The Social Security death benefit, if I recall correctly, is only two or three hundred dollars.
Of immensely more help would be his being a veteran.
Which if available would contribute to whatever it will cost to get him packaged in an urn...
No he wasn't a vet, so no help there. Looks like Mrs. NoC is attempting to figure out how to get him cremated. Someone suggested a 'Go Fund Me' thingie... The family does have a burial plot back in Ohio but that doesn't help the immediate issue of NYC wanting to dispose of a corpse.
He is not the only one of Mrs. NoC's siblings that disappeared. She has an older Sister who we haven't heard from for close to 10 years. Last we heard she was moving and whatever phone number she used to have is no longer valid. We of course have the same phone number for the past 20 years so lack of contact by her Sibs is their decision...
Makes it tough when you suddenly end up needing to inform the rest that their Brother is dead and by the way, can you chip in some moneys to bury him...