Judge awards estate money to Akron Children's Hospital in Boardman

YOUNGSTOWN — The Mahoning Valley operations of Children’s Hospital Medical Center of Akron in Boardman will become the beneficiary of money three sisters had left in their wills to Tod Children’s Hospital, a judge has ruled.

Mahoning County Probate Judge Mark Belinky made the ruling Monday concerning funds left by Josephine Mary Kikel, Jenny R. Kikel and Angela V. Kikel, all of Boardman.

That estate, now worth about $16 million, was to be divided evenly in annual distributions between Tod and St. Elizabeth Health Center after the Dec. 28, 1998, death of Angela V. Kikel, the last surviving sister.

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