Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...

PUBLIC NOTICE

STATE OF MINNESOTA
COUNTY OF FREEBORN
Estate of Betty A. Buffington, A/K/A Betty Ann Buffington, Decedent
THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT
DISTRICT COURT
PROBATE DIVISION
Court File No. 24-PR-21-1909
NOTICE AND ORDER
OF HEARING ON PETITION FOR PROBATE OF WILL AND APPOINTMENT
OF PERSONAL
REPRESENTATIVE AND
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

It is Ordered and Notice is given that on February 7, 2022, at 10:30 a.m., a hearing will be held in this Court at 411 South Broadway, Albert Lea, Minnesota 56007 by Zoom, for the formal probate of an instrument purporting to be the Will of the Decedent dated, April 30, 2002, (“Will”), and for the appointment of Edward L. Johnson, whose address is 958 Euclid Street, St. Paul, MN 55106 and Karen R. Roberts, whose address is 820 Pillsbury Avenue, Albert Lea, MN 56007 as Personal Representatives of the Estate of the Decedent in an UNSUPERVISED administration. There will be no in person appearances.
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 Representatives will be appointed with full power to administer the Estate including the power to collect all assets, to pay all legal debts, claims, taxes and expenses, to sell real and personal property, and to do all necessary acts for the Estate.
Notice is also given that (subject to Minnesota Statutes section 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.

BY THE COURT
12/28/2021
Steven R. Schwab
Judge of District Court
Rebecca S. Mittag – Court Administrator

Attorney for Petitioner
Daniel L. Kolker
Peterson, Kolker, Haedt & Benda, Ltd.
1811 Broadway Avenue SE
Albert Lea, MN, 56007
Attorney License No: 0310049
Telephone: (507) 373-6491
FAX: (507) 373-7863
Email: dkolker@albertlealaw.com

Albert Lea Tribune: Jan. 5 and 12, 2022
24-PR-21-1909