§ 7. Death benefits. In the event of death the benefit shall be known\nas a death benefit and shall be paid as follows:\n 1. The reasonable funeral expenses of the deceased volunteer ambulance\nworker shall be paid in an amount not exceeding six thousand seven\nhundred dollars. If such funeral expenses shall have been paid by a\nperson entitled to benefits under this section or by others, the funeral\nexpenses awarded shall be made payable to such beneficiary or others;\notherwise they shall be payable to the undertaker who provided the\nburial. Funeral expenses shall be awarded in all death cases.\n 2. If there be a surviving spouse, to such spouse the lump sum of\nfifty-six thousand dollars, but if there be no surviving spouse, then to\nthe executor or administrator of the estate of the volunteer ambulance\nworker, the lump sum of fifty-six thousand dollars. Such sum shall be in\naddition to any other benefits provided in this chapter and shall not be\ndiminished by benefits paid to the volunteer ambulance worker during his\nlifetime. Any money paid to an executor or administrator pursuant to the\nprovisions of this subdivision shall be distributed in the manner\nprovided by the laws of this state for the distribution of the personal\nproperty of an intestate decedent.\n 3. In the case of a death of a volunteer ambulance worker, on or after\nthe enactment of this chapter and prior to July first, nineteen hundred\nninety, if there be a surviving spouse and no surviving child of the\ndeceased under the age of eighteen years or under the age of twenty-five\nyears who is enrolled as a full time student in any accredited\neducational institution and no surviving child of any age dependent\nblind or physically disabled, to such spouse six hundred sixty-five\ndollars for each week until remarried, and upon such remarriage the lump\nsum of sixty-nine thousand one hundred sixty-four dollars.\n 4. If any person under the age of eighteen years is an inmate of any\ninstitution and a public charge upon the state or any political\nsubdivision, the benefits allowed hereunder shall be payable to the\nstate or political subdivision to the extent of the reasonable charges\nfor care and maintenance, during the continuance as a public charge in\nsuch institution of such beneficiary and until he or she shall have\nattained the age of eighteen years. Any sum or sums remaining after such\npayments shall be distributed as provided in this section.\n 5. The term "dependent blind or physically disabled", as used in this\nsection in relation to dependent children, means totally blind or\nphysically disabled dependent children whose disablement is total and\npermanent.\n 6. All questions of dependency shall be determined as of the time of\nthe injury.\n 7. The workers' compensation board may in its discretion require the\nappointment of a guardian for the purpose of receiving benefits payable\nto a minor child or a dependent blind or physically disabled child. In\nthe absence of such a requirement by such board the appointment of a\nguardian for such purposes shall not be necessary.\n 8. In the case of a death of a volunteer ambulance worker, on or after\nthe effective date of this chapter and prior to July first, nineteen\nhundred ninety, that results from services performed in the line of\nduty, if there be a surviving spouse and a surviving child or children\nof the deceased under the age of eighteen years or under the age of\ntwenty-five years who is enrolled as a full time student in any\naccredited educational institution or a surviving child or children of\nany age dependent blind or physically disabled, to such spouse three\nhundred sixty-six dollars for each week until remarried, and the\nadditional amount of three hundred dollars for each week for such child\nor children, share and share alike, until the age of eighteen years or\nunder the age of twenty-five years who is enrolled as a full time\nstudent in any accredited educational i
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