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(7) (a) There shall be paid upon the death of any active employee a funeral benefit in the sum equal to one t month's base salary then in effect. (b) There shall be paid upon the death of an employee retired under Section 25-14(1) , 25-14(2) , 25-14(3) , 25-14(5) 25-15 or 25-16 a funeral benefit in the sum equal to one month's base salary in effect at the date the employee retired. (8) There shall be paid upon the death of any employee retired under Section 25-14(1) or Section 25-15 or upon service- connected death as provided in Section 25-15, the following: (a) To the employee's surviving spouse, provided such employee shall have been married to said surviving spouse prior to the employee's injury under Section 25- 15 or three years or more prior to the employee's retirement under Section 25-14(1) a monthly benefit of twenty-five percent (25%) of the monthly base salary in effect at the date of the employee's retirement or at the employee's death if not retired, from and after the date of such employee's death until the death or remarriage of such surviving spouse; but such surviving spouse's benefits shall not be less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) per month. (b) To the lawful guardian of such employee's surviving minor unmarried child or children under the age of eighteen years,' provided such child or children shall have been born within ten months after the employee's retirement or the employee's death in service, a monthly benefit of ten percent (10%) of the monthly base salary as previously described for such child or children until such child or children attain the age of eighteen years or marry; provided, the combined monthly payments to such surviving spouse and children shall in no case exceed sixty percent (60%) of the monthly base salary, and in which event the thirty-five percent (35%) maximum benefit for the eligible children shall be prorated between them; provided, further, that if there is no surviving spouse entitled to benefits in any month, the surviving spouse's benefit will be divided equally among the then eligible children, but no child shall be entitled to more than fifty percent (50%) of the surviving spouse's benefit. (9) There shall be paid upon the death of any employee retired under Section 25-16 or upon non-service connected death prior to retirement under Section 25-16, benefits which are seventy- five percent (75%) of the benefits provided by Section 25-21(7) except that the combined children's benefit shall not exceed thirty-one and one-fourth percent (31 1/4%) of the monthly base salary; provided, however, that upon the death of any employee who is eligible for retirement but who has not yet retired, the benefits shall be the same as are provided in Section 25-21(7) and the percentage limitations herein set forth shall not apply. (10) There shall be paid upon the death of any employee retired under Section 25-14(2) or Section 25-14(3) , a monthly benefit which bears the same ratio to the benefits provided in Section 25-21(8) as the monthly benefit received by the employee bears to one-half of the base monthly salary in effect at date of retirement; but such surviving spouse's benefits shall not be less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per month. 3