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1.
<br />I hereby nominate and appoint my dear husband M.J.Alden, Executor of this Will and provide
<br />that he need give no surety on his bond as such, and direct him out of my personal property, to
<br />pay all my just debts, including expenses of my last illness and burial, as soon after my death
<br />as may conveniently be done.
<br />2.
<br />Inasmuch as my separate estate consists of property which I inherited from my late mother,
<br />Amy D.Harrison, and she having t (7ld me that any of her property remaining at the time of my
<br />death, should go to our two children, Warren and Velma, and that also being my wish and will,
<br />I accordingly herewith devise and bequeath, subject only to the statutory rights of my husband
<br />Ma.lverd J.Alden,, which rights I hereby grant unto him, a.11•of my property, both real and personal
<br />wheresoever situated, unto our two children Warren Harrison Alden and Velma Alden Ralph, in fee
<br />simple absolute, share and share alike.
<br />FINAL DECREE
<br />29th day of July, 1943.
<br />IN THE COUNTY COURT OF HALL COUNTY, NEBRASKA
<br />IN THE MATTER OF
<br />THE ESTATE OF FINAL DECREE.
<br />MAUD E.ALDEN, deceased. )
<br />STATE OF NEBRASKA At a session of the County Court held in and for said County of Hall
<br />COUN'T'Y OF HALL ) and State of Nebraska, this 9th day of August, 1944,
<br />Present: Charles Bossert, County Judge
<br />BE IT REMEMBERED that on the 14th day of July, 19411, M.J.Alden, Executor of - the Estate of
<br />Maud E.Alden, deceased, filed in this Court his finF1 account as such Executor, and a. petition
<br />praying that said acs unt be alloTti *e d, for a decree of heirship, an order of distribution, a final
<br />do hereby certify that Maud
<br />settlement thereon and discharge.
<br />For these purposes, the 9th day of August, 1944, at 10 o'clock A.M. at the County Court Room
<br />complusion, subscribed her
<br />in said County was assigned as the time and place for hearing said petition, examining and allow-
<br />ing said ac.counl;,:and it was ordered that notice of the pendency of said petition be given to all
<br />of each of us, and at the same time and in our presence
<br />persons interested in said estate by publishing such notice in the Grand Island Independent, a
<br />and hearing,declared the same to be her Last
<br />legal newspaper printed in said County, three successive weeks prior to said day of hearing, and
<br />lie at her special instance
<br />it appears by proof on file that notice was given as ordered by Court and that no objections to
<br />and request and in her presence and in the
<br />said final account have been made or filed and that the same has been approved by Warren H.
<br />Alden and Velma Ralph.
<br />Upon examination of the record and the evidence in this matter and being duly advised in the
<br />premises, the Court finds as follows:
<br />FIRST.
<br />That Maud E.Alden departed this life on the 29th day of August, 1943, while temporarily
<br />residing in Los Angeles, California, testate, and at the time of her death she was a resident of
<br />Hall County, Nebraska.
<br />SECOND.
<br />That on the 27th day of October, 1943, M.J.Alden, filed in this Court an instrument purporting
<br />to be the Last Will and Testament of said Maud E.Alden, deceased, wherein said petitioner was
<br />named Executor, and a petition offering said Will for probate, alleging that said Maud E.Alden
<br />departed this life on August 29, 1943, while temporarily residing in Los Angeles, California,
<br />and on the 27th day of Oc -tober, 1943, an order of this Court was made therein assigning the
<br />24th day of November, 1943, at 10 o'clock A.M. in the County Court Room in said County as the
<br />time and place for hearing said ?etition, proving said Will and admitting the same to probate
<br />and ordering that notice of the pendency of said petition and hearing thereon be given to all
<br />persons interested in said matter by publishing said notice in the Grand Island Independent, a
<br />legal newspaper printed in said County, for three successive weeks prior to said. day of hearing,
<br />and it appears by proof on file that notice of said order was so given.
<br />THIRD.
<br />The Court further finds that on the 24th day of November, 1943, said instrument was proven,
<br />allowed and admitted to probate as the Last Will and Testament of said Maud E.Alden, deceased,
<br />which Last 11111 and Testament is in words as follows:
<br />LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
<br />I, Maude E.Alden, of 7915 Towne Avenue, Los Angeles, California, being of sound mind and
<br />disposing memory, do hereby make, publish and declare this my Last Will and Testament, hereby
<br />revoking any and all former Wills by me made, in words as follows:
<br />1.
<br />I hereby nominate and appoint my dear husband M.J.Alden, Executor of this Will and provide
<br />that he need give no surety on his bond as such, and direct him out of my personal property, to
<br />pay all my just debts, including expenses of my last illness and burial, as soon after my death
<br />as may conveniently be done.
<br />2.
<br />Inasmuch as my separate estate consists of property which I inherited from my late mother,
<br />Amy D.Harrison, and she having t (7ld me that any of her property remaining at the time of my
<br />death, should go to our two children, Warren and Velma, and that also being my wish and will,
<br />I accordingly herewith devise and bequeath, subject only to the statutory rights of my husband
<br />Ma.lverd J.Alden,, which rights I hereby grant unto him, a.11•of my property, both real and personal
<br />wheresoever situated, unto our two children Warren Harrison Alden and Velma Alden Ralph, in fee
<br />simple absolute, share and share alike.
<br />and thereto attached is the f.ollo"Ting certificate:
<br />CERTIFICATE OF PROBATE OF WILL
<br />STATE OF NEBRASKA ) At a Session of the County Court held in the County Court Room in Grand
<br />COUNTY OF HALL )'8-Island, in said County, on the 24th day of November, A.D., 1943.
<br />Present Paul N.Kirk, County Judge
<br />In the Matter of the Estate of
<br />Maud E.Alden, Deceased.
<br />I, Paul N.Kirk, Judge of the County Court, in and for said County, do hereby certify that on
<br />the 27th day of October, 1943, the instrument purporting to be the la.st will and testament of
<br />Dated at Los Angeles, California, this
<br />29th day of July, 1943.
<br />Maud E.Alden,
<br />Testatrix
<br />Witness:
<br />Dora L.Waterman
<br />Lillian V.Scott
<br />We, w.-,o,-,e names are hereunto subscribed,
<br />do hereby certify that Maud
<br />E.Alden, the testatrix,
<br />she then being of sound mind and und.er no
<br />complusion, subscribed her
<br />name to the foregoing instru-
<br />ment in our presence and in the presence
<br />of each of us, and at the same time and in our presence
<br />and hearing,declared the same to be her Last
<br />Will and Testament, and
<br />lie at her special instance
<br />and request and in her presence and in the
<br />presence of each other, have hereunto subscribed our
<br />names as attesting witnesses.
<br />Dora L. Waterman
<br />Lillian V. Scott
<br />and thereto attached is the f.ollo"Ting certificate:
<br />CERTIFICATE OF PROBATE OF WILL
<br />STATE OF NEBRASKA ) At a Session of the County Court held in the County Court Room in Grand
<br />COUNTY OF HALL )'8-Island, in said County, on the 24th day of November, A.D., 1943.
<br />Present Paul N.Kirk, County Judge
<br />In the Matter of the Estate of
<br />Maud E.Alden, Deceased.
<br />I, Paul N.Kirk, Judge of the County Court, in and for said County, do hereby certify that on
<br />the 27th day of October, 1943, the instrument purporting to be the la.st will and testament of
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