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WHEREFORE, Petitioners respectfully requests the probate of the Last Will and Codicil(s) presented
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OATH OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIV~
PETITION FOR PROBATE & GRANT OF LETTERS
Estate of THELMA E. SOWERS
also known as
No. 21-06- lOOt.{
To: Register of Wills for the
County of Cumberland
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
, deceased.
Social Security No.
209-12-8705
The Petition of the undersigned respectfully represents that:
Your Petitioners, who are 18 years of age or older and the Co-Executors named in the Last Will of the
above decedent dated October 30. 1989 , and codicils dated none . The
Executor named none died . Renunciations for none attached hereto.
Decedent was domiciled at death in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, with his last family or principal
residence at 472 Wolf Bridae Road. Middlesex Townshio. Carlisle. Pennsvlvania
Decedent, then...ID.- years of age, died
Medical Center. Carlisle. Pennsvlvania .
October 3
, 2006, at
Carlisle Reaional
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: Nt A
Decedent at death owned property with estimated values as follows:
(If domiciled in PAl All personal property
(If not domiciled in PAl Personal property in PA
(If not domiciled in PAl Personal property in County
Value of real estate in Pennsylvania, situated as follows:
472 Wolfs Bridae Road. Middlesex Townshio. Cumberland Countv. PA
$3.900.00
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$105.000.00
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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 of
the above decedent, petitioner(s) will well and truly administer the estate according to law.
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Walter R. Sowers, III
Sworn to or affi.~ and subscribed
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Estate of
THELMA E. SOWERS, deceased.
DECREE OF PROBATE & GRANT OF LETTERS
AND NOW, November tS" , 2006, in consideration of the Petition on the
reverse side hereof, satisfactory proof having been presented before me, IT IS DECREED that the instrument(s)
dated October 30. 1989 described therein be admitted to probate and filed of record as
the Last Will of Thelma E. Sowers; and Letters Testamentarv are hereby
granted to Walter R. Sowers. III
IRWIN & McKNJGHT
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ATTOR (Sup. Ct. 1.0. No.)
FEES
Probate, Letters, Etc. . . . . . . . $260.00
Short Certificates . . . . . . . . . . $
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Other Will . . . . . .. .... $ 15.00
J t TOTAL:.... $290.00
Filed. .11 J5:' lXD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
60 West Pomfret St.. Carlisle. PA 17013
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 State Vital Records Office for permanent filing.
WARNING: It is illegal to duplicate this copy by photostat or photograph.
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I, THELMA E. SOWERS, of Middlesex Township, Cumberland
County, Pennsylvania, declare this instrument to be my last will
and testament, hereby expressly revoking all wills and
codicils heretofore made by me.
1. I direct my executor to pay all of my debts, funeral and
administrative expenses, as soon as convenient after my decease.
2. I authorize and empower my executor to sell any realty
owned by me at my death and not specifically devised herein, at
either public or private sale, and to give good and sufficient
deeds therefor, in fee simple, as I could do if living.
3. I devise and bequeath all of my estate of
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nature and wherever situate as follows:
(a) $1,000.00 to Jennifer E. Sowers;
(b) $1,000.00 to Heath J. Potteiger; and
(c) All the rest, residue and remainder to Dennis L.
Potteiger and Walter R. Sowers, III, share and share alike,
the child or children of any deceased person taking the share
their parent would have taken if living.
4. I nominate and appoint Walter R. Sowers, III, to be the
executor of this my last will and testament; he is to serve as
such without bond. Should he die before my death, renounce or
refuse to serve for any reason, or die leaving any of my estate
unadministered, I nominate and appoint Dennis L. Potteiger, as
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substitute executor, also to serve as such without bond, with the
same powers as are given herein to my executor.
5. I hereby suggest that my personal representative retain
the services of Irwin, Irwin & McKnight, as attorneys in the
settlement of my estate.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
this ~~ day of October, 1989.
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Signed, sealed, published and declared by Thelma E. Sowers,
the above-named testatrix, as and for her last will and
testament 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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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND AFFIDAVIT
WE, THELMA E. SOWERS, KATHLEEN M. KENNEY and SHARON L.
SCHWALM, the testatrix and 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 had signed willingly, and that she executed
it as her free and voluntary act for the purpose herein
expressed, and that each of the witnesses, in the presence and
hearing of the testatrix signed the Will as a witness and
that to the best of their knowledge the testatrix was at that
time eighteen years of age or older, of sound mind and under no
constraint or undue influence.
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND
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Subscribed, sworn to and acknowledged before me by
THELMA E. SOWERS,_ the testatrix, and subscribed and sworn
to before me by KATHLEEN M. KENNEY and SHARON L. SCHWALM,
witnesses, this )of day of October, 1989.
OT AR:AL SEAL
ROGE _ :~WIN, NOTARY PUBLIC
"'ARLlSLE BOROUGH, CUM6ERLAND COUNT
MY COMMISSiON EXi'IRES OCT 3,1992
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