AARP Bulletin - September 2010

Your Money ;
; One in five couples retire together.
; Usually the husband stops working first.
; What’s the best transition plan?
Alone Home
By Gil Klein
Photos by
Nathaniel Welch
When it came to closing out his working life, Tom Falvey planned things to a T. After 38 years of service with the feder-
al government, the Arlington, Va., man walked
away from his job at the Department of Home-
land Security, leaving with a good pension—
and health care coverage—on the very day he
became eligible for retirement at age 55.

TOM AND JEAN FALVEY
Sounds from his retirement
wood shop weren’t always
music to the ears of his wife,
Jean. “We are not quite there
yet when the two of us drive
off into the sunset in our RV,”
says Tom.