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Home My WebLink About06-01-06 Register of Wills of Cumberland County PETITION FOR PROBATE and GRANT OF LETTERS Estate of ~ t i.'1 {'-"' also known as v {;/J,,'J?-/VI/M,/I:;<: ~ No, To: " ....-;...~I 1 , Deceased, Register of Wills for the County of Cumberland in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Social Security No, The petition of the undersigned respectfully represents that: Your petitioner(s), who.is/are 18 years of age or older, and the execut O~ named in the last will of the above decedent, dated t- (~ Ie ~/ Ci f) , 20 and codicil(s) dated {' (state relevant circumstances, e,g, renunciation, death of executor, etc,) Decedent was domiciled at death in C u .'y) /l) ~ ,[: L /1 ;<-.' /) County, Pennsylvania, with h_Iast family or principal residence at / 5tf('r /1-7 'II< ,; ,2... L/);V/ OlEe t!/}8/c.ci p~c;.;Z[, ~1 / /(',:;- ( (list street, number and municipality) I Decedent, then _ years of age, died C C h' I //~ , 20~, at If. s / I)Z~' ('I Except as follows, decedent did not marry, w~s no{ divorced and did not have a child born or adopted after execution of the will offered for probate; '7s not the victim of a killing and was never adjudicated incompetent: /'l...c//t I 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 ofreal estate in Pennsylvania situated as follows: $ Cc;; T f'/111[', $ $ $ WHEREFORE, petitioner(s) respectfully request(s) the probate of the last will and codicil(s) presented herewith and the grant of letters /' '{ ':; r (' d i '7, '. 1 c: ? 'l (testamentary; administration c,t.a,; administration d,b.n.c.t.a,) thereon, . Signature(;zrpetitioner(S) /2.ri1/i ;/ ,< '::---l ..' Residence( s) of Petitioner(s) (,.:) v H <"'\/ -; ")2 I.,l.\ ;/)/ >(.( j 1/'/: I/'( 1 ,-', .....~'~ :) . J :: 1 '.-- l~.~~ . I 'i -- --:1 -"~.- . -'~ ,--I ,'0 _.J Register of Wills of Cumberland County OATH OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE COMMONWEAL TH OF PENNSYL VANIA } 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 of petitioner(s) and that as personal representative( s) of the above decedent petitioner(s) will well and truly administer the estate according to law. ".- i / ~ / - . .... ./. .,r; -?/ r'y,," .L ?/:J, - _,:::"/~-( Sworn to or affirmed and sybscribed Before me this IS' day of .~' . '- _. ,20 c' V { I/l cTO :1 ~ ::; ~ ~ ... ~ r u-t.. 'J ~ . Ie. \ c....:J-t; It ,I 1''- '- ...d, - l.'. r.. . Register J \. rJ' \ .~ . ......r-rJ J "- (r-J -,- N '", L I III o. d.; (t . .- -1 'J Estate of "t., \.1" " :J\) ( J DECREE OF PROBATE AND GRANT OF LETTERS , Deceased \ AND NOW ~" ,',._ I 20lli, in consideration of the petition on the reverse side _~ereof, satisfactory..proofhaving been presented before me, IT IS DECREED that the instrument(s), dated (t3 (.{. ~ - ( f'i , described therein be admitted to j2I.obate filed ofr~~ord as the last will of ')-' '(,:.\ '< ')'(\'~<"('<""'-~' \ \ \ ; and Letters are hereby granted to ~'0-<-,..:;,- \ I S\w,'- FEES Probate, Letters, Etc. ............. $ Will ........... .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. . .. .... $ Renunciation... . . .. " . .. . . . .. . . .. . . $ Short Certificates (~) ............ $ JCP.................................. $ Automation Fee.......,........... $ Bond.. . .. .. .. .. . .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. $ Total $ Filed l r 20~ \ I . "\4' t-; ~ . \ . .. .'- - ...., -_~ ", 1 . ".~'--\'Y\d (\.'-......\ l.....)vtl.."J\,,(.,.,.....\. Register ofWillstJ... ~ \ (j,sj.t \ \\'~_I>~-'" /( ,((.. I~) ((- Attorney (Sup. Ct. LD. No.) J ..; l. "- I( ( 'C Address r~ ( 'C . .J t, .. t ,,-' Phone LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT. OF JOHN V. SHOEMAKER, III I, JOHN V. SHOEMAKER, III, of the 'l'ownship of Silver spring, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, being of sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding, do hereby make, II -I 'II I I Ii Ii II II Ii Ii Ii !I I publish and declare this as and for my Last will and Testament, hereby revoking and making void any and all wills and codicils by me at any time heretofore made. FIRST. I order and direct that all my just debts and funeral expenses be paid by my Executor or Executrix, as the case may be, hereinafter named, as soon as conveniently may be done after my decease. SECOND. I give and bequeath twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) to my son, BRYAN SHOEMAKER, absolutely. THIRD. I give and bequeath one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) to my son, JOHN V. SHOEMAKER, IV, absolutely. FOURTH. I give and bequeath twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00) to ONETHA OWENS, also known as. "PAT" OWENS, absolutely. FIFTH. I give and bequeath ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) to DONNA HOFFMAN, the mother of my grandson, JOHN V. SHOEMAKER, V, absolutely. 9.IX:TH. I give :1nd bequertth t:c.n t.hcus<:,nd dollars ($10,000.00) and the motor vehicle owned by me at the time of my LAW OFFICES II II death to my grandson, JOHN V. SHOEMAKER, V, absolutely. SNELBAKER. BRENNEMAN & SPARE SEVENTH. I give and bequeath twenty thousand dollars LAW OFFICES SNELBAKER. BRENNEMAN & SPARE ($20,000.00) to my sister AVERIL SANDNES, absolutely. EIGHTH. Should any of the persons named hereinabove as legatees and devisees in paragraphs SECOND through SEVENTH, inclusive, predecease me, I direct that his or her share of my i I I i I II 'I !, ii II i I I I I ! I , I I i estate be added to and distributed as part of the residue of my estate. NINTH. I give, devise and bequeath all the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, real, personal and mixed, whatsoever and wheresoever situated unto my daughter, DIANNE LIBERATOR. If my daughter, DIANNE LIBERATOR, should predecease me and leave issue to survive me, I order and direct that my residuary estate shall be distributed unto her issue per stirpes, but subject to the protective trust provisions in Item TENTH below with respect to any beneficiary who has not attained the age of twenty-three (23) years at the time for distribution of such benefits. TENTH. I order and direct that the distributive share of each beneficiary under the age of twenty-three (23) years at the time of distribution shall be delivered unto ROBERT FISHER as trustee, to be held in trust and distributed only upon the beneficiary's attainment of age twenty-three (23) years, at which latter time the trust shall be terminated and the balance thereof delivered to the beneficiary absolutely. During the existence of said trust, the assets shall be invested in good and secure investments, all income shall be accumulated and reinvested, and the beneficiary shall have no right to anticipate, pledge, assign, receive or otherwise have any right to use the assets of the trust prior to final distribution, it being my intention to have said trust be interpreted and administered as a spendthrift trust. If the trustee as aforesaid should fail to qualify or -2- LAN OrFleEs SNELBAKER BRENNEMAN & SPARE Ii i I: Ii Ii II II Ii Ii Ii i I II I, II I I: ,I :1 I' I: II II II I , I i i , i I II \' cease so to serve, then and in such event, I order and direct that the surviving parent of each beneficiary shall serve as such trustee. LASTLY. I nominate, constitute and appoint my friend, namely, ROBERT FISHER, to be the Executor of this, my Last will and Testament, but if for any reason he should fail to qualify as such Executor or cease so to serve, then in that event, I nominate, constitute and appoint my daughter, namely, DIANNE LIBERATOR, to be the Executrix hereof, each and both to serve without bond or other security as a condition of qualification hereunder. I fully intend that my Executor or Executrix be reasonably compensated for his or her efforts. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, JOHN V. SHOEMAKER, III, have hereunto set my hand and seal to this my Last will and Testament written on Three (3) pages this ~~ day of June, 1998. I II II II Ii 'I I, Ii II I ! i I I I i i I ! ( S EA:L) John V. Shoemaker, III The preceding instrument, consisting of Three (3) typewritten pages, identified by the signature of the Testator, was on the date thereof signed, sealed, published and declared by JOHN V. SHOEMAKER, III, the Testator therein named, as and for his Last will and Testament, in the presence of us, who, at his request, in his presence and in the presence of each other, have hereunto subscribed our names as attesting witnesses. I I , II II I, il Ii II II ( SEAL) ( SEAL) -3- COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA) SS. COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND) We, JOHN V. SHOEMAKER, III, RICHARD C. SNELBAKER, ESQUIRE II and PHILIP H. SPARE, ESQUIRE, the Testator and the witnesses, If Ii respectively, whose names are signed to the attached or foregoing Ii Ii instrument, being first duly sworn, do hereby declare to the ji II II undersigned authority that the Testator signed and executed the I: d instrument as his Last will and Testament and that he had signed Ii I!I,. . willingly, and that he executed it as his free and voluntary act d Ii for the purposes therein expressed, and that each of the Ii witnesses, in the presence and hearing of the Testator, signed II the Will as witness and that to the best of his Dr her knowledge II the Testator was at that time eighteen years of age or older, of Iii sound mind and under no constraint or undue influence. II I' I I I II I Testator i I I 'I II II II II !i Ii II Subscribed, sworn to and acknowledged before me by JOHN V. i SHOEMAKER, III, Testator, and subscribed and sworn to before me .:. i I ! I !I witnesses, I, I I by RICHARD C. SNELBAKER, ESQUIRE and PHILIP H. SPARE, ESQUIRE, ~ this day of June, 1998. C~~~ ~ No ary ublic - LJ..W OFFICES SNELBAKER, BRENNEMAN & SPARE