If any active member of such police or fire department, or any member of such department on official leave of absence from such department and in the Armed Forces of the United States, shall die from any cause whatever, leaving a widow or widower, the board shall direct the payment from the fund, to the widow or widower, of a sum equal to 50 percent of the amount specified in this subpart to be paid to a retired fireman or policeman of the same rank as such deceased member at the time of his or her death, the monthly payments to continue to such widow or widower during his or her natural life and while unmarried. Should such deceased member leave no surviving widow or widower, but leave surviving him or her a child or children under 18 years of age, the board of trustees shall direct the payment monthly from such fund, until such child or children shall have attained the age of 18 years, of a sum equal to 50 percent of the amount specified in this subpart to be paid to a retired fireman or policeman of the same rank as such deceased member at the time of his or her death, to the person having control and custody of such child or children or to such other person as the board of trustees shall direct, the sum to be expended by such person for the benefit of such child or children as may be prescribed by the board of trustees.
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