PUBLIC NOTICE

STATE OF MINNESOTA
COUNTY OF FREEBORN
THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT
DISTRICT COURT
PROBATE DIVISION
Court File No. 24-PR-25-684
Estate of Mary Louise
Brenke, 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 24, 2025, at 3:30 PM, a hearing will be held in this Court via Zoom, see notice of remote hearing, at 411 South Broadway A venue, Albert Lea, Minnesota, for the formal probate of an instrument purporting to be the Will of the Decedent dated, May 10, 2018, and (“Will”), and for the appointment of Steven Brenke, whose address is 311 Brown A venue, Walters, MN, 56097 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.
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.
BY THE COURT
/s/Ross L. Leuning
Judge of District Court
/s/Becky Mittag
Court Administrator

Attorney for Petitioner
Daniel L. Kolker
Peterson, Kolker, Haedt & Benda, Ltd.
1811 Broadway A venue SE
Albert Lea, MN, 56007
Attorney License No: 0310049
Telephone: (507) 373-6491
FAX: (507) 373-7863
Email: dkolker@albertlealaw.com

Albert Lea Tribune:
May 17 and 24, 2025
24-PR-25-684