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<br />IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that all claims and demands against the estate of
<br />Leva M.Gunnarson, deceased, whether due or to become due, whether absolute or contingent, be, and
<br />the same are hereby, forever barred.
<br />Paul N.Kirk
<br />COUNTY JUDGE
<br />IN THE COUNTY COURT OF HALL COUNTY, NEBRASKA
<br />CERTIFICATE.
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<br />STATE OF NEBRASKA I, Charles Bossert, County Judge of Hall County, Nebraska, do hereby
<br />HALL COUNTY ) certify that I have compared the foregoing copy of Decree entered IN THE
<br />MATTE!i OF THE ESTATE OF LEVA M.GUNNARSON, DECEASED, with the original record thereof, now remaining
<br />in said Court, that the same is a correct transcript thereof, and of the whole of such original
<br />record; that said Court is a Court of Record having a seal, which seal is hereto attached; that
<br />said Court has no Clerk authorized to sign certificates in his own name, and that I am the legal
<br />custodian of said Seal and of the Records of said Court, and that the foregoing attestation is in
<br />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 1sla.nd, this lst day of March, 1944.
<br />Chas.Bossert
<br />(SEAL) County Judge
<br />Filed for record this Ist day of March, 1944, at 11:45 o'clock A.M.
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<br />WILL AND DECREE
<br />LAST WILL AND TES1'AiIIE;NT,Ir1 THE NXiE OF GOD,A1aEN
<br />I,Etta Hansen,of Grand Island,Hall County,Nebraska being of sound mind and disposing memory do
<br />hereby mak e,publish and declare this to be my Last Will and Testament,hereby revolving any and all
<br />former Wills by me made.
<br />FIRST. I direct that my executor,hereinafter named,pay all my just debts,including the expenses
<br />of my last sickness and death and the costs and expenses of admitting this Will to probate and
<br />administering my estate,from such personal property as I may have on hand at the time of my death.
<br />if that be insifficient I authorize said executor to sell so much of my real estate as may be
<br />necessary for that purpose,the within being his full and complete authority to make necessary
<br />deeds of transfer without order from any Court whatsoever.
<br />SECOND.I give,devise and bequeath unto my beloved husband,Hans P.Hansen,all the personal property
<br />of whatever form or nature or wherever situated,of which I may die seized,to be held by him ab-
<br />solutely.
<br />THIRD.I hereby devise and bequeath unto my beloved husband,Hahs P.Hansen,all the real estate of
<br />which I may die seized,to be by him held for and during the term of his natural life ;he to take
<br />all rents and profits of said real estate and he to be charged with the payment of all taxes and
<br />assessments levied against said real estate,during his said life estate.
<br />Upon :_the death of my said husband, or in the event of his preceding me in death,I give and devise
<br />the remainder in said real estate,subject to the life estate provided for by said husband in the
<br />event he shall survive me,to my daughter Juanita Redfern,ay grandson,Paul William Ruple and my
<br />grand daughter Phyllis Ruple,absolutely,in the following shares and proportions:
<br />To my daughter,Juanita Redfern,an undivided one -half interest;to my grandson,Paul William Ruple,
<br />an undivided one- fourth interest; to my grand daughter,Phyllis Ruple,an undivided one- fourth
<br />interest.
<br />It is my wish,however,that my said husband,during his lifetime and the continuance of the life
<br />estate herein provided for him,shall have the privilege of selling any and all real estate herein
<br />devised,at any time,when in his judgment it is for the best interests of the estate,that such
<br />sale be made'and to that end and for the punoose of effectuating such wish,I hereby authorize and
<br />empower my said husband to sell all or any part of the real estate of which I may die seized,
<br />at any time,during his lifetime and the exercise of the life estate herein provided he may deem
<br />it for the best interest of the estate go to do;the within being his full and complete authority
<br />to make necessary deeds of transfer without order from any Court whatsoever.
<br />One half thereof shall be paid to my daughter,Juanita Redfern absolutely;the remaining one -half
<br />shall be paid to the Grand Island Trust Company,as Trustee,for the use and purposes as follows:
<br />The said Trustee shall manage said fund with the same powers and under the same restrictions as
<br />are provided herein for my said husband during his lifetime ;that from the income tliereof there
<br />shall be paid the costs and expenses of managing said trust fund,the income thereof to the parent,
<br />guardian or person having the custody and control of my grandson,Paul William Ruple and my grand
<br />daughter,Phyllis Ruple,for the support,maintenance and education of said beneficiaries,at annual
<br />semi - annual or other convenient intervals until each shall have arrived at the age of twenty -one
<br />(21) years,on which accasions,that is,on arriving at the age of twenty -one (21) years there shall
<br />FOURTH. In the event my said husband shall exercise the power of sale herein and shall sell any
<br />of the real estate of which I may die seized,then I direct that the proceeds of said sale
<br />or all
<br />or sales shall become a trust fund to be handled,managed,invested and disbursed in the following
<br />manner:
<br />My said husband to have the full and complete control of said trust fund during the term of his
<br />natural life,with full power to invest said fund in United States Government Bonds and first
<br />mortgages on Nebraska real estate,to sell the same,re- invest the proceeds of said sale in similar
<br />securities and_in general,to have full power to do t?,ose things necessary to carry out the purposes
<br />of this trust;to pay such expenses as are incurred in the management of said trust fund from the
<br />income thereof and the balance at such intervals as are convenient,to be paid to hire in his indiv-
<br />idual capacity absolutely for his own use,benefit and confort.
<br />FIFTH. On the death of my said husband and in the event there has been created a trust fund,as
<br />above set out,I direct that said trust fund shall be divided into two parts and disbursed as
<br />follows:
<br />One half thereof shall be paid to my daughter,Juanita Redfern absolutely;the remaining one -half
<br />shall be paid to the Grand Island Trust Company,as Trustee,for the use and purposes as follows:
<br />The said Trustee shall manage said fund with the same powers and under the same restrictions as
<br />are provided herein for my said husband during his lifetime ;that from the income tliereof there
<br />shall be paid the costs and expenses of managing said trust fund,the income thereof to the parent,
<br />guardian or person having the custody and control of my grandson,Paul William Ruple and my grand
<br />daughter,Phyllis Ruple,for the support,maintenance and education of said beneficiaries,at annual
<br />semi - annual or other convenient intervals until each shall have arrived at the age of twenty -one
<br />(21) years,on which accasions,that is,on arriving at the age of twenty -one (21) years there shall
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