STATE OF MINNESOTA

DISTRICT COURT

COUNTY OF SHERBURNE

TENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT

Court File No.: 71-PR-21-148

Case Type: Informal Probate

In Re: Estate of

Thomas Steven Houdek,

Decedent (Deceased Person).

Notice of Informal Probate of Will and Appointment of Personal Representative and Notice to Creditors

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS AND CREDITORS

Notice is hereby given that an application for informal probate of the above-named Decedent’s

Last Will dated 9/25/2003

has been filed with the Probate Registrar, and the application has been granted. Notice is also given that the Probate Registrar has informally appointed the following:

Name: Steven Thomas Houdek

Address: 5404 26th Ave S -

Minneapolis MN 55417

as personal representative of the Estate of the Decedent. Any heir, devisee or other interested person may be entitled to appointment as personal representative, or may object to the appointment of the personal representative. Unless objections are filed pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 524.3-607, and the court otherwise orders, the personal representative has full power to administer the Estate, including, after 30 days from the date of issuance of letters, the power to sell, encumber, lease or distribute real estate.

Any objections to the probate of the Will, or to the appointment of the personal representative, must be filed with this court, and will be heard by the court after the filing of an appropriate petition and proper notice of hearing.

Notice is also given that, subject to Minn. Stat. § 524.3- 801, all creditors having claims against the Estate are required to present the claims to the personal representative or to the Court Administrator within four (4) months after the date of this Notice, or the claims will be barred.

Dated: 11/10/2021

/s/ Patricia A. Kuka,

Sherburne Court Administrator

(Published in the Patriot: 11/27/21; 12/04/21).