exercise all elections which they may have with
respect to income, giEt, estate, inneritance and other taxes,
including, without limitation, election to deduct expenses in
computing one tax or another and election to pay or to defer
payment o£ any tax, in all events without their being bound to
require contribution from any other person.
(n) To operate, own, or develop any business or property
held hereunder i� any Eorm, including without limitation sole
proprietorship, limi[ed or general partnership, corporation,
association, tenancy in common, condominium, or any other, whether
or not they have restricted or no managemevt rights, as they in
their discretion think best.
8. Taxes. I direct that all estate, inheritance, and succession
taxes that may be assessed in consequence of my death, of whatever nature and
by whatever juzisdiction imposed, other than generation-skipping taxes, shall
be paid out of the privcipal o£ my general estate to the same effect as if
said taxes were expenses of administration, except that any such additional
taxes (and interest and penalties thereon) imposed on account of my interest
in or power over any trust established by my husband shall be paid out of the
property held in such trust, and all other property includible in my taxable
estate for federal or state tax purposes, whether or not passing under this
will, shall be free and clear thereoE; provided, however, tha[ my executor(s)
may in the discretion of my executor(s) request that any portion or all of
said taxea (i.e. , any or all taxes to be paid out of the principal oE my
general estate) shall instead be paid out of the principal o£ any trust
established by me, to the extent expressly authorized under the terms of said
trust.
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9. Fiduciaries. I appoint my husband, Maurice S. Rhine, as Executor
hereunder. If my husband should be vnable or unwilling to serve or to
complete the administration of my estate, then my mother, Kathryn R. Staub,
shall serve in his place. My fiduciaries shall serve as guardian of the
property of any minor beneficiaries hereunder, under any instrument of trust
executed by me, under any policies of insurance o� my life, and in any other
situation in which the power to make such appointment exists under the laws of
Pennsylvania. No individual fiduciary shall be liable for the acts, omissions
or defaults of any agent appointed and retained with due care or oE any
co-£iduciary, if ever any. No fiduciary named herein shall be required to
furnish bond or other security for the proper performance of their duties
hereunder.
10. Internretation. Unless the con[ext indicates otherwise, any use
of the masculine gender herein shall also include the feminine a�d neuter
genders, and vice versa, and the singular shall include the plural and the
plural the singular.
IN WZTNE55 WHEREOF, I, MARLENE A. RHINE, herewith set my ha�d to this, my
last Will, typewritten on six (6) sheets of paper including the self-proving
attestatio� clause and signatvres of witnesses, this �_ day oE
, 199'1.
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MARLENE A. RHINE
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CONQdONWEALTH(�OF PENNSYLVANIA .
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COON'PY OF .
'M/ARLENE A. RHINE (the testatrix) , �NR.FDA� Q, rA�X�/v
and `�iyft£A1 U, T1F}FF£.R1�-� (the witnesses) , whose names are
signed to the foregoing ina[rument, being first duly sworn, each hereby
declares to the undersigned authority that the testator signed and executed
the instrument as her last will in the presence of the witnesses and that she
had signed willingly, and that she executed it as her free and voluntary act
Eor the purposes therein expressed, and that each of the witnesses, in the
presence and hearing of the testatrix, signed the will as witness and Chat to
[he beat of his knowledge the testatrlx was a[ [hat time eighteen years of age
or older, of sound mind and under no constraint or undue influence.
WITNESS: TESTATRIX:
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MARLENE A. RHINE
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Subscribed and sworn to before me bny MARLENE A. RH^INE, the testatiix, and
s�u)bscribed and sworn before me by Jy�p.Qpp n �^'pyTbr� and
`KqQFjJ Q, 7�{�FPfjZT`� , the witnesses, this � day of
��y , 199'l.
Notai Pub1iC
NOTARIAL SEAL (SEALI
CAflOI A.KOPPENHAVER,Notary Public
Harri56urg,PA Dauyhin Counry
My Commission Expiras March 6,20W
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REGISTER OF WILLS CERTIFICATE OF
CUMBERLAND COUNTY GRANT OF LETTERS
PENNSYLVANIA
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Social Security No:
1750
WHEREAS, on the 29th day of SepCember 2015 an instrument dated
May 8th 1997 was admitted to probate as the last wi11 of
MARLENEA RHINE
rvnrc m;aaia,�,ii
late of UPPERALLENTOWNSH/P, CUMBERLAN� County,
who died on the 14th day of September 2015 an
WHEREAS, a true copy of the will as probated is annexed hereto.
THEREFORE, I, LISAM. GRAYSON, ESQ. , Register of Wills in a__.
for CUMBERLAND County, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, t!ereby
certify that I have this day granted Letters TESTA MEN7ARYto:
MAURICE S RHINE
who has duly qualified as EXECUTOR/RlX1
and has agreed to administer the estate acrording to law, all of which
fully appears of record in my office at CUMBERLAND COUNTY COUR7 HOUSE,
CARL/SLE, PENNSYLVAN/A.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereUnto Set my hand and affixed the sr�:��; _
of my office on the 29th day of Septembe� 2015.
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