"Sherry" wrote in message
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"jmcquown" wrote in message
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Not refused. Simply that it's made extremely difficult. I'd forgotten
about the first 100 days thing.

I don't know what the SSA is thinking calling that a funeral expense
"benefit". Even though my father was buried at the National Cemetery
with full military honors so neither he nor my mother had to pay for the
plot or the bronze plaques. But she still had to pay for the cremation,
the urn, and the services of the funeral director. $255 is a "benefit"?
It's a joke.

Sorry, not trying to be moribund. On August 3rd my father would have
been 86. It made me reflect on a few things.

Jill

My dad passed away Aug. 20, so I've also been reflecting on a few things.
My
dad was relatively healthy, and had bad complications from what was
supposed
to be a simple endograph aorta repair surgery. I always feel guilty that
we didn't
do more, but he *wanted* to go to nursing care. I know it's because he
didn't
want to be a burden on us.

Sherry

It seems to me that when we lose a loved one, we always find some reason to
feel guilty. Maybe the real reason is simply that we feel guilty about
being alive when the loved one isn't, but we have to rationalize it.

I'm sorry for your loss.

Joy