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Estate of JACQUELENE L. CURRAN
also known as n/a
Deceased.
Social Security No. 209-20-4039
PETITION FOR PROBATE and GRANT OF LETTERS
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Register of Wills for the County
of Cumberland in the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania.
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The petition of the undersigned respectfully represents that:
Your Petitioner is 18 years of age or older and the alternate executrix named in the last will of the
above decedent, dated 3 June 2005 and codicil(s) dated n/a.
Decedent was domiciled at death in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, with her last family or
p];ncipal residence at 204 S. Locust Street, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania.
Decedent, then 80 years of age, died on 7 May 2006 at Camp Hill, Cumberland County,
P,ennsylvania.
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: n/a
Decedent at death owned property with estimated values as follows:
(if domiciled in Pa.) All personal property
(if not domiciled in Pa.) All personal property in Pennsylvania
(If not domiciled in Pa.) Personal property in County
Value of real estate in Pennsylvania
Situated as follows:
$47.000.00
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WHEREFORE, Petitioner(s) respectfully request the probate of the last will and codicil(s)
presented herewith and the grant ofletters testamentary.
Signature and residences ofPetitioner(s):
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Lisa A. Fry
202 Lakemont Park Boulev
Altoona, P A 16602
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The petitioner above-named swears or affirms that the statel}lents in the foregoing petition are true
and correct to the best of the knowledge and belief of petition ~r a.n,tAhat as pers.onal representative of the
above decedent petitioner will well and truly administer the es ccording to .
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Estate of J acquelene L. Curran, Deceased
DECREE OF PROBATE AND GRANT OF LETTERS
AND NOW, ~ 0\(, Ol.p ,2006, in consideration of the Petition for Probate
and Grant of Letters, satisfactory proo~aving been presented to me, IT IS DECREED that the instrument
dated ," \...In p-2) ...~ C (; described therein be admitted to probate and filed of record as the last will
of Jacquelene L. Curran and Letters Testamentary are hereby granted to Lisa A. Fry.
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I, JACQUELENE L. CURRAN, of Lower Allen Township, Cumberland County,
Pennsylvania, declare this to be my last will and revoke any will previously made by me.
ITEM I. I direct that all my just debts and funeral expenses, including my
gravemarker and all expenses of my last illness, and any and all taxes and assessments
imposed by any governmental body as a result of my death, whether on property passing
under this will or otherwise, 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 give, devise, and bequeath all of my possessions and estate of every
nature and wherever situate to my niece, JENNIFER ANN THOMAS, provided she survives
my death by sixty (60) days.
ITEM III. Should my said niece, JENNIFER ANN THOMAS, predecease me or be
deceased on the sixty-first day after my death, I give, devise, and bequeath all of my
possessions and estate of every nature and wherever situate to my nephew, JASON W.
SMEARMAN.
ITEM IV. I appoint my nephew, JASON W. SMEARMAN, executor of this my last
will. Should my said nephew predecease me or otherwise fail to qualify or cease to serve
~,..",., as executor of this my last will, I appoint my goddaughter, LISA FRY, of Altoona,
~ '1 ~~ennsYlvania, executrix of this my last will.
" ITEM V. All of the interests of the beneficiaries hereunder shall not be subject to
~iciPation or to voluntary or involuntary alienation nor shall they be subject to any
execution or attachment.
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ITEM VI. In addition to the other powers and authorities granted to my personal
representative by Pennsylvania Law and by the other terms and provisions of this will, I
hereby give to my personal representative the following powers and authorities effective
without court approval and until actual distribution of all property: to compromise any claim
or controversy; to make distribution in cash or in kind, or partly in cash and partly in kind,
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and in such manner as my personal representative may determine and at valuations finally
to be fixed by them; to invest in all forms of property, including any stock or other
securities in any corporate fiduciary or its successor without restriction to investments
authorized for Pennsylvania fiduciaries, as my personal representative deems proper,
without regard to any principle of risk or diversification; to retain any or all assets of my
estate, real or personal, without regard to any principle of risk or diversification; 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 leases, for such prices and upon such
terms or conditions as my personal representative deems proper; and to allocate receipts
and expenses to principal or income or partly to each as my personal representatives deem
proper in their sole discretion.
ITEM VII. I direct that my personal representatives and fiduciaries 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 this.3U day of
quu , 2005.
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LENE L. CURRAN
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The preceding instrument, consisting of this and two other typewritten pages, each
identified by the signature of the testatrix was on the date thereof signed, published, and
declared by JACQUELENE L. CURRAN, 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.
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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
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COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND
The undersigned, being the testatrix whose name is signed to the attached or foregoing
instrument, having been duly qualified according to law, does hereby acknowledge that I signed
and executed the foregoing instrument as my last will, 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 acknowledged
before me by the testatrix named above
this 3 rf).. day of ~,..41ve , 2005.
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COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND
WE, SAMUEL L. ANDES and AMY HARKINS, the witnesses whose names are signed to the
attached or foregoing instrument, being duly qualified according to law, do depose and say that
we were present and saw the testatrix sign and execute the instrument as her last will; that she
signed it willingly and that she executed it as her free and voluntary act for the purposes therein
expressed; that each of us in the hearing and sight of the testatrix signed the will as witnesses;
and that to the best of our knowledge, the testator was at that time 18 or more years of age, of
sound mind, and under no constraint or undue influence. _ /,,\
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RENUNCIATION
IN RE: Estate of Jacquelene L. Curran, Deceased.
TO the Register of Wills of C\Ai'^berl~tJJ) County, Pennsylvania.
I, JASON W. SMEARMAN, named as Executor in the Will of Jacquelene L. Curran, dated
3 June 2005, hereby renounce my right to serve as Executor of the Estate and request that the
Register of Wills appoint LISA FRY, named as the alternate in the said Will, as Executrix of the
Estate of Jacquelene L. Curran.
WITNESS my hand and seal this \ 3 th
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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
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On this, the \ 3t1'l day of mc~ ' 2006, before me, a Notary Public, the
undersigned officer, personally appeared JASON W. SMEARMAN known to me (or
satisfactorily proven) to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument, and
acknowledged that said person executed the same for the purposes therein contained.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and official seal.
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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
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Gloria S. Mcintyre, Notary Public
Logan Twp., Blair County
My Commission Expires Mar. 1. 2009
Member, Penn.vlv~l"lia Association of Notaries