In Re Estate of Tjaden

On September 14,1973, when Elizabeth Tjaden executed her will, her sister Anna Lucht, and John Mammen, Elizabeth’s brother, were alive, but the following were dead: Elizabeth’s two brothers — Meino and George Mammen; her sister Tena Hinrichs; and Elizabeth’s nephew Ervin Mammen, who was George Mammen’s son.

When Elizabeth signed her will, there were five living sons of George Mammen — Leonard, Delbert, Donald, Wilber, and Edward Mammen, the Mammen brothers. Tena Hinrichs’ three surviving children were alive when Elizabeth signed her will, namely, Dale and Edward Hinrichs and their sister,…