She's Dead To The Feds — But This 86-Year-Old Santa Monica Woman Is Very Much Alive

SANTA MONICA, CA — The family of an 86-year-old Santa Monica woman is struggling to figure out why, exactly, the federal government thinks she's dead.

Sarah Van Leuven retired as a special education teacher at the Los Angeles Unified School District on April 1, 2016. But the Social Security Administration lists that as her death date, according to a report from KTLA.

The mixup has been an enormous challenge for the stroke survivor — she's been purged from Medicare, had her bank and credit cards canceled and had year's worth of pension payments pulled overnight, according to the report.

“It’s been quite an ordeal,” she said. “Not so much for me but for my children and my son.”

Read more at KTLA.