Legal Notice COURT OF COMMON PLEAS DIVISION OF PROBATE LAKE COUNTY, OHIO JUDGE MARK J. BARTOLOTTA IN THE MATTER OF: BARBARA ANNE THOMAS CASE NUMBER: 26 ES 1374 TO: JOYCE MILLS, COUSIN; SUZANNE WEBSTER, COUSIN; ROBYN POWERS, FIRST COUSIN ONCE REMOVED; ROBERT LAMEAR IV, FIRST COUSIN ONCE REMOVED, addresses unknown, and any unknown next of kin, legatees and devisees of BARBARA ANNE THOMAS, deceased You are notified that said decedent died on July 01, 2026 and that the decedent’s will was admitted to probate by the Lake County Probate court on July 20, 2026, and on July 20, 2026, the undersigned was appointed executor of the decedent’s estate by the Court. The Court is located at 25 North Park Place, Painesville, Ohio, 44077, on the first floor of the West Annex Courthouse. This notice is given, pursuant to section 2107.19 of the Ohio Revised Code, to all persons who would be entitled to inherit from the decedent had the decedent died intestate and to all legatees and devisees named in the will who did not waive this notice. Any action to contest the validity of the will must be filed within three (3) months from the filing of the Certificate of Service of Notice of Probate of Will pursuant to Section 2107.19 of the Ohio Revised Code. Executor: Peggy Lynn Drake 19345 Antago Street Livonia, MI 48152 Attorney for Estate: MAXWELL A TRUBIANO ESQ 1300 East Ninth St., 20th Floor Cleveland, OH 44114 2831430/August 4, 10 and 17, 2026