"The minimum age of eligibility to collect benefits on the record of a living former spouse is 62. Ex-spouse benefits are based on your former mate's primary insurance amount — the monthly benefit he or she is entitled to at full retirement age. You must have been married for at least 10 years. Divorced-spouse benefits range from 32.5 percent to 50 percent of your ex's benefit, depending on your age when you file.
Keep in mind If you marry a third time, you might not qualify for either type of benefit. You cannot collect divorced-spouse benefits if your ex is still alive and you remarry, except under very limited circumstances. For survivor benefits, you lose eligibility if you remarry before age 60 — 50 if you are disabled — but the government has no problem if you get hitched past that age. If your own retirement benefit is bigger than what you'd get on any former spouse's record, that's what you'll get. Social Security does not add multiple benefits together — it will only pay you the highest one each month."
Note...it did not mention deceased exs.
Best thing is to go to a SS office and talk to a rep.
Was he a veteran? There may be benefits. Others on this forum will know...
Social Security:
"A surviving spouse, surviving divorced spouse, unmarried child, or dependent parent may be eligible for social security monthly survivor benefits based on the deceased worker's earnings. "
You need to have been married at least 10 years and have proof of marriage and divorce. You need to be 60 yrs old, and you SS benefit cannot be equal to or greater than his. You collected only his, not both.
Unless you were named as a beneficiary on his bank or investment accounts, or an inheritor in his Will, I don't know what else there'd be.
"The minimum age of eligibility to collect benefits on the record of a living former spouse is 62. Ex-spouse benefits are based on your former mate's primary insurance amount — the monthly benefit he or she is entitled to at full retirement age. You must have been married for at least 10 years. Divorced-spouse benefits range from 32.5 percent to 50 percent of your ex's benefit, depending on your age when you file.
Keep in mind
If you marry a third time, you might not qualify for either type of benefit. You cannot collect divorced-spouse benefits if your ex is still alive and you remarry, except under very limited circumstances. For survivor benefits, you lose eligibility if you remarry before age 60 — 50 if you are disabled — but the government has no problem if you get hitched past that age.
If your own retirement benefit is bigger than what you'd get on any former spouse's record, that's what you'll get. Social Security does not add multiple benefits together — it will only pay you the highest one each month."
Note...it did not mention deceased exs.
Best thing is to go to a SS office and talk to a rep.
A good question to check on with an elder law attorney who has all the particulars in your case.
Social Security:
"A surviving spouse, surviving divorced spouse, unmarried child, or dependent parent may be eligible for social security monthly survivor benefits based on the deceased worker's earnings. "
https://faq.ssa.gov/en-us/Topic/article/KA-02083#:~:text=A%20surviving%20spouse%2C%20surviving%20divorced,if%20they%20meet%20certain%20requirements.
You need to have been married at least 10 years and have proof of marriage and divorce. You need to be 60 yrs old, and you SS benefit cannot be equal to or greater than his. You collected only his, not both.
Unless you were named as a beneficiary on his bank or investment accounts, or an inheritor in his Will, I don't know what else there'd be.