Notice to Creditors
STATE OF MINNESOTA DISTRICT COURT
COUNTY OF STEARNS PROBATE DIVISION
SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Court File No. 73-PR-26-18
Estate of Lorraine Helen Cofell aka
Lorraine H. Cofell, Decedent.
NOTICE AND ORDER OF HEARING ON PETITION FOR FORMAL PROBATE OF WILL AND FORMAL APPOINTMENT OF COPERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS AND CREDITORS:
It is Ordered, and Notice is given that on Februarv 13, 2026, at 8:45 a.m., a hearing will be held in this Court at the Stearns County Courthouse, 725 Courthouse Square, St. Cloud, Minnesota 56303, for the formal probate of an instrument purporting to be the Will of the Decedent dated August 22, 2023, ("the Will"), and for the appointment of Ann C. Cofell, whose address is 119 - 16th Avenue N., St. Cloud, MN 56303 and Jeanne L. Cofell whose address is 16402 - 277th Street, Cold Spring, MN 56320, as CoPersonal Representatives of the estate of the Decedent, in a formal unsupervised administration. Any objections to the Petition must be filed with the Court prior to or at the hearing. If proper, and if no objections are filed, the CoPersonal Representatives will be appointed with full power to administer the estate, including the power to collect all assets, pay all legal debts, claims, taxes and expenses, to sell real and personal property, and to do all necessary acts for the estate.
Notice is also given that, subject to Minn. Stat. 524.3-801, all creditors having claims against the estate are required to present the claims to the Personal Representatives or to the Court Administrator within four months after the date of this Notice or the claims will be barred.
Judge William Cashman Date: 01-05-2026
Court Administrator George Lock
Attorney for Petitioner
Jacqueline M. Schuh (#208140)
ENGELMEIER & UMANAH, P.A.
1521 Northway Drive, Suite 115
St. Cloud, MN 56303
(320) 230-0375
January 13, 20 2026
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