I'm hoping I can manage that.....nothing but bills to pay....maybe they'll be nicer to each other if they have to keep on the good side so the bills get paid???? dj ----- Original Message ----- From: "jcurtis" <jcurtis@redrock.net> To: <BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 1:51 AM Subject: Re: [BSChat] Re: [BS-L] Administration of wills Mike - it's all about greed, isn't it? A freeby...something for nothing. It's really strange how families go rushing-in after the death of a parent...to see what they have inherited. I love it when they are left with nothing but bills to pay !?! Jan C. -----Original Message----- From: Shuler Michael <grinch42@mindspring.com> To: BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com <BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 9:33 PM Subject: [BSChat] Re: [BS-L] Administration of wills > I can go one better on that one, Jan. When my Dad died, a year & a half >after my mother, I was living in NE Wisconsin, 80 miles north of Milwaukee. >He died on Thanksgiving day. We had suffered a blizzard the night before, >but he lived in TX as did my surviving brother & one of my sisters...the >other one lived in FL. Airline traffic would have been almost impossible, >anyway, without the blizzard, and I MIGHT have been able to get to >Milwaukee for a flight out on Monday following, but the other 3 insisted on >having the funeral & burial on Sunday. I couldn't get there. > When it came time to probate the will (about the only thing of value was >the house), since I couldn't get to the funeral my brother & my FL sister >wanted to cut me out of the estate! My youngest sister (who is very >soft-spoken, nice, etc.), proceeded to tell the other two that she would >sooner "torch the da*% house" than see me cut out! Needless to say, I got >my share. A few years later (after the brother & sister were deceased) my >youngest sister told me that my Dad had died intestate, but my brother >swore an affadavit that he had a copy of the will & would probate it >himself. > >Mike >IBSSG > > >> [Original Message] >> From: jcurtis <jcurtis@redrock.net> >> To: <BlackSheep-L@rootsweb.com> > > Date: 4/23/2002 9:47:10 PM >> Subject: Re: [BS-L] Administration of wills >> >> You should have seen how my dad & his brothers & sisters argued the day >> after the funeral of my gr.dad! >> >> Gr. dad was a mail delivery man in NM, and not wealthy, but they argued >like >> they were 10-12 years old, and they were all in their 60's !?! They >> eventually *drew cards* for every item in the house. My uncle in Oregon, >> drove to NM with his horse trailer, and had it almost loaded with stuff >> before we, and the others, got there. >> >> It was the most pathetic thing I've ever witnessed, and their behavior put >> such a bad taste in my mouth, that I rarely talked to any of them >> again...even typing about it makes me squeegy. My Dad was the worst of >the >> lot. He had a lot of money, and yet he bickered, cussed, called them all >> names, and argued over every dish that came out of the cupboard. >> >> Any respect I had for him vanished the week we were there...I never felt >the >> same about him afterward. I was ashamed of them all, and I was stunned >by >> the g r e e d! >> >> Jan C. >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: J. Garland <zippywebgenie@hotmail.com> >> To: BlackSheep-L@rootsweb.com <BlackSheep-L@rootsweb.com> >> Date: Monday, April 22, 2002 11:26 PM >> Subject: Re: [BS-L] Administration of wills >> >> >> > >> >I haven't, myself. My parents have both handled their parents estates, at >> >least in part, no problems. But, I have seen the greedy heirs in some >other >> >people's families. Pretty awesome how they fight over other people's >money, >> >as if their parents worked their whole life just to leave it to them. lol >> > >> >Jan G. >> > >> > >> ><<Don't know if you've been involved in a >> >probate, but they can be messy. >> > >> >Jan C.>> >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >_________________________________________________________________ >> >Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. >> >http://www.hotmail.com >> > >> > >> >==== BlackSheep Mailing List ==== >> >--- >> >The contents of the Blacksheep-L@rootsweb.com archives are copyrighted by >> each individual submitter. >> > >> >http://blacksheep.rootsweb.com/resources.html >> >search the Rootsweb, UsGenWeb and The Social Security Death Index and >More. >> > >> >============================== >> >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >> go to: >> >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >> > >> >> >> ==== BlackSheep Mailing List ==== >> --- >> The contents of the Blacksheep-L@rootsweb.com archives are copyrighted by >each individual submitter. >> >> The Blacksheep Message boards are at: >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=topics.organizations.bla c >ksheep >> >> ============================== >> To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >> http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > >--- Shuler Michael >--- grinch42@mindspring.com >--- EarthLink: The #1 provider of the Real Internet. > > > >==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== >Creative use of your delete key is encouraged. 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I would rather have my parents than anything they have. I would give all I have to get my father back. After a year it is still so hard. I miss him so much. I still have my mother and want to keep her for a long time, but she misses dad and says she is ready when the good Lord wants to take her. I told her she has a lot of years left and not to rush it. I hope it gets easier for her being without dad. They were married for 54 years and mom says she wouldn't give up a day of it. I have never seen two people so much in love. Whitewolf ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doris" <ginlu@charter.net> To: <BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 2:28 AM Subject: Re: [BSChat] Re: [BS-L] Administration of wills > I'm hoping I can manage that.....nothing but bills to pay....maybe they'll > be nicer to each other if they have to keep on the good side so the bills > get paid???? > > dj > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "jcurtis" <jcurtis@redrock.net> > To: <BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 1:51 AM > Subject: Re: [BSChat] Re: [BS-L] Administration of wills > > > Mike - it's all about greed, isn't it? A freeby...something for nothing. > It's really strange how families go rushing-in after the death of a > parent...to see what they have inherited. > > I love it when they are left with nothing but bills to pay !?! > > Jan C. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Shuler Michael <grinch42@mindspring.com> > To: BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com <BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 9:33 PM > Subject: [BSChat] Re: [BS-L] Administration of wills > > > > I can go one better on that one, Jan. When my Dad died, a year & a half > >after my mother, I was living in NE Wisconsin, 80 miles north of Milwaukee. > >He died on Thanksgiving day. We had suffered a blizzard the night before, > >but he lived in TX as did my surviving brother & one of my sisters...the > >other one lived in FL. Airline traffic would have been almost impossible, > >anyway, without the blizzard, and I MIGHT have been able to get to > >Milwaukee for a flight out on Monday following, but the other 3 insisted on > >having the funeral & burial on Sunday. I couldn't get there. > > When it came time to probate the will (about the only thing of value was > >the house), since I couldn't get to the funeral my brother & my FL sister > >wanted to cut me out of the estate! My youngest sister (who is very > >soft-spoken, nice, etc.), proceeded to tell the other two that she would > >sooner "torch the da*% house" than see me cut out! Needless to say, I got > >my share. A few years later (after the brother & sister were deceased) my > >youngest sister told me that my Dad had died intestate, but my brother > >swore an affadavit that he had a copy of the will & would probate it > >himself. > > > >Mike > >IBSSG > > > > > >> [Original Message] > >> From: jcurtis <jcurtis@redrock.net> > >> To: <BlackSheep-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Date: 4/23/2002 9:47:10 PM > >> Subject: Re: [BS-L] Administration of wills > >> > >> You should have seen how my dad & his brothers & sisters argued the day > >> after the funeral of my gr.dad! > >> > >> Gr. dad was a mail delivery man in NM, and not wealthy, but they argued > >like > >> they were 10-12 years old, and they were all in their 60's !?! They > >> eventually *drew cards* for every item in the house. My uncle in Oregon, > >> drove to NM with his horse trailer, and had it almost loaded with stuff > >> before we, and the others, got there. > >> > >> It was the most pathetic thing I've ever witnessed, and their behavior > put > >> such a bad taste in my mouth, that I rarely talked to any of them > >> again...even typing about it makes me squeegy. My Dad was the worst of > >the > >> lot. He had a lot of money, and yet he bickered, cussed, called them > all > >> names, and argued over every dish that came out of the cupboard. > >> > >> Any respect I had for him vanished the week we were there...I never felt > >the > >> same about him afterward. I was ashamed of them all, and I was stunned > >by > >> the g r e e d! > >> > >> Jan C. > >> > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: J. Garland <zippywebgenie@hotmail.com> > >> To: BlackSheep-L@rootsweb.com <BlackSheep-L@rootsweb.com> > >> Date: Monday, April 22, 2002 11:26 PM > >> Subject: Re: [BS-L] Administration of wills > >> > >> > >> > > >> >I haven't, myself. My parents have both handled their parents estates, > at > >> >least in part, no problems. But, I have seen the greedy heirs in some > >other > >> >people's families. Pretty awesome how they fight over other people's > >money, > >> >as if their parents worked their whole life just to leave it to them. > lol > >> > > >> >Jan G. > >> > > >> > > >> ><<Don't know if you've been involved in a > >> >probate, but they can be messy. > >> > > >> >Jan C.>> > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> >_________________________________________________________________ > >> >Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. > >> >http://www.hotmail.com > >> > > >> > > >> >==== BlackSheep Mailing List ==== > >> >--- > >> >The contents of the Blacksheep-L@rootsweb.com archives are copyrighted > by > >> each individual submitter. > >> > > >> >http://blacksheep.rootsweb.com/resources.html > >> >search the Rootsweb, UsGenWeb and The Social Security Death Index and > >More. > >> > > >> >============================== > >> >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, > >> go to: > >> >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >> > > >> > >> > >> ==== BlackSheep Mailing List ==== > >> --- > >> The contents of the Blacksheep-L@rootsweb.com archives are copyrighted by > >each individual submitter. > >> > >> The Blacksheep Message boards are at: > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=topics.organizations.bla > c > >ksheep > >> > >> ============================== > >> To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > >go to: > >> http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > >--- Shuler Michael > >--- grinch42@mindspring.com > >--- EarthLink: The #1 provider of the Real Internet. > > > > > > > >==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== > >Creative use of your delete key is encouraged. 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