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<br />No. 6 HALL COUNTY
<br />I is in due -form of law.
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<br />IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County Oourt, at
<br />Grand Island, this 29th day of April, 1936.
<br />Paul N.Kirk
<br />(SEAL) �.;: County Judge
<br />Filed for record this 1st day of Belay, 1936, at 11:30 o'clock A.M.
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<br />WILL AND DECREE
<br />LAST WILL AND'TESTAMENT OF JOHN SIMS
<br />I, John Sims,of Grand Island,Hall County, Nebraska, being of sound mind and disposing memory do
<br />make and publish this my Ladt Will and Testament by it revoking all former wills by me made.
<br />FIRST
<br />I direct that my'Executrices, hereinafter named, pay all of my just debts including the expenses
<br />my last sickness and death and the costs and expenses of admitting this Will to probate and adm
<br />istering my estate from the personal property that I may leave at the time of my death. I furthe
<br />direct that these bills be paid as soon after my death as can be conveniently arranged.
<br />SECOND
<br />I give and bequeath to my beloved wife, Anna F.Sims, my automobile, all of the household furnit
<br />cooking utensils, and miscellaneous items in and about our home.
<br />THIRD
<br />I direct that my Executrices pay to the Trustee or Trustees, as the case may be, of Fierce Chapel
<br />Cemetery in Merrick County, Nebraska, the sum of $200.00 for the up -keep of my cemetery lot and
<br />also for the up -keep of my deceased father's lot in said cemetery, said amount to be paid at the
<br />convenience of the said Executrices.
<br />FOURTH.
<br />I direct that my Executrices purchase and erect a suitable marker on my cemetery lot, hereinbefoz
<br />described in paragraph 3, the same to be not an expensive marker, but one which will simply answe
<br />the purposes for which maskers are placed on graves.
<br />FIFTH.
<br />I give and devise unto my beloved wife, Anna F.Sims, for and during the term of her natural life
<br />or so long as she remains my widow, the following described real estate situated in Nance County,
<br />Nebraska, to -wit:
<br />The West Half (W2) of Section One (1), in Township Fifteen (15), North, Range Six (6), West of
<br />6th F.M. in said Nance County, Nebraska.
<br />and the following premises, being our home, in Grand Island,Nebraska, to -wit:
<br />Lot Eight (S) in Block One Hundred Forty -one (141) of Union Pacific Railroad Company's Second
<br />Addition to the City of Grand Island, Nebraska,
<br />she to have the use of said premises during said period in the event she chooses to use the same'
<br />or either of same for a home or she to have the rents and profits from same during said period
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<br />In the event she shall choose to live elsewhere, and she to be charged with the payment of general
<br />taxes assessed against said premises and the expenses of maintaining insurance against fire and
<br />tornado thereon, and the costs and expenses of maintaining the improvements on said premises in
<br />a reasonably fit condition; at the death of my said wife, or in the event of her remarriage, I
<br />give and devise the remainder of said real estate to my children, namely: Carrie Sims Vath, Mary
<br />Sims Morehouse, Elizabeth Sims JoyslYn,. William S.Sims, John Sims and Ellen Sims, share and share
<br />alike, each to take an undivided one -sixth (1/6) part thereof absolutely and all to take as ten is
<br />in common.
<br />SIXTH.
<br />All the remaining real estate of which I may die seized,
<br />I give and devise unto my children a
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