On 06-06-2011 17:21, D. Stussy wrote: > "Gerry"<everyday@sunrise.net> wrote in message > news:everyday-B63E89.14155806062011@news.eternal-september.org... >> In article<isjcuf$82t$1@snarked.org>, >> "D. Stussy"<spam+newsgroups@bde-arc.ampr.org> wrote: >>> "Wes Groleau"<Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> wrote in message >>> news:isif9d$nnn$2@dont-email.me... >>>> On 06-06-2011 07:37, Gene Y. wrote: >>>>> On 6/5/2011 11:15 PM, sharonf wrote: >>>>>> Why would someone who had a social security number and is now > deceased >>>>>> not show up anywhere in the SS death index? >>>>> >>>>> If he never drew a SS benefit and no one reported his death to the > SS >>>>> offices, he would not show up. >>>> >>>> If he did draw a benefit, and SSA did not learn of the death, >>>> he would not show up. >>> >>> That doesn't make sense - as that would imply that his benefit > continues >>> today, and that's a felony. >> >> And you don't think this happens? > > Not anymore as all county coroners now report deaths to SSA (or their > electronic systems that issue death certificates do that for them). Was that the case when this guy died in 1992? Can the county coroner force a paranoid widow to reveal the SSN ? -- Wes Groleau There are two types of people in the world … http://Ideas.Lang-Learn.us/barrett?itemid=1157

"Wes Groleau" <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> wrote in message news:isk8bc$qic$1@dont-email.me... > On 06-06-2011 17:21, D. Stussy wrote: > > "Gerry"<everyday@sunrise.net> wrote in message > > news:everyday-B63E89.14155806062011@news.eternal-september.org... > >> In article<isjcuf$82t$1@snarked.org>, > >> "D. Stussy"<spam+newsgroups@bde-arc.ampr.org> wrote: > >>> "Wes Groleau"<Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> wrote in message > >>> news:isif9d$nnn$2@dont-email.me... > >>>> On 06-06-2011 07:37, Gene Y. wrote: > >>>>> On 6/5/2011 11:15 PM, sharonf wrote: > >>>>>> Why would someone who had a social security number and is now > > deceased > >>>>>> not show up anywhere in the SS death index? > >>>>> > >>>>> If he never drew a SS benefit and no one reported his death to the > > SS > >>>>> offices, he would not show up. > >>>> > >>>> If he did draw a benefit, and SSA did not learn of the death, > >>>> he would not show up. > >>> > >>> That doesn't make sense - as that would imply that his benefit > > continues > >>> today, and that's a felony. > >> > >> And you don't think this happens? > > > > Not anymore as all county coroners now report deaths to SSA (or their > > electronic systems that issue death certificates do that for them). > > Was that the case when this guy died in 1992? > > Can the county coroner force a paranoid widow to reveal the SSN ? All I can say is this: 1) There's a space for it on death certificates. 2) If she ever filed a tax return, she has the number. Even married-separate returns required identifying the spouse's SSN.