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APRIL 10, 2024
Karen Yarbrough, Cook County Clerk, dies at 73
‘We have lost one of the brightest lights in the public service arena,’ said Cedric Giles, Cook County’s chief deputy clerk By JESSICA MORDACQ Staff Reporter
Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough, 73, died April 7 after being hospitalized last week in critical condition with an undisclosed illness. Yarbrough was first elected as Cook County Clerk in 2018 as the first woman and African American to hold the position and was re-elected in 2022. Her duties include overseeing the county’s election processes, administering records and maintaining tax maps. “We have lost one of the brightest lights in the public service arena in Cook County and the State of Illinois, and we will never be quite the same,” said Chief Deputy Clerk Cedric Giles, who is stepping into her position, in a statement. Yarbrough served as Illinois State Representative for the 7th District starting in 2001 and was assistant majority leader in 2011 and 2012. She became Cook County’s Recorder of Deeds in 2012 and worked in the
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