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<br /> LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
<br /> �LAST WILL AND TESTAN:ENT OF CATHARZNA RIEF, IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN
<br /> I, Catharina Rief, bein� of sound mind and disposing memory and realizing the uncertainty of
<br /> i this fragile and transitory �.ife do hereby make, publish and declare this instrument to be my
<br /> Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking any and a11 forrner Tvd'i11s by me made, in manner and form
<br /> following, that is to say:
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<br /> I direct that my executor, hereinaf ter maned, pay all of my ,�ust deb�s, ineluding those of
<br /> m last sickness and burial, so soon as i� reasonably possible after my demise.
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<br /> � 2.
<br /> I direct that my executor, hereinafter named, sell all of my reaZ es'Gate and all of my
<br /> personal estate, of wha�ever nature and wherever situate, of which S may die possessed, within a
<br /> reasonab2e '�ime after my dea'th, without the necessity of obtaining a license from the�ourt, and
<br /> make, execu�e and deliver any and a11 deeds necessary to transfer the same, and after first paying
<br /> expenses of selling the same and court costs and attorney f ees, to divide the aznoun� equally, share
<br /> and share a.like, between my two beloved sons, t�rilhelm Johan Rief and Carl Rie�.
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<br /> I hereby nominate and appoint my beloved son, Wilhelm Johan Rie�', executor of this My Last
<br /> W111 and Testament and reques� that he be allowed to serve w3.thout giving bond.
<br /> In witness whereof I have hereunto se� my hand this 3rd day of August, 19�+2.
<br /> Cathaxina Rief
<br /> Evel,yn Sheffield es a r x.
<br /> r�ness. - -
<br /> Lloyd W Kelly
<br /> W tness.
<br /> We, whose names are hereun�o subscribed, do hereby certify that the testa.trix, Catharina Rief,
<br /> signed the foregoin� instrument on the 3rd day of August, 1.g42 and at �hat time deelared the same
<br /> to be h�r Last Ulill anc� Testament and we, at her request and in her presence and in th� presence
<br /> of each other have hereunto set our names as subscribing witnesses.
<br /> Evel n Sheffield
<br /> rand sland,�lebraska.
<br /> _ Llo�d W_F��Ke11�� .
<br /> G and �a-rid, Arebraska. �
<br /> HALL ,COUNTY, NEBRASKA F I L E D r�t 14 1949 CHARLES BOSSERT COUNTY JUDGE
<br /> CERTIFICATE OF PROBATE OF WILL
<br /> STATE OF NEBRASKA )
<br /> ) ss. CERTIFICATE OF PROBATE OF VJILL
<br /> HALL COUNTY )
<br /> At a Session of the County Court held in the County Gaurt Room in Grand Tsland, in said
<br /> County, on th,e 6th day of April A.D. , 19�9
<br /> Present� Charles Bossert Coun�y Judge
<br /> In the Matter of �he Estate of
<br /> Catharina Rief , Decea�ed
<br /> I, Charles' Bassert, Judge of the County Court, �n and. for said County, do hereby certi�y that
<br /> on the 14th day of March 19�9, ths instrument purporting to be the ].ast w3.11 and testament of
<br /> Catharina Rief deceased, tiaas filed for probate in this Court. That on the 6th day of April 19�9�
<br /> I said instrument to which this certificate is attaehed was duly proved, probated and all.owed as the
<br /> last will and tes�ament of the real and personal esta�e of said Catharina RieP deceased, and the
<br /> i same was ordered to be recorded in the records oP the Court aforesaid.
<br /> IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereun�o set my hand and aP�'ixed the seal of the County Court,
<br /> this 6th day of April 19�+9
<br /> � s�L) Charles Bossert
<br /> HALL COUNTY, NEBRASYA F I L E D APR 6 �9�+9 County Judge
<br /> CHARLES BOSSERT COUNTY JUDGE
<br /> IN THE COt7NTY COURT QF HALL C�UNTY, NEBRASKA
<br /> IN THE MATTER OF THE )
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<br /> ESTATE OF ) FINAL DECREE
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<br /> CATHERINA RIEF, DECEASED )
<br /> Now on this 31st day of August, 1949, this ca�zse came on to be heard on the final report
<br /> filed h�rein by Wilhelm Johan Rief, executor of said es�ate, and upon his application for the
<br /> approval and allowance of said report, set�lement of said estate and his discharge as executor;
<br /> and the Court having examined th� records and filed herein, including the final report and being
<br /> �ully advised in the premises finds as follows:
<br /> That on the l�-th da,y of A�arch, 1949, ��Iilhelm Johan Rief, the narned executor in the Last Z�Till
<br /> and Testament of the said Catherina Rief, deceased, filed his pe�Gition in thls Court in which he
<br /> alleg�s among other thinga tha� Catherine Rief departed this life on th� 27th day of February, �
<br /> 19�+9, a resident and inhab�tant of Hall County, Nebraska, leaving a Last Will and Teatament in . �
<br /> which she named the said Wilhelm Johan Rief, executor thereof, which said instrument he offered '
<br /> �or probate as �he Last t�lill and T�stament of the said deceased and asked that he be appoint�d ,�� I
<br /> executor thereof; that upon readin�; and filing sa�.d pe�ition this Court entered an order fixing �he
<br /> �ime and place for hearing on said petition and gave notice thereof as by law prov3.ded; said I
<br /> ma'�ter coming on to be heard on th� date fixed by the Cour'�, said ins�rument was duly admitted to
<br /> probate as the La.st L�Till and Testament of the said Catherina Rief, deceased, and letters of
<br /> administration were issued to the said Wilhelm Johan Rief.
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