File #: 21-6089    Version: 1 Name: COVID-19 In Memoriam COVID-19 In Memoriam Resolution
Type: Consent Calendar Resolution Status: Approved
File created: 10/27/2021 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 11/4/2021 Final action: 11/4/2021
Title: 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; a...
Sponsors: LARRY SUFFREDIN, 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
title
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...

Click here for full text