Will of George J. Hoppes

 

LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT

OF

GEORGE J. HOPPES

I, GEORGE J. HOPPES, a widower, of the Township of Windsor, County of Berks and State of Pennsylvania, being of sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding, do hereby make, publish and declare this to be my Last Will and Testament, hereby expressly revoking all other Wills and Codicils by me heretofore made.

ITEM 1: I order and direct my hereinafter named co-Executors to pay all my just debts and funeral expenses as soon as possible after my decease.

ITEM 2: I give and bequeath to my granddaughter, MARTHA HOPPES HINNERSHITZ, the sum of One Dollar ($1.00).

ITEM 3: I give and bequeath to my son, ERNEST HOPPES, the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00).

ITEM 4: I give and bequeath to my daughter, DOROTHY HOPPES KRAMER, the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00).

ITEM 5: I give and bequeath to my son, LEON J. HOPPES, the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), all of my bedding, and the bedroom suite in the room he presently occupies as a bedroom in my home.

ITEM 6: I give and bequeath to my son, LEON J. HOPPES and my daughter, DOROTHY HOPPES KRAMER, all my jarred and canned goods and food in the freezer in equal shares or parts.

ITEM 7: My sons, LEON J. HOPPES and ERNEST HOPPES and my daughter, DOROTHY HOPPES KRAMER, shall have the right to

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reclaim those items in and on the premises that are their property, and to this end they shall not be required to produce formal bills of sale, receipted bills or cancelled checks. If any proof is demanded, their affidavits of ownership shall be sufficient.

ITEM 8: My sons, LEON J. HOPPES and ERNEST HOPPES, and my daughter, DOROTHY HOPPES KRAMER, and her family, shall have burial rights in the family burial plot.

ITEM 9: My son, LEON J. HOPPES, shall have the privilege to live in and occupy my real estate for a period of two (2) years after my death, in the event he is residing with me at the time of my death. During the aforesaid two (2) years the taxes and the maintenance of the property as to necessary repairs shall be made by my estate.

ITEM 10: All the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, real, personal or mixed, of whatever nature and wheresoever situate, I give, devise and bequeath unto my sons, ALBERT HOPPES, CLARENCE OSCAR HOPPES, HOWARD HOPPES, MORRIS HOPPES, ERNEST HOPPES, and LEON J. HOPPES and my daughters, MYRTLE ADAM and DOROTHY HOPPES KRAMER, in equal shares.

ITEM 11: I hereby nominate, constitute and appoint my daughter, DOROTHY HOPPES KRAMER, and my son LEON J. HOPPES, as co-Executors of this my Last Will and Testament, and direct that they shall both retain my attorney, FREDERICK O. BRUBAKER, Esquire, in the settlement of my estate.

ITEM 12: All inheritance and transfer taxes on any

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bequests herein shall be paid from my residuary estate.

IN WHITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal to this my Last Will and Testament, consisting of three (3) typewritten pages, on the bottom margin of the first two (2) pages where I have affixed my name this 10th day of October 1968.

Signature of GEORGE J. HOPPES

Signed, sealed, published and declared by GEORGE J. HOPPES, the Testator above-named, as and for his Last Will and Testament, in the presence of us, who in his presence and at his request and in the presence of each other, have hereunto set our names as witnesses thereto.

Signature of FREDERICK O. BRUBAKER, Esq.

Signature of PATRICIA A. illegible

 

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