Wills: Henry S. Kunkle, 1914: Hazleton, Luzerne County, PA

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Will of Henry S. Kunkle
>From Luzerne County Court House, PA
No. 516, 1914

I, Henry S. Kunkle, of the City of Hazleton, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, being of
sound mind, memory and understanding do make, publish and declare the following as
my last will and testament;  First:  I direct that all my just debts and funeral
expenses be paid by my executors as soon as possible after my deceased.   
Second:  I give and bequeath unto the Hazleton Cemetery Association, of Hazleton, Pa., 
the sum of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) in trust, to invest and reinvest the same 
in good securities, and to collect and receive the income therefrom and to use and expend
such income and profit annually in the maintenance and care of my Cemetery plot in
Vine Street Cemetery, in Hazleton, Pa. Third:  I give, devise and bequeath all my
estate, real, personal and mixed, of whatsoever nature and wheresoever situate, unto
my wife, Lennia Elizabeth Kunkle she to have and to hold the same for and during the
term of her natural life; and I direct that my undivided interest in the Livery
business now carried on under firm name of Kunkle & Bro., in Hazleton, Pa. be not
sold during her natural life, and that the same be carried on as heretofore, unless
deemed wise and expedient by my said wife and a majority of my living children that
same be sold when and in which event the same may be sold at any time sooner.
Fourth:  Upon the death of my said wife, Lennia Elizabeth Kunkle I direct that my
said entire estate, real, personal and mixed, be equally divided among my six (6)
children, namely: Bert E., Cornelius, Maude, Walter, Adah and Wilson, share and
share alike. Lastly:  I nominate and appoint my said wife, Lennia Elizabeth Kunkle,
and my son, Bert E. Kunkle, executors of this my last will and testament, with full
power to the survivor of them; giving and granting unto my said executors, or the
survivor of them, full power and authority to sell and convey any and all of my real
estate, or any interest which I may hold in any real estate, for such price or
prices, upon such terms and conditions, and to such person or persons as to them, or
the survivor of them, shall seem best, at either private or public sale or sales, and
to grant and convey the same to the purchaser or purchasers thereof, his, her or
their heirs and assigns, free and clear of all liability for or on account of the
application of the purchase money. In witness wereof, I have hereunto set my hand
and seal this 15th day of January, A.D. 1914.

Henry S. Kunkle

Signed, sealed, published and declared by the testator, as and for his last will and
testament in the presence of us who at his request and in his presence and in the
presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses:

John Wilkelem
Chas R. Walter

Date of death - July 23, 1914