Will of Mahlon I. Hoppes

 

LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF MAHLON I. HOPPES

 

I, MAHLON I. HOPPES, of Upper Bern Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, do make, publish and declare the following to be my Last Will and Testament.

    1. I order and direct my hereinafter-named Executrix to pay all my just debts and funeral expenses as soon as may be convenient after my decease.
    2. I give, devise and bequeath my entire estate, real, personal and mixed, to my wife, M. FLORENCE HOPPES, if she survives me. If she does not survive me, then I give, devise and bequeath my entire estate to my daughter, MARTHA C. HOPPES.
    3. AND LASTLY, I nominate, constitute and appoint my wife, M. Florence Hoppes, as the Executrix of my Last Will and Testament if she survives me. If she does not survive me, then I nominate, constitute and appoint my daughter, MARTHA C. HOPPES, as the Executrix of this my Last Will and Testament.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this 20th day of March, A.D. 1948.

                                                                        Signature of MAHLON I. HOPPES

Signed, Sealed, Published and Declared by MAHLON I. HOPPES, the Testator above-named, 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 thereto.

Signature of JAMES P. HOWELLS, JR.

Signature of Mrs. EVA S. FOLK