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In the Court offeommon Pleas
of Washington County, Penna.
Orphans' Court Division
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IN RE:
APPOINTMENT OF
GUARDIAN OF MINOR CHILDREN,
JEFFREY DOWNING, CINDY LOU
·DOWNING, JOHN DOWNING and
GARY DOWNING.
PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT
OF GUARDIAN
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ATTORNEY AT LAW
WASHINGTON, PA. 15301
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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.
ORPHANS' COURT DIVISION
IN RE: APPOINTMENT )
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JEFFREY DOWNING, CINDY LOU DOWNING, ) -;?
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JOHN DOWNING and GARY DOWNING. )
PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN
TO THE HONORABLE, THE JUDGE OF SAID COURT:
The Petition of RAYMOND DOWNING respectfully represents:
1. That your petitioner is an adult individual residing
at 520 Broad Street, Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania.
2. That he is the son of Evelyn Downing, who died a
resident of Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania, on July
29, 1971.
3. That the said Evelyn Downing, deceased, a widow, was
the mother of the following minor children:
Jeffrey Downing
Cindy Lou Downing
John Downing
Gary Downing
Age 9
Age 10
Age 12
Age 13
·~. 4. That during her lifetime, the said Evelyn Downing
expressed a d~sire that in the event of her death that said
children be placed in the Moosehart Home for Children at Aurora,
Illinois.
5. That the Loyal Order of Moose, 139 North Main Street,
Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania, througQ its officers
has made arrangements for the acceptance of said children at
Moosehart Home for Children at Aurora, Illinois.
6. That your petitioner and the Child Welfare Service
of Washington County, Pennsylvania, have been caring for said
children since the death of their mother, Evelyn Downing.
7. That in the opinion of your petitioner, the welfare
of the said children and their best interest will be promoted by
placing the children at Moosehart Home for Children at Aurora,
Illinois.
8. It is necessary that a Guardian be appointed to
execute the necess~ry application to place the children in the
Mooseh~rt Home for Children at Aurora, Illinois ..
·WHEREFORE, .your petitioner respectfully requests that
your Honorable Court appoint your petitioner as Guardian of the
persons of said minor children.
COMMONWEALTH OF PEr{:tiTSYLYANIA
COUNTY OF WASHINGTON
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Before me, the undersigned authority, personally
appeared ----~R~A~Y~M~O~N~D~D~O~W~N~I~NG~----------------------------
, who, being duly sworn according ----------------------------
to law, deposes and says that the facts set forth in the
foregoing Petition for Appointment of Guardian
ate true and correct as he verily believes.
/~owning
Sworn to and subscribed before me
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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.
ORPHANS' COURT DIVISION
IN RE: APPOINTMENT
OF G~A~DJ!~ OF MINOR CHILDREN,
JEFFREY DOWNING, CINDY LOU DOWNING,
JOHN DOWNING and GARY DOWNING .•
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I AND NOW, this ~ay of October, 1971, upon consider~-
tion of the foregoing Petition, the Court does hereby ORDER AND
DECREE THAT Raymond Downing is appointed as Guardian of the
persons of the said minor children, Jeffrey Downing, Cindy Lou
Downing, John Downing and Gary Downing.
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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
OF WASHINGTON COUNTY,
PENNSYLVANIA.
NO. 1011 of 1971
IN RE:
RAYMOND DOWNING, Guar
dian of Minor Children,
JEFFREY DOWNING, CINDY LOU
DOWNING, JOHN DOWNING and
GARY DOWNING.
P E T I T I 0 N
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HANNA AND HANNA
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
WASHINGTON, PA. 15301
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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.
IN RE:
RAYMOND DOWNING, Guardian
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CINDY LOU DOWNING, JOHN DOWNING
and GARY DOWNING.
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P E T I T I 0 N
The Petition 9f RAYMOND DOWNING, respectfully represent
1. That on October 17, 1971, th~ Honorable Court
appointed your petitioner as guardian of the following named . .
minor children; Jeffrey Downing, Cindy Lou Downing, John
Downing and Gary Downing.
2. That your petitioner and the minor chi~dren were
the only surviving heirs of Harold A. Downing and Dorothy
Evelyn Downing, his wife. Harold A. Downing died, a resident
of Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania, on the 6th
day of . .:.:A=-=u:cgL.::u=s:...:t:.___ ___ , ·.19 70; and Dorothy Evelyn Downing d;i.ed
a resident of Washington, Waspington County, Pennsylvania,
on July 29, 1971.
3. That Harold A. Downing and Dorothy Evelyn Downing
entered into an Art_icle of Agreeme11t ·ror the purchase of real
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estate from Juanita Frye Morris, now known as Juanita J. Bromley,
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said Agreement being dated May· 25, 196..7, and recorde-d .in the
' Recorder's Office of Washington County, Pennsylvania, in Deed
Book 1281, page 53. Under the Article of Agreement, ~he total
consideration was to be $4,650.00 payable at the rate of $150.00
down on the date of.the signing of the Agreement and $50.00
per month together with interest at the rate of 4%. A copy of
said Article of Agreement is attached hereto and cailed Exhibit 'A11
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4. That the payments on the Article of Agreement are
seriously in default; the property is in extremely poor condition
and is not worth more than $3i250.00 at the present time. The ' ' i
minor children for whom your peti tiorie''r is· the guardian, are now
' in the Mooseheart Home in Aurora, Illinois, and the'property has '. been abandoned by both your petitioner and the children· for
whom he is guardian.
5. Your petitioner desires to quit claim any interest
which he may have in said property as .an heir of Dorothy Evelyn
Downing and he requests permission of the Court as guardian of
Jeffrey Downing, Cindy Lou Downing, John Downing and Gary Downing
to quit claim any interest which said minor children may have in
said Article of Agreement upon payment to himself as guardian
of said children of the sum of $100.00.
WHEREFORE, your petit~oner respectfully requests that
your Honorable Court authorize him to.execute a quit claim deed
under the terms and conditions hereinbefore stated.
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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
COUNTY OF WASHINGTON
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Before m~, the undersigned authority, personally
appeared ----•R•A•Y-MO•N-D._D•O•W•N~I•N•G-----------------------------'
who, being duly sworn according to law, depose and.say
that th.e facts set forth in the foregoing Petition
are true and correct as he -----------------------------verily believes.
Sworn to and subse~tbed before me
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IN THE COURT OF COMMON 'PLEAS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.
IN RE:
RAYMOND DOWNING, Guardian
of Minor Children, JEFFREY DOWNING,
CINDY LOU DOWNING, JOHN DOWNING
and GARY DOWNING.
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AND NOW, this U day of_4..£..l&::::::.~~oo.o...-.....e:::~i=L..:::.::.__
consideration of the foregoing Petition
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JOHN SOLOMON, ESQ., Attorney for the Petitioner herein, the Court
does hereby ORDER AND DECREE that RAYMOND DOWNING, as Guardian
of the persons of Jeffrey Downing, Cindy Lou Downing, John
Downing and Gary Downing, minors, be authorized to execute the
necessary instruments in order to quit claim any interest which
the minor children may have acquired in property hereinafter
described by virtue of the fact that they are the heirs of
Dorothy Evelyn Downing:
ALL that certain lot of ground situate in the
Eighth Ward of the City of Washington, Washington
County, Pennsylvania, known and described as Lot
No. 9, BlockS, in the plan of lots known as
the Weaver Addition, said lot of ground hereby
conveyed being thus described:
On the North by Broad Street; on the South by
Hoge Alley; on the East by Lot No. 10; on the
West by Lot No. 8; being 30 feet in width on
Broad Street and extending back of the same
uniform width to Hoge Alley.
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