CASE NO. ESPR017320
NOTICE OF PROBATE
OF WILL, OF APPOINTMENT
OF EXECUTORS, AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS
To All Persons Interested in the Estate of Darlene G. Ballard, Deceased, who died on or about October 10, 2025:
You are hereby notified that on October 30, 2025, the Last Will and Testament of Darlene G. Ballard, deceased, bearing date of January 19, 2012, was admitted to probate in the above-named court and that Julie A. Ballard and Susan M. Kolker were appointed Executors of the estate. Any action to set aside the will must be brought in the district court of said county within the later to occur of four months from the date of the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice to all heirs of the decedent and devisees under the will whose identities are reasonably ascertainable, or thereafter be forever barred.
Notice is further given that all persons indebted to the estate are requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned, and creditors having claims against the estate shall file them with the clerk of the above-named district court, as provided by law, duly authenticated, for allowance, and unless so filed by the later to occur of four months from the date of the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice (unless otherwise allowed or paid) a claim is thereafter forever barred.
Dated October 6, 2025 Julie A. Ballard, Executor of Estate
P.O. Box 265
Marcus, Iowa 51035

Susan M. Kolker,
Executor of Estate
6316 Greenwood Street
Shawnee, Kansas 66216
Attorney for estate:
Dennis A. Brady
ICIS#: AT0001137
224 S. Washington Street
P.O. Box 85
Remsen, Iowa 51050
kblaw@midlands.net
Published in the Marcus News on November 20, 2025.