In re the Estate of Kircher

OPINION OF THE COURT

Bernard M. Bloom, S.

In this proceeding to judicially settle the account of the executrix, objections were filed by decedent’s surviving spouse, John Kircher.

The objection interposed under item number two relates to the estate’s failure to reimburse objectant for his undisputed payment of decedent’s funeral expenses and a luncheon immediately following the burial. SCPA 1811 (subd 1) provides that “[t]he reasonable funeral expenses of *398the decedent subject to the payment of expenses of administration shall be preferred to all debts and claims against his estate and shall be…