File #: 21-3146    Version: 1 Name: HONORING THE LIVES OF COOK COUNTY 13TH DISTRICT RESIDENTS WHO DIED FROM COVID-19 BETWEEN MARCH 9, 2021 AND MAY 1, 2021, IN MEMORIAM
Type: Consent Calendar Resolution Status: Approved
File created: 5/7/2021 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 5/13/2021 Final action: 5/13/2021
Title: 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 wi...
Sponsors: LARRY SUFFREDIN, TONI PRECKWINKLE (President), FRANK J. AGUILAR, ALMA E. ANAYA, LUIS ARROYO JR, SCOTT R. BRITTON, JOHN P. DALEY, DENNIS DEER, BRIDGET DEGNEN, BRIDGET GAINER, BRANDON JOHNSON, BILL LOWRY, DONNA MILLER, STANLEY MOORE, KEVIN B. MORRISON, SEAN M. MORRISON, PETER N. SILVESTRI, DEBORAH SIMS

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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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