FAQ Category: MAR

You can contact Maine Association of Retirees (MAR) at 207-582-1960, or email mar@maineretirees.org or mail 280 Maine Avenue, Farmingdale, Maine 04344 to change demographic information.

Other organizations you may want to contact are:

• Social Security Administration
• Veteran’s Administration
• Maine Department of Motor Vehicle
• Local Town Office
• Maine Public Employees Retirement System
• Credit card companies
• Banks, savings and loan associations, credit unions
• Mortgage companies and Lenders
• Stockbrokers
• Utility companies
• Insurance companies
• Medical Coverage

Yes. Anyone who receives a Maine Public Employee Retirement System (MainePERS) pension may be a member of MAR.  If your spouse was a member of MAR and you receive a MainePERS pension on your own or are a beneficiary of the spouse’s MainePERS pension, you can be a member of MAR.

Upon someone’s death, depending on the individual circumstances, multiple organizations and agencies may need to be contacted.  Each organization may need a copy of the person’s death certificate.  A general checklist is:

Government Agencies

• Social Security Administration www.ssa.gov/planners/survivors/howtoapply.html#h1
• Veteran’s Administration  www.va.gov
• Defense Finance and Accounting Services  www.dfas.mil/
• Office of Personnel Management  www.opm.gov
• U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services  www.uscis.gov
• Maine Department of Motor Vehicle  www.maine.gov/sos/bmv/
• Local Town Office

Financial Institutions

• Maine Public Employees Retirement System  www.mainepers.org
• Credit Card companies
• Banks, savings and loan associations, credit unions
• Mortgage companies and Lenders
• Stockbrokers

Insurance and Annity Companies

• Life insurers and Annuity companies
• Health, medical and dental insurers
• Automotive insurers
• Home insurers

MAR does not provide financial support to political candidates.  The membership dues and the organization’s earnings are used for MAR operations and supporting members.

MAR does not take positions on partisan issues.  MAR does take positions on items affecting Maine public service retirees.

MAR is a non-partisan organization, therefore, MAR does not endorse any political candidates.

MAR provides information to the membership on candidates’ positions and encourage members to make their decisions based on the information.