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DEATH AFTER RETIRFMEN' Upon death after retirement, the System will pay $500 in a lump sum to the bene- ficiary designated by the member. If the employee chooses to retire; on the "unmodified" allowance, this $500 will be the only benefit paid. ONE-HALF CONTINUANCE One-half continuance (optional to contracting agencies) provides that upon the death of a local safety member after retirement for service or disability, one- half his retirement allowance shall be continued to his surviving wife (provided she was married to him at least one year prior to his retirement) throughout her life or until her remarriage. Should there be children under the age 18, but no surviving wife (or the surviving wife has died or remarried) then one-half his retirement allowance shall be continued to said children while they are unmarried and under the age of 18 years. Should there be no surviving wife and no surviving children oder the age of 18 years, then a surviving parent or parents dependent upon him for support may collectively receive one-half of his retirement allowance throughout their lives. This benefit is essentially the same benefit that is provided retired employees under service retirement Option 3. The main difference is that under Option 3 the retired member pays the cost of providing this protection to his widow by accepting a lower retirement allowance during his lifetime, whereas, under the one-half continuance benefits of Section 21264, the retired member®s widow would be given this protection at the cost of the employing agency. How to Retire An Application for Retirement, PERS-BEN-369, (available from your employer) should be submitted to the Public Employees' Retirement System, P. 0. Box 1953, Sacramento, about 90 days in advance of the intended retirement. If quotations under optional retirement benefits are desired, the name, birth date, and sex of person intended as beneficiary must be shown on the application. The Retire- ment System -will advise you of the allowance payable and will furnish such forms and instructions as may be necessary for your retirement. When all documents have been properly completed and returned to the Retirement System, your name will be added to the retirement rolls for issuance of allowance payments at the end of each month. Retirement cannot be earlier than the first of the month in which your application is received in this office. !-low to File Claim for Death Benefit Notice of the death of the member will come to the Retirement System from the employer, or may come in a letter from relatives of the deceased member. The Retirement System will furnish an affidavit for the beneficiary to sign and will request a certified copy of the death certificate be furnished together with a newspaper clipping announcing the death. After the above documents are received, and are accepted as meeting legal requirements, a warrant in payment will be mailed to the beneficiary.