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Home My WebLink About05-30-06 PETITION FOR PROBATE and GRANT OF LETTERS No. r ~ / / J~(P -- D(/fa tJ Register of Wills for the County of Cumberland in the Co~monwea1th of Pennsylvania To: Estate of ARTHUR W. GROVE, JR. also known as Social Security No. Deceased. 314-01-1650 The petition of the undersigned respectfully represents that: Your petitioners are 18 years of age or older and the Executors named in the last will of the above decedent, dated January 9, 2006, and codicil(s) dated [none]. Decedent was domiciled at death in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, with his last family or principal residence at Manor Care Health Services, 940 Walnut Bottom Road, Carlisle Borough. Decedent, then 88 years of age, died May 30, 2006, at Manor Care Health Services, 940 Walnut Bottom Road, Carlisle, P A. 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: 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: 301 Cavalry Road, North Middleton Township $ $ $ $ 2,000 100,000 HE REF 0 RE, petitioner respectfully requests the probate of the last will and codicil( s) presented nd the grant of Ie s testamentary there~.. . _~Ju erald R. Grove aulette Konevitcn 2716 Linglestown Road 7428 Sterling Road Harrisburg, PAl 711 0 Harrisburg, PAl 7112 (717) 652-1366 (717) 652-8084 _. <) OATH OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE - _OJ COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA ) : SSe COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND ) .~ ~"';1 - , The petitioners above-named swear or affirm 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 representatiies of the above decedent, petitioners will well and truly administe estate according . law. Sworn to or affirmed and subscribed before me this 2,{)~ , day 0; . Q..,rald R. Grove. . .J:J1:liuf&~1I L'.0.ei~rtut7 . _ -<~1dtf~~ '../ .&. J/. ( . Re ist~~ \'... .~ Paulette Konevitc Ik"tV-4 tt(cU( /Sfr~5 ~ No. .;{J1"JlCX)(P .'- Q~01 Estate of Arthur W. Grove, Jr., Deceased DECREE OF PROBATE AND GRANT OF LETTERS AND NOW, ~.& ~"''' ,inconsiderationofthepetitiononthereverseside hereof, satisfactory proof having been presented before me, IT IS DECREED that the instrument dated January 9,2006, described therein be admitted to probate and filed of record as the last will of Arthur W. Grove, Jr., and Letters Testamentary are hereby granted to Gerald R. Grove and Paulette Konevitch. TOTAL $ c:2& 0 .00 $ I~ - 00 $ /:;: OD $ (' S.i:>O $ ,3o~.oo O-F4 Will Book # Page FEES quire (92 ATTO Y (Sup. Ct. J.D. No.) MARTSON DEARDORFF WILLIAMS & OTTO 10 East High Street Carlisle, PAl 70 13 (717) 243-3341 Probate, Letters, Etc. Short Certificates( ) Renunciation Filed .5J3D/O{o F:\FILES\DA T AFILE\EST ATES\! 0600.!.!etters.tes F \FILES\DA T AFILE\Estate Planning\ 10600. J. wilL 2006 LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT I, ARTHUR W. GROVE, JR., of North Middleton Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, being of sound and disposing mind and memory, do hereby make, publish and declare this to be my Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking any and all former Wills or Codicils by me made. "J 1. I direct that all my legally enforceable debts, funeral expenses, testamentary expenses aug all inheritance taxes (whether such taxes may be payable by my estate or by any recipient9f aqy: property) shall be paid from my residuary estate as soon as practicable after my decease an~ as pare of the administration of my estate. My Executor(s) shall have no duty or obligation to obtaifP reimbursement for any such tax so paid, even though on proceeds of insurance or other property not passing under this Will. 2. I give, devise and bequeath all of my estate, both real and personal property, to GERALD R. GROVE and PAULINE GROVE, husband and wife, or the survivor of them, or, should both of them predecease me, to their issue, per stirpes. 3. I nominate, constitute and appoint my brother, GERALD R. GROVE, and my niece, PAULETTE KONEVITCH, or the survivor of them, as Executor(s) of my estate. 4. I direct that my Executor(s) shall not be required to file a bond to secure the faithful performance of their duties in any jurisdiction. 5. I authorize and empower my Executor(s), in their sole and absolute discretion, to purchase or otherwise acquire and retain any investments of which I die seized or any real or personal property of any nature; to sell, lease, pledge, mortgage, transfer, exchange, dispose of or grant options in regard to any or all property of any kind forming a part of my estate for such terms and such prices as they may deem advisable; to borrow money for any purposes connected with the protection and ($ [Initials] Page 1 of 3 Pages 1.-) ':::=-) :, _.."J . \ I , preservation of my estate; to mortgage or pledge any real or personal property forming a part of my estate or to join in or secure the partition of same; to compromise any claims or demands of my estate against others or of others against my estate; to make distribution in kind and to cause any share to be composed of cash, property or undivided fractional shares in property different in kind from any other share; to employ agents, attorneys and proxies and to delegate to them such power as my Executor( s) consider( s) desirable and to pay reasonable compensation for such services as may be rendered by such agents, attorneys and proxies; and to execute and deliver such instruments as may be necessary to carry out any of these powers. In addition, I direct that my Executor( s) shall have the power to conduct an inventory of any safe deposit box necessary to the administration of my estate. IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and seal this q#7 day of \J0J7LH1i1j , Jotxp. /ttrk'}}: /t.Ac:y- Arthur W. Grove, Jr. (SEAL) SIGNED, SEALED, PUBLISHED AND DECLARED by the above-named Testator, as and for his Last Will and Testament, in the presence of us, who at his request, have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses thereto, in the presence of the said Testator and of each other. . Ck~ .P ttL 4- !/t~ . Page 2 of 3 Pages , . COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA ) : SS. COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND ) We, Arthur W. Grove, Jr., Hillary A. Dean, and J j (' to 1'/ Cc 1-- - 0 tltJ the Testator 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 Testator signed and executed the instrument as his last Will and that the Testator has signed willingly, and that the Testator 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 a witness and that to the best of his/her knowledge the Testator was at that time eighteen years of age or older, of sound mind and under no constraint or undue influence. ,)t j Arthur W. Grove, Jr., T tator j!~ IJ. /J1I1JZ/ ltness ,r, #/J;;d r~ Witness Subscribed, sworn to and acknowledged before me by Arthur W. Grove, Jr., the Testator, and subscribed and sworn to before me by Hillary A. Dean and V l cJv -c l tc. /'.- - CJ-.-Hc:) the witnesses, thisc:f~day of ~.U'<'AI d ,2L'CC ~~if:~n(r/~ NOTARIAL SEAL CORRINE L. MYERS, NOTARY PUBLIC CARLISLE BORO, COUNTY OF CUMBERL~ND MY COMMISSION EXPIRES MAY 27,2007 Page 3 of 3 Pages