Wiltfang v. Dirksen

John Ehmen died on April 27, 1894, leaving Rentje Ehmen, his widow, and their three daughters, Maggie Eh-men, Annie Ehmen and- Minnie Ehmen, his heirs-at-law. He was the owner of 116 acres of land in Ogle county, and by his will, after providing for the payment of debts and funeral expenses, devised the same as follows: “After paying all such debts and funeral expenses, Í hereby give and bequeath to my dear wife, Rentje Ehmen, all my real esr tate and personal property of every kind and nature, to have and to own, to use or to- dispose of, as she may elect, so long as she may remain my widow,…