STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF BELTRAMI DI

Published February 25, 2023 at 1:15 AM

STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF BELTRAMI DISTRICT COURT NlNTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT Court File No.: 04-PR-23-262 In Re: Estate of GRACE M. WATKINS, Decedent. NOTICE OF AND ORDER FOR HEARING ON PETITION FOR FORMAL PROBATE OF WILL AND APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS It is Ordered and Notice is given that on March 21, 2023 at 9:00 a.m. a hearing will be held in this Court at Beltrami County Judicial Center, 600 Minnesota Avenue NW, Bemidji, Minnesota, on a petition for the formal probate of an instrument purporting to be the decedent’s Will dated March 15, 2017 and for the appointment of Diane M. Dyk whose address is.,. 642- 26 1/2 Road, Grand Junction, Colorado, as personal representative of the decedent’s estate in an unsupervised administration. Any objections to the petition must be raised at the hearing or filed with the Court prior to the hearing. If the petition is proper and no objections are filed or raised, the personal representative will be appointed with the full power to administer the decedent’s estate, including the power to collect all assets; pay all legal debts claims, taxes, and expenses; sell real and personal property; and do all necessary acts for the decedent’s estate. 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. BY THE COURT Dated: February 13, 2023 John G. Melbye Judge of District Court Dated: February 13, 2023 Kayla Littler Court Administrator By: /s/ Bonnie Neumann Deputy Court Administrator VALEN LAW OFFICE John E. Valen MN# 111995 5th & Michigan P.O. Box 1105 Walker, MN 56484 Telephone: 218-547-2600 Facsimile: 218-547-2641 e-mail: valenlaw@arvig.net (Feb. 18 & 25, 2023) 195084