In Re Estate of Mueller

GARY M. GAERTNER, Judge.

Appellant, Gary L. Johnson, appeals from the judgment of the Circuit Court of Jefferson County in favor of respondent, Mary Lee Doyen, on the latter’s petition to require administration of the last will and testament of Emma Mary Mueller (“decedent”). Judgment was entered after a two-day bench trial. We affirm.

The following was adduced at trial. Decedent, born January 11, 1911, was a lifelong resident of DeSoto, Missouri. Decedent never married; her last known heirs at the time of her death were Shirley Wampler and Eugene Pies. Mary Lee Doyen was a close friend of…