Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-25
SECURITY FOR YOU
Government
EmpIoyesGet
Insurance
BY Ray HENRY
Associated Press stan Writer


Most widows and children OF
men who die while working for
the Federal Government are
entitled to monthly survivor
payments.
This is one of the provisions
of the Federal Civil Service
Retirement program to which
most Government workers con-
tribute 61a per cent of their
pay each month.
Besides making the contribu-
lions, there's only one other
basic requirement q Govern
ment employee must have met
for his widow and children to
collect the monthly payments
He must have worked for the
Federal Government at least
five years.
There are. however, other re-
QuirementS which the survivors
must show they meet before
collecting the payments.
Amount Varies
For q widow to collect, she
must have been married to her
husband for at least two years
Immediately before he died or
be the mother Of Q child born
Of the marriage. .l
For a child to be eligible, he
must be unmarried and under
10. A child over 10 may also
be eligible if he can't work due
to a disability which began
before he reached 10. In addi-
ton, if the deceased worker is
survived by a widow, the child
must have received more than
one-half his support from his
father.
The size Of the monthly pay
mentS varies depending on what
type Of survivor is collecting
them and other factors.
A widow will receive one-half
Of the size of the retirement
payments her husband would
have received had he lived to
collect them. There will, how
ever, be no reduction in the
size Of the payments because
the deceased worker died be-
fore he reached the normal re-
tirement age of so.
Payments Explained
If a widow survives, an eligible
child will receive per year the
least Of:
/. Forty per cent of the de-
ceased workers average yearly
salary for the five consecutive
years Of employment in which
he earned his highest pay. Of
more than one child survives,
this amount will be divided by
the number Of eligible children.)
2. Or, $500 a year.
3. Or, $1,000 q year divided
by the number Of surviving
children.
II only children survive, a
child will receive per year the
least Of:
/. Fifty per cent of the de-
ceased workers average yearly
salary for the i've consecutive
years Of employment in which
he earned his highest pay. Qf
more than one child survives,
this amount will be divided
by the number Of eligible
children.)
2. Or, S720 q year. !
3. Or, S2,l60 q year divided
by the number of surviving
children.
Payments to a widow or a
child start on the first day of
the month following the Fed
eral workers death.
A widow will continue to
receive the monthly payments
until she remarries or dies.
A child will continue to col
lect the payments until he
marries, dies or reaches I8
Payments to a disabled child
over Is will stop when he mar
ries, dies or becomes capable
OF self-support.
Adopted children and step
children are entitled to collect
Civil Service Retirement pay
ments except that. in all cases,
stepchildren must have re-
ceived more than half their
support from their stepfather
and have been living with their
stepfather when he died.
you MAY tDrite Ray Henry
In care Of The Star about your
DUN social security or retire
meRt problem. Please enclose a
stamped, self-dddressed enve-
l0pe and rs cents In eoiR.J