Bowers v. State Employes' Retirement Board

Opinion by

Judge Mencer,

Olivette S. Bowers (claimant) has brought this appeal from an adjudication of the State Employes ’ Re tirement Board (Board). The Board held that the claimant, whose husband at the time of his death was a member of the State retirement system, had properly received benefits totaling $21,209.94 but was not entitled to an additional $10,890 payable to widows of Class A members of the retirement system. We agree.

Clarence Bowers died on August 14, 1964, after working for the Liquor Control Board and making retirement contributions for over 30 years. Several months before…