NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL, OF APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR, AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS

IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR Polk COUNTY CASE NO. ESPR085376 NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL, OF APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR, AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF Gail C. Hickenbottom To All Persons Interested in the Estate of Gail C. Hickenbottom, who died on or about September 28, 2025: You are hereby notified that on November 7, 2025, the last will and testament of Gail C. Hickenbottom, bearing a date of April 4, 2017, was admitted to probate in the above named court and that West Bank was appointed Executor of the Estate. Any action to set aside the will must be brought in the district court of said county within the later to occur of four months from the date of the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice to all heirs of the decedent and devisees under the will whose identities are reasonably ascertainable, or thereafter be forever barred. Notice is further given that all persons indebted to the estate are requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned, and creditors having claims against the estate shall file them with the clerk of the above named district court, as provided by law, duly authenticated, for allowance, and unless so filed by the later to occur of four months from the date of the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice (unless otherwise allowed or paid) a claim is thereafter forever barred. Dated on November 11, 2025 EXECUTOR OF ESTATE West Bank 3330 Westown Parkway West Des Moines, IA 50266 ATTORNEY FOR EXECUTOR J. Michael Deege Wilson Deege Despotovich Riemenschneider & Rittgers, PLC 4200 University Ave, Ste. 424 West Des Moines, IA 50266 November 14, 21 2025 LIOW0406196