Social Security
Benefits
Social Security pays a one-time payment
of $255.00 to a surviving spouse or dependent child.
When a person who is receiving
Social Security benefits dies, no benefit is payable for the month of
death.
Family members may be
eligible for Social Security survivors'
benefits when a
retired worker dies.
Social Security (24 hrs. a
day):
1-800-772-1213
Local: 735-6811 Social Security Survivor
Benefits Webpage |
Veteran's
Benefits
Veteran's Benefits Include:
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$300 burial expense allowance
(if qualified)
$300 plot or interment
allowance
(if qualified)
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VA will pay a burial
allowance up to $1500
if the veteran's death is service connected. For
specifics, call the Veteran's Administration office.
Department of Veteran's
Affairs:
1-800-827-1000
Local: 731-1490 Veteran's Benefits Webpage |
