Probate

STATE OF MINNESOTA
COUNTY OF STEELE
    
THIRD JUDICIAL 
DISTRICT
DISTRICT COURT
PROBATE DIVISION

Court File No. 
74-PR-25-610

Estate of 
Dennis Alan Gerdts aka Dennis Allan Gerdts,
Decedent

NOTICE AND ORDER OF HEARING ON
PETITION FOR 
PROBATE OF WILL AND
APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL
REPRESENTATIVE 
AND NOTICE TO
CREDITORS

It is Ordered and Notice is given that on July 2, 2025, at 3:00 PM, a 
hearing will be held, via Zoom, see Notice of Remote Hearing, in this Court at 111 East Main Street, Owatonna, Minnesota, for the formal probate of an instrument purporting to be the Will of the Decedent dated December 15, 2024, (“Will”), and for the
appointment of Ronald Lester Gerdts, whose address is 87522 County Road 46, Albert Lea, MN, 56007 as Personal 
Representative of the Estate of the Decedent in an UNSUPERVISED administration. Any 
objections to the petition must be filed with the Court prior to or raised at the hearing. If proper and if no objections are
filed or raised, the 
Personal Representative will be appointed with full power to 
administer the Estate including the power to collect all assets, to pay all legal debts, claims, taxes and expenses, to sell real and personal
property, and to do all necessary acts for the Estate.
Notice is also given that (subject to Minnesota Statutes section 
524.3-801) all creditors having claims
against the Estate are required to present the claims to the Personal Representative or to the Court Administrator
within four months after the date of this Notice or the claims will be barred.

BY THE COURT

04/28/2025
/s/ Karen R. Duncan
Karen R. Duncan
Judge of District Court

Stacy Ashley
Court Administrator

Attorney for Petitioner
Daniel L. Kolker
Peterson, Kolker, Haedt 
& Benda, Ltd.
1811 Broadway 
Avenue SE
Albert Lea, MN, 56007
Attorney License No: 0310049
Telephone: 
(507) 373-6491
FAX: (507) 373-7863
Email: 
dkolker@albertlealaw.com
5.7-148.11