How postponing retirement can plump up your savings, social security checks

By continuing to work through their 60s and beyond, they can bulk up their retirement funds and Social Security benefits and compress the time they'll have to live on savings

When he turned 65 in 2013, Lee Klass never considered a retirement party. Instead, he continued doing pretty much what he’s done for years, setting out from Portland, Ore., in his Freightliner 18-wheeler and hauling loads of packaged food and consumer goods across the US. That way, Klass was able to keep the money flowing and ultimately collect a bigger Social Security check. “I still enjoy driving and the adventure of this job, and I’m not wealthy,” says Klass, who took home about $25,000 last year and has no retirement savings plan, but for the past three years has received