A widow can draw social security after the death of a spouse. In addition to the $255.00 lump sum seath benefit; a widow who is already drawing social security can continue to draw the benefit. A widowed person who is receiving social security can also elect to forfeit their monthly payment and receive the amount the decedent had been drawing. Widows who are not yet of the required age to draw
. social security, but are at least fifty-nine years old can draw a "widow's pension". The "widow's pension" is a percentage of the decedents social security benefit. The percentage increases yearly until the widow reaches the age to draw full social security benefits.
