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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
HONORING THE LIVES OF COOK COUNTY 13TH DISTRICT RESIDENTS WHO DIED FROM COVID-19 BETWEEN OCTOBER 21, 2021 AND DECEMBER 31, 2021, IN MEMORIAM
WHEREAS, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a deadly infectious disease that has swept across our County, state, nation and world; and
WHEREAS, anyone can contract COVID-19, regardless of race, color, sex, age, religion, disability, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, or gender identity; and
WHEREAS, as of December 31, 2021, COVID-19 had killed more than 5.47 million worldwide, 831,000 in the United States, 31,416 in Illinois and 12,686 in Cook County; and
WHEREAS, between October 21,2021 and December 31, 2021 seventy residents who lived in the 13th District of Cook County died from COVID-19; and
WHEREAS, as of October 21, 2021 COVID-19 had killed more than one thousand residents who lived in the 13th District of Cook County; and
WHEREAS, each of the departed leave family, friends and communities in mourning; and
WHEREAS, Almighty God in His infinite wisdom has called the below 13th District residents from our midst:
Chicago (49th and 50th Wards) 60645, 60626, 60659, 60660
Chris Wright, Eleanor Zirko, Lev Shakhet, Hector Ortega, Lisa Capparelli, John Kotitsas, Ruth Kaushal, Henderson Wilkins, James Blackburn, Leonidas Antazo, Menachem Emanuel, Brent Randall, Darlene A. Noel, Ladi Adedeji, Perry Tsourapas, Victor Quijano
Evanston
Linda Newton, Malcolm S. Brown, Joseph Hosman, Arthur Crampton, Marsha Cole, Vivian B. Markson, Anna Golovin, Deborah Higgins, Carla La Rochelle, Robert Fahy
Glenview
Mauro Gonzales, Lynee A. Sparberg, Lucy Ramish, Mariia Vagil, Peter Marinis, Olga Marinic, Mariya Decheva
Lincolnwood
Paul Sternfeld, Sam George, Andja Novak
Morton Grove
Antoni W. Wadolowski, Minerva Tushe, Patricia Mkrdichian
Niles
Sophie Kinar, Vera Borisoza, Shirley Abramson, Wes Lester Gizynski, Shamshoon Benyamin, Pamela Karban, Margot Bohdan, Donald Erickson, Patricia Alexander, Alexander McWilliams, Margaret Mack, Freyre Bermudez, Kwi H. Song, Percy Slaughter, Dobrila Kamatovic, Viktor Zilai
Skokie
David Radler, Belan Javier, Branislav Dimitrijevic, Donald Thomas, Patricia L. Medina, Wahid Adam, Jorge Fernandez, Daniel Bredicean, Mohammad Khan, Tomas Abraham, Esho Oraha, Shamin Aslam Bhatti, Betty Hethcoat, James Anderson
Winnetka
Susan Daniels
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Commissioners of Cook County, on behalf of the 5.2 million residents of Cook County, commemorates the lives of the COOK COUNTY 13TH DISTRICT RESIDENTS WHO DIED FROM COVID-19 BETWEEN OCTOBER 21, 2021 and DECEMBER 31, 2021 and herewith expresses its sincere condolences to their friends, families and communities.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a suitable copy of this Resolution be spread upon the official proceedings of this Honorable Body.
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