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Luedecke, Mrs. Mary, Last Will and Testament of

LINTON S. BENGE
ATTORNEY AT LAW
GOLIAD, TEXAS

LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
OF
MRS. MARY LUEDECKE

THE STATE OF TEXAS ()
COUNTY OF GOLIAD ()
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That I, Mrs. Mary Luedecke, a widow, being
of sound mind and disposing memory, do hereby make and publish this, my last
Will and Testament, to-wit:
I. I do hereby revoke all wills and codicils and testamentary instruments
heretofore made by me.
II. I direct that all my just debts, including all expenses of last illness and
funeral and burial, shall be paid by my executor as soon as reasonably
convenient after my death.
III. I hereby direct that no other action shall be had in the County Court or in
any other Court in relation to the settlement of or administration upon my
estate than the probating and recording of this will and the return of any
inventory and appraisement and list of claims.
IV. I hereby appoint W. P. Baumgartner, Sr., executor under this will and of my
estate and direct that no bond shall be required of him. In the event of the
death or inability of W. P. Baumgartner, Sr., or should he refuse to act or
resign, then I appoint Werger Dohmann executor under this Will and of my
estate and direct that no bond shall be required of him. My said executor,
the one acting, shall have full power and authority to well any part of parts,
real or personal, of my estate for cash or terms of credit and for such
consideration or considerations as such executor may

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deem advisable, for the purpose of paying any of my debts.
V. I give, devise and bequeath to my sons, Victor Luedecke and Arthur A.
Luedecke, in equal shares, all of my estate of every description, real,
personal or mixed, which I may own or be entitled to at the time of my death,
in fee simple.
VI. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed and signed these presents at
Goliad, Texas, in the presence of the witnesses whose names are affixed hereto
and whom I have requested to sign their names hereto as witnesses and in the
presence of said witnesses I have declared and published the foregoing as my
last Will on the 30th day of April, A.D., 1962.

signature
(Mrs.) Mary Luedecke

The foregoing was on this date signed by Mrs. Mary Luedecke in our presence,
and in the presence of each of us, and at the time of her subscribing said
instrument, she declared that it was her Will and at her request and in her
presence and in the presence of each other, we have subscribed our names as
witnesses thereto on the 30th day of April, A.D., 1962.

signature: Mary F. Shelton
signature: W. W. Land WITNESSES

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THE STATE OF TEXAS ()
COUNTY OF GOLIAD ()
Before me, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared Mrs.
Mary Luedecke, Mary F. Shelton, and W. W. Lang, 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 first duly sworn, the said Mrs. Mary Luedecke,
(testatrix), declared to me and to the said 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 said witnesses, each on oath stated to me, in the presence and hearing
of the said (testatrix), that the said (testatrix) had declared to them that
said instrument is (her) last will and testament, and that (she) executed the
same 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 said (testatrix) and at (her) request; that said
(testatrix) was at the 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.

Mrs. Mary Luedecke
(Testatrix)

Mary F. Shelton
Witness

W. W. Long
Witness

Subscribed and acknowledged before me by the said Mrs. Mary Luedecke,
(Testatrix), and also subscribed and sworn to before me by the said Mary F.
Shelton and W. W. Lang, witnesses, this 30th day of April, A.D., 1962.

(Seal) Lou Ann Vallers
Notary Public in and for
Goliad County, Texas.

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