The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-26
Hospitals Here Left
 Whittemore Requests
Naugatuck Woman's Estate Believed Worth Several
 Million DOllars-Chmch Left $4O,OOO

Naugatuck, April 26 - Miss Ger. trude B. Whittenlore, wealthy local resident who was noted for her charitable deeds during her life, left large sums to @ number of social and medical institutions, her will received in probate yesterday after noon, discloses.
 The value of the estate was not disclosed but from the announced bequestS and from the reported value of stocks she is known to have held, 1t is believed the estate will total several millions of dollars. The exact amount Is not expected to be known until an inventory Is filed.
 The Howard Whittemore Mem orial library, the NaugatlDck chap ter, American Red Cross, the Con- gregational church, the Waterbury hospital, the St. Mary'S hospital. Waterbury, the Gaylord sanitarium, Wallingford, and the Naugatuck Y. M. o. A. are the institutions which benefit under the will.
 There are a number of individual bequests but the bulk of the estate apparently goes to the following: her nephew, Harris Whitten1ore, Jr.; her niece, Mrs. Gertrude Whitte- more Upson of Middlebury, and the three children of her late niece, Helen Whittemore Adams. These children are: Helen Whittemore Adams, Harris Whittemore Adams and Austin L. Adams, Jr.
 After various bequests, the residue Of the estate is divided into thirds with MT. Whittemore and Mrs. Up- son each getting one.third and the final third going to the late Mrs. Adams children. '.'
 Probably one of the chief be- quests, but the exact monetary value of which has not been disclosed. Is a bequest of 720 shares of stock Miss Wnittemore owned in the J. H. Whittemore Co. It Is unofficially reported this stock has an extreme ly high value.
 The stock is distributed as fol- lows: to q iris Whfttemore, Jr., 186 shares: to Roberta Whittemore, wife of Harris Whittemore, Jr., 8i shares; to Gertrude Whittemore Upson, l86 shares: to Charles H. Upson, 8l shares: and l86 shares to be divided equally among: Helen Wlittemore Adams, Harris Whittemore Adams, and Austin L. Adams, Jr.
 Requests or trusts in which the exact amounts are mentioned in the will, alone amount to $764, 900.
 Aids Library
 She left a trust of 5000 to the Naugatick National bank as trustee for the Naugatuck Public Library trust, apparently intended for the Howard Whittenore Memorial li- brary, which she had helped consid. erably here in her life.
 She left $45,00 in a trust for the benefit Of the Naugatuck chapter, American Red Gross, with the Nau. gatuck National bank as trustee.
 Miss Whittemore left an outright gift of $40,000 to the Congregational society of Naugatrck, believed to be the technical name for the Congre- gational church.
 She left an outright bequest of $40,0 to the Gaylord Farm Sani- torium, Wallingford.
 Hospitals Benefit
 An outright tequest of $40O00 was left to the Waterbury hospital: one of $20000 to the St. Mary,S hospital, Waterbury; and one of $20000 to the Naugatuck Y. M. c. A.
 She left Q $5,O00 bequest to Helen Ferguson Adams, wife of Austin L. Adams of Middlebury; a $25, 900 be- quest to Edith HotchkisS Mason of Great Harrington, Mass; Q $l2,000 bequcSt to Frank L. Bradbury and Florence G. Bradbury. both of Nau- gatuck. sg.,;
 A bequest of sl0,OOo goes to Helen Benedict of New Haven, formerly of Franconia, N. H.
 Trust Fund
 A trust of $i60,000 is set up iil the will with Lucy E. Hampson, com panion and lifelong friend of Miss Whittemore deriving life use of the income from this fund. The Co., lonial Trust Company is trustee of this and all other trusts except the two mentioned earlier of which the Naugatuck National Bank is trustee.
 All of her tangible personal prop erty, including her pictures. some of which are world-renowned, her furniture, autos, etc., go to the fol- lowing: Harris Whitten1ore, Jr., Gertrude Whittemore Upson, and the children of her late niece, Helen Whittemore Adams. These children are: Austin L. Adams, IT,, Harris Whittemore Adams and Helen Whittemore Adams.
 There Is a $25 900 outright -bequest to Harris Whittemore, Jr.: an out right bequest of $25, 900 to Charles H. Upson of Middlebury; and to Ger trude Whittemore Upson and Austin L. Adams 60 $25 900 interests each in certain trust funds.
 The will provides. for trust funds of el0.000 each to Harris Whitte- more. Jr.'s, children. who are: John