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

[Sue Steward]

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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