In re Estate of Stangle

Crew III, J. Appeal from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of Albany County (Doyle, S.), entered January 9, 2004, which construed the residuary clause of decedent’s last will and testament.

Decedent died in January 1999 following the execution of a self-drawn will in November 1998. As pertinent here, the will contained a residuary bequest that provided: “All the rest, residue and remainder of my property both real and personal, I give, devise and bequeath in equal shares to my surviving sisters and brother. To Pearl Craft, West Albany, NY; Linda Harms, Voorheesville, NY; Roger Stangle,…