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Register of Wills of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
PETITION FOR GRANT OF LETTERS
Estate of William E. McClure
also known as William E. McClure, Sr.
No. 21-05- 1/ /J.3
, Deceased
Social Security No. 203-10-4872
Charlotte S. McClure
Petitioner(s), who is/are 18 years of age or older, appl(ies) for:
(COMPLETE 'A' or 'B' BELOW)
00 A. Probate and Grant of Letters Testamentary and aver that Petitioner(s) is/are the Executrix
the Decedent, dated 01/03/2002 and codicils dated
named in the last Will of
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 the victim of a killing and was never adjudicated incompetent:
o B. Grant of Letters of Administration
(c.t.a; d.b.n.c.t.a; pedente lite; durante absentia; durante minoritate)
Petitioner(s) after a proper search has/have ascertained that Decedent left no Will and was survived by the following spouse (if any) and heirs:
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(COMPLETE IN ALL CASES:) Attach additional sheets if necessary.
Decedent was domiciled at death in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania with his/her family
or principal residence at 773 Arlington Road, Camp Hill Borough
(list street, number, and mUnicipality)
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Decedent, then
89
years of age, died
11/17/2005
at 773 Arlington Road, Camp Hill, PA
(Location)
Decedent 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
40,000.00
$
$
$
$
situated as follows:
Wherefore, Petitioner(s) respectfully request(s) the probate of the last Will and Codicil(s) presented with this Petition and the grant
of letters in the appropriate form to the undersigned:
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Typed or printed name and resi ence
Charlotte S. McClure 773 Arlington Road
Camp Hill, PA 17011
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717-761-4451
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Form RW-1 (1991)
Oath of Personal Representative
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
County of Cumberland
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 representative(s) of
the Decedent, Petitioner(s) will well and truly administer the estate according to law.
Sworn to or affirmed and subscribed
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before me this (j(} day of
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Estate of William E. McClure
also known as William E. McClure, Sr.
, Deceased
Social Security No: 203-10-4872
Date of Death:
11/17/2005
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, in consideration
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of the Petition on the reverse side hereon, satisfactory proof having been presented before me,
IT IS DECREED that Letters 00 Testamentary D of Administration
(c.t.a.; d.b.n.c.t.a.; pendente lite; duranteab~e~tia; durante~inoritate)
are hereby granted to Charlotte S. McClure. Executrix
in the above estate and that the instrument(s) dated
1/3/2002
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Social Security No.
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Date of Birth
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Name and Title of Certifier
Eric Binder
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(M.D., D.O., Coroner, M.E.)
Address
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This is to certify that the information here given is correctly copied from an original certificate
of death duly filed with me as Local Registrar. The original certificate will be forwarded to the
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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH VITAL RECORDS
LOCAL REGISTRAR'S CERTIFICATION OF DEATH
CERT. NO. T 5958727
~ovember 21. 2005
Date of Issue of This Certification
Name of Decedent
William
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Sex
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Social Security No.
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Date of Birth
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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
OF
WILLIAM E. MCCLURE
I, WILLIAM E. MCCLURE, of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, revoke any prior wills and
codicils and declare this to be my Will.
ARTICLE I
Family Information
A. Spouse. I am married to CHARLOTTE S. MCCLURE, and any reference to my Wife
shall be to her.
B. Children. I declare that I have three (3) children born before the date of this Will,
namely:
1.
ROBERT F. MCCLURE,
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2. ALICE S. MCCLURE, and
3. WILLIAM E. MCCLURE, JR.
C. Exclusion. I have expressly excluded my son, WILLIAM E. MCCLURE, JR., as a
beneficiary and his descendants under this Will, not because of any lack of affection, but
rather because of his own personal financial situation.
ARTICLE II
Tangible Personal Property
A. Memorandum of Wishes. I may leave a writing disposing of some or all of my tangible
personal property. If I do so, and the writing can be incorporated by reference into this
Will or otherwise be legally binding, I direct that it be incorporated or followed and
prevail over the disposition below in this Article. If the writing is not legally binding, I
request that my wishes be followed. This provision shall apply whether the writing is
executed before or after this Will.
B. General Gift of Tangibles. I give all my tangible personal property (other than items
effectively disposed of above) as follows:
1. To my Wife, if she survives me.
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2. If my Wife does not survive me, all jewelry and automobiles owned by me shall
be distributed to my daughter, ALICE S. MCCLURE, and if she should fail to
survive, such property shall pass pursuant to the residual terms herein as set forth
in Article VI.
3. The balance of my personal property shall be distributed equally among my
children, ROBERT F. MCCLURE, per stirpes, and ALICE S. MCCLURE, per
stirpes. If ROBERT or ALICE does not survive me, his or her share shall be
distributed per stirpes among those of his or her issue who survive me. If there
are no such issue, said property shall be distributed per stirpes to the other.
C. Survivorship. Except when I may have specifically provided otherwise, any gift to an
individual under this Article shall take effect only if the individual survives me, and no
anti-lapse rule shall apply.
D. Gift Includes Insurance. A gift of property under this Article includes my rights under
any insurance policies related to such property or the proceeds of such policies.
ARTICLE III
Survivorship, Forfeiture
A. Survivorship. Any beneficiary hereunder other than my Wife who dies within ninety
(90) days following the date of my death or the termination of or distribution from any
trust under this Will for which entitlement the date of such beneficiary's death shall be
relevant, shall be deemed to have predeceased me or to have died before the termination
of or distribution from that trust, as the case may be, for all purpose of this Will.
B. Forfeiture. I regard inheritance as a gift, not as an entitlement and in that same vein, any
beneficiary who challenges by or through any legal proceedings any distribution(s) made
by the Executor or Trustees hereunder or any discretionary actions taken by the Executor
or Trustees hereunder, or who challenges the validity of enforceability of this Will, shall
to the fullest extent permitted by law, forfeit all of his or her rights to an interest in my
estate and/or principal and/or income of any and all trust(s) hereunder and same shall be
distributed as if such person were no longer living at the time of distribution. It is my
intention that this forfeiture provision be applied to the fullest extent permitted by law
and, if a court of competent jurisdiction determines that the foregoing exceeds that at
which is permitted by law, I authorize and direct said court to interpret and apply said
provision to the fullest extent permitted by law of such jurisdiction.
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ARTICLE IV
Real Property
I give all of my interests in the properties that my Executor shall determine to have been used by
me or a member of my family as a personal residence and all contents therein (i&.., furniture,
appliances, etc.), currently 773 Arlington Road, Camp Hill, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,
to my Wife, if she survives me, to the extent that it does not pass to my Wife by right of
survivorship, and should she fail to survive, such property shall pass to my daughter, ALICE S.
MCCLURE, per stirpes. If my daughter fails to survive me without issue, I direct such property
be sold and distributed as part of my residue as set forth in Article VI.
ARTICLE V
Powers of Appointment
I declare that I do not by this Will intend to exercise any power of appointment.
ARTICLE VI
Residue
A. Spouse or Alternate. I give my residuary estate, real and personal, as follows:
1. If my Wife survives me, my residue shall be distributed to her outright and, if my
Wife should disclaim any such share of the residue, such property shall pass to the
Family Trust as set forth under Article VII subject to the terms therein.
2. If my Wife does not survive me, the residue shall pass to, in equal shares, to my
daughter, ALICE S. MCCLURE, per stirpes, and my son, ROBERT F.
MCCLURE, per stirpes, subject, however, to the terms of the Descendants'
Separate Trust under this Will for any such descendant under twenty-five (25)
years of age. I have expressly excluded my son, WILLIAM E. MCCLURE, JR.,
as a residual beneficiary.
ARTICLE VII
Family Trust
Property that is to be held as the Family Trust shall be held under this Article and all references
to "Family Trust" shall be to the trust held under this Article.
A. During My Wife's Life. The following provisions shall apply during my Wife's
life.
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1. The Trustee shall distribute to my Wife as much of the net income and principal
of the trust as the Trustee may from time to time determine, in such amounts or
proportions as the Trustee may from time to time select, for the recipient's health,
education, support in her accustomed manner of living, or maintenance.
2. Any net income not so distributed shall be accumulated and annually added to
principal.
B. Upon My Wife's Death. Upon the death of my Wife, the property then held in the
Family Trust shall be distributed pursuant to the same residual terms as if my Wife did
not survive me as set forth in Article VI, paragraph two.
ARTICLE VIII
Descendants' Separate Trust
Property that is to be held in the Descendants' Separate Trust shall be held under this Article and
all references to the "Descendants' Separate Trust" shall be to the trusts held under this Article.
Each descendant shall have a separate trust for his or her share.
A. During the Beneficiary's Life. The following provisions shall apply during the
Beneficiary's life:
1. The Trustees shall distribute to the beneficiary the net income of the trust at least
annually.
2. The Trustees shall distribute to the beneficiary as much of the principal of the
trust as the Trustees may from time to time determine for the beneficiary's health,
education and support in his or her accustomed manner of living or maintenance.
3. The beneficiary may withdraw all the principal at any time after attaining age
thirty-five (35). Prior to that, at any time after attaining the following ages, the
beneficiary shall have the right to withdraw principal. The maximum fraction that
a beneficiary may withdraw shall be as follows:
a. at or after attaining age twenty-five (25), one-third of the then fair market
value of the remaining trust assets.
b. at or after attaining age thirty (30), an additional one-half of the then fair
market value of the remaining trust assets (reduced by any portion of the
trust assets then still subject to the prior right of withdrawal not yet
exercised).
B. Upon Beneficiary's Death. Upon the beneficiary's death, the property then held in his or
her trust shall be distributed as follows:
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1. To such one or more persons out of a class composed of the beneficiary's
surviving spouse and descendants on such terms as the beneficiary may appoint
by a Will specifically referring to this power of appointment.
2. In default of appointment or insofar as an appointment is not effective, to the
beneficiary's descendants then living, per stirpes, subject to the terms of the trusts
under this Article; or if there are no descendants of the beneficiary then living if
the beneficiary was a grandchild or more remote descendant of mine, to the
descendants then living, per stirpes, of the beneficiary's nearest ancestor who was
a descendant of mine with descendants then living, subject, however, to the terms
of the trusts under this Article; or if there are no such descendants or if the
beneficiary was a child of mine to my descendants then living, per stirpes, subject,
however, to the terms of the trusts under this Article
ARTICLE IX
Takers of Last Resort
My Executor or the Trustee shall distribute any property that is not otherwise disposed of under
my Will (a) one-half (l/2) (or all, if there are no persons to take under item (b)) to the persons
who would have inherited my personal estate, and in the shares that they would have inherited it,
had I died a resident of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, unmarried and without a valid will,
on the date on which expires the interest of the last beneficiary of the property under this Will,
and (b) one-half (1/2) (or all, if there are no persons to take under item (a)) to the persons who
would have inherited the personal estate of my Wife, and in the shares that they would have
inherited it, had my Wife died a resident of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, unmarried and
without a valid will, on the date on which expires the interest of the last beneficiary of the
property under this Will.
ARTICLE X
Spendthrift Trust
A. No Assignment. No interest in the trust shall be subject to the beneficiary's liabilities or
creditor claims, assignment or anticipation.
B. Protection from Creditors. If the Trustees shall determine that a beneficiary (other than
my Wife) with respect to any Marital Trust would not benefit as greatly from any outright
distribution of trust income or principal because of the availability of the distribution to
the beneficiary's creditors, the Trustees shall instead expend those amounts for the benefit
of the beneficiary. This direction is intended to enable the Trustees to give the
beneficiary the maximum possible benefit and enjoyment of all of the trust income and
principal to which the beneficiary is entitled.
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ARTICLE XI
Exercise of Powers Created Hereunder
A. Form of Appointment. A power of appointment conferred hereunder upon a person in
his or her individual capacity (a "Non-Fiduciary Power") may be exercised in favor of
one or more persons, in any proportions, and in any lawful estates and interests, whether
absolute or in further trust. Such a Non-Fiduciary Power may be exercised to create
further Non-Fiduciary Powers which may be made exercisable in the same or a different
manner. A limited power of appointment may be exercised to confer a limited or general
power, including a presently exercisable limited or general power.
B. Trustees Under Appointment. The Trustee under an appointment in further trust may
be any person not prohibited from serving as Trustee under my Will and may be given
fiduciary powers (including discretionary powers over distributions), exercisable,
however, only in favor of objects of the exercised power.
C. Testamentary Power. A Non-Fiduciary power exercisable by Will may also be
exercised by a written instrument signed by the powerholder other than the powerholder's
Will if the powerholder's Will contains a direction that the exercise in the other
instrument be honored.
D. Trustee Can Create Trusts. The discretionary power of the Trustees (excluding,
however, any Interested Trustee) to distribute principal from the Descendant's Single
Trust may be exercised in the same ways as a Non-Fiduciary Power under this Article,
except that this shall not authorize the Trustees to restrict or curtail any beneficiary's
interest in mandatory payments (such as all or a fraction of the trust income) by an
exercise that would not be authorized without this paragraph. If a power held in a
fiduciary capacity is exercised to create another power (whether the power created is
conferred in a fiduciary or individual capacity), then the power created shall not be
exercisable in any manner which may postpone the vesting of any estate or interest in the
appointed property or suspend the absolute ownership or power of alienation of the
appointed property for a period ascertainable without regard to the date of my death.
ARTICLE XII
Payment of Death Taxes
A. All Apportioned Except Preresiduary Gifts. All estate, inheritance, legacy,
succession, generation-skipping, or other wealth transfer taxes (other than any additional
estate tax imposed by Code Sec. 203 1 (c)(5)(C), Code Sec. 2032A(c) or Code Sec.
2057(f) or any generation-skipping transfer tax on any generation-skipping transfer other
than a direct skip, or comparable taxes imposed by any other taxing authority) that result
from my death and that are imposed by any domestic or foreign taxing authority with
respect to property passing under this Will, together with interest and penalties on those
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taxes, shall be charged against and paid without apportionment out of the residue of my
estate as an administration expense with no right of reimbursement from any recipient of
any such property. Such taxes on property not passing under this Will shall be
apportioned to and paid from such property by those succeeding to such property, taking
into account the provisions of any instrument governing such property, the provisions of
the Internal Revenue Code, and any provisions, of other applicable law apportioning such
taxes.
B. Modifications. However, the following clarifications and/or modifications of the general
rule set forth in the preceding paragraph shall apply:
1. Any generation-skipping transfer tax other than a tax on a direct skip of property
passing as part of my estate and disposed of under this Will prior to the Article
disposing of my residuary estate shall be charged to the property constituting the
transfer in the manner provided by Code Sec. 2603(b).
2. Taxes imposed under Code Sec. 2701(d) shall be apportioned and paid as an
additional estate or gift tax as provided in Chapter 14.
C. Reference to Code. I hereby make specific reference to Code Sec. 2207 A (concerning
tax on QTIP property), Code Sec. 2207B (concerning tax on property included under
Code Sec. 2036), and Code Sec. 2603(b) (concerning the generation-skipping transfer tax
under Chapter 13) and to corresponding provisions of state law and I direct that they shall
apply to the extent they are consistent with the above, and shall not apply to the extent
they are inconsistent with the above.
D. Apportionment Prevails Over Abatement. If payment oftaxes from my residuary
estate in accordance with the foregoing exhausts my residuary estate, the balance of tax
due shall be apportioned in accordance with the rules of tax apportionment rather than the
rules of abatement.
ARTICLE XIII
Executors and Trustees
A. Initial Appointments.
1. I appoint my Wife, CHARLOTTE S. MCCLURE, to be an Executrix of this Will
and Co-Trustee of the Family Trust under this Will provided, however, in the
unforeseen event that the sole Trustee of the Family Trust is a beneficiary of the
trust, the Trustee shall appoint an uninterested Co-Trustee. A beneficiary's interest
shall not be merged or converted into a legal life estate or estate for years because
the beneficiary is the sole Trustee, but if this would still happen under applicable
law, then a Co-Trustee shall be appointed in preference to such merger or
conversion.
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2. Multiple Executors or Trustees, whether named by me or by another Executor or
Trustee, shall serve together and each may serve even if one or more of them shall
fail or cease to serve for any reason.
B. Successors.
1. I appoint my child, ROBERT F. MCCLURE to serve as Successor Executor and
Co-Trustee of the Family Trust and any other Trusts formed hereunder and ifhe is
unable to serve for any reason, I appoint ALICE S. MCCLURE, to be the
Successor Executor of this Will and Trustee (or Co-Trustee) of all Trusts
hereunder if and when all persons I have previously named shall fail to qualify or
cease to act. Each may serve alone if the other should fail to qualify.
2. Any reference to "Executor" or "Trustee" includes any successor, unless expressly
indicated.
3. Separate trusts hereunder may have different trustees pursuant to these provisions.
C. Additional Provisions Regarding Changes in Fiduciaries.
1. Any Executor or Trustee may resign at any time without court approval and
whether or not a successor has been appointed.
2. Each individual Executor and Trustee (including successors) shall have the right
to appoint a successor individual Executor or Trustee by an instrument in writing,
such appointment to take effect upon the death, resignation or incapacity of the
appointing Executor or Trustee. An appointment may be changed or revoked
until it takes effect. If I have named a successor or successors to the appointing
Executor or Trustee in this Will, the appointment of a successor under this
paragraph shall take effect only if and when all persons that I have appointed fail
to qualify or cease to act.
3. The individuals (and any corporation) acting as my Executor or the Trustees may
at any time acting unanimously by written instrument appoint an individual or a
corporation with fiduciary powers as a Co-Executor or Co-Trustee.
4. The "Protector" of each trust under this Will shall be GARY L. JAMES, or if he is
unable to serve, such attorney as selected by the law firm of James, Smith, Durkin
& Connelly, LLP. The Protector may be one or more individuals or corporations.
Multiple Protectors shall act by majority.
a. The Protector may appoint one or more persons to be successor Protector
to take office upon the death, resignation, or incapacity of the Protector or
any person serving as Protector.
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b.
After my death, the Protector shall have the right to remove any Trustee of
a trust under this Will other than my Wife or a descendant of mine. If a
Trustee is removed by the Protector, any successor Trustee appointed by
the removed Trustee shall not take office. The Protector shall also have
the right to appoint an individual or corporation with fiduciary powers to
replace the removed Trustee or whenever the office of Trustee of a trust
becomes vacant.
c.
Any person serving as Protector may resign.
d.
The Protector's authority hereunder is conferred in a fiduciary capacity
and shall be so exercised, but the Protector shall not be liable for any
action taken in good faith.
e.
No discretionary distribution shall be made from any trust that would
discharge or substitute for a legal obligation of any person serving as
Protector even if such a distribution would otherwise be authorized under
the terms of the trust.
f.
The Protector may release the Protector's power to remove a particular
Trustee and such release may be limited to the releasing Protector or made
binding upon any successor Protector.
g.
The Protector shall not, within the meaning of Code Sec. 672( c), appoint
an individual or corporation that is related or subordinate (1) to the
Protector or to me, when I am alive, and the Protector is related or
subordinate to me or (2) to the Protector when the Protector is an
Interested Trustee or would be an Interested Trustee if the Protector were
serving as Trustee. If more than one person is serving as Protector, the
preceding sentence shall prohibit the appointment of any Trustee that
could not be appointed by each such person if serving alone as Protector.
5. If the office of Executor or Trustee of a trust is vacant, and no successor takes
office pursuant to any other provision of this Will, an individual or corporation
with fiduciary powers may be appointed as Executor or Trustee by my Wife if
then living and competent, otherwise by a majority of my adult descendants then
living and competent.
6. An Executor or Trustee may be appointed pursuant to this Article for a limited
purpose or to hold only specified powers.
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D. Accountings and Other Proceedings.
1. I direct that my estate or a trust hereunder be subject to independent
administration with as little court supervision as the law allows. My Executor and
the Trustees shall not be required to render to any court annual or other periodic
accounts, or any inventory, appraisal, or other returns or reports, except as
required by applicable state law. My Executor and the Trustees shall take such
action for the settlement or approval of accounts at such times and before such
courts or without court proceedings as my Executor or the Trustees shall
determine. My Executor or the Trustees shall pay the costs and expenses of any
such action or proceeding, including (but not limited to) the compensation and
expenses of attorneys and guardians, out of the property of my estate or the trust.
The Trustees shall not be required to register any trust hereunder.
2. I direct that in any proceeding relating to my estate or a trust hereunder, service
upon any person under a legal disability need not be made when another person
not under a disability is a party to the proceeding and has the same interest as the
person under the disability. The person under the disability shall nevertheless be
bound by the results of the proceeding. The same rule shall apply to non-judicial
settlements, releases, exonerations, and indemnities.
E. Fiduciary Powers. My Executor and the Trustees may, without prior authority from any
court, exercise all powers conferred by this Will or by common law or by any fiduciary
powers act or other statute of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or any other
jurisdiction whose law applies to this Will or to any trust hereby created. My Executor
and the Trustees shall have absolute discretion in exercising these powers. Except as
specifically limited by this Will, these powers shall extend to all property held by my
Executor and the Trustees until the actual distribution of the property. The powers of my
Executor and the Trustees shall include the following powers:
1. My Executor may pay my debts as soon as practicable in the course of the
administration of my estate, and pay my funeral and burial expenses without
regard to any limits otherwise imposed by law on funeral and burial expenses. If,
under law, my Wife is primarily liable for my funeral or burial expenses or the
expenses of my last illness, I hereby relieve her of such liability and direct that
payment be made from my estate.
2. My Executor may payout of my general estate administration expenses incurred
in connection with real or tangible personal property located outside of my
domicile.
3. My Executor or the Trustees may determine what property is covered by general
descriptions contained in this Will.
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4. My Executor may determine whether and to what extent to elect to qualify any
eligible property for the federal or state marital deduction, even though an
Executor may have an interest affected by the election.
5. My Executor or the Trustees may make any election available under the tax laws
in such manner as my Executor or the Trustees shall determine, including any
election to treat a revocable trust created by me as part of my estate for income
tax purposes, even though an Executor or Trustee may have an interest affected
by the election, except where an Executor or Trustee is prohibited from
participating in the election by another provision of this Will.
6. My Executor may elect, to whatever extent deemed appropriate, under Sec.
2113(a) of the Pennsylvania Inheritance and Estate Tax Act, 72 P.S. Sec. 9113, to
subject property to Pennsylvania inheritance tax on my death and thereby avoid
any such tax on my Wife's death.
7. My Executor or the Trustees may compromise claims or debts and abandon or
demolish any property which my Executor or the Trustees shall determine to be of
little or no value.
8. My Executor or the Trustees may sell property at public or private sale, for cash
or upon credit, exchange property for other property, lease property for any period
of time, and give options of any duration for sales, exchanges or leases.
9. My Executor or the Trustees may, without the consent of any beneficiary,
distribute in cash or in kind, and allocate specific assets in satisfaction of
fractional shares or pecuniary sums including cash legacies among the
beneficiaries (including any trust) in such proportions, not necessarily pro rata, as
my Executor or the Trustees may determine, even though an Executor or Trustee
has an interest affected by the distribution and even though different beneficiaries
entitled to the same sum or share may thereby receive different mixes of assets,
possibly with different income tax bases, as long as the fair market value of
property on the date of distribution is used in determining the extent to which any
distribution satisfies a sum or share.
10. My Executor or the Trustees may apply to the use of any individual, any property,
whether principal or income, that otherwise would or could be distributed directly
to such individual.
11. My Executor or the Trustees may employ a custodian, hold property unregistered
or in the name of a nominee (including the nominee of any bank, trust company,
brokerage house or other institution employed as custodian), and pay reasonable
compensation to a custodian in addition to any fees otherwise payable to my
Executor or the Trustees, notwithstanding any rule of law otherwise prohibiting
such dual compensation.
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12. The Trustees may hold two or more trusts hereunder as a combined fund
(allocating ratably to such trusts all receipts from, and expenses of, the combined
fund) for convenience in investment and administration, but no combination of
trusts for this purpose may alter their status as separate trusts.
13. The Trustees may consolidate any trust for a descendant with another trust having
identical terms and the same Trustee (whether or not under this Will) and
administer the two as one trust, provided that each portion of the consolidated
trust shall terminate and vest in possession no later than the date required for the
separate trust from which it came.
14. My Executor or the Trustees may employ and rely upon advice given by
accountants, attorneys, investment bankers, and other expert advisers, and employ
agents, clerks and other employees, and pay reasonable compensation to such
advisors or employees in addition to fees otherwise payable to my Executor or the
Trustees, notwithstanding any rule of law otherwise prohibiting such dual
compensation.
15. My Executor or the Trustees may accept or decline to accept additions from any
source.
F. Exoneration from Security. No Executor or Trustee shall be required to give bond or
other security in any jurisdiction, and if despite this exoneration a bond is nevertheless
required, no sureties shall be required.
G. Additional General Provisions Regarding Fiduciaries.
1. "Interested Trustee" means for any trust a Trustee who is (i) a transferor of
property to the trust, including a person whose qualified disclaimer resulted in
property passing to the trust; or (ii) a person who is or in the future may be
eligible to receive income or principal pursuant to the terms of the trust. A
Trustee described in (i) is an Interested Trustee only with respect to the
transferred property (including income and gain on, and reinvestment of, such
property). A person is described in (ii) even ifhe or she has a remote contingent
remainder interest, but is not described in (ii) if the person's only interest is as a
potential appointee under a non-fiduciary power of appointment held by another
person the exercise of which will take effect only in the future, such as a
testamentary power held by a living person. A Trustee who is not an Interested
Trustee is a "Disinterested Trustee."
2. My Executor may make distributions directly from my estate to beneficiaries of a
trust hereunder, but only at the direction of the Trustees authorized to make such
distributions.
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3. Under this Will, if two or more separate trusts with the same beneficiaries and
same terms are created, either by direction or pursuant to the exercise of
discretion, I intend that the separate trusts may but need not have the same
investments and may but need not follow the same pattern of distributions. The
Trustees' powers shall be exercisable separately with respect to each trust.
4. Except to the extent specifically provided otherwise in this Will, references to my
Executor or the Trustees shall, in their application to my estate or a trust
hereunder, refer to all those from time to time acting as Executors or Trustees of
that Trust and if two or more Executors or Trustees are eligible to act on a given
matter they shall act by majority. In the exercise of discretion over distributions,
if this Will provides that certain Trustees may participate in distributions limited
by an ascertainable standard, while a different set of Trustees may participate in
distributions for any purpose, if the two sets of Trustees (each acting by its own
majority) want to distribute the same item of income or principal to different
recipients, the distribution desired by the set of Trustees participating in
distributions for any purpose shall prevail.
5. Individual Executors and Trustees shall receive compensation in accordance with
the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in effect at the time of payment,
unless the Executor or Trustee waives compensation; provided that my Wife and
descendants shall serve without compensation. A corporate Executor or Trustee
shall be compensated by agreement with the individual Executor or Trustee or in
the absence of such agreement in accordance with its fee schedule as in effect at
the time of payment. I authorize a corporate Executor or Trustee to charge
additional fees for services it provides to my estate or a trust hereunder that are
not comprised within its duties as Executor or Trustee, for example, a fee charged
by a mutual fund it administers in which my estate or a trust hereunder invests, or
a fee for providing an appraisal, or a fee for providing corporate finance or
investment banking services. I also recognize that a corporate Executor or
Trustee may charge separately for some services comprised within its duties as
Executor or Trustee, for example a separate fee for investing cash balances or
preparing tax returns. Such separate charges shall not be treated as improper or
excessive merely because they are added on to a basic fee in calculating total
compensation for service as Executor or Trustee. Insurance proceeds and
retirement benefits payable to my estate shall not be subject to Executor's
compensation.
6. No Executor or Trustee shall be liable to anyone for anything done or not done by
any other Executor or Trustee or by any beneficiary.
7. The fact that an Executor or Trustee is active in the investment business shall not
be deemed a contlict of interest, and purchases and sales of investments may be
made through a corporate Executor or Trustee or through any firm of which a
corporate or individual Executor or Trustee is a partner, shareholder, proprietor,
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associate, employee, owner, subsidiary, affiliate or the like, and property of my
estate or a trust hereunder may be invested in individual securities, mutual funds,
partnerships, private placements, or other forms of investment promoted,
underwritten, managed, or advised by an Executor or Trustee or such a firm.
8. My Executor and the Trustees may employ and rely upon advice given by
investment counsel, delegate discretionary investment authority over investments
to investment counsel, and pay investment counsel reasonable compensation in
addition to fees otherwise payable to my Executor or the Trustees,
notwithstanding any rule of law otherwise prohibiting such dual compensation.
My Executor and the Trustees may but need not favor retention of assets
originally owned by me. My Executor and the Trustees shall not be under any
duty to diversify investments regardless of any rule of law requiring
diversification.
9. The fact that an Executor or Trustee (or a firm of which an Executor or Trustee is
a member or with which an Executor or Trustee is otherwise affiliated) renders
legal or other professional services to my estate or a trust hereunder shall not be
deemed a conflict of interest, and my Executor or the Trustees may pay fees for
such services to such Executor or Trustee or firm without prior approval of any
court or any beneficiary and whether or not there is a Co-Executor or Co-Trustee
to approve such payment. An attorney or other Executor or Trustee who also
renders professional services shall receive full compensation for both services as
Executor or Trustee and the professional services rendered, except as specifically
limited by law.
10. Unless I have specifically provided otherwise, and subject to any ascertainable
standard governing its exercise, the Trustees' discretionary power to distribute
income or principal includes the power to distribute all of such income and/or
principal to one or more members of a class to the exclusion of others whether or
not the terms of the trust specifically mention that possibility.
11. A Trustee may irrevocably release one or more powers held by the Trustee while
retaining other powers.
12. Any Executor or Trustee may delegate to a Co-Executor or Co-Trustee any power
held by the delegating Executor or Trustee, but only if the Co-Executor or
Co- Trustee is authorized to exercise the power delegated. A delegation may be
revocable, but while it is in effect the delegating Executor or Trustee shall have
no responsibility concerning the exercise of the delegated power.
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ARTICLE XIV
Definitions and Miscellaneous Provisions
The following definitions and miscellaneous provisions shall apply under this Will:
A. Children and Descendants. References to "children" and "descendants" shall include
children and descendants whenever born unless expressly excluded (i.&...., William E.
McClure, Jr.).
B. Surviving Spouse. An individual's "surviving spouse" means the person (if any)
surviving the individual to whom the individual is married at the time of the individual's
death.
C. Determining Descendants. One's children and other descendants shall be determined
according to applicable law, except to the extent modified by this paragraph or by any
other specific provision of this Will.
1. A child adopted before he or she attains eighteen (18) years of age (but not after
attaining that age) shall be treated under this Will as a child and descendant of his
or her adopting parents and their ancestors.
2. Adoptions and marriages that are recognized under this Will shall not affect prior
distributions or other interests that have previously vested in possession, but they
shall enable a person to receive distributions from or remainder or other interests
in a trust still in existence. The descendants of a person who is treated as a child
or descendant under this Article, shall also be treated as descendants of such
person's ancestors. The descendants of a person who is treated as not being a
child or descendant under this Article, shall also be treated as not being
descendants of such person's ancestors.
D. Tangible Personal Property. The term "tangible personal property" does not include
personally held art, antiques, stamp and coin collections, and other collectibles. Such
term does not include property primarily held for investment purposes, nor does it include
any property held for use in a trade or business, ordinary currency and cash, or bullion.
E. Per Stirpes. Property that is to be divided among an individual's surviving or then living
descendants "per stirpes" shall be divided into as many equal shares as there are children
of the individual who are then living or who have died leaving surviving or then-living
descendants. A share allocated to a deceased child of the individual shall be divided
further among such deceased child's surviving or then-living descendants in the same
manner.
F. Minor and Adult. Whether an individual is a minor or an adult shall be determined
under the laws of the individual's domicile at the time in question, except in cases when
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this Will has specifically defined "Minor" to mean a person under twenty-one (21) years
of age.
G. Code and Regulations. References to the "Internal Revenue Code" or "Code" or to
provisions thereof are to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended at the time in
question. References to the "Regulations" or "Regs" are to the Treasury Regulations
under the Internal Revenue Code. If by the time in question a particular provision of the
Internal Revenue Code has been renumbered, or the Internal Revenue Code has been
superseded by a subsequent federal tax law, the reference shall be deemed to be to the
renumbered provision or the corresponding provision of the subsequent law, unless to do
so would clearly be contrary to my intent as expressed in this Will, and a similar rule
shall apply to references to the Regulations.
H. Disabled Trustee. A trustee is "disabled" (and while disabled shall not serve as Trustee)
when a written certification is in effect that the examined Trustee is physically or
mentally incapable of managing the affairs of the trust, whether or not there is an
adjudication of the Trustee's incompetence.
1. This certification shall be valid only if it is signed by at least two (2) physicians,
each of whom has personally examined the trustee and at least one (l) of whom is
board-certified in the specialty most closely associated with the alleged disability.
2. This certification need not indicate any cause for the trustee's disability.
3. A certification of disability shall be rescinded when a serving trustee receives a
certification the former trustee is capable of managing the trust's affairs. This
certification, too, shall be valid only if it is signed by at least two (2) physicians,
each of whom has personally examined the trustee and at least one (l) of whom is
board certified in the specialty most closely associated with the former disability.
4. No person is liable to anyone for actions taken in reliance on the certifications
under this paragraph, or for dealing with a trustee other than the one removed for
disability based on these certifications.
I. Gross Estate. "Gross estate" means my gross estate as determined for federal estate tax
purposes (or for state death tax purposes where relevant).
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!WITNESS WHEREOF. I have hereunto subscribed my name on this ,J - day of
r-. "l._ '\ ,2002.
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WILLIAM E. MCCLURE
Signed, sealed, published and declared by WILLIAM E. MCCLURE, the testator above named,
as and fo IsTastwilland testament, in our presence, and we in his presence, and in the presence
of each ther, have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses:
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yve, WILLIAME.MCCLURE, r){'ijJ(( (d L.LcLl/ and
Il' V L. h r1 , the testator and the witnesses, respectively, whose
names are sub cribed to the foregoing instrument, being first duly sworn, do hereby
declare to the undersigned authority that the testator signed and executed the instrument
as his last Will and that he had signed willingly and that he executed it as his free and
voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed, and that each of the witnesses, in the
presence and hearing of the testator, signed the Will as witness and that to the best of
each such witness's knowledge the testator was at that time eighteen (18) years of age or
older, of sound mind, and under no constraint or undue influence.
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TESTATOR:
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WILLIAM E. MCCLURE
Subscrib , swo to and acknowledged before me by WILLIAM E. MCCLURE, the
testator, and subscribed and sworn to before me by /f){ ,)1 c< I {L L. L {t (I and
n i " I [IV, ~ tt It n , the witnesses, this ~ day of tIJU~~{',
2002.
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Notarial Seal
Penelope J. LaFoe, Notary Public
Derry Twp" Dauphin County
My Commission Expires July 26, 2004
Member, Pennsylvania ASSOCiation of NotaliP..s