Shaw v. Gehrt

Plaintiff filed a petition in the circuit court of Champaign County to construe the will of Forrest L. Gehrt. The will itself was executed on January 15, 1976, and provided for the distribution of the. residue of his estate as follows:

“12. 1/18 to the following-named children of Edna Bocock, deceased:

Randall Bocock

Charles Bocock

Harold Eugene Bocock

Phyllis Cooper

Margaret Young

Darlene O’Brien.”

The testator, Forrest L. Gehrt, on June 8, 1977, executed a first codicil to his will providing:

“As and for this codicil, I wish to amend Item 12 of subparagraph C of paragraph THIRD of my said will, and…