Last Will and Testament Example: Widower With Adult Children and a Charitable Gift (Pennsylvania)

LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF HAROLD FISHER I, Harold Fisher, residing at 812 Hanover Street, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, born July 18, 1948, Pennsylvania driver's license number 09 512 640, being of sound mind and full testamentary capacity and acting freely, declare this to be my Last Will and Testament. 1. Revocation. I revoke all prior wills and codicils, as permitted by 20 Pa.C.S. section 2505. 2. Family status. I am a widower. My wife, Eleanor Fisher, died in 2023. I have three adult children: Susan Fisher, Gregory Fisher, and Marie Fisher-Long. There is no surviving spouse, so no elective share under 20 Pa.C.S. section 2203 applies. 3. Specific legacies. I give my coin collection to my son, Gregory Fisher. I give my late wife's jewelry to my daughter, Marie Fisher-Long. 4. Charitable gift. I give the sum of 10,000 dollars to the Water Street Mission of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, for its work with the homeless. 5. Appointment of heirs. I give the residue of my estate, including my house at 812 Hanover Street and my Fulton Bank savings account, to my three children in equal shares. 6. Substitute heirs. If any child does not survive me, that child's share passes to his or her surviving descendants by representation, and if none, to my surviving children equally. 7. Executor. I appoint my daughter, Susan Fisher, of Lititz, as executor, to serve without bond and to settle my estate before the Register of Wills of Lancaster County. 8. Inheritance tax. I direct that any Pennsylvania inheritance tax be paid from the residue. Transfers to my children are taxed at the lineal rate of 4.5 percent, and the gift to the Water Street Mission is exempt as a qualified charity under Pennsylvania law. 9. Funeral wishes. I wish to be buried next to my wife at Lancaster Cemetery. This will is written entirely in my own hand. Lancaster, Pennsylvania, [date] [signature: Harold Fisher] Advisory note: Under 20 Pa.C.S. section 2502, a Pennsylvania will is valid only if the testator signs it at the end of the document.