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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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