K.S.A. 74-49a27

In the event that a person who became a member of the Kansas public employees retirement system on January 1, 1962, was first employed by a participating employer on December 1, 1947, first enlisted in the Kansas national guard on August 26, 1929, and served in said Kansas national guard and in federal service for over forty-one (41) years, attains the age of fifty-nine (59), dies without having actually retired, the member's spouse, if the spouse is beneficiary for the member's accumulated contributions, may elect to receive benefits as a joint annuitant under Option A, calculated as if the member had attained age sixty (60) and retired on the date of death, in lieu of receiving the member's accumulated contributions.