CA32

Will of Lillian Avis Baum
(C. Avis Catalog entry #32)
(Document ID #546)

Vol. 282  Page 99-100

LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF LILLIAN BAUM

STATE OF TEXAS    )
COUNTY OF WICHITA )

  KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That I, Lillian Baum, a widow, being of lawful age and of sound mind, do hereby make and publish this my last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all instruments of a testamentary nature which I have heretofore made. 
  I hereby appoint my brother, Jake Avis, as Executor of my estate 'to act without bond and without compensation.  
  I direct that no probate proceedings be had upon my estate other than the filing and probating of this Will.  
  I direct that the Maskat Gratuity (Masonic Policy) be paid to my Executor and used for my funeral expenses and the expenses of my last illness, if sufficient; otherwise said expenses shall be paid from my estate.  After my debts and said expenses are paid, I direct that the remainder of my estate be divided equally among my brother, Jake Avis; my sister, Ruby Dunkelberg; and my sister, Katie Lou Weeks, or divided equally among such of them as may survive me.

  IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name and identified this instrument as my last Will and Testament in the presence of {Juanita Hanna} and {Vera Suggs} as my attesting witnesses, who, at my request and in my presence, and in the presence of each other, sign their names hereto on this October 25th, 1962.

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Lillian Baum, Testatrix

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STATE OF TEXAS    )
COUNTY OF WICHITA )

  BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared LILLIAN BAUM, and {Juanita Hanna} and {Vera Suggs}, known to me to be the testatrix and the witnesses, respectively, whose names are subscribed to the annexed or foregoing instrument in their respective capacities, and, all of said persons being by me duly sworn, LILLIAN BAUM, the testatrix, declared to me and to the witnesses in my presence that said instrument is her last will and testament, and that she had willingly made and executed it as her free act and deed for the purposes therein expressed; and the witnesses, each on his oath stated to me, in the presence and hearing of the testatrix that the testatrix had declared to them that said instrument is her last will and testatment, and that she executed it as such and wanted each of them to sign it as a witness; and upon their oaths each witness stated further that they did sign the same as witnesses in the presence of the testatrix and at her request; that she was at that time nineteen years of age or over and was of sound mind; and that each of said witnesses was then at least fourteen years of age.

{signed}
Lillian Baum, Testatrix

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  Subscribed and acknowledged before me by Lillian Baum, testatrix, and subscribed and sworn to before me by {Juanita Hanna} and {Vera Suggs}, witnesses, this October 25th, 1962.

{Charles C. Glaae}
Notary  Public,  Wichita County,  Tex.

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THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF WICHITA  

  I, DORA DAVIS, Clerk of the County Court, in and for Wichita County, Texas, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing instrument of writing is a true and correct copy of Will.  As same was filed in this office.  In Re:  Est. Lillian Baum, Dec’d #15360 - in Probate.

GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF SAID COURT, this the 24 day of March A.D. 1975.

DORA DAVIS, Clerk County Court
Wichita County, Texas

By [signed] Deputy