STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE ELEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF LIVINGSTON IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DONALD M. FRANCIS, Deceased IN PROBATE No. 2025PR81 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of Donald M. Francis, of Dwight, Illinois. Letters of office were issued on September 29, 2025, to Donald M. Francis, Jr., 120 Balboa Ave., Apt. A-4, Cedar Falls, Iowa, 50613, whose resident agent is Stephen C. Weeks, 606 West Oak Street Fairbury, Illinois, 61739, and whose attorney is Stephen C. Weeks of Weeks, Brucker & Coleman, Ltd., 606 West Oak Street, Post Office Box 288, Fairbury, Illinois, 61739. The estate will be administered without court supervision unless under Sec. 28-4 of the Probate Act (Ill. Comp. Stat., ch. 755, Act. 5, par. 28-4) any interested person terminates independent administration at any time by e-filing a Petition to Terminate with the Livingston County Circuit Clerk, pursuant to instructions found on the Circuit Clerk's website. Claims may be e-filed on or before April 17, 2026, or if mailing or delivery of a notice from the Independent Executor is required by Section 18-3 of the Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/18-3), the date stated in that notice. Any claim not filed on or before said date is barred. Claims may be e-filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court at the Livingston County Law & Justice Center, Pontiac, Illinois, or claims may be filed with the Independent Executor or to the attorney for the estate, or both. If e-filed with the Clerk, the claimant must, within 10 days, mail or deliver a copy of the claim to the Independent Executor and to his attorney and e-file with the Clerk proof of such mailing or delivery. Dated this 29th day of September, 2025. Donald M. Francis, Jr., Independent Executor of the Estate of Donald M. Francis, Deceased. Stephen C. Weeks of Weeks, Brucker & Coleman, Ltd. Attorneys for Independent Executor 606 West Oak Street, P. O. Box 288; Fairbury, Illinois 61739-0288 Phone: (815) 692-2302 Email: sweeks@weeksbrucker.com; ARDC: 6187878 October 15, 22, 29 2025 LILS0382714