Ferenz v. Hobby

SORG, District Judge.

This is an appeal from final administrative decision of the Social Security Administration denying the claimant, Caroline B. Ferenz, widow’s insurance benefits and a lump sum death payment, based on the wage record of Joseph Ferenz, deceased husband of the claimant, under the provisions of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C.A. § 402.

The denial is based solely on the conclusion of the learned Referee of the Social Security Administration, after hearing, that the claimant, widow of the deceased wage earner, was not living with him at the time of his death within the meaning…