Marron v. PA. ST. EMP. RET. BD.

Opinion by

Judge MacPhail,

Mrs. Marrón (Claimant) appeals from an adjudication of the State Employees’ Retirement Board (Board) which denied her request to void her late husband’s election to receive disability retirement benefits under Option 2 and permit Claimant to elect a lump-sum death benefit. We affirm.

From the record, we ascertain the following background of this case. Mr. Marrón (Decedent) was employed by the Department of Revenue on January 10, 1972. He developed heart disease in 1976, an ulcer a few years later, and kidney disease in 1983. His last days of work occurred in January…