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<br />DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY
<br />FOR
<br />MARY ELLEN A, BARKER
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<br />That I, Mary Ellen A. Barker, of Room 108, Good Samaritan Center, 1401 East St.,
<br />Wood River, Hall County, Nebraska have made, constituted and appointed and by this presence
<br />do make, constitute and appoint my son, James E. Barker, of Cairo, Hall County, Nebraska as my
<br />true and lawful attorney for me and in my place and stead, and on my behalf, to do and execute
<br />all or any ofthe following acts, deeds and things hereinafter described.
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<br />1. To receive. debts, pavments and property. To ask, demand due for, recover
<br />and receive all sums of money, debts, dues, goods, wares, merchandise, chattels, effects and
<br />things of whatsoever nature or description which now are, or hereafter shall be or become duc,
<br />owing, payable, or belonging to me in or by any right, title, ways or means whatsoever, and upon
<br />receipt thereof~ or of any part thereof, to make, sign, execute and deliver such receipts, releases or
<br />other discharges for the same respectively as my said attorney shall deem advisable.
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<br />2. To settle accounts. To settle any account or reckoning whatsoever wherein I now
<br />am, or at any time hereafter shall be in any way interested or concerned with any person
<br />whomsoever, and to payor receive the balance thereof as the case may require.
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<br />3. To satisfy security interests and mortl!al!es. To receive every sum of money
<br />which now is, or hereafter shall be due or belonging to me upon the security or by virtue of any
<br />security interest or agreement, or mortgage, and on receipt of the full amount secured thereby to
<br />execute a good and sufficient release or other discharge of such security interest, or mortgage by
<br />deed or otherwise.
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<br />4. To compound, submit to arbitration, or othenvisc settle or adiust differences.
<br />To compound with or make allowances to any person for or in respect to any debt or
<br />demand whatsoever which now is, or shall at any time hereafter become due and payable to me,
<br />or by me, or upon my account, and to take and receive, or to pay and discharge (as the case may
<br />be), any composition or dividend thereof or thereupon, and to give or receive releases or other
<br />discharges for the whole of such debts or demands, or to settle, compromise, or submit to
<br />arbitration every such debt or demand and every other right, matter and thing due to or
<br />concerning me as my attorney shall think best, and for that purpose to enter into and execute and
<br />deliver such bonds of arbitration or other instruments as my attorney may deem advisable in the
<br />premises.
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<br />5. To prosecute and defend. To commence, prosecute, discontinue, or defend all
<br />actions or other legal proceedings affecting my estate or any part thereof~ or affecting any matter
<br />in which I or my estate may be in any way concerned.
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