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PETITION FOR PROBATE and GRANT OF LETTERS
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Hilda M. Oppel
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To:
Register of Wme:ror fihe 1 d
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Social SeCurity No. 1 0]. -1 ]. -:, 7 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
The petition of the undersigned respectfully represents that:
Your petitioner(l9, who is/_I 8 years of age or ol<;ler an the execut or
in the last will of the above decedent, dated Apr1.l 2
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(state n;levant circumstances, e.g. renunciation. death. of executor. etc.)
Decendent was domiciled at death in
her' last family or principal residence at
East Fennsboro Township
(list street. number and muncipality)
Cumberland
~ounty, Penllsylvania, with
145 S. Enola Dr1.ve, Enola,
Decendent, then 84 years of age died May 28 liJ 2003
at Holy Spirit Hospital, East Fennsboro Twp., Cumberlana cou~ty
Except as follows, decedent did not marry, was not divorced and did not have a child born or adopted
after execution of the will offered for probate; was not the victim of a killing and was never adjudicated
incompete9-f:. none
Decendent lit death owned property with estimated values as follows:
(If domiciled:m.Pa.) All personal property $
(If not domiciled in Pa.) Personal property in Pennsylvania $
(If not dOllliciled in Pa.) Personal property in County $
Value of real QState in Pennsylvania $
situated 1\S follows: Liti qation Only - No Assets
WHEREFORE, petitioner(~ respectfully request(s) the probate of the last will UJt~)
presented herewith and the grant of letters testamentary
{testamentary; administration c.La.; administration d.b.n.c.La.)
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OATH OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE
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The petitioner(J\l above-named swear(s) or affirm(s) that the statements in the foregoing petition are
true and corfect to the best of the knowledge and belief of petitioner(~ and that as personal represen-
tative~) of the above decedent petitioner(iIJ will well truly ~dminister the ~tlat~ according to law.
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Sworn to or, aff irrned and subscribed { ')( '"
before me this U. .." day of re er1.C . ppe ~.
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DECREE OF PROBATE AND GRANT OF LETTERS
AND NOW '\t'\ ~'^' 1..\'. i., ~ ~ S )0. , in consideration of the petition on
the reverse side hereof, satisfactory proof having been presented before me,
IT IS DECREED that the instrument(s) dated ~ ~ ,\;, ....~<;::, ":)..
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described therein be admitted to probate and filed of record as the last will of
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This is to certifY that the information here given is cortectly copied from an original certificate of death duly filed with me as
Local Registrar. The original certificate will be forwarded to tne State Vital Records Office for permanent filing.
WARNING: It is Illegal to duplicate this copy by photostat or photograph.
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Fee for this certificate, $2.00
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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
OF
HILDA M. OPPEL
I, HILDA M. OPPEL, now of East Pennsboro Township, Cumberland County,
Pennsylvania, do hereby declare this to be my Last Will and Testament and hereby revoke all
prior Wills and Codicils made by me,
ITEM I. I direct that all of my just debts and funeral expenses, including the cost
of my gravemarker, if any, shall be paid from my residuary estate as soon as practical after my
decease as a part of the administrative expenses of my estate.
ITEM II. I give and devise all of my estate of every nature and wherever situate
to my husband, HOWARD M. OPPEL, provided he survives me by thirty (30) days.
ITEM III. Should my husband, HOWARD M. OPPEL, predecease me or die on
or before the thirtieth (30th) day following my death, I then give and devise all of my estate of
every nature and wherever situate in equal shares, share and share alike, to my children,
FREDERICK M. OPPEL and CAROL ANN SEBASTIAN, or their issue, per stirpes. Should
either of my children predecease me without issue surviving, I give such deceased child's share
to my other child, or their issue, per stirpes.
ITEM IV. If any income or principal shall be payable to any person who shall be
under the age of twenty-one (21) or who shall be incapacitated for any reason, my personal
representative, ~;I11lstee, shall h04lsuch income and principal for such beneficiary until the age
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of twenty-one (21) or during incapacity and shall be entitled to apply such income and principal
to the health, maintenance, support and education of such person without the appointment of any
guardian or committee or any authority of court, and shaII be entitled to make direct application
hereunder or to make application by payment thereofto the parent or other person in charge of
such person, or to his or her guardian or to a custodian under the Uniform Transfers to Minors
Act, or to the person. Any remaining income and principal to which such person shall be
entitled shall be paid and distributed to such person upon attaining age twenty-one (21) or
termination of incapacity.
ITEM V. I appoint my son, FREDERICK M. OPPEL, Executor of this my Last
Will and Testament. Should he fail to qualify or cease to act in such capacity, I then appoint my
daughter, CAROL ANN SEBASTIAN, Contingent Executrix of this my Last Will and
Testament. No bond shall be required by my personal representative in any jurisdiction.
ITEM VI. In addition to the powers given by law to my personal representa-
tive(s) and trustee( s) [hereinafter fiduciaries] in the administration of my estate and of any
trust(s) created herein, they shall have the following discretionary powers applicable to all real
and personal property held by them, including property held for minors, effective without court
order until actual distribution.
A. To retain any property owned by me at my death and to invest any funds held
by them in any stocks, bonds, notes or other securities or property, real or personal, including
common trust funds, mutual funds and money market deposit accounts operated or offered by
my corporate trustee, if any, or any affiliate of it.
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B. To sell or otherwise dispose of any property, real or personal, at any time
forming a part of my estate or the trust estate, for cash or upon credit, in such manner and on
such terms as they see fit, and no one dealing with the fiduciaries shall be bound to see to the
application of any monies paid.
C. To manage, operate, repair, improve, mortgage or lease for any term [even if
beyond the duration of the trust(s)] any real estate at any time held or owned by them as
fiduciaries.
D. To hold investments in the name of a nominee and exercise and dispose of
warrants.
E. To engage in litigation and compromise, arbitrate or abandon claims and
property.
F. To conduct any business in which I am engaged or in which I have an interest
at the time of my death for such period as the fiduciaries deem advisable, with the power to
borrow money and to pledge the assets of the business and to do all other acts which I, in my
lifetime, could have done, or to delegate such powers to a partner, manager or employee without
liability for any loss occurring therein.
G. To allocate items of receipt or disbursement between principal and income as
the fiduciaries deem equitable regardless of the character given such items by law; to distribute
in cash or kind or partly in each at valuatious fixed by the fiduciaries.
H. To borrow money, including the right to borrow from any corporate trustee, if
any, and to mortgage or pledge as security or to hold its own stock if a corporate ~xe.L. D
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I. To join in any merger, reorganization, voting trust plan or other concerted
action of security holders, and to delegate discretionary duties with respect thereto.
J. Should the principal of any trust herein provided for be or become too small in
trustee's opinion so as to make establishment or continuance of the trust inadvisable, my
trustee(s) may make immediate distribution of the then remaining principal and any accumulated
or undistributed income outright to the person or persons and in the proportion they are then
entitled to income. Upon such termination, the rights of all beneficiary(ies) who might otherwise
have an interest as succeeding income beneficiary(ies) or in remainder shall cease.
K. In general, to exercise all powers in the management of the assets of my estate
or the trust estate which any individual could exercise in the management of similar property
owned in his own right, upon such terms and conditions as the fiduciaries may deem best, and to
execute and deliver all instruments and to do all acts which the fiduciaries may deem necessary
or proper to carry out the purposes of this will or any trust(s) created herein.
1. To apply income or principal to which any beneficiary is entitled, directly for
his or her comfort, maintenance and support, should the fiduciaries deem such beneficiary
incapable of receiving the same by reason of age, illness, infirmity or incapacity, or to pay the
same to such person or persons as the fiduciaries select to disburse it, whose receipt shall be a
complete acquittance therefore without the intervention of any guardian.
M. To assume continuance of the status of any beneficiary with reference to
death, marriage, divorce, illness, incapacity or other change in the absence of information
deemed reliable without liability for disbursements made on such assumptions.
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N. All principal and income shall, until actual distribution to any beneficiary, be
free of the debts, contracts, alienations and anticipations of any beneficiary, and the same may
not be liable for any levy, attachment, execution or sequestration while in the hands of any
fiduciaries. Provided, however, any beneficiary may assign any part or all of the beneficiary's
interest in my estate or the trust(s) to anyone or more of the beneficiaries or my descendants.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 2nd day of
April, 2002.
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Hilda M. Oppel
The preceding instrument, consisting of this and four other pages, identified by the signature of
the testatrix, was on the day and date thereof signed, published and declared by Hilda M. Oppel,
the testatrix therein named, as and for her last Will, in the presence of us, who, at her request, in
her pre . ,sence of each other, subscribed our names as witnesses hereto.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
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COUNTY OF DAUPHIN
1, HILDA M. OPPEL, testatrix 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, that I signed it willingly, and that I signed it as my free and
voluntary act for the pmposes therein expressed.
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Hilda M. Oppel
Swom or affirmed to and acknowledged before me, by Hilda M. Oppel, testatrix, this
2nd day of April, 2002.
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No Public
AFFIDAVIT
My Commission Exp' -es: NOTARIAL SEAL .
1 HOllY S. KIRK. Nqlary Public
Harrisburg, Dauphin Counly
My ComfTIl~s!on EXP~eb. 15, 2003
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
: SS.
COUNTY OF DAUPHIN
We, ic1lltro.. J..... !1Q and .J)onc!ra.. L. Bf/Y10W;
the witnesses whose names are signed to the attach or foregoing instrument, being duly q lfied
according to law, do depose and say that we were present and saw testatrix sign and execute the
instrument as her last Will; that she signed willingly and that she executed it as her free and
voluntary act for the pmposes therein expressed; that each ofus in the hearing and sight of the
testatrix signed the Will as witnesses; and that to the best of our kg! ge th . was at that
time 18 or more years of age, of sound mind and under no c " . e
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Sworn to and subscribed before me this 2nd day of April, 2002.
l SEAL
ic HOllY S. KIRK, Notary Public
Harrisburg, Dauphin Counly
My Commission Expires: My Commhs!on Expires Feb. 15. 2003