CHICAGO (WLS) -- The family of Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough announced Wednesday plans for a public memorial service.
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Yarbrough, 73, died last Sunday. She was the first African American and the first woman ever elected as Cook County clerk and was serving her second term when she died.
A public memorial service will take place at 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 14 at the Rockefeller Chapel on the campus of the University of Chicago.
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The Chapel is located at 5850 S. Woodlawn Avenue in Hyde Park. Doors will open at 2:30 p.m. in advance of the 3 p.m. memorial service.
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Clerk Yarbrough is survived by her husband Henderson Yarbrough and the couple have a blended family of six children and 12 grandchildren.