Life Events and Survivor Resources

Are Your Affairs in Order and Notifications of Deaths

Be Prepared (Be Prepared for Life’s Events guide. This can be downloaded, and it is fillable before printing.) This is handy for any age group since we do not know what will happen each day in our lives.

The following information was created to assist NARFE Members and their family members prior to a member passing and following the passing of a member.

OPM Annuitant Death (This has a guide to activate an OPM On-Line Account).

Related notification forms can be found on the OPM Publication Forms section of the OPM website.

Among the forms, brochures or booklets you will want to check the following:

Federal Employees’ Group Life Insurance (FEGLI) Program Handbook
FEGLI PROGRAM BOOKLET FOR POSTAL EMPLOYEES
Application for Death Benefits Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) SF 2800
Application for Death Benefits Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) SF 3104
Documentation and Elections in Support of Application for Death Benefits when Deceased was a Employee at the Time of Death (FERS) SF 3104B.

Items regarding you or your loved one’s federal benefits when the unthinkable, but inevitable, happens.
Reporting Death of Annuitant (Tammy Flanagan’s article on Reporting an Annuitant’s Death)
Survivors of Fed Annuitants