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<br />IN THE COUNTY COURT OF HALL COUNTY, NEBRASKA.
<br />CERTIFICATE.
<br />STATE OF NEBRASKA ) I, Charles Bossert, County Judge of Hall County, Nebraska, do hereby
<br />HALL COUNTY )ss' certify that I have compared the foregoing copy of Final Decree entered
<br />_IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF HENRY MINTKEN, DECEASED, with the original record thereof, now re-
<br />maining in said Court, that the same is a correct transcript thereof, and of the whole of such
<br />original record; that said Court is a Court of Record,ha.ving a seal, which seal is hereto attached;
<br />that said Court has no Clerk authorized to sign certificates in his own name, and that I am the
<br />legal custodian of said Seal and of the Records of said Court, and that the foregoing attestation
<br />is in 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 Island, this 21st day of June, 1945-
<br />Charles Bossert
<br />(SEAL) County Judge
<br />Filed for record this 21 day of June, 1945, at 4:45 o'clock P.M. \ �
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<br />WILL AND DECREE
<br />LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF GEORGE KUCERA.
<br />I, George Kucera, (an unmarried man) of Grand Island, Hall County, Nebraska, being of sound
<br />mind and disposing memory, do make, publish and declare this my last will and Testament, as follows:
<br />First: I direct that all of my just debts, including the expenses of my last sickness and burial,
<br />be first paid out of my personal estate.
<br />And if that be not sufficient for that purpose I direct that my Executor, hereinafter named, shall
<br />sell as much of my real estate of which I die seized, as may be necessary to pay such debts, full
<br />power and authority being hereby given to him for that purpose without application to or license
<br />from any court, the allowance, by a court of competent jurisdiction, of debts against my estate,
<br />being sufficient authority for my Executor to sell and convey by good and sufficient deed enough
<br />of my real estate to pay such debts, if my personal property is insufficient for that purpose.
<br />Second: All the rest, residue and remainder of my estate and property real, personal and
<br />mixed and wherever situated, I give, devise and bequeath in equal shares to my brother and sisters
<br />hereinafter named as follows: John Kucera-of Wagner, South Dakota, and to my sisters Mary Janak
<br />of Colon, Nebraska, and Josephine Zajicek of Wilber, Nebraska. The said three above named devisees
<br />and legatees to share equally in all of the residue estate. And I further d.ir-ect':that in case of
<br />death of any of my said above named legatees or devisees, before my death, leaving issue or
<br />descendants, then, and in such case, I direct that his share shall not lapse, but shall pass and
<br />descend to such issue or descendant in equal shares as provided by the laws of the State of Nebraska.
<br />Third: I hereby name, nominate and appoint my said brother, John Kucera, as Executor of this my
<br />FINAL DECREE
<br />IN THE COUNTY COURT OF HALL COUNTY, NEBRASKA.
<br />In the matter of the estate )
<br />of ) FINAL DECREE.
<br />HENRY MINTKEN, DECEASED. )
<br />Now on the 13th day of June, 1945, this cause came on to be heard upon the final report of Lucy
<br />Mintken, Administra.trix of the estate of Henry Mintken, deceased, and it appearing to the Court from
<br />the proof on file that all persons interested in the estate of the said deceased have been notified
<br />as required by law, and the order of this Court dated May 1945, and there being no objection or
<br />protest on file the Court proceeded to examine said report. After a full examination thereof, the
<br />Court finds that said report is correct in all respects and ought to be approved and allowed and
<br />that said administratrix has accounted for all of the estate of the laid deceased which came to her
<br />possession.
<br />It is therefore considered and adjudged by the Court that the report of Lucy Mintken, administra-
<br />trix, be and the same hereby is approved and allowed as and for his final report.
<br />The Court further finds that notice was given to all creditors of the said Henry Mintken, deceased,
<br />of the time limited and place appointed for filing claims against his estate; that the time allowed
<br />for filing claims has fully expired; that all claims filed and allowed against said estate have been
<br />fully paid and satisfied; that all claims and demands outstanding against the estate of Henry Mintken
<br />deceased, and not so filed, if any such there be, are therefore forever barred, and all are excluded
<br />from filing or setting up any claim or demand against the estate of Henry Mintken, deceased, and
<br />that said estate is fully settled and closed.
<br />The Court further finds that the said Henry Mintken, deceased, departed this life intestate on
<br />the 19th day of November, 1944, and that he was at the time of his death, a resident of Hall County,
<br />Nebraska; that he left surviving him as his heirs -at -law and only heirs -at -law, the following named
<br />persons: Lucy Mintken, his widow, Catherine Joehnck, Anna Cornell, Zena Ehlers, and Junetta Schwieger,
<br />daughters, and Joseph Mintken, a son, all of whom are of legal age.
<br />The Court further finds that the said Henry Mintken was, at the time of his death, the owner
<br />in fee of the following described real estate situated in Hall County, Nebraska;
<br />Lots Seventeen (17), Eighteen (18), Nineteen (19) and Twenty (20), Block Five (5), of
<br />Pleasant Hill Addition to the city of Grand Island, Nebraska.
<br />and that under the law of descent of the State of Nebraska, the above named described real estate
<br />did pass and descent at his death to his heirs as follows: Lucy Mintken, 1/3 thereof; to Catherine
<br />Joehnck, Anna Cornell, Zena Ehlers, Junetta Schwieger, and Joseph Mintken, each an undivided 2/15
<br />thereof.
<br />The Court further finds that the funeral expenses, the expenses of the last illness of the
<br />deceased and the costs of administration have been paid by the administratrix; that she advanced
<br />some of her own funds for the payment of said claims, but she waives any claim against the estate
<br />of Henry Mintken, for the repayment thereof, and the Court.further finds that said estate is not
<br />subject to the payment of inheritance tax under the laws of the State of Nebraska, or under the
<br />laws of the United States.
<br />It is therefore considered and adjudged by the Court that the above described property,
<br />Lots Seventeen (17), Eighteen (18), Nineteen (19) and Twenty (20), Block Five (5), of Pleasant
<br />Hill Addition to the city of Grand Island, Nebraska did pass and descend at the death of the said
<br />Henry Mintken to his widow, Lucy Mintken, 1/,3 thereof; And to Catherine Joehnck, .Arena Cornell,
<br />Zena Ehlers, Junetta Schwieger, and Joseph Mintken, each an undivided 2/15 thereo, and said real
<br />estate is assigned to them.
<br />It is further considered and adjudged by the Court that said estate be closed and settled, and
<br />that the administratrix be discharged and released of her bond.
<br />Charles Bossert
<br />County Judge
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<br />IN THE COUNTY COURT OF HALL COUNTY, NEBRASKA.
<br />CERTIFICATE.
<br />STATE OF NEBRASKA ) I, Charles Bossert, County Judge of Hall County, Nebraska, do hereby
<br />HALL COUNTY )ss' certify that I have compared the foregoing copy of Final Decree entered
<br />_IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF HENRY MINTKEN, DECEASED, with the original record thereof, now re-
<br />maining in said Court, that the same is a correct transcript thereof, and of the whole of such
<br />original record; that said Court is a Court of Record,ha.ving a seal, which seal is hereto attached;
<br />that said Court has no Clerk authorized to sign certificates in his own name, and that I am the
<br />legal custodian of said Seal and of the Records of said Court, and that the foregoing attestation
<br />is in 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 Island, this 21st day of June, 1945-
<br />Charles Bossert
<br />(SEAL) County Judge
<br />Filed for record this 21 day of June, 1945, at 4:45 o'clock P.M. \ �
<br />Register of Deeds
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<br />WILL AND DECREE
<br />LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF GEORGE KUCERA.
<br />I, George Kucera, (an unmarried man) of Grand Island, Hall County, Nebraska, being of sound
<br />mind and disposing memory, do make, publish and declare this my last will and Testament, as follows:
<br />First: I direct that all of my just debts, including the expenses of my last sickness and burial,
<br />be first paid out of my personal estate.
<br />And if that be not sufficient for that purpose I direct that my Executor, hereinafter named, shall
<br />sell as much of my real estate of which I die seized, as may be necessary to pay such debts, full
<br />power and authority being hereby given to him for that purpose without application to or license
<br />from any court, the allowance, by a court of competent jurisdiction, of debts against my estate,
<br />being sufficient authority for my Executor to sell and convey by good and sufficient deed enough
<br />of my real estate to pay such debts, if my personal property is insufficient for that purpose.
<br />Second: All the rest, residue and remainder of my estate and property real, personal and
<br />mixed and wherever situated, I give, devise and bequeath in equal shares to my brother and sisters
<br />hereinafter named as follows: John Kucera-of Wagner, South Dakota, and to my sisters Mary Janak
<br />of Colon, Nebraska, and Josephine Zajicek of Wilber, Nebraska. The said three above named devisees
<br />and legatees to share equally in all of the residue estate. And I further d.ir-ect':that in case of
<br />death of any of my said above named legatees or devisees, before my death, leaving issue or
<br />descendants, then, and in such case, I direct that his share shall not lapse, but shall pass and
<br />descend to such issue or descendant in equal shares as provided by the laws of the State of Nebraska.
<br />Third: I hereby name, nominate and appoint my said brother, John Kucera, as Executor of this my
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