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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
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JAMES A. DECKER, SR.
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I, JAMES A. DECKER, SR., a resident of Vanderburgh County, State of Indiana, and
being of sound and disposing mind and memory, do hereby make, publish and declare this to be
my Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking any and all former Wills or Codicils made by me.
ITEM ONE
I direct that my legal debts, including funeral expenses, the expense of my last illness, the
cost of a suitable monument and the costs of administration of my estate, be paid as soon as
: practicable after my death and I hereby authorize and empower my Personal Representa[ive, in
i. l''• i��+ case of any.claim made against my estate, to settle and discharge the same in the absolutet� ,
dis�epoa of m� Pecsonal Represeutab�•e. '
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� All inheritance and estate taxes including interest and penalties payable by reason of my
death shall be paid out of and shall be chazged generally against the principal of my residuary
estate without reimbursement from any person.
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All the rest, residue and remainder of the property which I may own at the time of death,
il, personal and mixed, tangible and intangible, of whatsoever nature and wheresoever situated, .
___�luding all property which I may acquire or become entided to after the execution of this Will,
including proceeds of any life insurance policies which are payable to my estate, including ali
lapsed legacies and devises (but excluding any property over or conceming which I have any
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power of appointment) I give and devise in equal shazes to my children, RICHARD DECKER,
IAMES A. DECKER, JR., TIMOTHY DECKER, STEPHANIE RUDDELL and JEFFREY
DECKER.
ITEM FOUR
If any beneficiary dies prior to the entry of an order, decree or judgment in my estate
distributing the property in question, or �vithin five (5) months after the date of my death, �vhich
ever is eazlier, any interest which would have passed [o said beneficiary under other provisions of
this Will aze to be disposed of according to the plan of distribution which would have been
effective under this Will if such beneficiary had predeceased me. It is my intention that any
property or interest which is disfibuted from my estate as a result of any Court order, decree, or
judgment will not be revoked or othenvise affected by the subsequen[ death of the distributee.
ITEM FNE
I hereby nominate and appoint my daughter, STEPHANIE RUDDELL, as Personal
Representative of this, my Last Will and Testament. It is my request and direction [hat no bond
or other security shall be required of any Personal Representative named hereunder.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this /�c day of
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'"� '' Mazch, 1999, at Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Ir.diana to this my Last Wi!I and Testa�nen?.
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The foregoing instrument consis[ing of two (2) pages, each page bearing the signature of
the Testator and of each witness, was signed and published by said Testator, JAMES A.
DECKER, SR., as his Last Will and Testament in Ihe presence of us who, at his request, in his
presence, and in the presence of each other, have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses.
We each certify that a[ the time of the execution of this Will, the Testator was mentally
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UNDER THE PENALTIES FOR PERJURY, we, JAMES A. DECKER, SR.,
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Testator and the witnesses, respectively, whose names aze signed to the attached or foregoing
instrument declare:
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1. That the Testator executed the foregoing instrument as his Will;
2. That in the presence of both witnesses, the Testator signed his signature;
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3. That the Testator executed the Will as his free and voluntary act for the
purposes expressed in it;
4. That each of the witnesses, in the presence of the Testator and of each
o[her signed the Will as witnesses;
5. That the Testator was of sound mind; and
6. That to the best of his knowledge the Testator was at the time eighteen
(18) or more years of age.
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