Every person entitled to request a correction, must complete an Affidavit and Certificate of Correction Request (see FORMS in the right-hand column). "Letters of Office" is not really a letter.A date of death value letter provides account balance information on the date the account owner passed away. A Social Security payment due a deceased beneficiary may be paid to a family member or a legal representative of the estate in the following order. Letters testamentary show the name of the deceased and the date of death, the names of the executor and the judge or clerk, and the date letters were posted. The date and place of the decedent's death;. 3. Cancel benefits payments and close or transfer accounts. Government agencies and programs to notify of a death. Print your name and your spouse's name on the appropriate lines. Write "deceased" and the date of death above your spouse's name.