"I have many fond memories of growing up with Asad at Albion, when we lived in the logies that housed the indenture labourers from India. They lived across from 'Lall's shop', where we met often to buy [coconut] sugar cake. I was just a few months older than him, as we went through Albion primary school together. From the start we could see he excelled in learning new things. After we all moved from the logies [or row houses] with poor living conditions, many families moved to housing settlements near the public road. His dad was a close friend of my father and he frequently visited our home. I also have many fond memories of his father as I worked at Albion telephone exchange and radio dispatcher in the 60s, when he was the security guard for the employees payroll that was kept at the office on Thursday nights, after a shot-gun delivery from Rose Hall Royal bank during the day. We talked for many hours as we waited for our grave-yard shift to end. I remember well when Asad joined the GDF as an officer, we were all so very proud of him , as a local boy with such an important position as founding officer in the newly formed GDF. It was a similar feeling of pride when another Albion boy was selected to attend a scout jamboree in England. So long my friend, I will always remember the days we played three-hole marbles for 'basant', [pieces of broken dishes], salt-pass, rounders and we sometimes join our sisters at hop-scotch. As an Albion boy, you make us all very proud of you achievements. My condolences to Asad 's family May you find peace in knowing that he gave his all, for the betterment of the people of Guyana. "
In loving memory of
Asad Ishoof
September 12, 1945 - July 31, 2013
Asad Ishoof was born in Albion, Guyana on September 12, 1945. Asad was a proud graduate of Queens College in Georgetown, Guyana and attended Military School in the United Kingdom. Asad was a proud founding officer of the Guyana Defense Force and eventually rose to the rank of Captain and lead combat operations against Venezuela and the Dutch. Ishoof was afforded the privelege of placing the flag on Guyana's highest point Mt. Ayanganna to commemorate that nations independence on May 26, 1966. Following his service in the military, Asad proceeded to join Shell Oil International in the marketing department. In the years after Shell, Ishoof became an entrepreneur eventually overseeing a business spanning fertilizer, agricultural equipment, water resources, and energy throughout the caribbean and Americas. Asad migrated along with his wife Halima to America on July 17, 1978. Asad became active in the broader South Florida Community, including as a founding leader of Nur-Ul-Islam Masjid, CARDEV, and a number of other civic and political organizations. Asad and Halima are the proud parents of four children: Malika, Scheherazade, Sabriya, and Saif. He is the proud Grandfather of seven.
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