# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S1274
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FINANCIAL MATTERS

II. WIDOW’S BENEFITS
Committee 12 proposed, and Synod resolved:.

Resolution 2

Wuereas, A widow of a Pension Fund member who dies before
reaching the age of 65 years is eligible to receive only the earned
annuity on her husband’s accumulation; and

Wuereas, This accumulation is small because the Fund has
been in operation approximately twelve years; and

Wuenreas, To receive a larger benefit than the actual earned
annuity, the widow must also make annual formal application for
support in addition to the earned annuity; and

Wuereas, This pension and support in most cases is approxi-
mately $30.00 a month; therefore be it

Resolved, That Synod provide such widows with the following
Special Widow’s Benefit, or Pension:

A widow whose husband passed away prior to age 65 shall
be granted a free subsidy from Synod’s treasury during the period
of her widowhood to increase her earned pension annuity to such
an amount as may from time to time be determined by Synod.

This Widow’s Pension shall be in the sum of $360 a year.
Deductions in this Widow’s Annuity, or Pension, shall be made
in the same manner now obtaining with regard to the Old Age
Benefit, as set forth in 10.47b (2).

We also recommend that this Widow’s Annuity be made effec-
tive as of February 1, 1951, in favor of all widows of Pension Fund
members who have passed away since the inauguration of the
Pension Fund, subject, of course, to such regulations as already
obtain with regard to the Widow’s Old Age Benefit. To explain,
permit us to say that a widow who has married again is not
eligible to receive this proposed Widow’s Pension.

This Widow’s Benefit shall become effective as of Febru-
ary 1, 1951.

This resolution also covers Overtures 820-2, 822, 828, 829-1.

III. CHANGES IN “HANDBOOK” RE DISABILITY BENEFITS

Pursuant to the recommendations of Committee 12, the fol-
lowing changes in the Handbook were made:

Resolution 12

Wuereas, It is necessary to provide funds for the Special Dis-
ability Benefit (10.47c) and Special Widow’s Benefit (10.47 d);
therefore be it

Resolved, That synodical Handbook Article 10.47 d be amended