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<br />E_AU6 USTI N E CO.-
<br />WILL AND DECREE
<br />I, Mary E.Shipton, widow, of Alda, Nebraska, being of sound mind and disposing memory, do make
<br />publish this, my last will and testament, in the manner and form following, that is to say:
<br />FIRST.
<br />I direct that my just debts, and the expenses attending my burial, be first paid.
<br />SECOND.
<br />I authorize and direct my Executor, hereinafter named, to sell all of the real estate owned by me
<br />at the time of my death, and reduce the same to cash.
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<br />THIRD.
<br />I give and bequeath to my step - grandchildren, Loraine Shipton and Hazel-Shipton, daughters of my
<br />stepson; Robert Shipton, the One Thousand Dollar note I hold against the said Robert Shipton, and
<br />in the event said note is paid prior to my death, then and in that event I give and bequeath to
<br />said Loraine Shipton and Hazel Shipton the sum of Five Hundred Dollars each.
<br />FOURTH.
<br />I give and bequeath to my step- grand- daughters, Erma Knox, Luella Knox, and Maxine Knox, daughter
<br />of my step- daughter, Ella-Knox, the sum of One Thousand Dollars, to be divided equally among them.
<br />FIFTH.
<br />I give and bequeath to my step - grand - daughter, Evelyn Hessel,� daughter of my step - daughter, Castoz
<br />Hessel, the sum of One Thousand Dollars, and I give and bequeath to my step - grandson, Marion Hesse
<br />the son of my said step- daughter, Castora Hessel, the sum of One Thousand Dollars.
<br />SIXTH.
<br />I give and bequeath all the rest, residue, and remainder of the estate of which I shall die the
<br />owner, to my beloved sister, Alice Pennebaker, of New London, Iowa.
<br />SEVENTH.
<br />I nominate and appoint R.R.Horth, of Grand Island, Nebraska, as executor of this will, and hereby
<br />authorize and empower the said executor to sell all real estate owned by me at the time of my dea
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<br />;without license or authority from any court for that purpose, my intention being that my said exec -
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<br />;tor reduce my estate to cash, and after so doing, make distribution thereof to the beneficiaries
<br />jherein named, and as herein provided.
<br />IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand to each of the two typewritten pages hereof this
<br />26th day of July, A.D. , 1924.
<br />Witnesses:
<br />William Suhr
<br />R.R.Horth
<br />Mary E.Shipton
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<br />We, whose names are hereunto subscribed, do hereby certify that Mary E.Shipton, the testatrix, sub -
<br />scribed her name to the foregoing instrument in our presence and in the presence of each of us, an
<br />at the same time and in our presence and hearing, declared the same to be her last will and testa -1
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<br />ment, and we, at her request and in her presence and in the presence of each other, have hereunto
<br />.subscribed our names as attesting witnesses.
<br />William Suhr
<br />Of Grand Island, Nebraska.
<br />R.R.Horth
<br />Of Grand Island,Nebraska
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<br />6ENDORSEMENT: LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF MARY E.SHIPTON, HALL COUNTY NEBRASKA
<br />F I L E D APR 19 1932 Paul N.Kirk, COUNTY JUDGE - HORTH, RYAN,
<br />CLEARY & SUHR LAWYERS RYAN BUILDING GRAND ISLAND,NEBRASKA
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<br />1 County ss. CERTIFICATE OF PROBATE OF WILL.
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