In Re Estate of Kuhn

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE DAVIS

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal from an order denying a petition for removal of an executor. In his last will, J. Paul Kuhn named his wife, Wanda H. Kuhn, (herein referred to as “Mrs. Kuhn”), as executor. The will was admitted to probate, the decedent’s widow qualified and letters testamentary were issued to her on April 26,1966.

Under the terms of the will, the decedent left the bulk of his estate to his surviving spouse, and also made specific bequests of $5,000 to each of his two adult daughters — children of a prior marriage. On September 30,…