Wills: WARNE, Esther Warne 1999: Carmichaels, Greene Co, PA Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Marta Burns marta43@juno.com __________ Last Will and Testament I, ESTHER WARNE, of the Borough of Carmichaels, Greene County, Pennsylvania, being of sound mind and memory, do hereby make, publish and declare this to be my Last Will and Testament, in manner and form following, hereby revoking any will or wills heretofore made by me. FIRST: I direct that all my just debts and funeral expenses be fully paid and satisfied, as soon as conveniently may be, after my decease. I further direct that my Executrix shall make all provisions for my interment in my plot at Glades Cemetery and to have the inscription completed on the existing headstone. SECOND: I hereby direct and authorize my Executrix, hereinafter named, to sell all of my real estate and all of my tangible personal property, of which I shall die seized or possessed, on such terms, in such a way and manner as may be deemed wise, as soon as conveniently may be done after my death, to make good deeds therefore, and to convey the same to the purchaser or purchasers thereof without any obligation on the latter to see or be responsible for the application of the purchase money. THIRD: All of my estate, after having been converted to cash as specified in paragraph second, above, I give and bequeath as follows: One-seventh (1/7) to my niece, LOUISE B. KERR, One-seventh (1/7) to my niece, JANE B. WALCHOCK, One-seventh )1/7) to my niece, BARBARA J. WHITSEL, One-seventh (1/7) to my niece, JOAN J. BETTS, One-seventh (1/7) to my niece, NANCY W. STONER, One-seventh (1/7) to JAMES L. CHRISTOPHER, One-seventh (1/7) to DEBORAH G. RITCHEY. Provided, however, that in the event any of the above named legatees should predecease me, then the share of the said legatee shall be distributed equally to the remaining above named legatees, me surviving. FOURTH: I hereby direct that my Executrix, hereinafter named. shall not be required to furnish bond in this, or in any other jurisdiction. FIFTH: I do hereby make, constitute and appoint my niece, NANCY W. STONER, to be my Executrix of this my Last Will and Testament. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, ESTHER WARNE, the Testatrix above named, have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal the 17th day of October, 1994. Esther Warne (SEAL) Signed, sealed, published and declared by the above named Testatrix, ESTHER WARNE, as and for her Last Will and Testament, in the presence of us, who have hereunto subscribed our names at her request as witnesses thereunto, in the presence of said testatrix and of each other. William M. Baily Mary E. Baily ACKNOWLEDGMENT COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA COUNTY OF GREENE I, ESTHER WARNE, testatrix whose name is signed to the attached or foregoing instrument, having been duly qualified according to law, do hereby acknowledge that I signed and executed the instrument as my last Will; and that I signed it willingly and as my free and voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed, SWORN TO or affirmed and acknowledged before me by ESTHER WARNE, the testatrix, this 17th day of October, 1994. Esther Warne Testatrix Bonnie L. Baily Notary Public Waynesburg PA 15370 My Commission Expires 9-1-98 AFFIDAVIT COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA COUNTY OF GREENE We, William E. Baily and Mary E. Baily, 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 the testarix signed willingly and executed it as her free and voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed; that each subscribing witness in the hearing and the sight of the testatrix signed the will as a witness; and that to the best of our knowledge the testatrix was at that time 18 or more years of age, of sound mind and under no constraint or undue influence. SWORN TO or affirmed and subscribed to before me by William M. Baily and Mary E. Baily, witnesses, this 17th day of October, 1994. William M. Baily Mary E. Baily Bonnie L. Baily Notary Public Waynesburg PA 15370 My Commission Expires 9-1-98