STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT STEPHENSON COUNTY Case No. 2026PR23   IN RE THE ESTATE OF RUTH A. SMITH,  Deceased.    AMENDED PUBLICATION NOTICE   NOTICE is given of the death of Ruth A. Smith, Freeport, Illinois. Letters of Office as Independent Executor were issued on April 20, 2026, to Martha Martin, 3894 Cardinal Point Trail, Verona, WI 53593, whose attorney is Attorney Sara Stephenson Peska, Mahoney, & Mahoney, LLC, 109 West Main Street, Freeport, Illinois, 61032. NOTICE is further given to creditors and others interested that the estate will be administered without court supervision unless under Section 28-4 of the Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/28-4) any interested person terminates independent administration at any time by mailing or delivering a petition to terminate to the Clerk. Claims against the estate may be filed in the Circuit Clerk's Office, Stephenson County Courthouse, 15 N. Galena Avenue, Freeport, Illinois, or with the representatives or both on or before the 24th day of November, 2026, or if mailing or delivery of a notice from the representative is required by Section 18-3 of the Probate Act, the date stated in that notice. Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered by the claimant to the representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed.                 /s/ Sara Stephenson                      Peska  Attorney Sara Stephenson Peska, Attorney for Executor   Attorney Sara Stephenson Peska Mahoney & Mahoney, LLC 109 W. Main St., Freeport, IL 61032 (815) 656-4600 sara@mahoneymahoney. com