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

IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR Polk COUNTY CASE NO. ESPR085443 NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL, OF APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR, AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JUDITH A. RICE To All Persons Interested in the Estate of JUDITH A. RICE, who died on or about November 6, 2025: You are hereby notified that on December 3, 2025, the last will and testament of JUDITH A. RICE, bearing a date of August 19, 2022, was admitted to probate in the above named court and that Michael W. Rice 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 December 3, 2025 Michael W. Rice, Executor 3400 159th St. Urbandale, IA 50323 Rachel L. Ridgway, ICIS#: AT0008817 Attorney for Executor Hagenow Gustoff Karas & Ridgway, LLP 4401 Westown Parkway, Ste 300 West Des Moines, IA 50266 December 9, 16 2025 LIOW0419343