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635 <br />I <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 <br />0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- �-'`- J- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0' -O -O-- <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 <br />I <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 <br />0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- �-'`- J- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0' -O -O-- <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 />