In the Matter of the Estate of LAUREL DIANE VAN RUITENBEEK, Deceased. Case No. PB-2026-33
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Publication Date(s):
Oct 1, 2026
Oct 8, 2026
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF DEWEY COUNTY
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
AMENDED COMBINED NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE OF HEARING SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE, DETERMINATION OF HEIRSHIP, DISTRIBUTION & DISCHARGE
You are hereby notified that on the 21st day of September, 2026, Petitioner, Arnold John Van Ruitenbeek, filed in the District Court of Dewey County a Petition for Summary Administration. Petitioner has alleged that Laurel Diane Van Ruitenbeek died testate on May 29, 2025 in Collin County, State of Texas, at the age of 68, and that the total estimated value of the Decedent’s property in Oklahoma is less than $200,000. The names and addresses of the administrators, executors, non-petitioning co-nominees, heirs, legatees and devisees of Laurel Diane Van Ruitenbeek, deceased, so far as known to the Petitioner, are as follows:
Arnold John Van Ruitenbeek
4504 Reunion Drive
Plano, TX 75024
Elizabeth Anne LeMay
917 SE 56th Ave
Hillsboro, OR 97123
Benjamin David Van Ruitenbeek
6510 Lionheart Park
San Antonio, TX 78240
Timothy Ryan Van Ruitenbeek
2611 Geraghty Ave
Austin, TX 78757
Philip Michael Van Ruitenbeek
3602 Graz Dr
College Station, TX 77845
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the 16th day of November, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. in the courtroom of the undersigned Judge in the Dewey County Courthouse in Taloga, Oklahoma has been set for the hearing on the Petition, the final accounting, and the determination of heirs, devisees and legatees, and distribution. All persons interested in said estate are hereby advised that you must file objections to the Petition prior to the hearing and send a copy to the undersigned attorney or you will be deemed to have waived any objections. If an objection is filed prior to the hearing, the Court will determine at the hearing whether summary proceedings are appropriate, and, if so, whether the will on file herein shall be admitted to probate, whether the estate will be distributed and to whom to the estate will be distributed.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all creditors having claims against the Decedent are required to present the same with a description of all security interests and other collateral (if any) held by each creditor with respect to such claim, to the Petitioner’s attorney, King Legal, PLLC, Post Office Box 324, Weatherford, Oklahoma 73096, on or before the following presentment date: October 31, 2026 or the same will be forever barred.
Dated this 28th day of September, 2026.
/s/ Celo J. Harrel
JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT COURT
Carissa C. King, OBA #30613
King Legal, PLLC
118 W. Main St.
Post Office Box 324
Weatherford, Oklahoma 73096
Telephone: (580) 302-5282
Attorney for Special Administrator