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Register of Wills of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
Estate of
STERLING M. HOFFMAN
Deceased
PETITION FOR GRANT OF LETTERS
No. 81-DS~ Oq'n~.
Social Security No. 060-18-1559
CARL BERGMAN
Petitioner, who is 18 years of age or older, applies for:
(COMPLETE "A" OR "B" BELOW:)
A. Probate and Grant of Letters and aver that Petitioner is the executrix named in the Last Will of
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the Decedent, dated
September 24. 1981
State relevant circumstances, e.g. renunciation, death of Executor, etc.
Except as follows, Decedent did not marry, was not divorced, and did not have a child born or adopted after execution of
the documents offered for probate; was not to victim of a killing and was never adjudicated incompetent:
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B.
Grant of Letters of Administration
(d.b.n.c.t.a.: pendente lite; durante absentia; durante minoritate)
Petitioners after a proper search have ascertained that Decedent left no Will and was survived by the following heirs:
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COMPLETE IN ALL CASES:) Attach additional sheets if necessary.
Relationship
Residence
Decedent was domiciled at death in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, with his last family or principal residence at
815 Windsor Place, Mechanicsburq, Cumberland County, Pennsvlvania
(List street, number and municipality)
Decedent, then 84
years of age, died
November 4, 2005
at Holv Spirit Hospital, Camp Hill, Pennsvlvania
(Location)
Decedent at death owned property with estimated values as follows:
(If domiciled in PAl All personal property.....................................................................$
(If not domiciled in PAl Personal property in Pennsylvania.....................................$
(If not domiciled in PAl Personal property in County....................................................$
Value of real estate in Pennsylvania ......................................................................................................................$
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Wherefore, Petitioners respectfully request the probate of the last Will presented with this Petition and the grantotJetters iMhe
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T ed or rinted name and reSidence
Carl Bergman
515 Gettysburg Pike
Mechanicsbur , PA 17055
Oath of Personal Representative
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND
The Petitioner above-named swears and affirms that the statements in the foregoing Petition are true
and correct to the best of the knowledge and belief of Petitioner and that, as personal representative of the
Decedent, Petitioner will well and truly administer the estate according to law.
Sworn to and affirmed and subscribed
Before me this J ~' day of
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Estate of
STERLING M. HOFFMAN
, Deceased.
Social Security No: 060-18-1559
Date of Death:
NOVEMBER 4. 2005
AND NOW, ~()W.m6A j{ (I
,2005, in consideration of the Petition on the reverse side
hereon, satisfactory proof having been presented before me,
IT IS DECREED that Letters Testamentary are hereby granted to CARL BERGMAN
in the above estate.
FEES
Letters........................... $ &. () , OJ
Short Certificate(s) $ L-). OD
Renunciation.............. $
Affidavit ().................. $
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CodiciL......................... $
JCP Fee....................... $ i Cl . l 'Y0
Inventory...................... $
Other.~~ $ 5. erG
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Attorney: DAVID W. DeLUCE [')
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Address: Johnson. Duffie. Stewart & Weidner. ~ " .' ':;
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This is to certify that the information here given is correctly copied fro~ an original ce:~.ificate of death q,ulr filed with me as
Local Registrar. The original certificate will be forwarded to the State Vital Records Othce for permanent filmg.
WARNING: It is illegal to duplicate this copy by photostat or photograph.
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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. VITAL RECORDS
CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
SlATE fIlE NUMBt:R
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NAMF OF DECEDENT (First, Middle, Last)
1 Sterling M.
AGE (l asl Birthday)
Hoffman
SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER
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RACE - American Indian, Black, White. tit
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DECE.DENT'S USUAL OCCUPATION
MARITAl STATUS. Married, SURVIVING SPOUSE
Never Married. Widowed, (I( WIM, !l've milKSe" name)
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INFORMANT'S NAME (Type/Print)
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METHOD OF DISPOStTlON
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PERSON ACTI~ AS SUCH LICENSE NUMBER
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To Ih sl of my knowledge, death occulTed al1he ume, date and place stated
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WAS CASE REFERRED TO A MEDICAL EXAMINER ICOftONER?
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COMPLETION OF CAUSE Ndtural Homicide
OF DEATH? 0 0
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DATE OF INJURY
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TIME OF INJURY tNJURY AT WORK? DESCRIBE HOW INJURY OCCURRED
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BEFORE THE REGISTER OF WILLS OF
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
ESTATE OF STERLING M. HOFFMAN,
DECEASED
NO 21-2005-0968
DECREE OF THE REGISTER OF WILLS
AND NOW, this 16th day of November, 2005, upon consideration of the Petition for Grant of
Letters filed by Carl Bergman on November 14, 2005, for the above decedent and the instrument offered
for probate as the Last Will and Testament which is dated September 24, 1981, it is Decreed that the
instrument be admitted to probate. The Last Will and Testament is admitted as originally written. Any
alleged modification or adjustments to the instrument are not accepted into probate due to the fact that
they are not dated or initial by the testator. It is further Decreed that Letters Testamentary be granted to
Carl Bergman.
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Camp Hill, Cumberland
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STERLING M. HOFFMAN
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M. HOFFMAN, of~1810 Market Street,
County, Pennsylvania, beina of sound and
disposing mind, memory and understanding, do hereby make, publish
and declare this my Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking any
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and all prior wills and codicils thereto by me at any tim~ her~to- .
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fore made.
I direct that all my just debts and the expenses of wi?
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last illness and funeral shall be paid from tne assets of my
estate as soon as practicable after my decease.
~ I authorize my personal representative to expend funds
from my estate, in such amounts as my personal representative
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shall consider necessary and desirable, for the purchase, erection
and inscription of a suitable marker for my grave.
SECOND
I give and bequeath all automobiles, household effects
and other tangible personal property, not including cash or
securities, owned by me at my death, together with all policies
of insurance thereon, plus Five Hund~e~ DOllarS~($500.~ to
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CARL BERGMAN, o~007 Dougias Drive, Carlisle, Pennsylvania,
and to his heirs.
THIRD
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give,
devise and bequeath
the residue of my estate,
p / {..,t.-f (J.~IfJtM t5 lJ IIN' lit:. 15
to THE WORLDWIDE '<;HURCB OF .1'I~
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of every nature and wherever situate,
GOD, Box 111, Pasadena, California, 91123.
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FOURTH
All principal and income, until actual distribution to
the beneficiaries, shall be free of the debts, contracts, assign-
ments, alienations and anticipations of any beneficiary, and the
same shall not be subject to any levy, attachment, execution or
sequestration.
FIFTH
I direct that all taxes that may be assessed in conse-
quence of my death, of whatever nature and by whai~_ever jurisdic-
tion imposed, shall be paid from my residuary estate as a part of
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the expenses of the administration of the estate.
SIXTH
My personal representative shall have the following
powers in addition to those vested in him by law and by other
provisions of this Will:
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To retain any or all assets of my estate, real
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or personal, without regard to any principle
of diversification, risk or productivity.
B.
To invest in all forms of property (including
stock or other securities of my corporate
fiduciary or its successor, or of a holding
company controlling my corporate fiduciary
or its successor, and common trust funds and
mortgage investment funds, whether maintained
by my corporate fiduciary or its successor or
others), without restriction to legal invest-
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ments, as he may deem proper, without regard
to any principle of diversification, risk or
productivity.
c. To purchase investments at a premium or dis-
count.
D. To exercise all rights of a security holder
or shareholder in any corporation; to give
proxies; to join in any merger, consolidation,
reorganization, voting trust plan, or other
concerted action of security holders, and to
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delegate discretionary duties with respect
thereto.
E. To sell at public or private sale, to exchange
or to lease, for any period of time, any real
or personal property, and to give options for
sales, exchanges or lease8, for such prices and
upon such terms or conditions as he deems
proper.
F. To allocate receipts and expenses to principal
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or income, or partly to each, as my personal
representative thinks proper.
G. To borrow money from my corporate fiduciary or
others and to mortgage or pledge any real or
personal property as security therefor, in his
sole discretion.
H. To compromise any claim or controversy without
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order of court or consent of any beneficiary.
I. To exercise any option, right or privilege
granted in insurance policies or arising from
ownership of investments.
J. To make any distribution herein provided for in
cash, in kind, or partly in each, at valuations
fixed by my personal representative at the time
of distribution.
SEVENTH
I appoint CARL BERG~ffiN, Of)C2007 Douglas Drive, Carlisle,
Pennsylvania, Executor of this, my Last Will and Testament.
Should Carl Bergman predecease me or for any reason fail to
qualify as such Executor, or having qualified, fail to serve as
such Executor, then I nominate, constitute and apPoint~NB
Bank, N.A., of Lemoyne, Pennsylvania, as my surviving Executor of
this, my Last Will and Testament.
EIGHTH
My executor shall not be required to post security in
any jurisdiction.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and
seal to this, my Last Will and Testament, consisting of five (5)
typewritten pages, the first four (4) of which bear my signatu~e
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the purpose of identification,
this 2!1~ day
1981.
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Hoffman
Signed, sealed, published and declared by the above-
named Testator, STERLING M. HOFFMAN, as and for his Last Will and
Testament, in the sight and presence of us, who, at his request,
in his sight and presence of each other, have hereunto sub-
s~ed our names as witnesses.
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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
SS:
COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND
STERLING M. HOFFMAN, THE TESTATOR, WHOSE NAME IS
SIGNED TO THE FOREGOING INSTRUMENT, HAVING BEEN DULY QUALI-
FIED ACCORDING TO LAW, DO HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I SIGNED
AND EXECUTED THE INSTRUMENT AS MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT;
THAT I SIGNED IT WILLINGLY; AND THAT I SIGNED IT AS MY FREE
AND VOLUNTARY ACT FOR THE PURPOSES THEREIN EXPRESSED.
SWORN OR AFFIRMED TO AND
/ STERLING M. HOFFMAN, THE TESTATOR,
4-{?/~~- , 1981.
ACKNOWLEDGED BEFORE ME BY
THIS ? I/~ DAY OF
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Member, f'enr.syi~anla Association of Not;ries
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND
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THE WITNESSES WHOSE NAMES ARE SIGNED TO THE FOREGOING INSTRU-
MENT, BEING DULY QUALIFIED ACCORDING TO LAW, DEPOSE AND SAY
THAT WE WERE PRESENT AND SAW THE AFORESAID TESTATOR SIGN AND
EXECUTE THE INSTRUMENT AS HIS LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT; THAT
HE SIGNED WILLINGLY AND THAT HE EXECUTED IT AS HIS FREE AND
VOLUNTARY ACT FOR THE PURPOSES THEREIN EXPRESSED; THAT EACH OF
US IN THE HEARING AND SIGHT OF THE TESTATOR SIGNED THE WILL
AS WITNESSES; AND THAT TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE THE
TESTATOR WAS AT THE TIME EIGHTEEN (18) OR MORE YEARS OF AGE,
OF SOUND MIND AND UNDER NO CONSTRAINT OR UNDUE INFLUENCE.
SWORN
THIS.2Y~ DAY
SUBSCRIBED TO BEFORE ME,
1981.
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