NOTICE AND ORDER OF HEARING ONPETITION FOR

PROBATE OF WILL AND APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL

REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS

STATE OF MINNESOTA

COUNTY OF WASHINGTON

TENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT

DISTRICT COURT

PROBATE DIVISION

Court File No. 82-PR-12-5190

Estate of

William F. Smith, aka, William Forrest Smith, Bill F. Smith, William F. Smith, Sr., William Forrest Smith, Sr.,

Decedent.

It is Ordered and Notice is given that on October 16, 2012, at 1:00 p.m., a hearing will be held in this Court at 14949 - 62nd Street North, Stillwater, Minnesota, for the formal probate of an instrument purporting to be the will of Decedent, dated May 7, 2012, and for the appointment of Bonita A. Smith and Sharie L. Germain, whose address is 4908 Coventry Court, #4, Eau Claire, WI. 54701; 9880 Hamlet Court, Cottage Grove, MN 5016 as personal representative of the Estate of the Decedent in an unsupervised administration.

Any objections to the petition must be filed with the Court prior to or raised at the hearing. If proper and if no objections are filed or raised, the personal representative will be appointed with full power to administer the Estate, including the power to collect all assets, pay all legal debts, claims, taxes and expenses, to sell real and personal property, and do all necessary acts for the Estate.

Notice is also given that (subject to Minn. Stat §524.3-801) all creditors having claims against the Estate are required to present the claims to the personal representative or to the Court Administrator within four months after the date of this Notice or the claims will be barred.

Dated: September 13, 2012

Susan R. Miles

Judge

Annette Fritz

Court Administrator

By Pamela Kreier, Deputy

Attorney for Personal Representative

James G. Roban

Roban Law Office

261 Ruth St. North

St. Paul, MN 55119

Attorney License No.: 92058

Telephone: 651-738-2102

Fax: 651-738-2102

9/26-10/3/2012

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