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<br />WILL AND DECREE RECORD
<br />THE AUGUSTINE CO. 18600 -1$ -86
<br />State of Nebraska, )
<br />)ss. I,Paul N.Kirk County Judge of Hall County,Nebraska,do hereby certify
<br />Hall County )
<br />that I have compared the foregoing copy of Decree Determining Heirship
<br />entered IN THE MAT'T'ER OF THE ESTATE OF rviARGARET MAY COTTON STREED, DECEASED,with tale original
<br />record thereof,now remaining in said Court,that the same is a correct transcript thereof,and of the
<br />whole of such original record ;that said Court is a Court of Record having a seal,which seal is
<br />hereto attached;that said Court has no Clerk authorized to sign certificates in his own name,
<br />and that I am the legal custodian of said Seal and of the Records of said Court,and that the foregoing
<br />attestation is in due form of law.
<br />IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County Court,at
<br />Grand Island, this 25th day of June 1941.
<br />(SEAL) Paul N.Kirk
<br />County Judge
<br />Filed for record this 25 day of June,1941,at 11 o'clock A.M. GL4�� Ce_,��
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<br />LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF
<br />BENJAMIN R.McGRATH.
<br />KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That I, Benjamin R.McGrath, of Grand Island, Hall County,Nebraska,
<br />being of full age and of sound and disposing mind and memory, do hereby make, ordain and establish
<br />this to be my last will and testament.
<br />FIRST.
<br />I direct that my Executor, hereinafter nominated, pay all my just debts and the expenses inci-
<br />dent to my death, from my personal estate as soon after the time of my death as may be convenient.
<br />SECOND.
<br />I give, devise and bequeath to my wife, Dessie P.McGrath, so long as she shall remain my widow
<br />and unmarried, the use and benefit of all my real estate and the net income from all of my personal
<br />property, and direct that the said Executor shall hold all of such personal property as trustee
<br />during said period, with power to invest and re- invest thesame under the control of the probate
<br />Court having jurisdiction of my estate, and shall pay the net income thereof to my said wife during
<br />said period in annual or more frequent installments.
<br />In case of the re- marriage of my said wife, I do hereby direct that the use and benefit of said
<br />real estate and income from said personal property herein devised and bequeathed to her shall immed-
<br />iately terminate and I thereupon give, devise and bequeath to my said wife an undivided one- fourth
<br />interest in all my estate, both real and personal, to be her sole and separate property absolutely
<br />and in fee simple.
<br />THIRD
<br />All the rest and residue of my estate, both real and personal, I hereby give, devise and
<br />bequeath, in equal undivided shares, to my children, as follows : -
<br />William M.McGrath, of Grand Island,Nebraska
<br />Esther L.Flanigan, of Grand Island,Nebraska,
<br />Benjamin R.McGrath, of Denver, Colorado,
<br />James R.McGrath, of Grand Island,Nebraska,
<br />Harvey C.McGrath, of Grand Island,Nebraska.
<br />In the event of the death of any of my said children before the time of my death, leaving
<br />issue, it is my will that the share herein mentioned shall not lapse, and in such case, I give,
<br />devise and bequeath the undivided share of such child to his or her issue, in equal undivided
<br />shares.
<br />FOURTH.
<br />Whereas, I hold certain policies of life insurance payable to my son, William M.McGrath, all
<br />benefits from which I have considered and do consider as belonging to me and as constituting a
<br />part of my estate after my death, I therefore direct that William M.McGrath shall hold, administer
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