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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND &c. PROBATE COURT OF THE
COUNTY OF PROVIDENCE CITY OF CRANSTON
April 27th, 1956
A true copy of the last will and testament of ANNE M. PRUCKER late of Cranston
Rhode Island, deceased duly proved August 26th, 1955.
Attest: ERNEST L. JOHNSON
Probate Clerk (L.S.)
BE IT REMEMBERED
That I, Anne M. Prucker of Cranston, in the State of Rhode Island, being of
sound and disposing mind and memory, hereby make and declare this to be my last will
and testament, hereby revoking all other and former wills by me heretofore made:
First: I direct that my just debts and funeral and testamentary expenses be
first paid out of my estate.
Second: All the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, real, personal, and
mixed, to which I may be entitled at the time of my decease or over which I have any
power of disposition, wherever situated, I give, devise and bequeath to my sister,
Mary M. Prucker, if living; otherwise, to my sister, Elizabeth C. Prucker.
Third: In the event that neither of my said sisters, Mary M. Prucker nor
Elizabeth C. Prucker, is living at the time of my decease, then in that event I give,
devise and bequeath all the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, real, personal,
and mixed, to which I may be entitled at the time of my decease or over which I may have
any power of disposition, wherever situated, to the Roman Catholic Bishop of Providence,
a corporation sole.
Fourth: I nominate and appoint my sister, Mary M. Prucker, if living at the time
of my decease, to be executrix of this will; otherwise I nominate and appoint my sister,
Elizabeth C. Prucker, to be executrix of this will. I direct that my executrix be
exempt from giving any surety on her bond.
Lastly: I authorize my executrix to sell any of the assets of my estate without
first obtaining the consent of the Probate Court.
Anne M. Prucker
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name at Providence in the State
of Rhode Island this 7th day of May, A. D. 1955, in the presence of the witnesses herein-
after named.
Anne M. Prucker
Signed, published, and declared by the above-named Anne M. Prucker as and for her
last will and testament in the presence of us, the undersigned, who, at her request,
in her presence, and in the presence of each other hereunto subscribed our names as
witnesses.
James Bulman Narrwick, R. I.
Virginia Bourne East Providence, R. I.
Received for record May 2nd, A. D. 1956 at 9:10 o'clock, a. m., and recorded by
[Signature]
Town Clerk
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