MY 62 year old FIL has cancer and will likely pass away within several months. The local social security office encouraged him to apply for early benefits because disability would take longer to start (or, this is what I am told by my MIL). He followed their advice and filed for retirement benefits. He has yet to receive any SS payments.

I retired in 2003 at age 61 due to complications from Lupus. I applied for Social Security benefits with disability which was approved. My husband died in 2000 at age 59. I just learned of widow’s benefits. Would I be eligible for that?

Hi,

My husband passed in 2008 and had just been approved for disability. He never collected a check because he passed too soon. I will be 58 this year and still working full time. I plan to retire soon and wanted to know how much of his disability I will collect and when can I start collecting?

Hi,

I'm sorry for your loss.

My girlfriend is 59 and widowed and no children. She has met a wonderful man and wants to remarry. Her mother,in her 80's, keeps telling her if she remarries she will loose money, and be unable to collect her deceased spouse's social security. I know that she probably has put in more money into SS than her deceased husband. We have tried to look online to answer this question, but it is confusing. What is the deal with collecting deceased SS?

Hi,

my husband died in 1991 age 51 he was making from 12000 a year in the 70's 24000 in the 80's and then 16800 for 4 years til his death i took early retirement so what social security should i be getting i cannot figure what all the complicated numbers mean to calculate it and iam not sure they are calculating it correctly.

Hi,

I'm sorry for your loss.

I have been a widow for about a year now. I was born in 1958 am 60 now married over 41 yr. My husband lived like an was a dope feen. He was also on a medical retirement from Fords an recieving s.s which they told me i could not have because of my age at the time i filed an because i was not living with him at the time he died we never I divorced an i was never allowef to work so there is no s.s. for me from myself. When can i start to collect the $ owed to me, an is there $ owed to me. He always worked hard so i wouldnt have to struggle he said but s.s.

I am currently a 50 year old widow, and my husband passed away at 56 (last year). He recieved disablility confiration right before he passed away from cancer, so we never collected any money. We have always been a two income family (with me earning slightly more than my husband the last several years). Our child is 25 and lives at home while going to school full time for a master's degree.

I started collecting SS at 62 because we had high school aged children which basically doubled my benefit. I am now 72 and my monthly benefit is about $2000. My wife, who worked until we had children, will be 62 in January and is eligible for a monthly benefit of about $850, which would increase to about $1,100 if she waits until she is 66.5. Our intention is for her to start taking her $850 a month in January when she turns 62.

How do I find out if SS calculated my survivor benefits correctly? My husband died in 2013. He was subject to the Windfall Elimination Provision. He contributed to SS for 29 years prior to working as a university professor for 10 years in NV. It is my understanding that his social security was reduced by 10% as a result of the WEP.

I’m am 61 in March. I have been on disability for 10 years or more? My husband pass August 2017. He was still working when he passed. Am I elgable to receive benefits from him along with my disabilities check?Things r hard!

Hi,

I'm sorry for your loss.