MR. ELLIS OWENS. SLATINGTON, LEHIGH, PENNSYLVANIA.
DIRECTS FUNERAL SHALL NOT BE EXPENSIVE.
ALLENTOWN, August 30th.Although he was worth a quarter of a million, the will of Ellis Owens, slate operator of Slatington, richest man in that borough, who died August 25th, probated today by Register German, states : "It is my will that no unecessary expenses be incurred in connection with my funeral. Let everything be decent and in order."
He gives his estate to his children and geandchildren to remain in trust for 20 years, and then to be divided according to the intestate laws.
The Reading Times ~ August 31st 1915.
MR. ELLIS OWENS. SLATINGTON, LEHIGH, PENNSYLVANIA.
$200,000 ESTATE IS FILED TODAY.
An unusual will was filed in the Register of Wills office today of Ellis Owens, Slate operator, of Slatington, who died on August 25th 1915, in which he provides that "It is my will that no uneccesary expenses be incurred in connection with my funeral. Let everything be decent and in order." The estate is said to be worth about $200,000.There are three clauses in the will. In the first part of the will he directs that $500 be given each of the grandchildren, as follows: Olive Mable Jones, Eddie Owen, Ellie owen, Grace Owen Anita Owen, Ellis Hughes, William Hughes, Rhosling Hughes, Owen Owen, Amos owen, Evan Owen and Adele Owen.
In the second clause he avers that the first provision should be revoked and that a daughter, Mrs. Jennie Mable, should receive the sum od $25 to be given to her every month in addition to her share in the estate; second that the money willed to the grandchildren should be placed in the bank in the name of the father and mother of each as trustees until the said grandchildren are of age.
The residue of the estate goes to the executors, Ellis Owen and John T. Evans, which is to be kept in trust for 20 years, and at the expiration of that time is to be distributed among the grandchildren in equal shares.
The witnesses are Joseph Richards and David S. Pierce.