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Posted On: April 10th 2020

4/10/2020 

BUTLER COUNTY LEGAL JOURNAL 

ESTATE NOTICES
Notice is hereby given that in the estates of
the decedents set forth below the Register
of Wills has granted letters testamentary
or of administration to the persons named.
All persons having claims or demands
against said estates are requested to make
known the same, and all persons indebted
to said estates are requested to make
payment without delay, to the executors
or administrators or their attorneys named
below.
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FIRST PUBLICATION
Estate of: Norma M Bell
Late of: Valencia PA
Executor: Lois C Michaels
455 Maryview Drive
Webster NY 14580
Attorney: Michael K Parrish Esq
Goehring Rutter and Boehm
2100 Georgetown Drive Suite 300
Sewickley PA 15143
BCLJ: April 10, 17, 24, 2020
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SECOND PUBLICATION
Estate of: Dewayne Delbert Croll
a/k/a: Dewayne D Croll
Late of: Center Township PA
Executor: Karena Padglek
111 Roads End Lane
Butler PA 16001
Attorney: Elizabeth A Gribik
Dillon McCandless King
Coulter & Graham LLP
128 West Cunningham Street
Butler PA 16001
Estate of: Barbara A Goeppner
a/k/a: Barbara Ann Goeppner
Late of: Butler PA
Executor: Bernice J Goeppner
410 Bessemer Ave
Lyndora PA 16045

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Estate of: Shirley Mae Kummer
a/k/a: Shirley M Kummer
Late of: Connoquenessing Township PA
Administrator: Lori Kummer
4685 Old Pittsburgh Road
Wampum PA 16157
Attorney: Betsy A Zimmerman
Sinko Zimmerman LLC
310 Seven Fields Blvd Ste 200
Seven Fields PA 16046
Estate of: William Dale Mauthe
a/k/a: William D Mauthe
Late of: Center Township PA
Executor: Martin D Mauthe
1706 Oneida Valley Road
Karns City PA 16041
Attorney: Elizabeth A Gribik
Dillon McCandless King
Coulter & Graham LLP
128 West Cunningham Street
Butler PA 16001
Estate of: Barry L Sexton Sr
Late of: Franklin Township PA
Executor: Barry Sexton
3235 Elma Street Pittsburgh PA 15227
Attorney: Colleen D Bratkovich
Zacharia Brown PC
4500 Walnut Street
McKeesport PA 15132
Estate of: Esther M Thompson
a/k/a: Ester M Thompson
Late of: Jefferson Township PA
Admr. D.B.N.C.T.A.: Lynn M Patterson
106 S Main St Suite 603
Butler PA 16001
Attorney: Lynn M Patterson
Stock & Patterson
PNC Bank Bldg Suite 603
106 South Main St
Butler PA 16001
BCLJ: April 3, 10, 17, 2020
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Estate of: Craig A Houllion
Late of: Summit Township PA
Executor: Curtis Houllion
452 Luray Way
Rock Hill SC 29730

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THIRD PUBLICATION
Estate of: Royal C Bliley Jr
Late of: Butler Township PA
Executor: Roy C Bliley III
638 West Hickory
Hinsdale Il 60521
Attorney: Jeanne M Marquette
Pittsburgh Estate Law PC
1501 Mt. Royal Blvd
Glenshaw PA 15116
Estate of: Ann E Graham
Late of: Center Township PA
Executor: Katherine L Frederick
2006 Tudor Drive
Butler PA 16001
Attorney: Mary Jo Dillon
Dillon McCandless King
Coulter & Graham LLP
128 West Cunningham Street
Butler PA 16001
Estate of: Nell L Langland
a/k/a: Nell Louise Langland
a/k/a: Nellie Mae Langland
Late of: Butler Township PA
Executor: Michele Marie Stockard
242 Oakvale Blvd
Butler PA 16001
Executor: Lucy Ann Rosellini
116 Woodridge Road
Butler PA 16001
Attorney: Timothy B Sechler CELA
Sechler Law Firm, LLC
183 Scharberry Lane
Mars PA 16046
Estate of: Howard G Leise
a/k/a: Howard Gilmer Leise
Late of: Franklin Township PA
Administrator C.T.A.: Joanne Courtney
1066 New Castle Road
Prospect PA 16052
Attorney: Michael J Pater
101 East Diamond Street
Suite 202
Butler PA 16001

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Estate of: Lyle L MacDonald
a/k/a: Lyle Lee MacDonald
a/k/a: Lyle MacDonald
Late of: Middlesex Township PA
Executor: Patricia I MacDonald
246 Leslie Road
Valencia PA 16059
Executor: Brian Lee MacDonald
379 Browns Hill Road
Valencia PA 16059
Attorney: Howard S Auld Jr
Howard S Auld & Associates
5018 William Flynn Highway
Gibsonia PA 15044
Estate of: Jack R Muzzana
a/k/a: Jack Ray Muzzana
Late of: Connoquenessing Township PA
Executor: Mark A Muzzana
124 Chippewa Park Road
Beaver Falls PA 15010
Attorney: James P Coulter
Dillon McCandless King
Coulter & Graham LLP
128 West Cunningham Street
Butler PA 16001
Estate of: Christopher J Diaz
Late of: Butler PA
Administrator: Deborah Busin
1625 Evans City Rd
Evans City PA 16033
Attorney: John Linkosky
715 Washington Ave
Carnegie PA 15106
Estate of: William C Dunnigan Jr
a/k/a: William C Dunnigan
Late of: Penn Township PA
Executor: William J Dunnigan
252 Dinnerbell Road
Butler PA 16002
Attorney: Laurel Hartshorn Esq
PO Box 553
Saxonburg PA 16056
Estate of: Ruth P Schreffler
Late of: Connoquenessing Township PA
Administrator: Timmi S Longdon
178 Reiber Road
Renfrew PA 16053
Attorney: Kurt S Rishor
Rishor Simone
101 East Diamond Street Suite 208
Butler PA 16001
BCLJ: March 27 & April 3, 10, 2020
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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
OF BUTLER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
No. 20-10034
R . G R AC E I N V EST M EN TS, I N C., A
Pennsylvania corporation, Plaintiff, 
v. 
KRISTINA L. MARTIN, Defendant 

NOTICE

Philip. P. Lope, Esq.
Lope, Casker & Casker
Attorney for Plaintiff
207 E. Grandview Avenue
Zelienople, PA 16063
724-452-5020
BCLJ: April 10, 2020
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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
OF BUTLER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
CIVIL DIVISION
A.D. No. 2020 - 10173

DATED: APRIL 2, 2020
TO TH E D EFEN DA NT, K RISTI N A L .
MARTIN, AND ALL PERSONS, FIRMS,
OR ASSOCIATIONS CLAIMING RIGHT,
TITLE OR INTEREST FROM OR UNDER
KRISTINA L. MARTIN:
TAKE NOTICE THAT THE PLAINTIFF,
R . G R AC E I N V EST M EN TS, I N C., A
PENNSYLVANIA CORPORATION, HAS
FILED AN ACTION TO QUIET TITLE TO
THE PROPERTY AT 239 MAIN STREET,
PROSPECT, PA 16052.
IF YOU WISH TO DEFEND, YOU MUST
EN T ER A W R I T T EN A PPE A R A N C E
PERSONALLY OR BY ATTORNEY AND
FILE YOUR DEFENSE OR OBJECTIONS
WITH THE COURT. YOU ARE WARNED
THAT IF YOU FAIL TO DO SO THE CASE
MAY PROCEED WITHOUT YOU AND A
JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST
YO U W I T H O U T F U R T H E R N OT I C E
FOR THE RELIEF REQUESTED BY THE
PL AINTIFF. YOU MAY LOSE MONEY
OR PROPERT Y OR OTHER RIGHTS
IMPORTANT TO YOU.
YOU SHOULD TAKE THIS NOTICE TO
YOUR LAWYER AT ONCE. IF YOU DO
NOT HAVE OR KNOW A LAWYER GO TO
OR TELEPHONE THE OFFICE SET FORTH
BELOW. THIS OFFICE CAN PROVIDE YOU
WITH INFORMATION ABOUT HIRING A
LAWYER.
IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO HIRE A
LAWYER, THIS OFFICE MAY BE ABLE
TO PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION
ABOUT AGENCIES THAT MAY OFFER
LEGAL SERVICES TO ELIGIBLE PERSONS
AT A REDUCED FEE OR NO FEE.
BUTLER COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
240 S. MAIN STREET
BUTLER, PA 16001
(724) 841-0130

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HIGHFIELD COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION,
Plaintiff,
vs.
GEORGIA M. PARKER, individually;
GEORGIA M. PARKER, Administratrix
of the Ethel M. Dougherty, a/k/a Ethel
Daugherty, a/k/a Ethel M. Daugherty
Estate, and its heirs, unknown heirs,
executors, administrators, personal
representatives, successors, assigns,
and all persons claiming under them; the
ESTATE OF GEORGE K. DAUGHERTY,
and its heirs, unknown heirs, executors,
administrators, personal representatives,
successors, assigns, and all persons
claiming under them; JAMES P. SMITH;
CHARLES R. SMITH; THOMAS SMITH;
ELIZABETH BROWN; DOLORES WILSON;
ROBERT SMITH; LYDIA SMITH; ANTHONY
SMITH, and their heirs, unknown heirs,
executors, administrators, personal
representatives, successors, assigns,
and all persons claiming under them,
Defendants.
TO: GEORGIA M. PARKER, individually;
GEORGIA M. PARKER, Administratrix
of the Ethel M. Dougherty, a/k/a Ethel
Daugherty, a/k/a Ethel M. Daugherty Estate,
and its heirs, unknown heirs, executors,
administrators, personal representatives,
successors, assigns, and all persons
claiming under them; the ESTATE OF
GEORGE K. DAUGHERTY, and its heirs,
unknown heirs, executors, administrators,
personal representatives, successors,
assigns, and all persons claiming under
them; JAMES P. SMITH; CHARLES R.
SMITH; THOMAS SMITH; ELIZABETH
BROWN; DOLORES WILSON; ROBERT
SMITH; LYDIA SMITH; ANTHONY SMITH,
and their heirs, unknown heirs, executors,
administrators, personal representatives,
successors, assigns, and all persons

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claiming under them, Defendants
NOTICE OF QUIET TITLE ACTION
You are hereby notified that the Plaintiff has
filed a Complaint to Quiet Title on February
18, 2020, against you at the above number
and term. The parcel which is the subject
of this action is located in Butler Township,
Butler County, Pennsylvania, and is bounded
and described as follows:
ALL that certain lot of ground being known as
Lot Number Two Hundred Thirty One (231) in
the Butler Land Investment and Improvement
Company’s Plan of Lots recorded in the
Register and Recorder’s Office in and
for Butler County, and situate in Butler
Township, Butler County, Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, bounded and described
as follows:
BOUNDED on the South by Stewart Avenue
on the East by Lot Number 232, on the North
by Stewart Way and on the West by Lot
Number 230 of said allotment.
BEING designated as Tax Parcel No. 05527-0231.
BEING the same property which the Butler
Land and Investment and Improvement
Company by their deed dated November
14, 1922, and conveyed to Emanuel Rose.
ALSO, BEING the same property conveyed
to George K. Dougherty, a/k/a George K.
Daugherty and the above-named Decedent,
his wife, on November 15, 1922 at Deed Book
406, Page 327, being recorded on August
14, 1923, in the Butler County Recorder’s
Office. The said George K. Dougherty a/k/a
George K. Daugherty having died on July 29,
1945, with no estate being opened, full title
and ownership became vested in the said
Ethel M. Dougherty, a/k/a Ethel Daugherty,
a/k/a Ethel Daugherty, by operation of law.
Also being the same property conveyed to
Highfield Community Association by Deed
of Georgia M. Parker, as Administratrix and
individually, recorded at Instrument No.
202003100004926 on March 10, 2020
You are hereby notified to plead to the abovereferenced Complaint on or before twenty
(20) days from the date of this publication or
a judgment by default will be taken against
you and unless within thirty (30) days from
the entry of said judgment by default you
commence an action in ejectment against

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the Plaintiff, a Final Decree may be entered
against you, forever barring you from
asserting any right, title, interest or claim
in said property inconsistent with the claim
of Plaintiff.
NOTICE
If you wish to defend, you must enter a written
appearance personally or by attorney and file
your defenses or objections in writing with the
court. You are warned that if you fail to do
so, the case may proceed without you and a
judgment may be entered against you without
further notice for the relief requested by the
Plaintiff. You may lose money or property or
other rights important to you.
YOU SHOULD TAKE THIS PAPER TO
YOUR LAWYER AT ONCE. IF YOU DO
N OT H AV E A L AW Y ER , G O TO O R
TELEPHONE THE OFFICE SET FORTH
BELOW. THIS OFFICE CAN PROVIDE YOU
WITH INFORMATION ABOUT HIRING A
LAWYER.
IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO HIRE A
LAWYER, THIS OFFICE MAY BE ABLE
TO PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION
ABOUT AGENCIES THAT MAY OFFER
L EG A L A S S I STA N C E TO E LI G I B L E
PERSONS AT A REDUCED FEE FOR NO
FEE.
Kelly Ferrari, Prothonotary
Butler County Courthouse
300 South Main Street
P.O. Box 1208
Butler, PA 16003-1208
(724) 284-5214
Butler County Bar Association
240 South Main Street
Butler, PA 16001
(724) 841-0130

Thomas J. May, Esquire
Attorney for Plaintiff
DILLON McCANDLESS KING
COULTER & GRAHAM L.L.P.
128 West Cunningham Street
Butler, PA 16001
BCLJ: April 10, 2020
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LEGAL NOTICE
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
OF ERIE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
Orphans’ Court Division
No. 16 In Adoption 2020

hearing by a lawyer. You should take this
paper to your lawyer at once. If you do not
have a lawyer or cannot afford one, go to or
telephone the office set forth below to find
out where you can get legal help.

IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION
OF JULIA ELAINE PECK TO: JESSICA
S. PECK, NOW KNOWN AS JESSICA S.
DADDARIO

Lawyers’ Referral Service, PO Box 1792,
Erie, Pennsylvania 16507, (814) 459-4411

At the instance of RICKY BRIAN PECK
and MEGAN K. PECK, the petitioners in
the above case, you, JESSICA S. PECK,
NOW KNOWN AS JESSICA S. DADDARIO,
laying aside all business and excuses
whatsoever, are hereby cited to be and
appear before the Orphans’ Court of Erie
County, Pennsylvania, at the Erie County
Court House, Court Room No. 217-I, the
Honorable Joseph M. Walsh, III, 140 West 6
th Street, City of Erie, Pennsylvania, on May
7, 2020 at 1:30 p.m. and then and there show
cause, if any you have, why your parental
rights to JULIA ELAINE PECK born March
21, 2007 at Westerly Hospital, Westerly,
Rhode Island, should not be terminated, in
accordance with the Petition For Involuntary
Termination Of Parental Rights filed on
Februar y 25, 2020 at the above term
and number. The Petition alleges you, by
conduct continuing for a period of at least
six (6) months immediately preceding the
filing of the petition, either have evidenced
a settled purpose of relinquishing parental
claim to the child or have failed or refused
to perform parental duties. You hereby are
notified that the hearing for the Petition for
Involuntary Termination of the Unknown
Biological Father will take place on May
7, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. before the Honorable
Joseph M. Walsh, III.

NOTICE REQUIRED BY ACT 101 OF 2010:
23 Pa.C.S. Sections 2731-2742. This is to
inform you of an important option that may
be available to you under Pennsylvania law.
Act 101 of 2010 allows for an enforceable
voluntary agreement for continuing contact
or communication following an adoption
between an adoptive parent, a child, a birth
parent and/or a birth relative of the child, if all
parties agree and the voluntary agreement is
approved by the court. The agreement must
be signed and approved by the court to be
legally binding. You have the right to consult
an attorney concerning your post adoption
contact agreement rights. If you do not have
an attorney, you can ask for assistance
through the Lawyers’ Referral Service or
Family/Orphans’ Court Administrator, as set
forth above.
Barbara J. Welton, Esquire
2530 Village Common Drive; Suite B
Erie, PA 16506
Telephone: (814) 833-4218
Attorney for Petitioners,
Ricky Brian Peck & Megan K. Peck
BCLJ: April 10, 2020
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Your presence is required at the hearing.
You are warned that if you fail to appear at
the hearing to object to the termination of
your rights or fail to file a written objection to
such termination with the court prior to the
hearing, the hearing will go on without you
and your rights may be terminated without
you being present.
If it is your intention to contest these
proceedings you, or your attorney, are further
directed to immediately notify the Family/
Orphans’ Court Administrator, Room 205,
Erie County Court House, Erie, PA 16501
or at (814) 451-6251.
You have the right to be represented at the
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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
OF BUTLER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
M.S.D. 20-40038
IN THE MAT TER OF: PETITION FOR
CHANGE OF NAME OF DAVID LIAM
LOVETT, a minor
NOTICE
NOTICE is hereby given that on February 10,
2020, the Petition of David Liam Lovett was
filed in the Court of Common Pleas of Butler
County, Pennsylvania, requesting an Order
to change his name to Liam David Lovett.
The Court has fixed the 1st day of May, 2020
at 2:00 p.m. in Court Room Number 3 of the
Butler County Government Center, Butler,
Pennsylvania, as the time and place for
Hearing on said Petition, when and where
all interested parties may appear and show
cause, if any, why the request of the
Petitioner should not be granted.
Nicole L. Thurner, Esquire
ZUNDER AND ASSOCIATES, P.C.
130 East Jefferson Street
Butler, PA 16001
724-285-4786
BCLJ: April 10, 2020
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REGISTER’S NOTICE

I, SARAH E. EDWARDS, M.A., J.D. Register of Wills and Clerk of Orphans’ Court of Butler
County, Pennsylvania, do hereby give Notice that the following Accounts of Personal
Representatives/Trustees/Guardians have been filed in my office, according to law, and
will be presented to Court for confirmation and allowances on MONDAY APRIL 13, 2020,
at 1:30 PM (prevailing time) of said day.
ESTATE OF: 

PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE 

FILED

BEBLO, Jeanette 

Priscilla Beblo 

02/12/2020

BLACK, Joyce A. 


Clifford R. Black and 
Chrisse A. Keck

02/26/2020

PENNINGTON, Orrie R. 
a/k/a Orres R. Pennington
a/k/a Orrie Rea Pennington
a/k/a O.R. Pennington
a/k/a Orres Rea Pennington
STADLER, Clara Margaret 

Otis Pennington 

02/13/2020

Lori A. Dunlap 

02/27/2020

NAME 

GUARDIAN/TRUSTEE/POA 

FILED

EVELYN RODGERS ANIMAL TRUST Robert R. Heaton, 

Timothy Shaffer and

Thomas W. King, III, Co-Trustees
BCLJ: April 3, 10, 2020

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