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<br />SEVENTH.
<br />I give devise, and bequeath to my daughter, Anna Wiese the sum of Twenty -four Hundred Dollars
<br />($2400.00, and to my daughter, Hedwig Reher, the sum of thirty -nine Hundred Dollars ($3900.00).
<br />EIGHTH.
<br />I give, devise, and bequeath all of the rest, residue, and remainder of my estate to my children,
<br />Henry Knuth, Hellmuth Knuth, Arthur Knuth, Herman Knuth, Anna Wiese, and Hedwig Reher, share and
<br />share alike, and provide further that in the event my said children are unable to divide the
<br />household furniture and personal effects, then my said executors shall fix a date within thirty
<br />days after their appointment, and offer the personal effects and household furniture to my children,
<br />and the highest bidders for the various articles shall be entitled to them, and if there is any ,
<br />personal property remaining unsold or undivided, said executors shall sell the same at either private
<br />or public sale.
<br />NINTH.
<br />I further provide that in the event any of my children hereinbefore named, to whom I have made
<br />gifts, devises, or bequests, shall precede mein death, then the gild or children of such deceased
<br />child shall take by right of representation.
<br />TENTH.
<br />It is further provided that in the event that the residue of my estate is insufficient to pay
<br />my debts and expenses of administration, that each child shall have deducted from his or her share
<br />one -sixth of such amounts, and that such amounts shall constitute a first lien and charge against
<br />their respective shares.
<br />ELEVENTH.
<br />I further provide that in the event7 any devisee or legatee herein named undertakes to contest
<br />or set aside this, my last will and testament, then the devise and bequest to such contestant
<br />or contestants shall be cancelled and lapse, and such share or shares shall be divided equally
<br />among such legatees and devisees who do not contest.
<br />I have taken into consideration the amounts heretofore advanced to my said children and after
<br />long and careful deliberation have come to the conclusion that the aforesaid is a fair and equitable
<br />distribution among my said children of my property.
<br />TWELFTH.
<br />I hereby revoke any and all former wills by me made.
<br />THIRTEENTH.
<br />I name, nominate, and appoint my friends, J.M.Hanssen and Arthur Henne, as executor of this,
<br />my last will and testament, and request that they be not required to furnish surety on their bonds
<br />as such.
<br />INW "THEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, this 9th day of November, 1939•
<br />J.M.Hanssen Juergen Knuth
<br />Henryenne _
<br />eenne
<br />Grand Island Nebr
<br />We, whose names are hereunto subscribed, do hereby certify that Juergen Knuth, the testator,
<br />subscribed his name to the foregoing instrument in our presence and in the presence of each of us,
<br />and, at the same time and in our presence and hearing, declared the same to be his last will and
<br />testament, and we, at his request and in his presence and in the presence of each other, hate
<br />hereunto subscribed our names as attesting witnesses.
<br />J. M. Hanssen
<br />Of Grand IslandNebraska
<br />H nrnryHenne
<br />UT raG nd Island, Nebraska.
<br />Arthur Henne
<br />Pand Island, Nebr.
<br />ENDORSEMENT: LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF JUERGEN KNUTH.
<br />HALL COUNTY, NEBRASKA F I L E D MAY 22 1942 PAUL N.KIRK COUNTY JUDGE
<br />STATE OF'NFBRASKA )ss, CERTIFICATE OF PROBATE OF WILL.
<br />HALL COUNTY )
<br />At a Session of the County Court held in the County Court Room in Grand Island, in said County,
<br />on the 17th day of June, A.D. , 1942.
<br />Present Paul N.Kirk County Judge.
<br />In the Matter of the Estate of
<br />Juergen Knuth, Deceased.
<br />I. Paul N. Kirk, Judge of the County Court, in and for said County, do hereby certify that on the
<br />22nd day of May, 1942, the instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of Juergen Knuth
<br />deceased, was filed for probate in this Court. That on the 17th day.of June, 1942, said instrument
<br />to which this certificate is attached was duly proved, probated and allowed as the last will and
<br />testament of the real and personal estate of said Juergen Knuth,deceased, and the same was ordered
<br />to be recorded in the records of the Court aforesaid.
<br />IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County Court, this
<br />17th day of June, 1942-
<br />(SEAL) Paul N.Kirk
<br />County Judge
<br />HALL COUNTY, NEBRASKA F I L E D
<br />JUN 17 1942 PAUL N.KIRK COUNTY JUDGE
<br />IN THE COUNTY COURT OF HALL COUNTY, NEBRASKA.
<br />In the matter of the estate ) N0. 3181
<br />of ) FINAL DECREE.
<br />Juergen Knuth, Deceased. )
<br />This cause came on for hearing this 14th day of July, 1943, upon the final report of J.M.Hanssen
<br />and Arthur Henne, executors of the last will and testament of Juergen Knuth, deceased, and upon their
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