In the event that a person who became a member of the Kansas public employees retirement system on January 1, 1962, who was first employed by a participating employer on February 1, 1955, who first became a judge on May 1, 1971, and who was born January 11, 1926, attains the age of 59, dies without having actually retired, the member’s spouse, if the spouse is beneficiary of 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 60 and retired on the date of death, in lieu of receiving the member’s accumulated contributions.