[or-roots] Social Security Death Index. . .

[Glen Jones]

I believe it is required that SSI be notifi ed even if no one files a claim for SSI but 

as I said the Funeral home in Alaska is holding my Half brothers Death certificate 

and not notifing the State or SSDI until the certificate is signed by somebody, 

his wife has since passed  away and his children have no plans on going to Alaska. 

Glen Jones 




----- Original Message -----
From: "Sue Steward" <ssteward at ccountry.net> 
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Sent: Monday, September 24, 2012 1:58:05 PM 
Subject: Re: [or-roots] Social Security Death Index. . . 


I believe that most mortuaries/funeral homes in current times just automatically notify Social Security on any death. 

I had a cousin who died in New Mexico in 1975 at age 33 in a job-related accident.  He was not married so there was no one drawing on his social security but it showed up on SSDI.  Don't know who notified SSA, perhaps the State of New Mexico since it was an occupational accident.  I ordered a copy of his original application, to verify his Mom's name because I wasn't sure which of my cousin's wives was the mother, they blocked out the parent's names for confidentiality because he was young enough that the parents might still be living.  If I could provide proof of death on the parents, they would release the info but I couldn't do that. 

Sue 


On 9/24/2012 1:16 PM, Carolyn Scott wrote: 



There any number of reasons why a deceased person might not be listed on the SSDI - the first logical reason, in my mind, is this:   If the person was not drawing SS when they died, there would be no reason to notify SSA of their death, and therefore would not be listed on the SSDI.    If they were drawing SS, the SSAdmin. would have to be notified of the death to stop the payments, so under normal circumstances the name would then be included on the SSDI.  So, if a person is missing from the SSDI, determine whether they would have, or should have, been drawing SS. 
Carolyn Scott
Auburn, WA mailto:ckscott3132 at comcast.net 



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