 TITLE: Checklist: What to Do When a Loved One Dies CONTENT: Contact the Necessary Sources\n-----------------------------\nWhen you contact the following parties to inform them of your loved one's passing, they may require you to provide a certified copy of their death certificate.\n*   Contact the Social Security Administration (SSA) to report your family member's death (you can also ask the funeral home to do this) and get information about survivor benefits.\n*   If your loved one was a military veteran, contact the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to report their death, apply for burial or mortuary benefits, and learn about survivor benefits.\n*   If your family member was receiving a pension, contact the pension provider to report their death and learn about survivor benefits or final pension payments.\n*   If your loved one was employed, contact their employer to find out about final wages or other payments, any job-provided life insurance, and what happens to survivors' health insurance coverage.\n*   Contact any credit card companies that your family member had accounts with to report their death. Either cancel the credit cards or transfer joint accounts into the surviving account holder's name.\n*   If your loved one had an outstanding mortgage, contact the loan servicer to report their death and find out what you need to do to assume or pay off the mortgage.\n*   Contact banks or financial institutions where your loved one had accounts to report their death and close their accounts or change the name in which accounts are held.\n*   Contact the three major credit bureaus (Experian, TransUnion and Equifax) to get copies of your family member's credit report. This will give you a list of any credit accounts that have outstanding balances and may need to be paid.\n*   Contact your state's motor vehicles department to report your family member's death and cancel their driver's license.\n*   Cancel services and subscriptions your family member had (such as cable, magazines\/newspapers, cellphone, internet and memberships).\n*   Contact any service providers (such as a gardener or cleaning service) to let them know what happened and cancel service or transfer it into your name.\n*   Cancel your loved one's social media accounts or turn their account into a memorial.\n*   Contact email providers to close your family member's email accounts. END