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pacnw
She was 69 years, 11 months old.
She initiated the lump sum payout on 12/10/19.
She passed on 12/13/19.
They referenced this, on one of the forms submitted:
"- If I die before January 1,2019, this election will be revoked and my surviving spouse will receive a survivor benefit."
A request for details got the additional info:
"... As noted in the SPD, the Associate benefit is payable to a surviving spouse upon death before payment start. Specifically, the SPD indicates that No survivor benefits are payable if you are unmarried... at the time of your death."
The last piece of information was not available to us. We had just found out about this pension a year prior.