Record #: R2021-929   
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
Intro date: 9/14/2021 Current Controlling Legislative Body:
Final action: 9/14/2021
Title: Tribute to late Olga L. Quiroga
Sponsors: Ramirez-Rosa, Carlos
Attachments: 1. R2021-929.pdf

Tribute to Olga L. Quiroga

WHEREAS, Olga L. Quiroga was born on September 30, 1962 in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico; and

 

WHEREAS, Olga came to the United States from Mexico in the 1980's; and

 

WHEREAS, Olga started her studies in Chicago first taking GED classes, then going on to Chicago State University where she received her bachelor's degree; and

 

WHEREAS, Olga taught in public schools for over three decades; and

 

WHEREAS, Olga was a bilingual teacher at Funston Elementary School in Hermosa neighborhood where she helped many students and immigrant families; and

 

WHEREAS, Olga cared deeply about her neighborhood, family, friends, and school community; and

 

WHEREAS, Olga sadly passed away from COVID-19 on October 1, 2020, one day after her 58th birthday; and

 

WHEREAS, Olga will be forever be missed by her family, friends, and the Funston Elementary community who loved her just as much as she loved them; now, therefore,

 

BE IT RESOLVED, That we, the Mayor and Members of City Council ofthe City of Chicago, assembled this fourteenth day of September, 2021, do hereby honor the life and memory of Olga L. Quiroga and recognize her as an honorary and true Chicagoan who exemplified this city; and

Carlos Ramirez-Rosa Alderman, 35th Ward

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be presented to the family of Olga Quiroga as a token of our sympathy and esteem.