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married Irene Delores Seymour (Mrs. Strangi), who had two
daughters, Angela and Lynda Seymour (collectively the Seymour
daughters), from a previous marriage. In 1985, Rosalie
(hereinafter Mrs. Gulig) married Michael J. Gulig (Mr. Gulig), an
attorney with the law firm of Sheehy, Lovelace and Mayfield,
P.C., in Waco, Texas. On February 19, 1987, decedent and
Mrs. Strangi executed wills that named the Strangi children and
the Seymour daughters as residual beneficiaries in the event that
either spouse predeceased the other.
During 1987 and 1988, Mrs. Strangi suffered a series of
serious medical problems. In 1988, decedent and Mrs. Strangi
decided to move from their then home in Fort Walton Beach,
Florida, to Waco, Texas. To facilitate this move, decedent on
July 19, 1988, executed a power of attorney naming Mr. Gulig as
his attorney in fact and thereby authorizing Mr. Gulig, in
decedent’s “name, place and stead”:
To exercise, do, or perform any act, right, power,
duty, or obligation whatsoever that I now have or may
acquire * * * relating to any person, item, thing,
transaction, business property, real or personal,
tangible or intangible, or matter whatsoever;
* * * * * * *
To lease, purchase, exchange and acquire, and to
bargain, contract, and agree for the lease, purchase,
exchange, and acquisition of, and to take, receive and
possess any real or personal property whatsoever,
tangible or intangible, or interest therein, on such
terms and conditions, and under such covenants as the
attorney in fact shall deem proper;
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