{"id":1641,"date":"2025-12-23T15:51:59","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T15:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/?page_id=1641"},"modified":"2025-12-23T16:28:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T16:28:41","slug":"life-events-and-survivor-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/resources\/documents\/life-events-and-survivor-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Life Events and Survivor Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>Are Your Affairs in Order and Notifications of Deaths<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/federal-benefits-institute\/be-prepared-for-lifes-events\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Be Prepared<\/strong> <\/a>(Be Prepared for Life\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/10\/Report-of-Death-Affairs-in-Order.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>OPM Annuitant Death<\/strong><\/a> (This has a guide to activate an OPM On-Line Account).<\/p>\n<p>Related notification forms can be found on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opm.gov\/retirement-center\/publications-forms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>OPM Publication Forms<\/strong><\/a> section of the OPM website.<\/p>\n<p>Among the forms, brochures or booklets you will want to check the following:<\/p>\n<p>Federal Employees\u2019 Group Life Insurance (FEGLI) Program Handbook<br>\nFEGLI PROGRAM BOOKLET FOR POSTAL EMPLOYEES<br>\nApplication for Death Benefits Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) SF 2800<br>\nApplication for Death Benefits Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) SF 3104<br>\nDocumentation and Elections in Support of Application for Death Benefits when Deceased was a Employee at the Time of Death (FERS) SF 3104B.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Items regarding you or your loved one\u2019s federal benefits when the unthinkable, but inevitable, happens.<\/strong><br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/12\/2023-06-Reporting-Death-of-Annuitant-0289.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Reporting Death of Annuitant<\/strong><\/a> (Tammy Flanagan\u2019s article on Reporting an Annuitant\u2019s Death)<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/12\/2023-06-Survivor-of-FED-Annuitant-0289.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Survivors of Fed Annuitants<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Resources for Preparing for Life Events and those Needed for Your Survivors<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1645,"parent":225,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"kp-content-permissions":[],"class_list":["post-1641","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1641"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1647,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1641\/revisions\/1647"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/225"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kp-content-permissions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kp-content-permissions?post=1641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}