Bill Text: IL SR1075 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Adbul Dogar of Lombard.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-11-09 - Resolution Adopted [SR1075 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SR1075-Introduced.html
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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
3 | learn of the death of Abdul Hameed Dogar of Lombard, who passed | ||||||
4 | away on October 29, 2017; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Abdul Dogar was born in India and raised in an | ||||||
6 | area that is now part of Pakistan; he studied civil engineering | ||||||
7 | at Aligarh Muslim University in India; he moved to the United | ||||||
8 | States in March 1962; and
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9 | WHEREAS, Abdul Dogar worked for the Illinois Department of | ||||||
10 | Transportation as a professional civil and structural | ||||||
11 | engineer; among the projects he helped design were Interstate | ||||||
12 | Highway 55 and some of the bridges on Interstate Highway 355; | ||||||
13 | he retired from IDOT in 1991; and
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14 | WHEREAS, Abdul Dogar became involved with Muslim education | ||||||
15 | through his work with the Muslim Community Center; he was part | ||||||
16 | of a group that started the Islamic Foundation and helped | ||||||
17 | establish Islamic education in the western suburbs; the | ||||||
18 | foundation opened a mosque and a K-12 school, which now | ||||||
19 | provides education for approximately 750 students; and
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20 | WHEREAS, Abdul Dogar made the Islamic Foundation his | ||||||
21 | full-time job after he retired from IDOT and focused on |
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1 | marriages, family, counseling, funerals, study, and prayer; he | ||||||
2 | served as the Executive Director for over 40 years; and
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3 | WHEREAS, Abdul Dogar was a father figure for the members of | ||||||
4 | his community, and most called him Uncle Dogar; his mission was | ||||||
5 | to make worship and education accessible for the members of his | ||||||
6 | community and to ensure his community was held together by the | ||||||
7 | morals and values that define them as Muslims; and
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8 | WHEREAS, Abdul Dogar is survived by his wife of 64 years, | ||||||
9 | Masooda; his sons, Haroon and Jahangeer; his daughters, Kishwar | ||||||
10 | Khalid and Qaisra Haider; his 12 grandchildren; his two | ||||||
11 | great-grandchildren; his brothers, Abdul Jabbar and Abdul | ||||||
12 | Haleem; and his sister, Khalida; therefore, be it
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13 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | ||||||
14 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
15 | Abdul Hameed Dogar and extend our sincere condolences to his | ||||||
16 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
17 | further
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18 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
19 | presented to the family of Abdul Dogar as an expression of our | ||||||
20 | deepest sympathy.
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