Good morning! I hope you caught up on your sleep last night as did I.

1. Thank you for your efforts on behalf of Marion which I believe to be
valuable beyond description. "Bist Du bei mir, geh ich mit Freuden zum
Sterben und zu meiner Ruh ..."

2. Thank you for correcting the family biography which I proposed. Your
account is surely much more correct than mine. In the end: "Das was geschieht
hat einen solchen Vorsprung vor unserm Meinen, dass wir's nie einhol'n und 
nie erfahren wie es wirklich aussah.

3. An important potential problem which I deliberately neglected to mention
because I wanted to keep things simple, and which I planned to ignore:
Virginia law does not permit "foreign", i.e. out of state trustees, 
unless they are supported by co-trustees who are residents of the state. 
Massachusetts does not impose this restriction. I don't know about Minnesota law. 
Obviously a Minnesota prohibition of "foreign" sole trustees would have precluded 
"Klemens B. Meyer, 178 School Street, Belmont MA," as being named "sole trustee" 
in a properly drawn Minnesota trust. Nonetheless you should prepare your mind for 
the possibility that the lawyer, Mr. Steven C. Algren will try to foist himself 
on you as co-trustee, or require that Judy be so engaged, or at minimum assert 
his legal authority as spokesman for the Minnesota Supreme Court to declare your 
assumption of sole trusteeship "illegal". (I've found out that there ain't no law 
in MA, and I'll bet my bottom dollar than MN ain't no legal paradise either.) 

You should anticipate you options:

a) you can submit to Mr. Algren's authority and pay dearly to become his
servant.
b) you can reward Judy for her loyalty, accept her as co-trustee.
c) you can back out, and say that you would not violate the trust which
explicitly names you as sole trustee.
d) you can stall, and say you need to talk further in private with Marion,
or
e) you can insist that Marion must be the co-trustee, which takes us back
to where we started. (This is, I believe, legally and psychologically the
most constructive. The Shakespearean Sonnet would stigmatize Marions
co-trusteeship as her ticket to immortality. But it's to soon to go there.)

I would avoid discussing hypothetical probate with Mr. Algren,  certainly
not in Marion's presence. If he's done his job, probate shouldn't be necessary. 
If probate becomes necessary, you can discuss it with him later.

Mr. Algren is a notary public. And if he wants to earn his legal fee,
he should notarize both Marion's and your signatures to the sole trusteeship
transfer.  

I would get the name, telephone number, address and e-mail address of the
building superintendent or manager with whom you should, if necessary, 
communicate about Marions apartment.

If it appears seemly, I would get copies of keys to Marion's apartment
and to her car.

I'm going to get some breakfast now and I thank you for your patience with me.