The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1916-02-05
, WILL or ADoLPH +. GUENsBURG
by Its Terms Mrs. A. A. Lustfield IL
Given Handsome Sum

' The will OF Adoiph f. Guensburg
former Menominee store owner and
capitalist. disposing OF an estate
roughly estimated at s225, 900 in val
ne. was filed for probate in Menomi-
nee today
The heaviest beneficiaries under
the terms OF the will are Mr.. Guens-
burf's two sisters, one living in Crys-
tai Falls and the other in Milwaukee,
his two nephews, sons OF tre late
Emil Guensburg, who live in Menomi-
nee, and Miss Marie Marcouilier OF
Menominee
Mr.. Guensburgs two sisters, Mrs.
Fannie Lustfeld OF Crystal Falls and
Mrs. Rose Freudenfeld OF Milwaukee
inherit all OF the realty holdings OF
Mr. Guensburg. under the terms OF
the will. The real estate disposed
OF in the document includes property
in Iron, Menominee, Florence and
Gogebic counties
OF the personal property stocks and
bonds roughly estimated at between
$4,000 and $4,000 in value are left
TO Miss Marie Marcouiller under the
terms of the will under the condition
that she Is not married by the time
the will is admitted 20 probate and
is proved. IL she is married at that
time, then she forfeits her share OF
the estate and her share goes TO Les
ter and Edgar Guensburg, who live in
Menominee, and to his two sisters.
That Mr.. Guensburg did not want
the terms of the will altered after his
death is shown by a clause in the
document which provides that any
beneficiary who tries TO break the
will shall forfeit his or her share OF
the estate and the share OF the one
who tries TO contest II hall go TO the
two nephews in Menominee.
The property left TO Miss Marcouil-
Ter includes 10000 in Los Angeles
Railway bonds, 10000 Illinois Central
1000 Chicago City Railway company
and 5000 Montreal Tramway com
pany
Cash In the Lumberman's National
bank, Menominee, in the Harris Trust
and Savings bank OF Chicago and in
the Produce Exchange bank in ST.
Paul is left TO his two sisters under
the terms OF the will The sisters
also receive Mr. Guensburg's holdings
in some corporation bonds. including
5000 Argentina government bond
1000 Argentina bonds going to Lester
and Edgar Guensburg, the two neph-
ews.
The nephews also receive eighteen
shares OF stock in the Produce Ex-
change bank of st. Paul under the
terms of the will and Mr.. Guensburg's
jewelry. Insurance carried by Mr..
Guensburg and $i.4O0 are left to Cora
and Mildred Lustneld Of Crystal Falls.
two nieces.
The reason that the will was not
filed sooner than today i'm court
was because it was being held In
Minnesota pending a decision as TO
whether Il would be probated in the
Gopher state or Menominee. The Min
nesota authorities put forward the
claim that IL should be probated there,
but the residence OF MIR Guensburg In
Michigan was established and the
document was brought TO Menominee.
The will was made on Oct !. 1916,
i'm ST Paul and two st Paul men are
witnesses of the document The will
is scheduled TO be proved before Pro-
bate Judge John Stiles on Feb. %,
through the testimony OF j q. Teg
ner, one OF the witnesses Three
Codicils are attached TO the docu
ment. which is written In MIR Guens-
burgs own handwriting.
William Webb Harmbon, cashier of
the Lumberman's National bank. was
appointed special administrators OF
the estate by Judge stiles. and VIII
be named administrator al the time OF
the proving OF the will on Feb 25
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