The sheriff or commissioner shall collect and disburse the purchase money according to the order of the court and he shall execute and deliver the deed to the purchaser. The deed shall be acknowledged or proved in the same manner as conveyances made by the sheriff of land sold under execution. If the purchaser dies before the delivery of the deed therefor, the court shall, on proof of the fact of the purchaser’s death, and the identity of the persons entitled to the property, order the sheriff to execute, acknowledge and deliver the deed to such persons.