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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
HONORING THE LIVES OF COOK COUNTY 13TH DISTRICT RESIDENTS WHO DIED FROM COVID-19 BETWEEN MAY 28 AND SEPTEMBER 13, 2020, 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 September 13, 2020, COVID-19 had killed more than 948,000 worldwide, 198,000 in the United States, 8,600 in Illinois and 5,100 in Cook County; and
WHEREAS, between June 11 and September 13, 2020, 82 residents who lived in the 13th District of Cook County died from COVID-19; and
WHEREAS, as of September 13, COVID-19 had killed 543 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
Adrian Harwell, Aksenia Youkhana, Anarose Palumbo, Barbara Beilfuss, David Kaiser, Dolores Bassett, Edward Brown, Ernestine Worthy, Eugene Edmonds, Greta Rothstein, Harriet Cohen, Humberto Garcia, James Trotter, Janet Price, Jean Fischer, Jimmye Ross, John Reid, Juan Cuellar, Julius Colotta, Kin Lau, Kweli Hayes, Lynika Strozier, Lynn S Flory, Maiga Kildiss, Marcella Barsotti, Martmiano Hernandez, Maurice Clayton, Richard Berry, Rosevelt Strickland, Roy Taylor and Ruthie Collins
Evanston
Alice Fayne, Arthur Okubo, Charlene Korshak, Charlotte Rudich, Chungha Park, Edward Jarger Sr., Elaine Hammond, Gerald Arthur Spice, Ghislaine St. Hubert, Gonsalo Martinez, Harriet A. Cashler, Harry Westmoreland, Irma Davis, Jerome Bulgatz, Joan Harsh, Jose Ramirez, Mary E. Rollo, Michael Hildebrand, Mildred Stock, Phyllis Rackoff, Richard Wynne, Robert Cohen, Rosa Rhodes, Rosalind Rosenfield, Tapia Socorro, Teddy Hardy, Veronica Olewinski and William Drury
Glencoe
Gregory Struhar
Glenview
Alice Cepa, Boris Sherstiuk, Carol Sbarboro, Diane Russell, Donald Gardner, Eun Wang, Francisco Santos, Genevieve L. Kamins, Ilya Boguslavesky, Lennart J. Lindahl, Mariam Matte, Marilyn Giedraitis, Marjorie A. Weber, Natalie Caplin, Richard L. Lameka and Robert Anderson
Lincolnwood
Abdul Qazi and Liwi Zakharia
Morton Grove
Ann T. Collins, Blanca Gonzalez, Donald Winnick, Eranes Cadet, Maung Tar, Michael Battaglini and Robert Janes
Niles
Aehyun Park, Andres Nino, Anna Kanellopoulos, Audrey Ludlow, Bella Drogaytseva, Bok Hee Jo, Carole A. Lee, Chun Kwon, Chung Song, Corazon Braceros, Enriqueta Diaz, Eul Kim, Frances Carl, Genevieve Colleran, Hyun S. Kim, In Chung, Indira Soni, Jozef Budzioch, Jozef Garb, Jung Lee, Kazinierz Sikora, Ken Grinberg, Keun Choi, Ki Dong Park, Leonid Vorobeychik, Lynn Keyser, Marcia Golden, Marlene M. Ericson-Dewar, Nina Krivaya, Oh Kwon, Piotr Klimont, Ralph Betker, Ruth Ditter, Ruth Lyons, Samuel Rim, Shirley Schmidt, Sun Shin, Tae S. Yi, Thaddeus Czarniak, Vladimir Epshteyn, Wai Saeng Lim, William Barry, Willie Woodard, Yi Noh and Zahia Kouk
Skokie
Aida Elrassi, Bito K. Kanoon, Chris Mc Carthy, Donald Miller, Frank Cherrye, Guillermo Garcia Romero, Helen Lane, Idel Ioffe, Ivan Slavicek, Kamala Chandani, Lena Cherkasskaya, Margaret A. Riemenschneider, Nikolay Anisimov, Reyzya Krupnik, Robert Mejia, Rosa Nilles, Rosemarie Richardson, Tyrone Smith, Valerie Brock and Willie Bridges
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 MAY 28 AND SEPTEMBER 13, 2020, 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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