Will of George D. & Frieda E. Hoppes

 

We, George D. Hoppes and Frieda E. Hoppes, husband and wife, of the City of Reading, in Berks County, Pennsylvania, being of sound mind and memory, do hereby make, publish and declare this our and each of our last will and testament, expressly revoking all other wills by us or either of us heretofore made.

First, The one of us surviving the other is to inherit all property, real, personal, or mixed, of the other, to be used as the survivor sees fit, but should both die, or if when both shall be dead and no individual Will shall have been made, then the property of both shall be treated as one and the same, and be disposed of as hereinafter provided.

Second, We and each of us give, devise and bequeath all our property to our sons EARL G. HOPPES and EMERSON E. HOPPES, share and share alike.

Lastly, we nominate constitute and appoint our Sons, EARL G. HOPPES and EMERSON E. HOPPES, to be the Executors of this, our and each of our, last will and testament.

In witness whereof, we and each of us have hereunto set our hands and seals this tenth day of April A.D. 1943. Erasure of place of residence made before execution of will.

Signature of GEORGE D. HOPPES

Signature of FRIEDA E. HOPPES

Signed, sealed, published and declared by the above named GEORGE D. HOPPES and FRIEDA E. HOPPES at the same time as their last will and testament, in the presence of us who in their presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto set our names as witnesses thereto at the request and in the presence of the said testators and of each other.

Signature of CHARLES E. WINGERT

Signature of (either X or K)ern B. WINGERT