Heller's Estate

Van Dusen, J.,

This is a petition by the guardian of a minor, praying leave to pay the funeral expenses of the minor’s father. The minor’s estate consists of the proceeds of insurance upon the life of the father which was paid for by the father. The father left no estate, and the funeral bill is very reasonable in comparison to the amount of the insurance. We held in *650Hunter’s Estate, 8 D. & C. 533, and Pietrazko’s Estate, 11 D. & C. 521, following Sibilia’s Estate, 82 Pa. Superior Ct. 67, that the funeral of a parent was not a necessary with respect to a minor child, and that the estate of the…