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STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF FILLMORE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT DISTRICT COURT PROBATE DIVISION

April 21, 2025 by Fillmore County Journal

Court File No. 23-PR-25-171

Estate of Mary Lou Thoreson aka 

Mary L. Thoreson and Mary Thoreson,

Decedent

NOTICE AND ORDER OF HEARING ON PETITION FOR PROBATE OF WILL AND APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO

CREDITORS

It is Ordered and Notice is given that on June 10, 2025, at l :30 PM, a hearing will be held in this Court, via ZOOM, see notice of remote hearing, for the formal probate of an instrument purporting to be the Will of the Decedent dated, February 14, 1980, (“Will”), and for the appointment of Steven R. Thoreson, whose address is 59442 415th Avenue, Mazeppa, MN, 55956 as Personal Representative of the Estate of the Decedent in an UNSUPERVISED administration. Any objections to the petition must be filed with the Court prior to or raised at the hearing. If proper and if no objections are filed or raised, the Personal Representative will be appointed with full power to administer the Estate including the power to collect all assets, to pay all legal debts, claims, taxes and expenses, to sell real and personal property, and to do all necessary acts for the Estate.

Notice is also given that (subject to Minnesota Statutes section 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 months after the date of this Notice or the claims will be barred.

Dated: April 7, 2025

BY THE COURT

/s/ Jeremy Clinefelter

Judge of District Court

Darlene Larson, Court Administrator

Attorney for Petitioner 

Lee M. Novotny

Novotny Law Office, Ltd. 

22 Second Street SE 

Chatfield, MN, 55923

Attorney License No: 0389227 

Telephone: (507) 867-4080

Email: lee@novotnylawoffice.com

Publish 21,28

Filed Under: Legal Notice

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