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<br />LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF BERNHARD WIESE
<br />I, Bernhard Wiese, of Grand Island, Nebraska, being of sound mind and disposing memory, do
<br />hereby make, publish, and declare this my Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all former
<br />Wills and Codicils by me made, in words as follows:
<br />1.
<br />I appoint my son Fred Wiese and my son -in -law William Reher joint executors of this Will and
<br />provide that neither shall be required to give surety on their respective bonds.
<br />2.
<br />I direct my said executors to pay the expenses of my last illness and burial, the expense-of
<br />administering my. estate -and probating this Will, and all my just debts out of my personal property
<br />and in the event that should be insufficient, then so much of my real estate shall be sold as is
<br />necessary to pay the same without first obtaining leave of any Court or Judge for that purpose;
<br />I further direct my said executors to arrange for and pay for a curbing around my grave similar
<br />to those now on -my cemetery lot, and also to have engraved and pay for-same the tombstone now on
<br />said lot, inscribinIg thereon the usual inscription with reference to myself.
<br />3•
<br />I hereby bequeath all of the rest, residue and remainder of my personal estate as follows:
<br />To my grandson Bernhard Brabander the sum of 1125.00
<br />To my grandson Walter Brabander the sum of $125.00
<br />To my grandson Arthur Brabander the sum of 0125.00
<br />To my grandson Orville Brabander the sum of $125.00
<br />To my granddaughter Genevieve Brabander the sum of $125.00
<br />but if she is a minor at the time of such payment, then my Executors are hereby authorized
<br />to pay her lagacy to her mother, Maria Brabander, for Genevieve, and to accept the receipt
<br />of her mother therefor.
<br />To my grandson Hugo Wiese the sum of $125.00
<br />To my grandson Arnold Wiese the sum of $125.00 and to my
<br />grandson Glen Wiese the sum of $125.00, but if they or either of them are minors at the
<br />time of such payment, then my Executors are hereby authorized to pay such legacies of such
<br />minor to their or his father, Fred Wiese, and to accept the receipt of such father therefor.
<br />To my granddaughter Viola Reher Grotz the sum of $125.00
<br />To my grandsons Donald Reher, and William Reher and my granddaughter Bernice Reher the
<br />sum of 4125.00 each, but if they or any of them are minors at the time of such payment,
<br />then my Executors are hereby authorized to pay such legacies of such minor to their, his
<br />or her mother, Martha Reher, and to accept the receipt of their mother therefor.
<br />The balance of my personal estate, I give and bequeath unto my three children, Fred Wiese,
<br />Maria Brabander and.Martha Reher, share and share alike, to them and to their heirs forever.
<br />4.
<br />I hereby devise Block Eight (9) in Pleasant Home Subdivision, being a part of the East Half
<br />of the Southeast Quarter (ESE) of Section Twenty -one (21), in Township Eleven (11) North,Range
<br />Nine (9),West of the 6th P.M. in Grand Isla.nd,Hall County, Nebraska, unto my said three children,
<br />Fred Wiese, Maria Brabander and Martha Reher, share and share alike, to them and to their heirs
<br />forever.
<br />WILL AND DECREE
<br />IN THE COUNTY COURT OF HALL COUNTY, NEBRASKA
<br />IN THE MATTER OF )
<br />THE ESTATE OF ) FINAL DECREE.
<br />BERNHARD WIESE, deceased. )
<br />At a session of the Coiinty Court held in and for said County of Hall this 19th day of May,
<br />1943, Present: Paul N.Kirk, County Judge.
<br />BE IT REMEMBERED that on the 21st day of April, 1943, Fred Wiese and William JRehpr,. ,
<br />Executors Estate Bernhard Wiese,
<br />of the of deceased, filed in this Court their final account as
<br />such Executors, and a petition praying that said account be allowed, for a decree of heirship,
<br />order of distribution, final settlement thereon and discharge.
<br />For these purposes, the 19th day of May, 1943,at 10 o'clock A.M. at the County Court Room in
<br />said County was assigned as the time and place for hearing said petition, examining and allowing
<br />said. account; and it was ordered that notice of the pendency of said petition and the hearing
<br />thereof be given to all persons interested in said matter by publishing such notice in the Grand
<br />Island Independent, a legal newspaper printed and published in said County for three successive
<br />weeks prior to said day of hearing, and it appears by proof on file that said notice was given
<br />as ordered by Court and no objections have been made or filed thereto and that the same should
<br />be allowed.
<br />Upon an examination of the record and the evidencein this matter, and being duly advised in
<br />the premises, the Court finds as follows:
<br />FIRST.
<br />That Bernhard Wiese departed this life on the 25th day of September, 1942, in Hall County,
<br />Nebraska, testate, and at the time of his death he was a resident of said Hall County, Nebraska.
<br />SECOND.
<br />That on the 3rd day of October, 1942, Fred Wiese, Maria Brabander and Martha Reher, filed in
<br />this Court a petition setting forth the above facts and offering the Last Will and Testament of
<br />Bernhard Wiese, deceased, for probate, which instrument purporting to be the Last Will and Testa-
<br />ment of said Bernhard Wiese, deceased, was filed by them in this Court on October 3, 1942, wherein
<br />Fred Ifiese and William Reher are named Executors; and on said 3rd day of October, 1942, this court
<br />entered an order assigning the 28th day of October, 1942, at 10 o'clock A.M. in the County Court
<br />Room in said County as the time and place for hearing said petition and proving said Will and
<br />ordering that notice of the hearing on said petition be given to all persons interested in said
<br />matter by publishing a copy of said order in the Grand Island Independent, a legal newspaper
<br />printed in said County, for three successive weeks, prior to said day of hearing, and it appears
<br />by proof on file that notice of said. order was given as ordered by this Court.
<br />THIRD.
<br />The Court further finds that on the 28th day of October, 1942, said Will was duly proved,
<br />and allowed as a.nd*for the Last Will and Testament of Bernard Wiese, deceased, and said Fred
<br />Wiese and William Reher were duly appointed Executors of said estate and qualified as such
<br />and Letters Testamentry were issued to them by this Court on the 28th day of October, 1942,
<br />which Will is in words and figures as follows, to -wit:
<br />LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF BERNHARD WIESE
<br />I, Bernhard Wiese, of Grand Island, Nebraska, being of sound mind and disposing memory, do
<br />hereby make, publish, and declare this my Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all former
<br />Wills and Codicils by me made, in words as follows:
<br />1.
<br />I appoint my son Fred Wiese and my son -in -law William Reher joint executors of this Will and
<br />provide that neither shall be required to give surety on their respective bonds.
<br />2.
<br />I direct my said executors to pay the expenses of my last illness and burial, the expense-of
<br />administering my. estate -and probating this Will, and all my just debts out of my personal property
<br />and in the event that should be insufficient, then so much of my real estate shall be sold as is
<br />necessary to pay the same without first obtaining leave of any Court or Judge for that purpose;
<br />I further direct my said executors to arrange for and pay for a curbing around my grave similar
<br />to those now on -my cemetery lot, and also to have engraved and pay for-same the tombstone now on
<br />said lot, inscribinIg thereon the usual inscription with reference to myself.
<br />3•
<br />I hereby bequeath all of the rest, residue and remainder of my personal estate as follows:
<br />To my grandson Bernhard Brabander the sum of 1125.00
<br />To my grandson Walter Brabander the sum of $125.00
<br />To my grandson Arthur Brabander the sum of 0125.00
<br />To my grandson Orville Brabander the sum of $125.00
<br />To my granddaughter Genevieve Brabander the sum of $125.00
<br />but if she is a minor at the time of such payment, then my Executors are hereby authorized
<br />to pay her lagacy to her mother, Maria Brabander, for Genevieve, and to accept the receipt
<br />of her mother therefor.
<br />To my grandson Hugo Wiese the sum of $125.00
<br />To my grandson Arnold Wiese the sum of $125.00 and to my
<br />grandson Glen Wiese the sum of $125.00, but if they or either of them are minors at the
<br />time of such payment, then my Executors are hereby authorized to pay such legacies of such
<br />minor to their or his father, Fred Wiese, and to accept the receipt of such father therefor.
<br />To my granddaughter Viola Reher Grotz the sum of $125.00
<br />To my grandsons Donald Reher, and William Reher and my granddaughter Bernice Reher the
<br />sum of 4125.00 each, but if they or any of them are minors at the time of such payment,
<br />then my Executors are hereby authorized to pay such legacies of such minor to their, his
<br />or her mother, Martha Reher, and to accept the receipt of their mother therefor.
<br />The balance of my personal estate, I give and bequeath unto my three children, Fred Wiese,
<br />Maria Brabander and.Martha Reher, share and share alike, to them and to their heirs forever.
<br />4.
<br />I hereby devise Block Eight (9) in Pleasant Home Subdivision, being a part of the East Half
<br />of the Southeast Quarter (ESE) of Section Twenty -one (21), in Township Eleven (11) North,Range
<br />Nine (9),West of the 6th P.M. in Grand Isla.nd,Hall County, Nebraska, unto my said three children,
<br />Fred Wiese, Maria Brabander and Martha Reher, share and share alike, to them and to their heirs
<br />forever.
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