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Home My WebLink About01-18-06 . Register of Wills of Cumberland County PETITION FOR PROBATE and GRANT OF LETTERS Estate of- Ruth H. Eyster also known as No. ").. \ - ~ 1..." - ~\::)D.. ~ . To: , Deceased. Register of Wills for the County of Cumberland in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Social Security No. 162-22-9840 The petition ofthe undersigned respectfully represents that: Your petitioner(s), who is/are 18 years of age or older, and the execut~ named in the last will of the above decedent, dated September 21 , ~ 1999 and codicil(s) dated N/A (state relevant circumstances, e.g. renunciation, death of executor, etc.) Decedent was domiciled at death in Cumberland Pennsylvania, with h_ last family or principal residence at 113 Strayer Drive, Carlisle County , (list street, number and municipality) Decedent, then ~ years of age, died December 29 ,20~, at Forest Park Nursing Home 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 ofa killing and was never adjudicated incompetent: no exceptions 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 situated as follows: $ 7000 $ $ $ WHEREFORE, petitioner(s) respectfully request(s) the probate of the last will and codicil(s) presented herewith and the grant of letters testamentary (testamentary; administration c.t.a.; administration d.b.n.c.t.a.) )1...' Residence(s) ofPetitioner(s) 113 Strayer Drive, carlisle, PA 17013 -:J"") (,0 :Cd I, "J n I '," 'I' r;-' tJ 1 j .~ w' .... . Register of Wills of Cumberland County OATH OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA } SS: 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 ofpetitioner(s) and that as personal representative(s) of the above decedent petitioner(s) will well and truly administer the estate according to law. q Lt1AAA G KE'~ ~}y ;' Sworn to or affirmed an<l; ~bscribed Before me this \ ~ .... day of -s.~~~~,^, ,20 ~'",. , { (I) ~. 1 ~ ~ ~ \ ~~ "":::,~'" \. ~ Register ~~ \ ,,~ <s;.~, \..( ...~~:. i ~ ~ \) ~~ o. ~ \ -~\, - '\:J~\.\ ~ Estate of Ruth H. Eyster , Deceased DECREE OF PROBATE AND GRANT OF LETTERS AND NOW -S~~~~,('-l" \ ~ ) 20'0~inconsiderationofthepetitiononthereverseside hereof, satisfactory proof having treen presented before me, IT IS DECREED that the instrument(s), dated <::.~. "":l.. '\, \ "" '"' '=\ , described therein be admitted to probate filed of record as the last will of ~ \\. ~-~~\'\:( ;andLettersareherebygrantedto -:S~c.~", x.. \~.:~~~~ Automation Fee................... Bond.............................. ... Total Filed' -;s~. '\ ~ $ $ Renunciation....................... $ Short Certificates (\.\) ............ $ JCP.. . .. . .. . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . . .. $ $ $ $ .Q(L~I,., J- '-\5. "S. G~ ,,~~ "'~ Register of Wills q ,$~,~ ,')' ~ ~~ ~"l,\. Attorney (Sup. Ct. I.D.No.) ~ ~ FEES Probate, Letters, Etc. ............. Will ................................. '\~ ,,~ . Address s. ~ '\ . ~~ Phone " .. t ;" \ Z Z : C 1 t .": v i ~. oJ ~ \ -'JI,.~ . ~$'~~ LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF RUTH H. EYSTER I, Ruth H. Eyster, of South Middleton Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, declare this to be my Last Will and Testament and revoke all Wills and Codicils previously made by me. ITEM I: I direct that all my legally enforceable debts and funeral expenses, including all expenses of my last illness, shall be paid from my residuary estate as soon as practicable after my decease as a part of the expense of the administration of my estate. ITEM II: I bequeath my personal effects and other tangible personal property oflike nature (not including cash or securities), together with any existing insurance thereon, to my daughter, JoAnn E. Keagle, providing she survives me by thirty (30) days. Should my said daughter predecease me or die on or before the thirtieth day following my death, I direct that the foregoing articles shall be sold at public or private sale by my personal representative(s), and I further direct that the net proceeds thereof shall be administered and distributed as a part of the residue of my estate. ITEM III: I devise and bequeath the residue of my estate of every nature and wherever situate in equal shares to my grandchildren, per capita, provided that the share of any grandchild who predeceases me or dies on or before the thirtieth day following my death shall be distributed to his or her issue, per stirpes, living on the thirty-first day following my death, and in default of any such then living issue, such share shall be added to the share or shares for my other grandchildren, or their then living issue, per stirpes. ITEM IV: I appoint my grandson, George P. Keagle, guardian of any property which passes, either under this Will or otherwise, to a minor and with respect to which I am authorized to appoint a guardian and have not otherwise specifically done so, provided that this appointment of a guardian ~hall not supers~e the right of any fiduciary in its discretion to distribute a share where possible to the minor or to another for the minor's benefit. Such guardian shall have the power to 77 :: . ~ ".' \_..+...... -.-'1, . ~. fJ ~' use principal, as well as income, from time to time for the minor's support, health and medical care, and education (including college education), or to make payment for these purposes, without further obligation or responsibility to see to the proper expenditure thereof, directly to the minor or to the minor's parent or to any person taking care of the minor. ITEM V: All Federal, State and other death taxes payable because of my death, with respect to the property forming my gross estate for tax purposes, whether passing under this Will or otherwise, including any interest or penalty imposed in connection with such taxes, shall be considered a part of the expense of the administration of my estate and shall be paid out of the principal of my residuary estate without apportionment or right of reimbursement. ITEM VI: I appoint my daughter, JoAnn E. Keagle, Executrix of this my last Will. Should my said daughter fail to qualify or cease to act as Executrix, I appoint my grandson, George P. Keagle, Executor of this my last Will. Should such grandson fail to qualify or cease to act as Executor, I appoint my grandson, Robert S. Eyster, Executor of this my last Will. Should such grandson fail to qualify or cease to act as Executor, I appoint Mellon Bank Executor of this my last Will. ITEM VII: I direct that all fiduciaries acting under this Will, whether or not named herein, shall not be required to give bond for the faithful performance of their duties in any jurisdiction. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this ~ \. day of September, 1999. ~ II ~ [SEAL] The preceding instrument, consisting of this and one (1) other typewritten page, each identified by the signature ofthe Testatrix, was on the date thereof, signed, published and declared by Ruth H. Eyster, the Testatrix therein named, as and for her last Will, in the presence of us, who, at her request, in her presence and in the presence of each other, have subscribed our names as witnesses hereto. /',/ ~~~... (/ 6"~ .- ~ 1. CL '-<-.L"-o {4 (~'tJ~ .. / COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA ss. COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND We, Ruth H. Eyster, John B. Fowler, III, and'VVl arC. iA.. y, ~, m~+{)11 ,the I Testatrix and the witnesses, respectively, whose names are signed to the foregoing instrument, being first duly sworn, do hereby declare to the undersigned authority that the Testatrix signed and executed the instrument as her last Will and that she has 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 ofthe Testatrix, signed the Will as witness and that to the best of his /her knowledge the Testatrix was at that time eighteen years of age or older, of sound mind and under no constraint or undue influence. ~,j/.~ T estatnx ~' Witness - w.-1 /1k~~, (~(~ '-- WIt ss Subscribed, sworn to and acknowledged before me by Ruth H. Eyster, the Testatrix, and subscribed and sworn to before me by John B. Fowler, III, and mArC I A Y. ~ Inf 'h-n the witnesses, this ~ l.st day of September, 1999. ~~ Notary Pub} NOT AAIAl SEAL COAAINE l. MYE~Nota Public Carlisle Bora, C ' My Commi~sjon Ex 'res Ma 27,