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by AMAC Certified Social Security Advisor Russell Gloor Association of Mature American Citizens Ask Rusty - Younger widow asks about collecting benefits Dear Rusty: My husband died several years ago in 2019. It is my understanding that I should be receiving some portion of his Social Security payments. However, when I called to notify Social Security that he passed, they told me not to touch his last check because it would be taken back. I was 8 years younger than my husband, so I am still only 58. I also have always made more income than he did. How do I find out if there is some sort of residual that I should still be receiving? Signed: Widowed Wife

Among the favorite Scripture verses that many of us have is 1 Peter 2:24 that says “He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds YOU have been healed.”

by AMAC Certified Social Security Advisor Russell Gloor Association of Mature American Citizens Ask Rusty - Surviving spouse benefits explained