Crawford County Vol. 30 No. 156

FIRST PUBLICATION
6/17/15
ESTATE OF RUTH B. CRAWFORD, a/k/a RUTH BAIRD CRAWFORD, a/k/a RUTH A. CRAWFORD, a/k/a RUTH ANN CRAWFORD, a/k/a RUTH CRAWFORD deceased;
late of South Shenango Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania;
Executrix: Olivia A. Drake, 30 Guilford Dr., Bella Vista, AR  72714;
Attorney: Gary D. Lackey, Esq., Evans, Garvey, Lackey & Ochs, 19 Jefferson Ave., P.O. Box 949, Sharon, PA  16146

ESTATE OF RICHARD NEIL CUTSHALL, deceased;
late of the City of Meadville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania;
Personal Representative: Richard Neil Cutshall, Jr., 104 Avon Rd., Narberth, PA  19702;
Attorney: Theodore H. Watts, Esq., Watts & Pepicelli, P.C., Meadville, PA  16335

ESTATE OF LOUIS G. HITES, deceased;
late of Crawford, Crawford County, PA;
Executor: Roger P. McMann, 19029 Hites Road, Saegertown, PA 16433;
Attorney: Noah A. Erde, Esq., Cressman & Erde, LLC, Meadville, PA 16335


SECOND PUBLICATION
6/10/15, 6/17/15
ESTATE OF GEORGE O. GARFIELD, a/k/a GEORGE OTIS GARFIELD, deceased;
late of Woodcock Township, Crawford County, PA;
Executor: James D. Garfield, 16075 Middle Road, Meadville, PA 16335;
Attorney: Lisa Pepicelli Youngs, Esq., Pepicelli, Youngs and Youngs PC, 363 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335

ESTATE OF MARY G. MUTH, deceased;
late of Blooming Valley Borough, Crawford County, Pennsylvania;
Executor: Robert C. Muth, Jr., 221 Linda Lane, Meadville, PA 16335;
Attorney: R. Charles Thomas, Esquire, Thomas, Spadafore & Walker, LLP, Meadville, PA 16335


THIRD PUBLICATION
6/3/15, 6/10/15, 6/17/15
ESTATE OF JOHN GRANT BICKELL, deceased;
late of Vernon Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania;
Administratrix: Nancy A. Chandler, 2420 Hylane Ct. NE, Grand Rapids, MI  49505;  
Attorney: Brian T. Cagle, Esq., Pepicelli, Youngs and Youngs, PC, Meadville, PA  16335

ESTATE OF JOHN L. BOYD, deceased;
late of Townville Borough, Crawford County, Pennsylvania;
Executor: Roger Allan Boyd, 13212 Troy Center Rd., Centerville, PA  16404;  
Attorney: Brian T. Cagle, Esq., Pepicelli, Youngs and Youngs, PC, Meadville, PA  16335

ESTATE OF CHARLES W. FISHER, deceased;
late of the City of Meadville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania;  
Executor: Kenneth C. Fisher, 1034 Spruce Forest Dr., Lake St. Louis, MO  63367;   
Attorney: Keith A. Button, Esq., Shafer Law Firm, Meadville, PA  16335-3284

ESTATE OF RAYMOND C. PACKARD, SR., deceased
late of Vernon Township, Crawford County, PA
Executor: Raymond C. Packard, Jr., 10281 Hough Road, Meadville, PA 16335
Attorney: Noah A. Erde, Esq., Cressman & Erde, LLC, Meadville, PA 16335

ESTATE OF GERALD D. WHEELER, deceased;
late of Beaver Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania;  
Personal Representative: Sheryl L. Eschweiler, 22929 Maples Rd., Conneautville, PA  16406;     
Attorney: Jeffrey K. Millin, Esq., Shafer Law Firm, Conneaut Lake, PA  16316



LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CRAWFORD COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, DOCKET NO. AD 2015-330, IN THE MATTER OF:  CONDEMNATION BY CONNEAUT LAKE JOINT MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY, CONDEMNOR, OF A PERMANENT EASEMENT 50 FEET IN WIDTH FOR  CONSTRUCTION, INSTALLATION, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF A SANITARY SEWER LINE AND RELATED FACILITIES IN, ON, OVER, UNDER AND THROUGH LANDS LOCATED IN SADSBURY TOWNSHIP, CRAWFORD COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA OF CONDEMNEES IVOR J. LEE, II, DECEASED, PAULA K. LEE, HEIR AND EXECUTRIX OF ESTATE OF IVOR J. LEE, II, AND TRUSTEE OF TRUST FOR MINOR CHILDREN BRITTNEY L. LEE AND LAINEY M. LEE UNDER WILL OF IVOR J. LEE II, AND BRITTNEY L. LEE AND LAINEY M. LEE, HEIRS ARE SUBJECT TO THE CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS.  CONDEMNEES:  PAULA K. LEE, HEIR AND EXECUTRIX OF ESTATE OF IVOR J. LEE, II, AND TRUSTEE OF TRUST FOR MINOR CHILDREN BRITTNEY L. LEE AND LAINEY M. LEE , AND BRITTNEY L. LEE AND LAINEY M. LEE, ARE hereby notified that the Condemnor, Conneaut Lake Joint Municipal Authority, 9888 State Highway 285, Conneaut Lake , Pennsylvania, 16316, notifies you that in accordance with the provisions of the Pennsylvania Eminent Domain Code, codified at 26 Pa. C.S. Section 101, et seq., and specifically Section 302 thereof, a Declaration of Taking was filed on May 22, 2015 in the matter at AD 2015-303.  Filing of the Declaration of Taking was authorized by Conneaut Lake Joint Municipal Authority Resolution 2015-1, on April 9, 2015, a copy of which may be examined at the Authority’s address listed above.  Land of Condemnees was condemned for a permanent right-of-way 50 feet in width for the construction, installation, operation and maintenance of a sanitary sewer line and related facilities in, on, over and through land of the above-listed Condemnees in Sadsbury Township.  Identification of the condemnee’s property is as follows:
Property located in Sadsbury Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, the record owner of which is Ivor James Lee, II, as generally described in the Deed to Ivor James Lee, II,  dated June 23, 1977, and recorded in the Office of the Crawford County Recorder of Deeds at Deed Book 508, Page 1188, on June 23, 1977, and identified by Crawford County Tax Assessment Identification No. 4403 011-2.  A plan showing the condemned property may be inspected in the Crawford County Prothonotary Office, attached to the Declaration of Taking filed at AD 2015-303.
Just compensation for the condemnations is secured by the filing with the Declaration of Taking of an open-end bond, without surety, to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the use of the condemnees, the condition of which is that the condemnor shall pay such damages as shall be determined by law.  If you wish to challenge the power or right of the Conneaut Lake Joint Municipal Authority to appropriate the condemned property, the sufficiency of the security, the procedure followed by the Condemnor, or the Declaration of Taking, you are required to file preliminary objections within 30 days after being served with this notice.
SHADDINGER LAW OFFICE
ATTORNEY FOR CONNEAUT LAKE JOINT
  MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY
21 Forest Ave.
Meadville, Pennsylvania  16335
C.C.L.J. June 17

LEGAL NOTICE
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CRAWFORD COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
ORPHAN'S COURT DIVISION
In Re: F.T.B., a minor d/o/b: 1/10/2002
OC No. 2015-2
TO: TIMOTHY HOPKINS
By the Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Crawford County, Pennsylvania, on April 16, 2015, pursuant to 23 Pa. C.S.A. § 2513(b), this notice is published to provide information to Timothy Hopkins concerning the hearing upon a petition to involuntarily terminate his parental rights pursuant to 23 Pa. C.S.A. § 2511.
Timothy Hopkins is believed to be an adult individual who is the natural father of F.T.B., who was born January 10, 2002.
Timothy Hopkins, natural father, you are hereby notified that a petition has been filed asking the Court to put an end to all rights you have to your child, F.T.B. The Court has set a hearing to consider ending your rights to your child. Your hearing will be held on the 6th day of July, 2015, at 9:30 o'clock a.m. prevailing local time in the Crawford County Courthouse, at Meadville, Pennsylvania, in Courtroom No. 2. You are warned that even if you fail to appear at the scheduled hearing, the hearing will go on without you and your rights to your children may be ended by the court without you present. You have the right to be represented at the hearing by a lawyer.
YOU SHOULD TAKE THIS NOTICE 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 HELP.
Court Administrator
903 Diamond Park
Crawford County Courthouse
Meadville, PA 16335
(814) 333-7498
Stephen E. Hall, Esq. Assistant Solicitor
For Crawford County Children and
Youth Services
18282 Technology Drive, Suite 101
Meadville, PA 16335
Telephone 814-724-8380
C.C.L.J. June 17

LEGAL NOTICE
PROPOSED PRIVATE SALE OF TAX CLAIM LAND
TO:  Jesse Cornell, hereinafter Assessed Owner, any interested party or any person interested in purchasing the property described below.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Rodney L. Sellen and Mary E. Sellen of 28 Asbury Manor West, Meadville, PA 16335, offers to purchase at private sale a trailer located in the 5th Ward, City of Meadville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, and being known as Tax Parcel Control #37-0-023714, formerly assessed to Assessed Owner; said offered purchase price is the sum of $1,900.00 CASH, which is proposed as the compromise of all taxes, penalties and interest due thereon in the total sum of $2,044.80. The property will be sold free and clear of all tax claims and tax judgments. You have the right within forty-five (45) days following publication of this notice to petition the Court of Common Pleas of Crawford County, Pennsylvania, for disapproval of said sale. If no petition for disapproval is filed, said proposed sale will be consummated on August 4, 2015, at the office of the Crawford County Tax Claim Bureau, Crawford County Courthouse, Meadville, Pennsylvania.
CRAWFORD COUNTY TAX CLAIM BUREAU
By: Christine L. Krzysiak, Director
Keith A. Button, Esquire
County Solicitor
C.C.L.J. June 3 and 17

LEGAL NOTICE
PROPOSED PRIVATE SALE OF TAX CLAIM LAND
TO:  Kimberly Scannell, hereinafter Assessed Owner, any interested party or any person interested in purchasing the property described below.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Rodger Corporation of 2263 Ellicott Road, Caledonia, NY 14423, offers to purchase at private sale a trailer located in Hydetown Borough, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, and being known as Tax Parcel Control #29-0-108141, formerly assessed to Assessed Owner; said offered purchase price is the sum of $1,000.00 CASH, which is proposed as the compromise of all taxes, penalties and interest due thereon in the total sum of $1,521.98. The property will be sold free and clear of all tax claims and tax judgments. You have the right within forty-five (45) days following publication of this notice to petition the Court of Common Pleas of Crawford County, Pennsylvania, for disapproval of said sale. If no petition for disapproval is filed, said proposed sale will be consummated on August 4, 2015, at the office of the Crawford County Tax Claim Bureau, Crawford County Courthouse, Meadville, Pennsylvania.
CRAWFORD COUNTY TAX CLAIM BUREAU
By: Christine L. Krzysiak, Director
Keith A. Button, Esquire
County Solicitor
C.C.L.J. June 3 and 17

SHERIFF'S SALE
By virtue of Certain Writs of Execution issued out of the Court of Common Pleas of Crawford County, Pennsylvania, and to me directed, I will expose the following described property at public sale at the Courthouse, in the City of Meadville, Pennsylvania, on
Friday, July 10, 2015 @ 10:00 AM
All parties in interest and claimants are further notified that a schedule of distribution will be on file in the Sheriff's Office no later than thirty (30) days after the date of the sale of any property sold hereunder and distribution of the proceeds made ten (10) days after said filing, unless exceptions are filed with the Sheriffs Office prior thereto:
SALE NO. 1
SALE NO. 2
SALE NO. 3
SALE NO. 4
SALE NO. 5
SALE NO. 6
TERMS: The price for which the property is sold must be paid at the time of sale; either by cash or Certified Check, otherwise, the property must be put up and sold again at the expense and risk of the person to whom it was first sold, and in no case shall the transfer be made unless the money is actually paid to the Sheriff. Persons who are lien creditor must present a list to the Sheriff of the liens they have in order to apply the amount of bids or any part thereof on their liens.
WALTER C. HOKE, SHERIFF
CRAWFORD COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA

SALE NO. 1
DOCKET NO: AD 2014-957
ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground situate in Summit Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania
TAX PARCEL NO: 5508-43-2
PROPERTY ADDRESS 13270 Faust Road, Conneaut Lake, PA 16316
SOLD AS THE PROPERTY OF: Guy S. Hamilton, Ellen K. Hamilton
SEIZED and taken in Execution as the property of Guy S. Hamilton and Ellen K. Hamilton, at the suit of CitiFinancial Servicing, to be sold on Writ of Execution No. 2015-72.
Walter C. Hoke, Sheriff
Attorney for Plaintiff
Milstead & Associates, Marlton, NJ

SALE NO. 2
ALL THAT CERTAIN piece or parcel of real estate situate in the Township of Vernon, County of Crawford, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and known and numbered as 18141 Rogers Ferry Road, Meadville, Pennsylvania 16335. Having erected thereon a one and one-half story frame house.
Crawford County Index No. 6503-69-11.
SEIZED and taken in Execution as the property of Suzanne R. Proper n/k/a Suzanne R. King, at the suit of First National Bank of Pennsylvania, to be sold on Writ of Execution. No. 2015-78.
Walter C. Hoke, Sheriff
Attorney for Plaintiff
MacDonald Illig, Erie, PA

SALE NO. 3
DOCKET NO: AD-2014-434
ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground situate in Wayne Township, County of Crawford, and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
EX 2015 75
TAX PARCEL NO: 6601-014-3
PROPERTY ADDRESS 7728 Mallard Road, Cochranton, PA 16314
IMPROVEMENTS: Erected thereon
SOLD AS THE PROPERTY OF: Deborah S. Lauer and Vincent J. Lauer, III
SEIZED and taken as the property of Deborah S. Lauer and Vincent J. Lauer, III, at the suit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., to be sold on Writ of Execution No. 2015-75.
Walter C. Hoke, Sheriff
Attorney for Plaintiff
Gregory Javardian, Southampton, PA

SALE NO. 4
By virtue of a Writ of Execution No. AD 2015 58
Bank of America, N.A., Successor by Merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP fka Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP
v.
Matthew R. Lingo
Allison R. Amsdell
owner(s) of property situate in the CITY OF TITUSVILLE, CRAWFORD County, Pennsylvania, being 302 Brook Street, Titusville, PA 16354
Parcel No, 5600/0001K-1-9511
Improvements thereon: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING
Judgment Amount: $30,090.99
SEIZED and taken in Execution as the property of Matthew R. Lingo and Allison R. Amsdell, at the suit of Bank of America, to be sold on Writ of Execution No. 2015-68.
Walter C. Hoke, Sheriff
Attorney for Plaintiff
Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, Philadelphia, PA

SALE NO. 5
All that certain piece or parcel of land situate in Greenwood Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, bounded and described as follows.
PARCEL No. 2705-006-2
BEING known and numbered as 5110 Captain Williams Road, Cochranton, PA, 16314.
SEIZED and taken in Execution as the property of Mary Hannah McMurdy Loutzenhiser, at the suit of U.S. Bank National Association For Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-MLN1, to be sold on Writ of Execution No. 2015-71.
Walter C. Hoke, Sheriff
Attorney for Plaintiff
Zucker Goldberg & Ackerman

SALE NO. 6
ALL that certain piece or parcel of land situate in the Township of East Fairfield, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, having erected thereon a frame house and barn and other outbuildings being commonly known as Route 322, Cochranton, Pennsylvania, and bearing Crawford County Tax Parcel No. 2407-22.
BEING the same property conveyed to W. L. Dunn Construction Company by Deed dated July 14, 1971 and recorded on July 15, 1971 in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds for Crawford County, Pennsylvania at Deed Book 457, page 639.
Also, ALL that certain piece or parcel of land situate in the Township of East Fairfield, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, being commonly known as 4865 Powell Lane, Cochranton, Pennsylvania, and bearing Crawford County Tax Parcel No. 2407-23.
BEING the same property conveyed to W.L. Dunn Construction Company by Deed dated August 22, 1961 and recorded on October 23, 1961 in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds for Crawford County, Pennsylvania at Deed Book 404, page 148.
SEIZED and taken in Execution as the property of W.L. Dunn Construction Company, at the suit of Mercer County State Bank, to be sold on Writ of Execution No. 2015-77.
Walter C. Hoke, Sheriff
Attorney for Plaintiff
MacDonald Illig, Erie, PA
C.C.L.J. June 17, 24 and July 1

NOTICE
The Crawford County Tax Claim Bureau hereby provides public notice of the holding of a Judicial Sale of the properties listed below (hereinafter “Properties Subject to Sale”), all of which were the subject of a prior advertisement which occurred in connection with the Tax Upset Sales, which advertisements were published in The Meadville Tribune, the Titusville Herald and in the Crawford County Legal Journal one day a week for three consecutive weeks prior to said upset sale.
DATE, TIME AND LOCATION
The judicial sale shall take place on the 17th day of July, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. in the Assembly Room of the Crawford County Courthouse, Meadville, Pennsylvania.
TERMS OF SALE
1. The sale shall be an auction-style sale, with the Director of the Tax Claim Bureau conducting the sale with the Properties Subject to Sale to be sold to the highest bidder.
2. TERMS:  A DEPOSIT OF $3,000.00, PAID IN CASH, OR BY CERTIFIED OR CASHIER’S CHECK, SHALL BE PAID AS SOON AS THE PROPERTY IS STRUCK DOWN.  IF THE SALE PRICE IS LESS THAN $3,000.00, THE BUYER SHALL PAY THE FULL PURCHASE PRICE AS SOON AS THE PROPERTY IS STRUCK DOWN.  ANY REFUND DUE AS A RESULT OF OVERPAYMENT OF THE PURCHASE PRICE SHALL BE PAID BY THE TAX CLAIM BUREAU WITHIN ONE WEEK OF THE SALE.  NO REFUNDS WILL BE PAID IF THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDER REFUSES TO PROCEED WITH THE SALE AFTER PAYMENT OF THE DEPOSIT.
3. All Properties Subject to Sale will be sold free and clear of all tax and municipal claims, mortgages, liens, charges and estates, except separately taxed ground rents, to the highest bidder, and the purchaser at such sale shall take and thereafter have an absolute title to the property sold free and clear of all tax and municipal claims, mortgages, liens, charges and estates of whatsoever kind, except ground rents separately taxed.  Out of the proceeds of each sale shall be paid the costs set forth in the upset price at the prior sale and the additional costs incurred relative to this sale, including the fee for the title search incurred by the Tax Claim Bureau.
4. No sale shall be made unless a bid equal to the minimum cash requirement is offered, except that Crawford County may, in its discretion, submit a bid less than such costs. The remainder of said proceeds after the payment of claims will be disbursed as set forth in Pennsylvania’s Real Estate Tax Sale Law, as amended.
Interested parties should call or contact the Tax Claim Bureau (814-333-7332) for more information.
PROPERTIES SUBJECT TO SALE

C.C.L.J. June 17