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HALL COUNTT
<br />2572 —Klopp Printing Co., Omaha
<br />WILL AND CERTIFICATE AND FINAL DECREE
<br />LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF FRANK CROCKER.
<br />Know all men by these presents that I,Frank Crocker of Grand Island,Hall County,Nebraska
<br />being of sound mind and diposing memory do make,publish and declare this my last will and testa-
<br />ment in the manner and form following:
<br />FIRST
<br />It is my desire &-did I direct that all of my just debts be paid by my executrix,but no part of
<br />my Life Insurance,which I hold in the Bankers Life Insurance Company of Des Moines,Iowa,shall be
<br />used for that purpose.
<br />Second
<br />It is my desire and I direct that my funeral shall be conducted in the simplest manner poss-
<br />ible consistent with decency and with the least expense possible;I further direct that expenses'
<br />shall not be lavishly incurred in the selecting of my casket and cemetery lot,and I request that
<br />no tomb stone or any other monument be erected on said cemetery lot.
<br />THIRD
<br />Subject to the foregoing,I give,devise and bequeath to my nephew Harold Rigden my Silver
<br />Candellabra,he to receive the same at the death of my beloved wife Helen Grahame Crocker,she to
<br />have the use of the same,however,during her natural life time.
<br />FOURTH
<br />I give,devise and bequeath to my nephew Clifford Cloutte my two Oil Paintings, painted by my
<br />grandfather,he to receive same at the death of my beloved wife Helen Grahame Crocker,she to have,
<br />the use of the same,however,during her natural live time.
<br />FIFTH
<br />Subject to the foregoing,I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Helen Grahame Crocker all of
<br />my personal property and real estate of every kind and nature wherever situated,and owned by me
<br />at the time of my death,she to have the*sam e absolutely and forever. I hereby authorize and
<br />empower my beloved wife Helen Grahame Crocker as executrix of my estate to sell any and all
<br />real estate of which I die possessed,to execute,acknowledge the deliver a deed for said real
<br />estate without applicationto-,or authority from any court whatsoever.
<br />SIXTH
<br />I further respectfully request that my beloved wife Helen Grahame Crocker,after the dis-
<br />posing of all of my property,return to England and there reside,so that she may be near to her
<br />relatives.
<br />SEVE NT H
<br />I name,nominate and appoint my beloved wife Helen Grahame Crocker executrix of this my last
<br />will and testament,and I request that she be not required to give any bond whatsoever,as such
<br />executrix,I hereby revoke any and all former wills by me made.
<br />IN +'FITNESS WHEREOF,I have here signed my hand this 26th day of November,A.D. ,1919,to this
<br />instrument consisting of two pages of typewritten paper,-.each of which is identified by my
<br />signature.
<br />Witnesses:
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<br />F. E. Slusser. Frank Crocker.
<br />B. J. Cunningham
<br />We,whose names arehereunto subscribed,do
<br />the foregoing instrument in our presence
<br />in our presence and hearing,declared the
<br />request and in his presence and in the p;
<br />attesting witnesses.
<br />hereby certify that Frank Crocker,the Testator,signed
<br />and in the presence of each of us; and,at the same time
<br />same to be his last Will and Testament;and we,at his
<br />resence of each other,did sign our names hereto as
<br />F. E. Slusser of Grand Island Nebr.
<br />B. J. Cunningham of Grand Island Nebr.
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