LEGAL NOTICE

WESP BARWELL BERARDINO

475 Metro Place South, Suite 350

Dublin, OH 43017

Probate Court, Portage County, Ohio.

Case No. 2026 ES 00050

APPLICATION FOR AUTHORITY TO ADMINISTER ESTATE

In the Matter of the Estate of Willie L. King, Deceased, whose address was 6694 Cleveland Road, Ravenna, OH 44266.

To: John Thomas King, whose present address is unknown

Notice is hereby given that the hearing on the application for Authority to Administer Estate will be held in Portage County Probate Court, 203 W. Main Street, Ravenna, OH 44266 on March 31, 2026 at 9:00 a.m.

Feb 27; Mar 6, 13, 2026

26-00052

LEGAL NOTICE

MANCHESTER-NEWMAN & BENNETT, LPA

Atrium Level Two

The Commerce Building

Youngstown, Ohio 44503

Probate Court, Portage County, Ohio.

Case No. 2025 ES 00539

In the Matter of the Estate of Abby R. Stoerkel.

TO: Keller R. Stoerkel, next of kin of Abby R. Stoerkel, decedent, whose place of residence is unknown and cannot with reasonable diligence be ascertained, take notice that the Application to Probate Will in the Estate of Abby R. Stoerkel, deceased, of 6831 N. Chestnut Street, Ravenna, Ohio 44266, was filed by Kimberly Hershfeldt, Executrix of the Estate of Abby R. Stoerkel, deceased on October 27, 2025. Any action to contest the validity of this will must be filed no more than three (3) months after the certificate is filed evidencing the giving of this notice. The court is located at 203 W. Main Street, Ravenna, Ohio 44266.

By: LEO J. PUHALLA, (#0066565), Counsel for the Estate of Abby R. Stoerkel.

Feb 26; Mar 5, 12, 2026

26-00050

LEGAL NOTICE

Please be advised Jonathan O Nelson, of or formerly of 3570 State Rt. 59 Ravenna OH, that a Motion to Withdraw Executor's Application Certificate of Transfer has been filed with the Portage County Probate court on or about 01/22/2026 on behalf of the Estate of Martha Nelson (Case No. 2009 ES 336.) by Scott Nelson, duly named executor of the estate, at the Portage County Court of Common Pleas Probate Division 203 W. Main St. Ravenna OH 44266.

You hereby notified that as the party to be served you are requested to answer or respond within twenty-eight days after the publication.

Jan 30; Feb 6, 13, 20, 27; Mar 6, 2026

26-00021