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STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF FILLMORE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT DISTRICT COURT PROBATE DIVISION Court File No. 23-PR-25-160

August 25, 2025 by Fillmore County Journal

Estate of

Helen J. Raaen,

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 October 21, 2025, at 9:30 a.m. a hearing will be held via Zoom at the Fillmore County District Court, 101 Fillmore Street West, Preston, Minnesota 55965, for the formal probate of an instrument purporting to be the Will of the Decedent, dated October 11, 2012, and for the appointment of Keith Raaen whose address is 401 County Road 8, Fountain, MN 55935, as Personal Representative of the Estate of the Decedent in an unsupervised administration. See Notice of Remote Hearing.

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.

A charitable beneficiary may request  notice of the probate proceedings be given to the Attorney General pursuant to Minnesota Statutes section 501B.41, subdivision 5.

Dated: 08/19/2025

BY THE COURT

/s/ Jeremy Clinefelter, 

Judge of District Court

Darlene L. Larson

Court Administrator

Attorneys for Personal Representative

Kari Thoreson (MN ID 0505584

Courtney Sebo Savica (MN ID 0391263)

Sebo Savica Law Firm, PLLC

20 Second Avenue SW, Suite 108

Rochester, MN 55902

(612) 360-0680

Email: kari@savicalaw.com; 

courtney@savicalaw.com

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