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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
HONORING THE LIVES OF COOK COUNTY 13TH DISTRICT RESIDENTS WHO DIED FROM COVID-19 BETWEEN MARCH 9, 2021 AND MAY 1, 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 May 1, 2021, COVID-19 had killed more than 3.2 million worldwide, 500,000 in the United States, 24,000 in Illinois and 10,500 in Cook County; and
WHEREAS, between March 9, 2021, and May 1, 2021, 42 residents who lived in the 13th District of Cook County died from COVID-19; and
WHEREAS, as of May 1, 2021 COVID-19 has killed 1,008 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
Bernadet Alguzzie, Dan Miranda, Donna Garber, Edwardo Lopez, Francisco Prudencio, Hamideben Khorjiya, Juan Carlos Castro Gonzalez, Mansoor Ali, Merly Grenee, Nicholas Glaser, Rosalia Vargas, Saeeda Farooqi and Trung Ly.
Evanston
Beverly Finley-Gardner.
Glenview
Curtis Canavino and Igor Goltsman.
Lincolnwood
Rita Miller.
Morton Grove
Dong Ma, Richard Kramer and William Sher.
Niles
Bibi Odeesho, Christ Tountas, Curtis Hinton, John Wozniak, Larry Bohl, Louis Chan and Sam Shamuel.
Northfield
Joanne Bairstow
Skokie
Arthur Khano, Diane Kiely-Franco, Helen Kayaloglou, Henderson Jackson, Howard Heim, Lorraine Weinberg, Maureen Maclennan, Mikhail Erman, Mohammad Khan, Rabia Qadri, Ramiz Ljumani and Syed Ahmed.
Wilmette
Michael Gordon.
Winnetka
Oliver Lim.
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 MARCH 9, 2021 AND MAY 1, 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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