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THE AUGUSTINE CO. 12600 -12.26
<br />decree of heirship, an order of distribution, and a final settlement thereon and discharge.
<br />For these purposes the 27th day of April, 19390 at 10 o'clock A.M. at the County Court Room in said
<br />County was assigned as the time and place for hearing said petition, examining and allowing said
<br />account, and it was ordered that notice of the pendency of said petition be given to all persons
<br />interested in said estate by publishing a notice of said order in the Grand Island Independent, a
<br />legal newspaper printed and published in said County, three successive weeks prior to said day of
<br />hearing; and it appears by proof on file that said notice was given as ordered by the Court.
<br />FINDINGS.
<br />THE COURT FINDS AS FOLLOWS:
<br />1.
<br />Upon an examination of the record and the evidence in this matter and being duly advised in the
<br />premises, the Court finds as follows: That William Scheffel, also known at times as Wilhelm Scheffel,
<br />departed this life on the 26th day of.December, 1933, in said Hall County, Nebraska, testate, and
<br />at the time of his death he was a resident of said County, and that the deceased left a labt will
<br />and codicil thereto which was filed in this Court for probate on the 5th day of January, 1934.
<br />2.
<br />That Catharina Scheffel was nominated in said will as executrix thereof but that she predeceased
<br />the said William Scheffel in death and was not living on the 5th day of January, 1934, and the
<br />following are the legatees, devisees and heirs at law named in said will: Carl L. Scheffel, William
<br />F.Scheffel, also known as William Scheffel, Rudolph Scheffel, Louis Scheffel, Katie Meyer, also
<br />known as Katie Mayer, Flora Scheffel, Matilda Langenheder, also known as Tillie Langenheder.
<br />3,
<br />That on the 5th day of January, 1934, said Katie Meyer, Flora Scheffel, Matilda Langenheder, Carl
<br />L.Scheffel, William F.Scheffel, Rudolph Scheffel and Louis Scheffel, filed in this court a petition
<br />for the probate of said will and codicil and for the appointment of the said Carl L.Scheffel and
<br />William F.Scheffel as Administrators with the Will Annexed thereof and on said 5th day of January,
<br />1934, an order of this Court was made therein assigning the 30th day of January, 1934, at 10 o'clock
<br />A.M. at the County Court Room in said County, as the time and place for hearing said petition, and
<br />ordering that notice be given all persons interested in said matter by publishing a notice of said
<br />order in the Grand Island Independent a legal newspaper printed and published in said County three
<br />successive weeks prior to said day of hearing, and it appears by proof on file that notice of said
<br />order was given as ordered by this Court.
<br />4.
<br />The Court further finds that on said 30th day of January, 1934, said will and codicil was duly
<br />proved and allowed as the last will and codicil of William Scheffel deceased, a decree of probate
<br />was made thereon and the said Carl L.Scheffel and William F.Scheffel were, upon their giving bond
<br />in the sum of $10,000.00 as ordered by this Court, appointed Administrators with the Will Annexed
<br />thereof and that they filed said bond and qualified according to law and entered upon the duties
<br />of that office; the Court further finds that the deceased at the time of his death was a resident
<br />of said Hall County and that he left the following heirs at law: Carl L.Scheffel, William F.Scheffel,
<br />also known as William Scheffel, Rudolph Scheffel, Louis Scheffel, Katie Meyer, also known as Katie
<br />Mayer, Flora Scheffel, Matilda Langenheder, also known as Tillie Langenheder; that said will and
<br />codicil are in words and figures as follows, to -wit:
<br />THE LAST WILL OF WILLIAM SCHEFFEL
<br />I. William Scheffel, make this my last will hereby revoking all former wills.
<br />I appoint my dearly beloved wife Catharina Scheffel, executrix hereof and provide�`she need give no
<br />bond.
<br />All my peraonal property I give my wife absolutely, excepting what I shall hereinafter dispose of.
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