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

IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR Polk COUNTY CASE NO. ESPR085538 NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL, OF APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR, AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF Leo Joseph Hejda Jr To All Persons Interested in the Estate of Leo Joseph Hejda Jr, who died on or about November 18, 2025: You are hereby notified that on December 26, 2025, the last will and testament of Leo Joseph Hejda Jr, bearing a date of December 19, 2023, was admitted to probate in the above named court and that Curtis L. Hejda 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 26, 2025 Curtis L. Hejda, Executor 1645 29th St. NE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52402 David M. Rittgers, Attorney for the Executor Wilson, Deege, Despotovich, Riemenschneider & Rittgers, PLC 4200 University Avenue, Ste. 424, West Des Moines, IA 50266 Date of Second Publication: January 09, 2026 January 2, 9 2026 LIOW0431531