PUBLIC NOTICE

STATE OF MINNESOTA
COUNTY OF FREEBORN
DISTRICT COURT
THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT
PROBATE DIVISION
Court File No.: 24-PR-23-1236
In Re: Estate of Ardella Elaine Bjerke, also
known as A. Elaine Bjerke, Elaine Bjerke,
Decedent.
NOTICE OF INFORMAL PROBATE OF
WILL AND INFORMAL APPOINTMENT
OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Notice is given that an Application for Informal Probate of Will and Informal Appointment of Personal Representative was filed with the Registrar, along with a Will dated February 25, 2013. The Registrar accepted the application and appointed Bradley T. Bjerke, whose address is 2215 Hammer Road, Albert Lea, Minnesota 56007, to serve as the personal representative of the decedent’s estate.
Any heir, devisee or other interested person may be entitled to appointment as personal representative or may object to the appointment of the personal representative. Any objection to the appointment of the personal representative must be filed with the Court, and any properly filed objection will be heard by the Court after notice is provided to interested persons of the date of hearing on the objection.
Unless objections are filed, and unless the Court orders otherwise, the personal representative has the full power to administer the estate, including, after thirty (30) days from the issuance of letters testamentary, the power to sell, encumber, lease, or distribute any interest in real estate owned by the decedent.
Notice is further given that, subject to Minn. Stat. § 524.3-801, all creditors having claims against the decedent’s estate are required to present the claims to the personal representative or to the Court within four (4) months after the date of this notice or the claims will be barred.

Dated: August 21, 2023
/s/ Darla J. Busian
Registrar – Darla J. Busian
Dated: August 21, 2023 Rebecca S. Mittag – Court Administrator
Jamie A. Kyllo (MN# 59213)
Kyllo Law Office
202 W Clark Street
PO Box 181
Albert Lea Minnesota 56007
Telephone: (507) 373-4680

ATTORNEY FOR PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE

Albert Lea Tribune:
Aug. 26 and Sep. 2, 2023
EST/BJERKE, A.