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

IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR Polk COUNTY CASE NO. ESPR 084927 NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL, OF APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR, AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF Ellen Rochelle Drozd To All Persons Interested in the Estate of Ellen Rochelle Drozd, who died on or about March 18, 2025: You are hereby notified that on August 20, 2025, the last will and testament of Ellen Rochelle Drozd, bearing a date of September 11, 2024, was admitted to probate in the above named court and that Dustin D. Drozd 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 July 28, 2025 Estate Attorney Peter M. Sand 1441 29th St. #310 West Des Moines, IA 50266 pete.sand6@gmail.com 515-207-8550 Date of Second Publication: February 25, 2026 February 18, 25 2026 LIOW0450086