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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
HONORING THE LIVES OF COOK COUNTY 13TH DISTRICT RESIDENTS WHO DIED FROM COVID-19 BETWEEN JULY 21, 2021 AND OCTOBER 21, 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 October 21, 2021, COVID-19 had killed more than 4.9 million worldwide, 732,000 in the United States, 28,344 in Illinois and 11,757 in Cook County; and
WHEREAS, between July 21, 2021 and October 21,2021 forty-three 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
Fouzi Eldarzi, Hong Thi Le, George Sitelis, Nancy Marcus, Melly Meza, Muslima Kagzi, Charles Facen, Najob Marcus, Anthony Poole.
Evanston
Nancy M. Toussaint, Nevenka Mitra, Kenneth Wideman.
Glenview
Ninos Chimon, Robert Minton, Richard Schmid, James Hurto, Marlene L. Davis, Arlene Chadwick.
Lincolnwood
Petra Braica, Soterios J. Boudouvas, Sami Y. Solaka, Ida W. Zeman, Sam H. Kaplan.
Niles
Ergen Ozturk, Rene S. Enriquez, Felix Jackson, Emilia Teluch, Patricia Howard, Anthony Karras, Irene Veikos, Arlene Schnepf, Manp Badwi, Zeljko Demirovic, Andrvej Zalewski.
Skokie
Javier Figueroa, Leola Cunningham, Minda Signe, Elizabeth Jordan, Suzette E. Reneau, Galina Komskaya, Elmy Ramos Torres.
Wilmette
Eugene Ponzi, Marlene Grant.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Commissioners of Cook County, on behalf of the 5.2 million residents of Cook County...
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