a wife can claim on her husbands even if she hasn't worked. My grandmother never worked in her life but at 65 she drew SS on my grandfathers, and he was still alive and drawing his SS. Helen in Idaho ---- DIJEN153@aol.com wrote: > A person must have paid into social security before they can file for it > when they reach 62 yrs old. > > > ==== IL-OBITS Mailing List ==== > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~obitl/volil.html > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >