State of Indiana, Shelby County, SS:

            I, Cecil B. Collins, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Shelby County, Indiana, do hereby certify that the within annexed Will and Testament of John C. DePrez has been duly admitted to probate and duly proved by the testimony of Harry C. Morrison on of the subscribing witnesses thereto, that a complete record of said Will, and of the testimony of the said Harry C. Morrison, in proof thereof, has been to me duly made and recorded in Book 7 at pages 90 and 91 of the record of Wills of said County

            IN  ATTESTATION  WHEREOF,  I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the seal of said Court, at Shelbyville, this 22^nd day of January, A.D. 1916.

( SEAL )     Cecil B. Collins, Clerk Circuit Court, Shelby County

LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF JOHN C. DEPREZ

I,  John C. DePrez, of the City of Shelbyville, Shelby County Indiana, do make, declare, and publish the following as my last will and Testament.

Item 1.  I will, devise and bequeath to my wife, Zora L. DePrez all of the property and estate real, personal and mixed of which I shall be the owner at the time of my death, the real estate to be held and owned by her in fee simple and the personal and other property to be owned by her absolutely.

Item 2.  I hereby nominate and appoint my said wife, Zora L. DePrez as Executrix of this my will.

            In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 6^th day of September 1912.

John C. DePrez   ( SEAL )

          Signed sealed and acknowledged by the said John C. DePrez as his last will in our presence, and signed by us as attesting witnesses here to at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other this 6^th day of September 1912.

Charles Major
H. C. Morrison

State of Indiana, Shelby County, SS:

          Be it remembered, That on the 22 day of January A.D. 1916 Harry C. Morrison one of the subscribing witnesses to the within and foregoing last will and Testament of John C. DePrez late of said County, deceased, personally appeared before Alonzo Blair Judge of the Circuit Court of Shelby County, in the State of Indiana, and being duly sworn by the Clerk of said Court, upon his oath, declared and testified as follows, that is to say:  That on the 6^th day of September 1912, he saw the said John C. DePrez sign his name to the said instrument in writing as and for his last Will and Testament; and that this deponent, at the same time, heard the said John C. DePrez declare that said instrument in writing to be his last Will and Testament, and that the said instrument in writing was , at the same time, at the request of said John C. DePrez and with his consent attested and subscribed by the said Harry C. Morrison and Charles Major in the presence of said testator, and in the presence of each other, as subscribing witnesses thereto, and that the said John C. DePrez was, at the time of the signing and subscribing of said instrument in writing, as aforesaid, of full age (that is more than twenty-one years of age), and of sound and disposing mind and memory, and not under any coercion or restraint, as the said deponent verily believes, and further deponent says not.

H. C. Morrison       

          Sworn and subscribed by the said Harry C. Morrison before me, David L. Wilson Notary Public at Shelbyville, the 22^nd day of January A.D. 1916.

            IN  ATTESTATION  WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribe my name, and affixed the seal of said Court

( SEAL )                      David L. Wilson, Notary Public S.C.

Transcribed by Vonnie Galusha

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