C. POST-RETIREMENT DEATH BENEFITS.

If you began receiving retirement benefits before your death, the distribution of any remaining balance provided by your individual account will be distributed to your beneficiary at least as rapidly as under the method of distribution that was in place at the time of your death. If, of course, you elected a Joint and 50% or 100% Survivor Annuity at the time of retirement, your surviving spouse or other beneficiary, will be entitled to continuation of benefits for the remainder of his or her lifetime following your death.