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PETITION FOR PROBATE and GRANT OF LETTERS
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No. -I-
To:
Estate of Ruth s. Ritter
also known as
Register of Wills for the
Deceased. County of Cumber land in the
Social Security No. 1 72- 24- 8 5 7 2 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
The petition of the undersigned respectfully represents that:
Your petitioner(s), who is/are 18 years of age or older aIL the exeCllt 0 r s
in the last will of the above decedent, dated U c t 0 be r j 0, 1 ':I ':I ts
and codicil(s) dated none .
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named
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(state relevant circumstances, e.g. renunciation, death of executor, etc.)
Decendent was domiciled at death in Cumber land County, Penn~lvania. with
her last family or principal residence at 10UU Claremont Road, CarLIsle, PA
(list street, number and muncipality)
Decendent then 89 years of age, died September 28, 2005 r:~
at 1000 Claremont Road, CarlIsle, PennsylvanIa
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
incompetent: none
Decendent at death owned property with estimated values as follows:
(If domiciled in Pa.) All personal property
(If not domiciled in Pa.) Personal property in Pennsylvania
(If not domiciled in Pa.) Personal property in County
Value of real estate in Pennsylvania
situated as follows:
$ 5o)"t}t),()~
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WHEREFORE, petitioner(s) respectfully request(s) the probate of the last will and codicil(s)
presented herewith and the grant ofletters testamentary
theron.
(testamentary; administration c.I.a.; administration d.b.n.c.t.a.)
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OATH OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA } ss
COUNTY OF CIH'YlP;E':i~~D
The petitioner(s) above-named swear(s) or affirm(s) that the statements in the foregoing petition are
true and correct to the best of the knowledge and belief of petitioner(s) and that as personal represen-
tative(s) of the above decedent petitioner(s) will well and truly administer the,estate according to law.
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Estate of Ruth S. Ritter ,Deceased
DECREE OF PROBATE AND GRANT OF LETTERS
AND NOW
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, 1 ~ , 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 October 30, 1998
described therein be admitted to probate and filed of record as the last will of
Ruth S. Ritter
and Letters Testamentary
are hereby granted to Nancy D. Benoist, David A. Ritter and
James R. Ritter
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Probate, Letters, Etc. . 0 . 0 0 0 . . .
Short Certificates('7) .. . . . . 0 . .. $ I ~ 0 t.J b
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TOTAL _ $ {6~ .Cc
FEES
ATTORNEY (Sup. Ct. I.Do No.)
19 West South Street
Carlisle ADDRESS PA 17013
(717) 249-6873
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'hi' 1,,10 certify that the information here given is correctly copied from an original certificate (If rk; tl duly fie j .vith me as
1.')(..11 I'{,~gistrar. The original certificate will be forwarded to the State Vital Rccords Office for pell11:in,:nt Jilin:!.
WARNING: It is illegal to duplicate this copy by photostat or photograph.
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i NAr...I:: OF DECEDENT ~First. Middle, Lastl
DATE OF DEATH (MOfllh, Day, Year)
ept.28,2005
DATE OF BIRTH
(tv:Of'ttl, DdY, Yea.-)
SIRTHPLACE (City ard
StatoO! Of Foreign COllntry)
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RACE - America" Indian, Black. While, el .
(Specify)
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1000 Claremont Rd.
Carlisle, PA 17013
AS ClEC'EDENT EVER IN
U.S. ARMED FO.fS:;ES?
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MARITAL STATUS - Married,
Never Mllnied, WidOWE'd,
Dhorced (Specify)
,widowed
He. )g:~Yes, dec~rl~;1t lived iOJ Mid dIe sex
SURVIVING SPOUSE
(Irw;le.giV1lm"'d8~nam'!i
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FATHER'S NAME (F!rst, Middle, Lasl) MOT"HER'S NAME (First, Middle, Maiderl Surname)
18. _ Howard Vognetz __ '2-l!.~ry Stine!!l~_
INFORMANT'S NAME (Type/Print), INFC'i1.f-Ib,Nrt') M, .AILlNG ADDRESS (Streflt, CilyfToWfl, State, lip COdE1) ~ 7 R 4 ~
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I DATE Of INJURY
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WERE AUTOPSY FI!\:DINGS
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TIME OF INJURY
INJURY AT 'NORK? DESCRIBE HOW INJURY OCCURRED
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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
OF
RUTH S. RITTER
I, RUTH S. RITTER, now of 101 May Drive, Apt. I, Camp Hill,
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, being of sound and disposing mind,
memory and understanding, do hereby make, publish and declare this
to be my Last will and Testament, hereby revoking all other Wills
and Codicils previously made by me.
ITEM I:
I direct that payment of all my just debts,
expenses of my last illness, funeral expenses,
and the costs of
administering my estate from my estate as soon after my death as
conveniently may be done.
ITEM II:
I give, devise and bequeath all of the rest,
residue and remainder of my estate, of every nature and wherever
situate, together with all insurance policies thereon, unto my
spouse, AUSTIN F. RITTER, providing my said spouse shall survive me
by ninety (90) calendar days.
ITEM III:
Should my said spouse predecease me or die on
or before the ninetieth (90th) day following my death, I give,
devise and bequeath all of the rest, residue and remainder of my
estate of every nature and wherever situate, together with all
insurance policies thereon, to my children, NANCY DAWN BENOIST,
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JAMES R. RITTER AND DAVID A. RITTER, absolutely, share and share
alike; in the event any of my children predeceases me or dies
within ninety (90) days of my death, then his or her share to go
equally to his or her children then living, per stirpes and not per
capita, otherwise to the survivor of them.
ITEM IV: I direct that any and all taxes that may be
assessed in consequence of my death, including all inheritance,
estate and transfer taxes imposed upon my estate passing under my
Will or otherwise, shall be paid out of the principal of my
residuary estate as a part of the expense of the administration of
my estate.
ITEM V: I authorize and empower my personal
representative to compromise, adjust, release and discharge in such
manner as my personal representative may deem proper, all debts and
claims owed by or to me or my Estate; to sell, lease or exchange at
public or private sale or in such manner, at such prices, and upon
such terms of credit or otherwise, as my personal representative
may deem proper, all or any part of my property, real or personal;
to exec ute, acknowledge and deliver instruments of conveyance,
including deeds in fee simple; to borrow money for the purpose of
paying estate, inheritance or other taxes which are required to be
paid and to secure any such loans by pledge or mortgage of all or
any part of my property and to execute the necessary instruments to
carry out such powers; to distribute my estate in kind or partly in
money or partly in kind, and to determine the fair value at which
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any property so distributed in kind shall be received by the
distributees; to conduct any business in which I have an interest
at the time of my death, for such period as my personal
representative may deem proper, power to borrow money and pledge
assets of the business and the power to do all other acts that I,
in my lifetime, could have done, to delegate such power to any
partner, manager or employee without liability for any loss
occurring therein and to organize a corporation to carryon said
business as capital to such corporation and accept stock in the
corporation in lieu thereof and hold such stock for the uses of
this my will, and to vote said stock or sell the same as to my
personal representative may seem best; to retain all stocks,
assets, bonds and investments owned by me without being confined to
what is known as legal investments; to execute any options to
purchase, to apply for stocks, bonds or other investments, to
purchase or otherwise acquire real estate and to execute the same
powers thereover as hereinbefore provided, to retain indefinitely
any part of my assets, real or personal, which is or may become
unproductive or to make sale thereof; to pay carrying charges and
expenses of the property out of other principal or income of my
estate; to invest and reinvest in all forms of property without
restriction to investments authorized for Pennsylvania fiduciaries,
as my personal representative deems proper, without regard to the
principle of diversification or risk; to exercise any law-given
option to treat administrative expenses either as income tax or as
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estate deductions, without regard to whether the expenses were paid
from principal or income. The powers herein conferred shall be to
my named personal representative and all successors thereto and
shall be in addition and not in limitation of other powers
conferred on said fiduciary.
Any and all payment or payments of any sum or sums, whether in
cash or in kind and whether for principal or income payable to any
beneficiary shall be made upon the sole receipt of the respective
beneficiary to whom the payment is made and free from anticipation,
alienation, assignment, attachment, and pledge and free from
control by the creditors of any such beneficiary.
ITEM VI: All shares of principal and income hereby given
shall be free from anticipation, assignment, pledge or obligation
of the beneficiaries and any of them and shall not be subject to
any execution or attachment, levy or sequestration or other claims
of the creditors of said beneficiaries or any of them.
ITEM VII: I nominate, constitute and appoint my
spouse, AUSTIN F. RITTER, as the sole Executor of this my Last Will
and Testament, to serve without bond. In the event of the
renunciation, death, resignation, refusal or inability to act for
any reason whatsoever of the said AUSTIN F. RITTER, I nominate,
constitute and appoint my three children, namely NANCY D. BENOIST,
JAMES R. RITTER AND DAVID A. RITTER as the Executors of this my
Last Will and Testament, to serve without bond.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, RUTH S. RITTER, have, to this my Last
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RUT S. RITTER
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Signed, sealed, published
above named Testatrix
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in the presence of us, who, in
of each other, have, ather
witnesses hereto.
and declared by RUTH S. RITTER, the
on the 3 () 7bt. day of
as for her Last will and Testament,
her presence, and in the presence
request, subscribed our names as
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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
COUNTY OF ~. SS
WE, the undersigned, the Testatrix and the witnesses,
respectively, whose names are signed to the foregoing instrument,
being first duly sworn and qualified according to law, do hereby
declare to the undersigned authority that we were present and saw
the Testatrix sign and execute the instrument as her Will, and that
she had signed willingly and that she executed it 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 that time eighteen years of age or older, of
sound mind and under no constrain or undue influence, and I, the
said Testatrix, do hereby acknowledge that I signed and executed
the instrument as my Last Will and Testament, that I signed it
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willingly, and that I signed it as my free and voluntary act for
the purposes therein expressed.
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