Bereavement

Call the county vital stats office where he died. They will have the death cert.

You might need your birth cert & marriage license to prove your claim to his death cert.

I have a friend who found out their asshole narcissistic brother was dead through one of those online search places, but did not specify where the guy died. They tried to hire a private detective to learn where he died because there was a hefty chunk of change sitting in unclaimed property & all siblings needed to split the inheritance. Nobody can find that info, so I'm glad you have the death notice.

It waa like pulling teeth to learn which county the guy died in, but the vital stats lady in the county where the bulk of the family had lived & died just asked that she email her drivers license to prove her identity, then the lady contacted the state vital stats to get the info.

In the end, it all worked out, but what a pita!

Good luck! And don't forget to check unclaimed property. You might have a surprise as well.