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NO. 9 HALL COUNTY i ^TILL AND DECREE IN THE COUNTY COURT OF HALL COUNTY, NEBRASKA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF FINAL DECREE. MARTHA OTTO, deceased. ) STATE OF NEBRASKA ), COUNTY OF ) `' HALL s' At a session of the County Court held in and for_ said County of Hall and State of Nebraska, this 12th day of June, 1946. Present: Charles Bossert, County Judge. BE IT REMEMBERED: that on the 20th day of May, 1946, William Fechtner and William Blauhorn, Executors of the Estate of Martha Otto, deceased, filed in this estate their final account as such Executors 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 12th day of June, 1946, at 10 o'clock A.M. in tae County Court Room in said County, was assigned as the time and place for hearing said petition, examining and allow- ing said account; and it was ordered that notice of said petition be given to all persons interested in said estate by publishing such notice in the Grand Island. Independent, a legal newspaper printed) in said County, for three successive weeks prior to said day of hearing; and it appears by proof on file that said notice was given as ordered by Court and that no objections to said final report 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 Martha Otto departed this life on the 27th day of May, 1941, in Grand Island in Hall County, Nebraska, testate, and at the time of her death she was a resident of Hall County, `Nebraska. SECOND. That on the 31st day of May, 1941, William Blauhorn and William Fechtner filed in this Court instruments purporting to be the Last Will and Testament and codicil thereto of said Martha Otto, deceased, wherein said petitioners -and Arthur C.Mayer were named Executors, and a. petition offering Page 2 Y said dill and Codicil for probate, alleging that said Martha Otto, deceased, departed this life on May 27, 1941, in Hall County, Nebraska, and that said Arthur 0 Mayer named as one of said Execu- tors, died on November 11, 1940, and on the second day of June, 1941, an order of this Court was made therein assigning the 25th day of June, 1941, at 10 o'clock A.M. in the County Court Room in said County as the time and place for hearing said petition, proving said Will and admitting 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 the Grand Island In- dependent, a legal newspaper printed in said County, for three successive weeks prior to said day of hearing, and it appears by proof on file that notice of said order was so given. THIRD. The Court further finds that on the 25th day of June, 1941, said instruments were proven, allowed and admitted to probate as the Last Will and Testament and Codicil thereto of said Martha Otto, deceased, which Last Will and Testament and Codicil thereto are in words as follows: THE LAST ;°BILL OF MARTHA OTTO I, Martha Otto, of Grand Island, Nebraska, being of sound mind and memory for which I thank Almighty God, ,but mindful of the uncertainties of this mortal life, make this my last Will hereby revoking all former Wills by me made. I appoint my sons -in -law William Fechtner and William Blauhorn jointly with my friend Arthur C.Mayer, Executors of this Will. After the payment of all my just debts, expenses of last ill - ness, burial, costs of probating Will and expense of administration, I give, devise and bequeath all of my property as follows, that is to say: To my sister Katie I give One Dollar ($1.00); to my sisters Emma, Molly, Mable and to my b-others Henry, Edward, Ernest and Paul I give and devise my undivided interest in my eighty acres in Sherman County, Nebraska, which premises I inherited from my father, to them and to their heirs and assigns forever, said land being described as follows: The North Half of the Northeast Quarter (N2NE4) of Section Three (3), Township Sixteen (16), Range Thirteen (13) To my daughter Mary Dabercow I give my writing desk, my rocking chair and my oil stove. All pictures and presents which were given me by my relatives and which may be in my house at Page 3 the time of my decease,shall go back to those who gave them to rne, save and excepting the specific legacies contained in this Will. To Dr. Brown, radio minister in Omaha, Nebraska, whose sermons I have so much enjoyed, I give One Hundred Dollars ($100.00). To Dr. Pierson of the Henry Field Radio Station in Shenandoah, Iowa, I give One Hundred Dollars 0100.00), to be used by him as a_fund for the purchase of bibles and other things as he deems best for poor people. This is given in appreciation of his fine talks and sermons which I have so much and so often enjoyed. To the Trustees of the Assembly of God, that being the congregation now occupying the church building formerly owned by the Methodist Church on Lot 1 in Block 19 of the Original Town, now City of Grand Island, Hall County, Nebraska, 2 give and devise my home, being Lot Eight (9) at _the corner of Oak and Sixth Streets in said city of Grand Island, Nebraska, to them and their successors, to be used as a home for the pastor of said church or in the event that said church decides to erect a church edifice upon said Lot Eight (8), said lot may be used for that purpose. If for any reason, said _Trustees may find it desirable, expedient or necessary to sell said premises, I provide that in that event, said premises can be sold within ten years after my decease with the consent of a_majority of the executors named in this `dill. I give and devise to the childreni of my sister Katie Sixty -six Dollars ($66.00) to each child, there being three living at this time; to the two children of my sister Alice Krewold of which children I am particularly fond, I give One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) each; to the children of my sister Emma I give One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) to be divided equally among them; and to the children of my sister Molly, of which there are nine living, I give Three Hundred Sixty Dollars (36o.00) to be divided equally ; to my sister Mable I give One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) to the children of my brother Henry I give and bequeath Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) to be divided betir�Teen them equally; to the children of my brother Edward I give Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) to be divided equally between them; to the children of my brother Ernest I give Two Hundred Dollars T2O-00); 00.00) to be divided equally between them; to my nephew Harold Urich I give Fifty Dollars to my brother Paul I give.One Hundred Dollars ($100.00). To each of my nephews, nieces and grandchildren living at the time of my decease, to whom I have not yet given a bible, I give each one a bible to cost Two Dollars Fifty Cents ($2.50) each. My executors shall put my burial lot in Archer Cemetary in good condition and it is at that place I t�rish to be buried and an appropriate monument shall be put on that lot to cost no more