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677 Section 25, Township 13 North,Range 8, i,,est of the 6th P.M. Ho?,Tard County, Nebraska, to him-and to his heirs and assigns forever, subject to the use of said premises in my wife until the first day of March, 1946. I give and devise to my son Walter the East Half of said Northeast Quarter (M!NE,) of Section 25, Township 13 North, Range 8, ?Test of the 6th P.M., Howard County, Nebraska, to him and to his heirs and assigns forever, subject to the use of said premises in my wife until the first day of March, 1946. In lieu of the statutory rights which my wife may have in my estate, I give and bequeath to her the use of all personal property which I may own or to which I may be entitled at the time of my decease, wherever the same may be situate, subject however, to the legacies which I am about to bequeath in the nextparagraph of this Will. She shall have the pvwer to sell and dispose of any part or all of said personal property as she may see fit without let, hinderance or control on the part of any person, nor need she obtain permission or order from any Court or Judge, neither shall she be required to account to any person, Judge or Court for the proceeds received from such sale or transfer, which proceeds shall be her own property to do with as she sees fit. I give and bequeath to each one of my daughters, the sum of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) that is to say: Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) shall be paid each of my daughters Amelia Hessel, Emma Poehler, Ida Poehler, Ella Kruse, Frieda Hessel, Bertha Schuett, Alma Baade, Meta Kruse and Erma Kruse, to them and to their respective heirs forever; the aforesaid legacies shall be due and payable without interest three (3) months after my decease in the event that I survive my wife, or three months after the decease of my wife, in the event she survivts -me. I distinctly provide that said legacies are not a lien nor a charge upon the real estate heretofore given my sons Herman, John, Reinhart, Martin or Walter. It is my intention that these legacies to my daughters shall not be dur or payable during the lifetime of my wife. I further give my wife the use of my land situate in Howard County, Nebraska, heretofore devised to my sons Martin Kruse and Walter Kruse, from the time of my decease until the first day of March, 1946. I have arranged with the law firm of Mayer & Mayer of Grand Island, for the probate of this Will, who shall act as counselors to the Executrix at a reasonable fee to be determined by the Probate Judge who may have jurisdiction of my estate. Witness my hand this 24th day of April, 1939• Herman Kruse The foregoing, consisting of two pages, was at the date thereof,-signed, sealed published and declared by the said testator as and for his Last Will in our presence and we in his presence and in the presence of each of other and at his request have signed the -same as witnesses hereto. Jessie Overdorff Herbert F.Mayer CERTIFICATE OF PROBATE. State of Nebraska ) Howard County )ss. I, Charles C.Larsen, Judge of the County Court of said County, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing instrument was filed in this office on the 24th day of November, 1942, together with the petition for the probate of the same; that notice of the pendency of said petition was given by publication of the same three successive weeks in The Howard County Herald, a newspaper published and printed in said county. That on the 18th day of December,1942, the execution of said will was duly proven and also that said Testator at the time of its execu- tion was of full age and sound mind; that an order was thereupon entered admitting said instru- ment to brobate as and for the last will and testament of Herman Kruse, the testator, and that Letters testamentary thereupon issued to Bertha Kruse the executrix therein - named. IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court this 18th day of December, 1942. (SEAL) Charles C.Larsen County Judge IN THE COUNTY COURT OF HOWARD COUNTY, NEBRASKA. SECOND. That on the 24th day of November, 1942, Bertha Kruse filed in this Court an instrument pur- porting to be the Last Will and Testament of said Herman Kruse, deceased, wherein said testator was also named as Hermann Kruse, wherein said petitioner was named Executrix, and a petition offering said Will for probate, and on the 24th day of November, 1942, an order of this Court, was made therein assigning the 18th day of December, 1942, at 9 o'clock A.M. in the County Court Room in said County as the time and nla.ce for hearing said petition, proving said Will and ad- mitting the same to probate, and ordering that notice of the pendency of said petition and hearing thereon be given to all persons interested in said matter by publishing said notice in IN THE MATTER OF ) THE ESTATE OF ) FINAL DECREE HERMAN KRUSE, Deceased. ) STATE OF NEBRASKA ) COUNTY OF HOWARD )ss. At a session of the County Court held in and for said County of Howard, Nebraska, this 16th day of November, 1945- Present: Charles C.Larsen, County Judge. BE IT REMEMBERED: that on the 30th day of October, 1945, Bertha Kruse, Executrix of the Estate___ of Herman Kruse, deceased, filed in this Court her final account as such Executrix and a petition praying that said account be allowed, for a decree of heirship, an order of distribution, a final settlement thereon and discharge. For these purposes, the 16th day of November, 1945, at 9 o'clock A.M., at the County Court Room in said County was assigned as the time and place for hearing said petition, examining and allow- CD ing said account, and -it was o .-dered that notice of the pendency of said petition be given to all persons interested in said estate by publishing such notice in The Howard County Herald, a legal newspaper printed in said County, three successive weeks prior to said day of hearing; and it apnears'by proof on file that said notice was given as ordered by this Court and that no objections to said final account have been made or filed. Upon examination of the record and the evidence in this matter and being duly advised in the premises, the Court finds as follows: FIRST. That Herman Kruse, sometimes known as Hermann Kruse, departed this life on November 18, 1942, at his residence in Howard County, Nebraska, testate, and at the time of his death, he was a resident of Howard County, Nebraska. SECOND. That on the 24th day of November, 1942, Bertha Kruse filed in this Court an instrument pur- porting to be the Last Will and Testament of said Herman Kruse, deceased, wherein said testator was also named as Hermann Kruse, wherein said petitioner was named Executrix, and a petition offering said Will for probate, and on the 24th day of November, 1942, an order of this Court, was made therein assigning the 18th day of December, 1942, at 9 o'clock A.M. in the County Court Room in said County as the time and nla.ce for hearing said petition, proving said Will and ad- mitting the same to probate, and ordering that notice of the pendency of said petition and hearing thereon be given to all persons interested in said matter by publishing said notice in