25-02719L

NOTICE TO CREDITORS
(Ancillary Summary Administration)
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR LEE COUNTY, FLORIDA
PROBATE DIVISION
File No. 25-CP-1510
Division Probate
IN RE: ESTATE OF
RUTH ANN KERNS A/K/A
RUTH A. KERNS
Deceased.
TO ALL PERSONS HAVING CLAIMS OR DEMANDS AGAINST THE ABOVE ESTATE:
You are hereby notified that an Order of Ancillary Summary Administration has been entered in the estate of Ruth Ann Kerns a/k/a Ruth A. Kerns, deceased, File Number 25-CP-1510 by the Circuit Court for Lee County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is PO Box 9346, Fort Myers, FL 33902; that the decedent’s date of death was March 12, 2024; that the total value of the estate is $8,313.00 and that the names and addresses of those to whom it has been assigned by such order are:
Name Address
Mary K. Kaczka
5501 N. Meridian Rd,
Valparaiso, IN 46385
Regenia Wilkes
10555 Sparkle Creek Cove,
Eads, TN 38028
Congregation Beth Israel
535 Progress Ave,
Munster, IN 46321
United States Holocaust Memorial
Museum
100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW
Washington, DC 20024-2126
St. Jude Research Hospital
262 Danny Thomas Place,
Memphis, TN 38105
ALL INTERESTED PERSONS ARE NOTIFIED THAT:
All creditors of the estate of the decedent and persons having claims or demands against the estate of the decedent other than those for whom provision for full payment was made in the Order of Summary Administration must file their claims with this court WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702. ALL CLAIMS AND DEMANDS NOT SO FILED WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER APPLICABLE TIME PERIOD, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED.
The date of first publication of this Notice is July 25, 2025
Person Giving Notice:
Mary K. Kaczka
5501 N. Meridian Rd
Valparaiso, Indiana 46385
Attorney for Person Giving Notice
/s/Wess M. Jacobs
Wess M. Jacobs, Attorney
Florida Bar Number: 932655
Osterhout & McKinney, P.A.
3783 Seago Lane
Fort Myers, FL 33901
Telephone: (239) 939-4888
Fax: (239) 277-0601
E-Mail: [email protected]
Secondary E-Mail:
[email protected]
Jul. 25; Aug. 1, 2025 25-02719L

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