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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-10-06 ~ Register of Wills of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania PETITION FOR GRANT OF LETTERS Estate of Fred L. VanVoorhees also known as ~\ - c>tD- Oee, No. , Deceased Social Security No. 069-14-8751 Robert Frederick VanVoorhees Petitioner(s), who is/are 18 years of age or older, apply(ies) for: (COMPLETE 'A' or 'B' BELOW:) [K] A. Probate and Grant of Letters Testamentary and aver that Petitioner(s) is/are the execut or the Decedent, dated 12/17/1993 and codicil(s) dated None named in the last Will of State relevant circumstances, e.g., renunciation, death of executor, etc. Except as follows, Decedent did not marry, was not divorced, and did not have a child born or adopted after execution of the documents offered for probate; was not the victim of a killing and was never adjudicated incompetent: D B. Grant of Letters of Administration (c.t.a.; d.b.n.c.t.a; pendente lite; durante absentia; durante minoritate) Petitioner(s) after a proper search has/have ascertained that Decedent left no Will and was survived by the following spouse (if any) and heirs: Name Relationshi Residence (COMPLETE IN ALL CASES:) Attach additional sheets if necessary. Decedent was domiciled at death in Cumber land County, Pennsylvania with hiSll'Iec1ast fa~ . _ ~ ~ -,I ::i.': or principal residence at 215 N. 24th Street, Borough of Camp Hill, Camp Hill, PA~ ~70ll co (list street, number, and municipality) U1 Decedent, then ~years of age, died 10/06/2006 at Camp Hill, PA N (Location) 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 $ 400,000.00 $ $ $ 200,000.00 ":' ~~ situated as follows: 215 N. 24th Street, Camp Hill, PA 17011 T ed or rinted name and residence Robert Frederick VanVoorhees 5235 Duvall Drive, Bethesda, Mar land 20816 Prepared by the Pennsylvania Bar Association Copyright (c) 1996 form software only CPSystems, Inc. Form RW-1 (1991) . " Oath of Personal Representative Commonwealth of Pennsylvania County of Cumb er 1 and 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 PetitionerCs) and that, as personal representative(s) of the Decedent, Petitioner(s} will well and truly admnister th~r~ ~I A Sworn to or affirmed and subscribed 'UAA.. ~ ooert rederick VanVoorhees before me this ~ day of (1ckkr , ~ ~~(Illl:,~~~ \.J) . For the Regi ~019 t'--) <::::) D de) ~ --q pg ecease C-; (:J <::) 1'1'1 C) -. "Tl n C;J C) : --_' (,:-...) --i ( ._-- -- ....-- r-~~ ~ "~ i,"q <::) _u CJ ,c1)lJ \a , in considerati()h~'~;:Po ~ - - -'h::;c;: -rl -- C5 of the Petition on the reverse side hereon, satisfac~yroof having been presented b.e fore me, :::::J co: r~ IT IS DECREED that Letters -mTestamentary ~ Of Administration c- '.-t Ct.'] --j r n " ~~ (c.t.a.; d.b.n.c.t.a.; pendente lite; durante absentia; duran~inoritate) d \ - C>lo - Ce>BI No. Estate of Fred L. VanVoorhees Social Security N(): 069-14-8751 Date of Death: 10/06/2006 AND NOW, \st~ ~~rtD\,~)L are hereby granted to Robert Frederick VanVoorhees in the above estate and that the instrument(s) dated 12/17/1993 described in the Petition be admitted to probate and filed of record as the last Will of Decedent. $ '2_.0 .00 \S,OO \S.,.oD FEES ~.cP Letters. . . . . . " . . Short Certificate(s). L S). $ r R'i~,,~,.i,.tion. .~.\ \ \. $ Attorney: Jef~SqUire ~s ( )~!'~ $ 1.0. No: 25444 Boswell Tintner Piccola & Alford 315 N. Front Street P. Q. Box 741 Harrisburg, PA 17108-0741 Extra Pages ( ) . $ Address: Codicil. . $ JCP Fee. $ \0. CV ~.,.OV Telephone: 717/236-9377 IPMmmry. . ~ .~~. $ Other . . $ S1S .OU TOTAL. $ Prepared by the Pennsylvania Bar Association Copyright (c) 1996 form software only CPSystems, Inc. Form RW-1 (1991) ~~~5.~0~ ~v ~/0'!' This is to certify that the information here given is correctly copied fro~ an original ce~ificate of death dul~. filed with me as Local Registrar. The original certificate will be forwarded to the State VItal Records OffIce for permanent fllmg. WARNING: It is illegal to duplicate this copy by photostat or photograph. No. t:hn-- ft; ~ Local Registrar Fee for this certificate, $6.00 p 12839656 OCT 0 6 2006 Date r-) <=' c:::> c:::::n o n --4 ::D :,XJ (11(_-.. rn . ~ GJO r'.-.~~ ::0 ,_J.O r~C:8 C:J -n -r1 (~ rn ,-) '-"h ~U43". 01Al6 _lIT II >EAIlAHENT BLACIC ilK 1. Heme 01 0ecad0nI (Frs!. middle. last) a'-C\P-cee. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. 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VANVOORHEES, of the Borough of Camp HL~, co~ty of Cumber land and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, being1 :~-of sO'\1nd and disposing mind and memory, and not acting under u~e influence of any person whomsoever, do make, publish and declare this instrument to be my Last Will and Testament, in manner and form following: FIRST: I hereby expressly revoke all Wills, Codicils and testamentary writings of whatsoever kind and nature heretofore made by me. SECOND: pay all my expenses out decease. I hereby direct my Executor, or his successor, to just debts, expenses of administration and funeral of my estate as soon as is practicable after my THIRD: I direct that all estate, inheritance, transfer, legacy or succession taxes, or death duties, which may be assessed or imposed of, wheresoever situate, whether or not passing under this my Last Will and Testament, including the taxable value of all policies of insurance on my life and all transfers, powers, rights or interests includible in my estate for the purpose of such taxes and duties, shall be paid out of my general estate as an expense of administration, and without apportionment, and shall not be prorated or charged against any of the gifts in this Will or against any property not passing under this will. In the absolute discretion of my Executor, hereinafter named, he may pay such taxes immediately or may postpone the payment of the taxes on future or remainder interests until the time possession accrues to the beneficiary or beneficiaries named herein. My Executor may, in his discretion, arrange for extension of time for the payment of said estate and inheritance taxes, and any interest and/or penalty incurred on any such taxes, whether or not resulting from such extensions or postponements, shall be borne by my estate as an expense of administration. FOURTH: I give, devise and bequeath the sum of Twenty Thousand ($20,000.00) Dollars unto the CAMP HILL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, to be used, generally, as the Session of the Church shall, from time to time, determine. ~ .\1'0.."7 FIFTH: I give, devise and bequeath the sum of Twenty Thousand ($20,000.00) Dollars unto ESTHER S. BOLTZ, who presently resides at 101 Hampden Avenue, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania 17011. In the event the said ESTHER S. BOLTZ shall predecease me, then and in that event I hereby give, devise and bequeath said Twenty Thousand ($20,000.00) Dollars unto the CAMP HILL PRESBYTERIAN ~ CHURCH to be used by the Session of the Church as set forth in paragraph FOURTH hereof. SIXTH: All the rest, residue and remainder of my property, real, personal and mixed, of which I may die seized or possessed, or over which I may have the power of testamentary disposition, of whatsoever kind and wheresoever situate, I give, devise and bequeath unto my children, namely, FRANK STEPHEN VANVOORHEES, ROBERT FREDERICK VANVOORHEES, DAVID ALAN VANVOORHEES and MARGARET E. ANDERSON, in equal shares, share and share alike. In the event any of my children shall predecease me and have issue surviving, I direct that such deceased child's share shall be distributed to such issue in equal shares. In the default of a deceased child's issue, I direct that such deceased child's share be distributed equally to my remaining children living at the time of my decease. SEVENTH: I am presently the holder and payee of a certain Promissory Note from Thomas A. Hallett and Maureen F. Hallett, the joint and several makers thereof, in the face amount of $207,277.00. An Agreement previously entered into between the parties to the Note provides that, upon my decease, the note obligation shall pass to my executors, administrators, successors and assigns. In the event of my decease during the term of payment of said Promissory Note, the remaining Note obligation shall pass to my named Executor or his successor, with the direction that my Executor or his successor assign the same to my residuary beneficiaries under this my Last Will and Testament in equal shares, with said payments being made as provided in said Promissory Note. As previously provided, in the event that any of my children shall predecease me such deceased child's issue shall be the assignee of his or her interest in the Promissory Note. On June 30, 1993, I sold my stock interest in Roberts & Meck, Inc., namely 62 shares of common stock, to Thomas A. Hallett and Maureen F. Hallett for a consideration of $207,277.00, which is the obligation contained in the Promissory Note referred to above. Said Promissory Note provides for fifteen equal principal payments of $13,818.47 each, the first payment having been paid on July 30, 1993, and subsequent payments are to be paid on the June 30 of each year thereafter with final payment to be made on June 30, 2008. On the principal payment dates of June 30 of each year from 1994 to 2008, under the note obligation, there shall be paid interest at the rate of 7% per annum calculated on the unpaid principal balance as of the interest payment date. The Promissory Note provides security to the holder for the payment of the obligation and the collateral therefore is the 62 shares of common stock of Roberts & Meck, Inc. standing in the name of Thomas A. Hallett and Maureen F. Hallett, as tenants by the entireties, which certificate, along with a stock power executed in blank, have been placed in -2- . I ~ safekeeping with my attorneys, Boswell Snyder, Tintner & Piccola, 315 North Front Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and are being maintained in the firm's safe deposit vault, pending either a payoff of the Promissory Note by the makers in full or, upon default, the payment of the Promissory Note to the then holder or holders thereof with the collateral being forfeited. The use of the collateral is controlled by a certain Agreement I entered into with Mr. and Mrs. Hallett, which provided for the sale of my 50% interest in Roberts & Meck, Inc. to Mr. and Mrs. Hallett. In the event I should die during the Promissory Note payment period, which expires on June 30, 2008, I give, devise and bequeath the same unto my son, ROBERT FREDERICK VANVOORHEES, in trust, nevertheless, to maintain the Promissory Note and the collateral which is the security therefore, consisting of the stock power signed in blank and the certificate for 62 shares of the common stock of Roberts & Meck, Inc. standing in the name of Thomas A. Hallett and Maureen F. Hallett, and to receive the yearly proceeds of principal and interest as provided for in the note obligation and to give receipt therefore to the payees thereof and to receive any prepayments of principal and/or interest made by the makers of said Note if such should occur from time to time during the term of thereof, with the right, upon default, to exercise the rights given to the holder of the Note to complete the stock power in the name of my Trustee and procure the 62 shares of common stock of Roberts & Meck, Inc. in my Trustee's name and in this trusts ownership. Upon receipt of the funds, principal and interest and interest alone, made by the shareholders and makers of the Promissory Note to my Trustee, he is directed to make distribution of said funds to my named children in equal shares as set forth above in paragraph SIXTH hereof, or, upon default and the receipt of the 62 shares of common stock of Roberts & Meck, Inc., to distribute the same to my named children in equal shares. My Trustee is given full authority under powers granted to a trustee under the Pennsylvania Probate Estates and Fiduciary Code to enforce the payment of the Promissory Note and the receipt of collateral in default thereof, and to do all things necessary in order to protect this asset for my children. EIGHTH: The rights, titles, benefits, interests and estates of any beneficiary hereunder shall not be subject to the rights or claims of his or her creditors, nor subject nor liable to any process of law or court, and all of the income, principal or other benefits from or under any bequest herein created, shall be payable and deliverable only, wholly, exclusively and personally to the designated beneficiaries hereunder at the time the desig- nated beneficiaries are entitled to take the same under the terms of this instrument. ~ ~ If -3- . t ~ NINTH: I hereby give unto my Executor, or his successor, the fullest power and authority in all matters or questions pertaining to the administration of my estate, executing the provisions of this my Last will and Testament, including, but not by way of limitation, the power and authority to determine all doubtful questions which may arise in the construction of this my Last Will and Testament; I further hereby authorize and empower my Executor, or his successor, pending settlement of my estate, to sell, convey, mortgage, lease, exchange, encumber or otherwise dispose of any and all of the property, real, personal or mixed at any time belonging to my estate, either at public or private sale, without prior approval of any court, and at such times and for such price or prices and in any such case upon such terms as he may think best in his discretion, and I authorize and empower my said Executor to execute, acknowledge and deliver to the purchasers, grantees, mortgagees, vendees, assignees or other persons, such contracts, deeds, mortgages, bills of sale, and all other instruments of writing necessary or proper without obligation upon the latter to see to the proper application of the proceeds. He shall also have the power to compromise or otherwise settle or adjust any and all claims, charges, debts and demands whatsoever against, or in favor of my estate as fully as I could do if living. He shall further be empowered to carryon and conduct any business enterprise which I may be engaged in at my death, to retain any assets, including stocks or securities which I may own at the time of my death, pending settlement of my estate, without regard as to whether or not such assets or securities are legal investments for fiduciaries. Pending settlement of my estate, he shall also have the authority in his discretion to convert, sell, exchange or dispose of such assets and securities either for cash or for terms satisfactory to him and to acquire other assets without limitation to securities or investments as may be declared legal for investment of trust funds. He shall further be empowered to borrow money, and to pledge assets of my estate as security therefor, for the purpose of paying taxes which may be levied upon or payable by my estate in accordance with this Will and in the event that funds in the hands of my Executor, or his successor, shall be insufficient to pay such taxes, and if, in the opinion of my Executor, or his successor, it appears that conversion of securities and other assets, real and personal, would then be made at a sacrifice. TENTH: I hereby nominate, constitute and appoint my son, ROBERT FREDERICK VANVOORHEES, to be Executor of this my Last will and Testament. In the event the said ROBERT FREDERICK VANVOORHEES renounces said office, refuses this appointment, predeceases me, or for any reason is unable to serve, then and in that event, I do hereby nominate, constitute and appoint my son, FRANK STEPHEN VANVOORHEES, as the successor Executor of this my Last Will and Testament and to have all the rights, privileges and duties conferred and created by reason of said appointment. -4- .. . ~.~ " this IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have 17 I'll day of D.C~9~~ hereunto set my hand and , 1993.~J\~ seal (SEAL) COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA ss: COUNTY OF DAUPHIN We, FRED L. VANVOORHEES, and William D. Bo~wp.ll and Jeffrey R. Boswell , the Testator and the witnesses, respectively, whose names are signed to the attached or 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 Testament and that he signed willingly (or willingly directed another to sign for him), and that he 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 witness and to the best of our knowledge the Testator was at that time 18 years of age or older, of sound mind, and under no constraint or undue influence. ~~ /-.~. ~ ~ FredL.?VanVoorhees ~~d~ - ~~. w~fi1ess ~ ~~ Subscribed, sworn to, and acknowledged before me by FRED L. VANVOORHEES, the Testator and subscribed and sworn to before me by william D. Boswell and Jp.ffrpy R Rn~wpll witnesses, this 17th day of December , 1993. ~t~rY~.h'( My commission expires: NOTARIAL SEAL . SARAH E. APPLEBY. Notary Public My Commission Expires Dec., 13. 1994 Harrisburt. PA Dauphin County -5- BEFORE THE REGISTER OF WILLS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA ESTATE OF FREDERICK L. V ANVOORHEES, DECEASED NO 21-2006-0887 DECREE OF THE REGISTER OF WILLS AND NOW, this 10th day of October, 2006, upon consideration of the Petition for Granted of Letters filed by Robert Frederick Van V oorhees, dated and filed on October 10, 2006, for the estate of the above named decedent, IT IS HEREBY DECREED that the Petitioner shall post surety bond in the amount of $800,000. IT IS ALSO DECREED that upon filing the Bond of Personal Representative, Letters Testamentary shall be granted to Robert Frederick Van Voorhees. Jeffrey R. Boswell, Esquire C) c;o c'.:,:=n '0 ::r:: ~::2 =':.>m ..,:--: :I.J .j) ;;x: C-:i () C-:)=[l ,...., c= c::::l c:::ro a (""") -4 > :JiI: ~rJ r=r; FS C) C) ~;~~~ @ l~lJ8 c> --n -n o .rn C) --T"t o "::"-0 ::",) ---j j.:':';" (...) .::- :( In Re: FREDERICK L. V ANVOORHEES ORPHANS' COURT DIVISION COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY PENNSYL VANIA NO. 21-06-0887 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE OF ORDER ORDER DATE: 10/1 0/06 JUDGE'S INITIALS: TIME STAMP DATE: 10/1 0/06 IN RE: DECREE OF THE REGISTER OF WILLS '"''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''""""""''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''"""""""" SERVICE TO: JEFFREY R BOSWELL ESO METHOD OF MAILING: ENVELOPES PROVIDED BY: D USPS DRRR D HAND DELIVERED [gI OTHER FAX D PETITIONER D JUDGE D CLERK OF ORPHANS COURT MAILED: 10-10-06 SERVICE TO: ENVELOPES PROVIDED BY: METHOD OF MAILING: D USPS DRRR D HAND DELIVERED D OTHER_ D PETITIONER D JUDGE D CLERK OF ORPHANS COURT MAILED: D~Qn~ Q~:lu Clerk of Orphans' Court