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632 Ne THEAUGUSTINECO. 20112 -2.41 course as my executor. -THIRD. I will, divise and bequeath to my beloved son, Victor Phillips, the sum of $250.00 (two hundred fifty cTo ars). Said sum, no more and no less, which is to settle any and all debts or claims existing between us at the time of my death. FOURTH: I will, devise and bequeath to my son, Victor Phillips, in trust for my granddaughter, Betty Jean Phillips, until said Betty Jean Phillips shall reach the age of eighteen years, the sum of $100.00 (one hundred dollars). I request that said trustee act without bond-and without compensation, and I hereby give him full power and authority to invest, use and expend both the principal and interest. Said trustee shall not, however, use any of said property in his personal investments, but shall invest it in postal savings, or in government bonds, or in some other equally safe investment. At the age of eighteen years, said trust to cease, and the trust property to be delivered to said granddaughter by the trustee. Ben H.Palmer Witness Mary Lehn Holdrege, Nebr. Box 345 Helen Jarvis Witness ' McGrath, Minnesota Atty - Willard Wilson Holdrege- Nebr. FIFTH: The rest and residue of my estate I will, devise and bequeath to my four sons in equal shares as follows: Equal shares to go to Victor Phillips of Grand Island,Nebraska; Raymond Phillips of�Twin Falls, Idaho• John Phillips of Los Angeles, California; and Andrew Monroe Phillips, of Los Angeles, California. in the event however, of the death of any of the above named persons before my death, or in the event that any such persons cannot be found by the executor, o phis will within one year after my death, then in such case, the share or shares of suc�iduals above named is to go to my beloved granddaughter Betty Jean Phillips, with the same trust arrange- ment as enumerated in item number four. SIXTH: I hereby appoint my son, Victor Phillips, of Grand Island, Hall County, Nebraska, as executor of this, my last will and testament, and request that he be permitted to act without bond; and if said Victor Phillips is not living at the time of my death,. I hereby direct the County Court to ap -ooi nt some other suitable and proper person as executor of this will. An-d`I further direct, that if Victor Phillips is not living at the time of my death, that the County Court appoint some other suitable and proper person to act as trustee under item number four of this will. IN WITNESS 1FIEREOF, I have signed my name to each of the two pages of this typewritten will, this sixteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord, Nineteen hundred and thirty -nine. Mary Lehn We, whose names are hereto subscribed, do hereby certify that Mary Lehn, the testatrix, in our presence subscfibed her name to this instrument consisting of two typewritten pages, and to each page thereof in our presence and in the presence of each of us, and declared at the same time in our presence and hearing that this instrument consisting of four typewritten pages was her last will and testament and we, at her request signed our names hereto and to each page as attesting witnesses in her presence and in the presence of each other. Ben H.Palmer of holdrege, a ras a. HALL COUNTY,NEBRASKA F I L E D MAR 1 CERTIFICATE OF PROBATE OF WILL 1944 Charles Bossert COUNTY JUDGE Helen Jarvis of o ege, a ras a. STATE OF NEBRASKA )ss. At a session of the County Court held in the County Court Room in Grand HALL COUNTY ) Island, in said County, on the 28th day of April, A.D. , 1944. Present Charles Bossert County Judge In the Matter of the Estate of Mary Lehn, Deceased. I, Charles Bossert, Judge of the County Court, in and for said County, do hereby certify that on tree 1st day of March, 1944, a copy of an instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of Mary Lehn, deceased, was filed for probate in this Court. That on the 28th day of April, 1944 said instrument to which this certificate is attached was duly proved, probated and allowed as the last will and testament of the real and personal estate of said Mary Lehn deceased, and the same was ordered to be recorded in the records of the Court aforesaid. IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County Court, this 28th day of April, 19+4. HALL COUNTY, NEBRASKA F I L E 'D CHARLES BOSSERT, COUNTY JUDGE IN THE MATTER OF MARY LEHN, OF THE ESTATE DECEASED. Charles Bossert (SEAL) County Judge APR 29 1944. )IN THE COUNTY COURT OF HALL COUNTY, NEBRASKA FINAL DECREE Now on this 18th day of April, 1945, this cause came on for hearing upon the final report filed herein by Victor Phillips, Executor of the Estate of Mary Lehn, deceased, and upon his application for the approval and allowance of said report, statement of said estate, and his discharge as Executor of said estate; and the Court having examined the record and files herein, including said report and obligations thereto, and vouchers and receipts filed herein, and being fully advised in the premises finds as follows: That on the 1st day of March, 1944, Victor Phillips, son of Mary Lehn, deceased, riled his Petition in this Court in which he .alleged, among other things, that Mary Lehn departed this life in Hall County, Nebraska, on the 23rd day of February, 1944, leaving a Last Will and Testament in which Victor Phillips was named Executor thereof, which instrument he offered for probate as the Last Will aHd Testament of said deceased, and asking that an Executor thereof be appointed; that upon reading and filing said petition, this court entered an order fixing the time and place for hearing said petition and giving notice thereof as provided by law, and that said matter coming on to be heard upon the time fixed by the Court, said instrument was duly a itted to in this Court as the Last 'Jill and Testament of said deceased and letters o1$1 adm1nistiPatr oiob :it ' ere D �J