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Years Membership Percentaqe o__f Years of Service in Fund Base Monthly Salary 25 25 65 26 26 66 27 27 67 28 28 68 29 29 69 50 or more 50 or more 70 (7) (a) There shall be paid upon the death of any active employee a funeral benefit in the sum equal to one month's base salary then in effect. (b) There shall be paid upon the death of an employee retired under Section 25-14(a), 25-14(b), 25-14(c), 25-14(e), 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(a), 25-14(e) 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 for three yers or more prior to the employee's retirement under Section 25-14(a) or 25-14(e) 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 until the death or remarriage of such surviving spouse. (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 employeeIs 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 (55%) 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.