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Home→Agencies→Public Pensions→Oklahoma→When someone dies

State Public Pensions in Oklahoma: when someone dies

A 4-step process for Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS) and Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma (TRS) after a death in Oklahoma.

OverviewWhen someone dies

Public Pensions

Oklahoma

opers.ok.gov→

Administering agency

Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS) and Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma (TRS)

Phone800-733-9008
WebsiteVisit website →
Verified May 2026

Steps to take

  1. Identify whether the deceased was a member of OPERS or TRS.
  2. Report the death to the system with the member's name, Social Security number, and date of death so pension payments stop.
  3. Confirm the beneficiary designation on file and ask what survivor or death benefit is payable.
  4. File the survivor or death-benefit claim with the documents the system requires, including a death certificate.

Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS) and Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma (TRS)

Phone: 800-733-9008

Visit the agency website →

Frequently asked questions

Contact the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System at 800-733-9008 for state and local government employees, or the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma at 405-521-2387 for public educators. Each system handles survivor and death-benefit claims for its members.

OPERS may pay a $5,000 death benefit to a primary beneficiary (not a joint annuitant), along with any continuing benefit under the retirement option the retiree elected and any excess of accumulated contributions over benefits already paid.

For a vested or retirement-eligible OPERS member, a surviving spouse may receive Option B survivor benefits. If no survivor benefit applies, beneficiaries receive a one-time lump sum equal to the member's accumulated contributions.

Public Pensions

Oklahoma

opers.ok.gov→

Administering agency

Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS) and Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma (TRS)

Phone800-733-9008
WebsiteVisit website →
Verified May 2026