Funny, not my experience. My mother died in late April and her SSN checks stopped immediately. Seemed pretty efficient to me!
My Mother died at age 86 1/2 on January 28th, 2020. Her February check was direct deposited on Feb 1, 2020 and then automatically withdrawn from her account on Feb 5th, by the SSA.
I thought they were very efficient. Not sure if they got the information from the Hospice service or the funeral home. But they sure withdrew it promptly.
You silly guys! Somewhere in every government account for a recipient of a government payment or voter status is coding or cross reference checks for independent or republican status.
They’re knocked off all the rolls very efficiently.
The Dims stay on for years and years without lifting a finger.
It’d be a day’s work to collate all dead “independents” with donations to the Dim party to keep them on the “active” lists.
That’s my theory and I’m sticking to it. ;-)