Paying an Executor and Successor Trustee

[handiacefailure]

One thing that does concern me, being the only surviving child with no nieces or nephews, are a couple things that are very valuable to me for sentimental reasons I would hate to be sold for a few dollars after I pass.

My paternal grandfather service in WW1 (big age difference between my grandparents and he was over 50 when my dad was born) and my dad gave me his flag, his army uniform and war chest and bible he had (guess back then they gave soldiers a bible when they got drafted).   My maternal grandfather was an excellent carpenter and made each of his daughters a beautiful roll top desk and chairs and the thought of that being sold for a few dollars at a thrift store makes me sick.   Sucks being single with no surviving family to pass stuff like that on to

[craigville beach]

9 hours ago, handiacefailure said:

One thing that does concern me, being the only surviving child with no nieces or nephews, are a couple things that are very valuable to me for sentimental reasons I would hate to be sold for a few dollars after I pass.

My paternal grandfather service in WW1 (big age difference between my grandparents and he was over 50 when my dad was born) and my dad gave me his flag, his army uniform and war chest and bible he had (guess back then they gave soldiers a bible when they got drafted).   My maternal grandfather was an excellent carpenter and made each of his daughters a beautiful roll top desk and chairs and the thought of that being sold for a few dollars at a thrift store makes me sick.   Sucks being single with no surviving family to pass stuff like that on to

check to see if there is a local museum where your grandfather lived or grew up who may accept these items. 

[+ Charlie]

One thing an executor needs to be told is that the unraveling of all the details in a will can sometimes take a long time. As an example, a deposit from Social Security showed up in my bank account this month that left me baffled at first. The sum was the same amount that my late spouse--who died last year--had received as his monthly benefit. I thought I would have to make an appointment with SS to get an explanation. By checking his bank records, however, I discovered that he never received his last monthly benefit check. I suspected that SS was very slow in finally sending that check after they were notified of his death, but when it arrived at the bank, his old account had already been closed, so the bank simply transferred it to me as the executor, but didn't inform me of that. Today I finally got a letter from SS explaining that my suspicions were correct.