SURBER, John W.

SURBER, COLEMAN

Posted By: Cay Merryman (email)
Date: 4/29/2003 at 10:40:18

JOHN W. SURBER - Mills County Iowa

I, John W. Surber of Mills County, and State of Iowa, do hereby make and publish this my last Will and Testament,
hereby revoking and making null and void all other Will and Testament by me made heretofore. All the property, real,
personal, or mixed, of which I shall die seized or possessed, or to which I shall be entitled at the time of my
decease, I give, devise, bequeath and dispose of in the following manner, to wit;

Paragraph 1 - My wish is that all my just debts and funeral charges shall be first paid out of my estate by my
executors.

Paragraph 2 - One Dollar ($1.00) to each of my following children: W. Y. Surber, Georgia M. Coleman, Iva A. Surber,
Lloyd M. Surber, Harry Surber.

Paragraph 3 - The balance of my estate to my wife, Hattie R. Surber.

Paragraph 4 - I nominate and appoint Hattie R. Surber, without bond to be the Executor of this my last will and
testament.

In testamony whereof, I, the said John Surber have subscribed my name this 29th day of August A. D. 1911.
Signed: John W. Surber

Signed, by the said testator John W. Surber as and for his last will and testament, in the presence of us, who, at his
request, and in his sight, presence, and in the presence of each other, have subscribed our names as attesting
witnesses, hereto, this 29th day of August A.D. 1911.
M. S. Sturgeon
J. G. Loving

I, Walter S. Brown, Clerk of the District Court, hereby certify that an instrument purporting to be the last Will and
Testament of John W. Surber, of Mills County, Iowa was presented, read and filed on the 11th day of Nov. 1913, that
notice was published for its probate in the Malvern Leader, a weekly newspaper in Mills County, Iowa, one
publication. That on said time appointed, the execution of said will was duly proved by the subscribing witnesses
thereto and also that the said testator at the time of its execution was of full age, sound disposing mind and memory,
and free to act. It was then and there adjudged and ordered by the Court that the aforesaid instrument was duly
executed and that the same be admitted to probate as the last Will and Testament of John W. Surber, and that
letters testamentary issued to the Executorix named therein in accordance with which Hattie R. Surber Executrix
named in said Will, was appointed to carry its provisions into effect.
In Witness whereof, I have hereby attached the seal of this Court, and subscribed my name this 22nd day of Nov.
1913
Walter S. Brown, Clerk of the District Court of Mills Co., Iowa
by H. M. Brown, Dep.