NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Kathleen Marie Lacher, a/k/a Kathleen M. Lacher, deceased, late of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms, and corporations having claims against said estate to present them, duly verified, to the undersigned at 344 West John Street, Matthews, NC 28105, on or before July 8, 2026, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate settlement with the undersigned. This the 8th day of April, 2026. Kimberly A. Gossage, Administrator of the Estate of Kathleen Marie Lacher, a/k/a Kathleen M. Lacher, Mecklenburg County File No. 26E000760-590, c/o Garrity & Gossage, LLP, 344 West John Street, Matthews, NC 28105. IPL0329060 Apr 8,15,22,29 2026