Siciliano v. Village of WestChester Firefighters' Pension Fund

Plaintiff, the widow of a suburban firefighter, received pension benefits from the defendant firefighters’ pension fund until she remarried. When her second husband died, she sought reinstatement of the pension benefits. The defendant board of trustees of the pension fund denied her application, and the circuit court of Cook County subsequently reversed the board’s decision. The issue on appeal is whether plaintiff is the unmarried surviving spouse of her first husband within the meaning of section 4—114 of the Illinois Pension Code (Code) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 108½, par. 4 —114). This…