Widowhood Wednesday - 10/15/14

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DISCLAIMER -
This is NOT intended to be professional advice of ANY sort!!
Please talk to your attorney and accountant about your affairs -
Your situation is unique to YOU!!
This is simply some of what I did - and it may or may not be -
What you want/need to do when the time comes - ;))
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That first Friday -

I made two more BUSINESS calls - ;))

My husband got a pension from his former employer -

And I had a copy of one of his checks in the binder -

Thinking that was all I needed -

BUT -

Nowhere on the check was a PHONE NUMBER to call -

So I had to look that up -

And figure out exactly whom I needed to inform of his death - ;))

Also -

Our Medical and Dental Insurance Premiums -

Though his former employer -

Were deducted from his pension check -

And my premium changed from “Family” coverage to “Surviving Spouse” -

So I had to contact his former employer’s HR department -

To inform them and arrange for the payment of the new premiums - ;))



PLEASE REMEMBER -
This is simply some of what I did -
And it may or may not be what you want or need to do -
When the time comes - ;))



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HOMEWORK -

Make a list of CURRENT/FORMER EMPLOYER contacts to notify -

PENSION people - if your husband gets a pension check -
Make a copy of the check -
AND -
Get the name and phone number of the person you need to notify in the event of his death -

HUMAN RESOURCES DEPT -
If Medical/Dental insurance is deducted from the pension check -
Get the name and phone number of the person you need to notify in the event of his death -

These people can also spread the word around the “office” -
And save you some phone calls and emails - ;))