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Two Elyria residents among select social security beneficiaries
Miss Bertha Lillian Godfrey of Elyria and Mrs Maude Billings of Elyria Lorain County are among 1 961 first month Social Security recipients still living in the United States. Godfrey, born 1874, retired Dec 1939 and now receives 8 monthly checks plus 28 66 from her own earnings. Billings, born 1875, began benefits January 1940 and also collects payments based on her late husband's record totaling about 82 percent of his would-have-been benefit.
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Ray C. Kepner
Lorain County
United States
Ohio
Bertha Lillian Godfrey
Elyria Methodist Home
West Ave
Miss Godfrey
Methodist
Jan Farmer
Ash-Jan
Columbus Land
Mills Columbus Restaurant Co
Columbus
Scheck
Maude Billings
Harrison St
Billings
Taylor Funeral Home
Elyria
Loram County
Chestnut Ridge Rd
Root Rd
McNelly
Mrs Billings
Connecticut Land Co of
New York
Buillings