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Guadalupe and Maria Lopez

Linda Zabors

Husband and wife who died of COVID-19 within weeks of each other. Guadalupe (Lupe) Lopez was an Emergency 911 Dispatcher at the Office of Emergency Management for the City of Chicago, where he worked for 33 years. He was also a coach of his neighborhood little league baseball team. Maria (Lupita) was very active in the Little Village community where she had an income tax business.

They both went into the hospital on November 8 and died within weeks. Due to the Pandemic conditions they could not be in the same room with each other and said goodbye using a video service.


Honorary Guadalupe and Maria Lopez Way

South Kenneth Street between 47th Street and 48th Street

 

Approved: April 2021

Ward: 14
Alderman: Burke
Neighborhood: Archer Heights

Near the home where the lived and raised their family

Guadalupe (Lupe)
d. November 2020. Age 58.

Maria (Lupita)
d. December 2020. Age 56.


Source
ABC News
ABC News - Maria Lopez
Chicago Tribune https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-covid19-maria-lopez-police-dispatcher-wife-20201205-4d7vbbxlkfbfxehoxgp6d6aqxe-story.html