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<br />NO. 9 HALL COUNTY
<br />and to pay over to each of them the said grandchildren so much of the income and principal as may
<br />be necessary to pay for their education in some standard four year Academic or Professional College
<br />which requires as a prerequisite graduation in a recognized highschool; said amount of principal
<br />and income to pay board, room, fees and actual expenses and to be available for the use of said
<br />children as long as they shall attend said college or other college of like or more advanced
<br />qualifications and to pay the balance of said port remaining after the payment of said expenses of
<br />education of the principal and accumulated income if any to said grand children when the said
<br />grandchild shall arrive at the age of thirty (30) years.
<br />(5) In the event any such grandchildren or grandchild
<br />t'ae age of thirty (30) years leaving no issue, this devise
<br />be paid forthwith to said issue, but in the event that sail
<br />leaving no issue before arriving at the age of thirty (30)
<br />part remaining shall be payable to the other grandchildren
<br />share alike.
<br />shall die before he shall arrive at
<br />and bequest shall not lapse but shall
<br />i grandchild or7, children shall die
<br />the said devise shall lapse, and the
<br />or grandchild above named, share and
<br />(6) In the event all three grandchildren shall die before any one of them shall arrive at
<br />the age of Thirty (30), leaving no issue, then I direct that upon the death of the last of said
<br />three grand children above named that my trustees shall p,,3.y the same to my brother, John A, Curry
<br />and my sisters Nellie Knight, Mayme O'Brien Theresa. Freis and Delia Mattoon, share and share a-
<br />like; however, in the event that my brother or any of my said sisters shall die prior to my death
<br />that the share going to them shall lapse and the same shall be equally divided between those of
<br />brother or sisters who are alive at the time of my death.
<br />(7) In the event said real estate shall not be sold during the term of this trust, I give my
<br />trustees full power to mortgage or otherwise lien the same for the purpose of educating my three said
<br />granchildren, and in the event that the same shall not be sold at the expiration of this trust,
<br />then the trust of the trust of the same shall expire and the same shall pass and descend to my
<br />three granchildren, subject to all liens and encumbrances that may be placed thereon, share and
<br />share alike in fee simple absolute.
<br />V.
<br />I hereby nominate, constitute and appoint the Grand Island Trust Company of Grand Island,
<br />Nebraska and Mae Spohn Iams of Wood River, Nebraska to be joint executors of this my last will and
<br />testament.
<br />IN 11ITNESS ?,EiEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and seal at Grand Island, Nebraska, this 16th day
<br />of September, 1937.
<br />Frances A. Wichersham
<br />Testatrix
<br />This instrument consisting of three typewritten pages was on the day and date thereof signed,
<br />published and declared by the said Frances A Wickershal to be her last will and testament in the
<br />presence of us .dho at her request have subscribed our names thereto as witnesses in her presence
<br />and in the presence of each other
<br />Roderick J. Martin Grand Island Neb
<br />Cora Hanover Grand Island, Nebr
<br />m P. Mullen Grand Island, Nebr.
<br />ENDORSEM7NT:: LAST WILL A`,TD TESTAjtENT OF FRAI CES A. WICKERSHAII Dated September 16, 1937
<br />HALL COUNTY, NEBRASKA F I L E D APR 19 1946 CHARLES BOSSERT COUNTY JUDGE
<br />CERTIFICATE OF PPOBATE OF VILL
<br />STATE OF NEBRASKA ) ss.
<br />HALL COUNTY )
<br />At a Session of the County Court held in the County Court Room in Grand Island, in said
<br />County, on the 17th day of May A. D., 1946
<br />In the Matter of the Estate of Present Charles Bossert County Judge
<br />Frances A. Wickersham, Deceased
<br />I) Charles Bossert, Judge of the County Court, in and for said County, do hereby certify that
<br />on the 19th day of April 1946, the instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of
<br />Frances A. Wickersham deceased, was filed for probate in this Court. That on the 17th day of May
<br />1946, said instrument to which this certificate is attached was duly proved, probated and allowed
<br />as the, last will and testament of the real and personal estate of said Frances A. Wickersham
<br />deceased, and the same was ordered to be recorded in the records of the Court aforesaid.
<br />IN WITNESS !THEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County Court, this
<br />17th day of May 1946
<br />Charles Bossert
<br />(SEAL) ounty Judge
<br />HALL COUNTY, NEBRASKA F I L E D MAY 17 1946 CHARLES BOSSERT COUNTY JUDGE
<br />IN THE COUNTY COURT OF HALL COUNTY, NEBRASKA
<br />In the Matter of the Estate )
<br />of ) FINAL DECREE
<br />FRANCES A. WICKERSHAM, Deceased. )
<br />Now on this 6th day of November, 1946 this cause came on for hearing upon the final report of
<br />the Grand Island Trust Company, a corporation, and Mae Spohn Iams, executors of the Last Will and
<br />Testament of Frances A. Wickersham, deceased, and upon their petition for setttlement of said
<br />estate and their discharge herein, and the court having examined said report and the records and
<br />files in said estate, and being duly advised in the premises, finds that due and legal notice has
<br />been given to all persons interested in said estate of the time and place fixed for the hearing
<br />upon said report. The court examined the same together with vouchers on file and testimony in sup-
<br />port thereof, and being duly advised in the premises, the court finds that said report is true and
<br />correct in all things and ought to be approved and allowed as and for the final report of said
<br />executors.
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